H. J. Res. 31 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 

Joint Resolution 

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 

and for other purposes. 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2019’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

Sec. 4. Statement of appropriations. 

Sec. 5. Availability of funds. 

Sec. 6. Adjustments to compensation. 

Sec. 7. Technical correction. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS 

ACT, 2019 

Title I—Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight 

Title II—Security, Enforcement, and Investigations 

Title III—Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery 

Title IV—Research, Development, Training, and Services 

Title V—General Provisions 

DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 

ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

Title I—Agricultural Programs 

Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 

Title III—Rural Development Programs 

Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 

Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 

Title VI—Related Agency and Food and Drug Administration 

Title VII—General Provisions 

DIVISION C—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

Title I—Department of Commerce 

Title II—Department of Justice 

Title III—Science 

Title IV—Related Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

Title I—Department of the Treasury 

Title II—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President 

Title III—The Judiciary 

Title IV—District of Columbia 
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Title V—Independent Agencies 

Title VI—General Provisions—This Act 

Title VII—General Provisions—Government-wide 

Title VIII—General Provisions—District of Columbia 

DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

Title I—Department of the Interior 

Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—General Provisions 

DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 

RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

Title I—Department of State and Related Agency 

Title II—United States Agency for International Development 

Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 

Title IV—International Security Assistance 

Title V—Multilateral Assistance 

Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance 

Title VII—General Provisions 

Title VIII—Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

DIVISION G—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 

AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

Title I—Department of Transportation 

Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—General Provisions—This Act 

DIVISION H—EXTENSIONS, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, AND OTHER 

MATTERS 

Title I—Immigration Extensions 

Title II—Technical Corrections 

Title III—Budgetary Effects 

SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO ACT. 

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 

Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 

referring only to the provisions of that division. 

SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2019. 

SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant 

to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if 

applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all 

such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION. 

For a payment to Joe Anne Jones, widow of Walter B. Jones Jr., late a Representative from North Carolina, $174,000. 

SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

Division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 

Law 115–141) is amended— 

(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘Stephen Sepp’’ before 

‘‘Wildfire’’; and 

(2) by amending section 101 to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the ‘Stephen 

Sepp Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act’. 

‘‘(b) REFERENCES.—A reference to the Wildfire Suppression 

Funding and Forest Management Activities Act, including a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer 

to the Stephen Sepp Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest 

Management Activities Act.’’. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, 

INTELLIGENCE, AND OVERSIGHT 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary and for 

executive management for operations and support, $141,381,000: 

Provided, That not to exceed $30,000 shall be for official reception 

and representation expenses: Provided further, That of the funds 

provided under this heading, $13,000,000 shall be withheld from 

obligation until the Secretary complies with section 106 of this 

Act and $13,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation until the 

Secretary provides the first report on border apprehensions required 

under this heading by the report accompanying this Act. 

MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 

operations and support, $1,083,837,000: Provided, That not to 

exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for procurement, construction, and improvements, $175,920,000, of 

which $55,920,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021; 

and of which $120,000,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2023, and shall be transferred to and merged with the General 

Services Administration’s Federal Buildings Fund for Department 

of Homeland Security headquarters consolidation at St. Elizabeths: 

Provided, That not later than 30 days prior to any such transfer 

of funds, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator 

of General Services shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a detailed 

plan delineating the proposed use of such transferred funds for 

such headquarters consolidation project. 
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Management Directorate for 

research and development, $2,545,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020. 

INTELLIGENCE, ANALYSIS, AND OPERATIONS COORDINATION

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis 

and the Office of Operations Coordination for operations and support, $253,253,000, of which $78,299,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 

shall be for official reception and representation expenses and not 

to exceed $2,000,000 is available for facility needs associated with 

secure space at fusion centers, including improvements to buildings. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for 

operations and support, $168,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

$300,000 may be used for certain confidential operational expenses, 

including the payment of informants, to be expended at the direction 

of the Inspector General. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. Not later than 30 days after the last day of each 

month, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland 

Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives a monthly budget and 

staffing report that includes total obligations of the Department 

for that month and for the fiscal year at the appropriation and 

program, project, and activity levels, by the source year of the 

appropriation. 

SEC. 102. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 

a report not later than October 15, 2019, to the Inspector General 

of the Department of Homeland Security listing all grants and 

contracts awarded by any means other than full and open competition during fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 

(b) The Inspector General shall review the report required 

by subsection (a) to assess departmental compliance with applicable 

laws and regulations and report the results of that review to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives not later than February 15, 2020. 

SEC. 103. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require 

that all contracts of the Department of Homeland Security that 

provide award fees link such fees to successful acquisition outcomes, 

which shall be specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance. 

SEC. 104. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 

with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall notify the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

of any proposed transfers of funds available under section 

9705(g)(4)(B) of title 31, United States Code from the Department 
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of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to any agency within the Department of Homeland Security: Provided, That none of the funds 

identified for such a transfer may be obligated until the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

are notified of the proposed transfers. 

SEC. 105. All official costs associated with the use of Government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to 

support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 

shall be paid from amounts made available for the Office of the 

Secretary. 

SEC. 106. Section 107 of the Department of Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141), related 

to visa overstay data, shall apply in fiscal year 2019, except that 

the reference to ‘‘this Act’’ shall be treated as referring to this 

Act, and the reference to ‘‘2017’’ shall be treated as referring to 

‘‘2018’’. 

TITLE II 

SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS 

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

for operations and support, including the transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens; the provision of air and marine support to 

Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or administration of laws enforced by the Department of Homeland Security; 

at the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the provision of such support to Federal, State, and local agencies in other 

law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; the purchase 

and lease of up to 7,500 (6,500 for replacement only) police-type 

vehicles; the purchase, maintenance, or operation of marine vessels, 

aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems; and contracting with 

individuals for personal services abroad; $12,179,729,000; of which 

$3,274,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

Fund for administrative expenses related to the collection of the 

Harbor Maintenance Fee pursuant to section 9505(c)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9505(c)(3)) and notwithstanding section 1511(e)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

(6 U.S.C. 551(e)(1)); of which $2,000,000,000 shall be available 

until September 30, 2020; and of which such sums as become 

available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums subject 

to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that 

account; and of which $58,710,000 is for additional customs officers: 

Provided, That not to exceed $34,425 shall be for official reception 

and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connection with preclearance operations: Provided further, That not to 

exceed $1,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary 

of Homeland Security. 
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

for procurement, construction, and improvements, including 

procurements to buy marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial 

systems, $2,515,878,000, of which $870,656,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, and of which $1,645,222,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2023. 

U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement for operations and support, including the purchase 

and lease of up to 3,790 (2,350 for replacement only) police-type 

vehicles; overseas vetted units; and maintenance, minor construction, and minor leasehold improvements at owned and leased facilities; $7,542,153,000; of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended for efforts to enforce laws against forced child labor; 

of which $75,448,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2020; of which $1,500,000 is for paid apprenticeships for participants in the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue 

Corps; of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for 

investigation of intellectual property rights violations, including 

operation of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination 

Center; and of which not less than $4,273,857,000 shall be for 

enforcement, detention, and removal operations, including transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens: Provided, That not to exceed 

$11,475 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: 

Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available 

until expended for conducting special operations under section 3131 

of the Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C. 2081): Provided 

further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be for awards of compensation to informants, to be accounted for solely under the certificate of the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That 

not to exceed $11,216,000 shall be available to fund or reimburse 

other Federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, 

maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully 

present in the United States: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be withheld 

from obligation until the first report required by section 226 has 

been made available on a publicly accessible website. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement for procurement, construction, and improvements, 

$45,559,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021; of which 

not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for facilities repair 

and maintenance projects. 
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TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for operations and support, $7,410,079,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $7,650 

shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

further, That security service fees authorized under section 44940 

of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and shall be available only for aviation 

security: Provided further, That the sum appropriated under this 

heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-fordollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 

the general fund estimated at not more than $4,740,079,000. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for procurement, construction, and improvements, 

$169,789,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration for research and development, $20,594,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

COAST GUARD

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for operations and 

support including purchase or lease of not to exceed 25 passenger 

motor vehicles, which shall be for replacement only; purchase or 

lease of small boats for contingent and emergent requirements 

(at a unit cost of not more than $700,000) and repairs and servicelife replacements, not to exceed a total of $31,000,000; purchase, 

lease, or improvements of boats necessary for overseas deployments 

and activities; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 

97–377 (42 U.S.C. 402 note; 96 Stat. 1920); and recreation and 

welfare; $7,808,201,000, of which $505,000,000 shall be for defenserelated activities, of which $165,000,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; of which $24,500,000 shall 

be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out 

the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 

(33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)); of which $11,000,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2021; and of which $13,469,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2023, for environmental compliance 

and restoration: Provided, That not to exceed $23,000 shall be 

for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

That $25,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation for Coast Guard 

Headquarters Directorates until a future-years capital investment 
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plan for fiscal years 2020 through 2024 is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives pursuant to section 217 of this Act. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for procurement, 

construction, and improvements, including aids to navigation, shore 

facilities (including facilities at Department of Defense installations 

used by the Coast Guard), and vessels and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $2,248,260,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the 

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 

1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2712(a)(5)). 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Coast Guard for research and 

development; and for maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $20,256,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021, of which $500,000 shall be derived from 

the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of 

section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

2712(a)(5)): Provided, That there may be credited to and used 

for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State 

and local governments, other public authorities, private sources, 

and foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation. 

RETIRED PAY

For retired pay, including the payment of obligations otherwise 

chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, payments 

under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

Benefits Plans, payment for career status bonuses, payment of 

continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code, 

concurrent receipts, combat-related special compensation, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 

under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, $1,739,844,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 

for operations and support, including purchase of not to exceed 

652 vehicles for police-type use for replacement only; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of motorcycles made in the United 

States; hire of aircraft; rental of buildings in the District of 

Columbia; fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on 

private or other property not in Government ownership or control, 

as may be necessary to perform protective functions; conduct of 

and participation in firearms matches; presentation of awards; conduct of behavioral research in support of protective intelligence 

and operations; payment in advance for commercial accommodations 

as may be necessary to perform protective functions; and payment, 

without regard to section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, 
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of subsistence expenses of employees who are on protective missions, 

whether at or away from their duty stations; $2,148,528,000; of 

which $40,036,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, 

and of which $6,000,000 shall be for a grant for activities related 

to investigations of missing and exploited children; and of which 

up to $9,500,000 may be for calendar year 2018 premium pay 

in excess of the annual equivalent of the limitation on the rate 

of pay contained in section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, 

pursuant to section 2 of the Overtime Pay for Protective Services 

Act of 2016 (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Law 

115–160: Provided, That not to exceed $19,125 shall be for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not 

to exceed $100,000 shall be to provide technical assistance and 

equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in criminal 

investigations within the jurisdiction of the United States Secret 

Service. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 

for procurement, construction, and improvements, $97,131,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service 

for research and development, $2,500,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. Section 201 of the Department of Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–141), related 

to overtime compensation limitations, shall apply with respect to 

funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 

section applied to funds made available in that Act, except that 

‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ shall be substituted for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 

SEC. 202. Funding made available under the headings ‘‘U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection—Operations and Support’’ and ‘‘U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements’’ shall be available for customs expenses when necessary to maintain operations and prevent adverse personnel actions 

in Puerto Rico in addition to funding provided by section 740 

of title 48, United States Code. 

SEC. 203. As authorized by section 601(b) of the United StatesColombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Public 

Law 112–42), fees collected from passengers arriving from Canada, 

Mexico, or an adjacent island pursuant to section 13031(a)(5) of 

the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 

U.S.C. 58c(a)(5)) shall be available until expended. 

SEC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection—Operations and Support’’, $31,000,000, to 

remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 

and credited to this appropriation in fiscal year 2019 from amounts 

authorized to be collected by section 286(i) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)), section 10412 of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8311), and 

section 817 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act 
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of 2015 (Public Law 114–25), or other such authorizing language: 

Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 

collections exceed $31,000,000, those amounts in excess of 

$31,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation, to remain available until expended. 

SEC. 205. None of the funds made available in this Act for 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be used to prevent an 

individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 

(within the meaning of section 801(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act) from importing a prescription drug from Canada 

that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: 

Provided, That this section shall apply only to individuals transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription 

drug, not to exceed a 90-day supply: Provided further, That the 

prescription drug may not be— 

(1) a controlled substance, as defined in section 102 of 

the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802); or 

(2) a biological product, as defined in section 351 of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 

SEC. 206. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall be used to 

approve a waiver of the navigation and vessel-inspection laws 

pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, for 

the transportation of crude oil distributed from and to the Strategic 

Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 

consultation with the Secretaries of the Departments of Energy 

and Transportation and representatives from the United States 

flag maritime industry, takes adequate measures to ensure the 

use of United States flag vessels: Provided, That the Secretary 

shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives within 

2 business days of any request for waivers of navigation and vesselinspection laws pursuant to section 501(b) of title 46, United States 

Code, with respect to such transportation, and the disposition of 

such requests. 

SEC. 207. (a) Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not— 

(1) establish, collect, or otherwise impose any new border 

crossing fee on individuals crossing the Southern border or 

the Northern border at a land port of entry; or 

(2) conduct any study relating to the imposition of a border 

crossing fee. 

(b) In this section, the term ‘‘border crossing fee’’ means a 

fee that every pedestrian, cyclist, and driver and passenger of 

a private motor vehicle is required to pay for the privilege of 

crossing the Southern border or the Northern border at a land 

port of entry. 

SEC. 208. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 

condition of section 503(d) of this Act, the Secretary may reprogram 

within and transfer funds to ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ as necessary to ensure the 

detention of aliens prioritized for removal. 

SEC. 209. None of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ 

may be used to continue a delegation of law enforcement authority 
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authorized under section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) if the Department of Homeland Security 

Inspector General determines that the terms of the agreement 

governing the delegation of authority have been materially violated. 

SEC. 210. None of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’ 

may be used to continue any contract for the provision of detention 

services if the two most recent overall performance evaluations 

received by the contracted facility are less than ‘‘adequate’’ or 

the equivalent median score in any subsequent performance evaluation system. 

SEC. 211. Members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, including the leadership; the 

heads of Federal agencies and commissions, including the Secretary, 

Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, and Assistant Secretaries of 

the Department of Homeland Security; the United States Attorney 

General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys General, 

and the United States Attorneys; and senior members of the Executive Office of the President, including the Director of the Office 

of Management and Budget, shall not be exempt from Federal 

passenger and baggage screening. 

SEC. 212. Any award by the Transportation Security Administration to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on 

risk, the airport’s current reliance on other screening solutions, 

lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high 

injury rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness. 

SEC. 213. Notwithstanding section 44923 of title 49, United 

States Code, for fiscal year 2019, any funds in the Aviation Security 

Capital Fund established by section 44923(h) of title 49, United 

States Code, may be used for the procurement and installation 

of explosives detection systems or for the issuance of other transaction agreements for the purpose of funding projects described 

in section 44923(a) of such title. 

SEC. 214. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used by the Administrator of the Transportation 

Security Administration to implement, administer, or enforce, in 

abrogation of the responsibility described in section 44903(n)(1) 

of title 49, United States Code, any requirement that airport operators provide airport-financed staffing to monitor exit points from 

the sterile area of any airport at which the Transportation Security 

Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. 

SEC. 215. None of the funds made available by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ shall be for 

expenses incurred for recreational vessels under section 12114 of 

title 46, United States Code, except to the extent fees are collected 

from owners of yachts and credited to the appropriation made 

available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 

and Support’’: Provided, That to the extent such fees are insufficient 

to pay expenses of recreational vessel documentation under such 

section 12114, and there is a backlog of recreational vessel applications, personnel performing non-recreational vessel documentation 

functions under subchapter II of chapter 121 of title 46, United 

States Code, may perform documentation under section 12114. 

SEC. 216. Without regard to the limitation as to time and 

condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to 

$10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the Military Pay 

and Allowances funding category within ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations 
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and Support’’ in accordance with subsection (a) of section 503 of 

this Act. 

SEC. 217. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

a future-years capital investment plan as described in the second 

proviso under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, 

and Improvements’’ in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4), which shall be subject 

to the requirements in the third and fourth provisos under such 

heading. 

SEC. 218. The United States Secret Service is authorized to 

obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from executive 

agencies, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, 

for personnel receiving training sponsored by the James J. Rowley 

Training Center, except that total obligations at the end of the 

fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available 

under the heading ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and 

Support’’ at the end of the fiscal year. 

SEC. 219. None of the funds made available to the United 

States Secret Service by this Act or by previous appropriations 

Acts may be made available for the protection of the head of 

a Federal agency other than the Secretary of Homeland Security: 

Provided, That the Director of the United States Secret Service 

may enter into agreements to provide such protection on a fully 

reimbursable basis. 

SEC. 220. For purposes of section 503(a)(3) of this Act, up 

to $15,000,000 may be reprogrammed within ‘‘United States Secret 

Service—Operations and Support’’. 

SEC. 221. Funding made available in this Act for ‘‘United States 

Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ is available for travel 

of United States Secret Service employees on protective missions 

without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 

or any other Act if the Director of the United States Secret Service 

or a designee notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives 10 or more days in 

advance, or as early as practicable, prior to such expenditures. 

SEC. 222. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit an 

expenditure plan for the amounts made available for ‘‘U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives: Provided, That no such amounts 

may be obligated prior to the submission of such plan. 

SEC. 223. Funds made available for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard— 

Operations and Support’’ may be allocated by program, project, 

and activity, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

SEC. 224. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act or any 

other Act, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 

components funded by this Act, may be used by the Secretary 

of Homeland Security to place in detention, remove, refer for a 

decision whether to initiate removal proceedings, or initiate removal 

proceedings against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of 

a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an unaccompanied 

alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security 
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Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) based on information shared by 

the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if a background check of 

a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor 

or potential sponsor reveals— 

(1) a felony conviction or pending felony charge that relates 

to— 

(A) an aggravated felony (as defined in section 

101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(43))); 

(B) child abuse; 

(C) sexual violence or abuse; or 

(D) child pornography; 

(2) an association with any business that employs a minor 

who— 

(A) is unrelated to the sponsor, potential sponsor, or 

member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor; 

and 

(B) is— 

(i) not paid a legal wage; or 

(ii) unable to attend school due to the employment; 

or 

(3) an association with the organization or implementation 

of prostitution. 

SEC. 225. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the 

Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (hereafter in this section referred to as ‘‘the Administrator’’) may conduct 

a pilot program to provide screening services outside of an existing 

primary passenger terminal screening area where screening services 

are currently provided or would be eligible to be provided under 

the Transportation Security Administration’s annually appropriated 

passenger screening program as a primary passenger terminal 

screening area. 

(b) Any request for screening services under subsection (a) 

shall be initiated only at the request of a public or private entity 

regulated by the Transportation Security Administration; shall be 

made in writing to the Administrator; and may only be submitted 

to the Transportation Security Administration after consultation 

with the relevant local airport authority. 

(c) The Administrator may provide the requested screening 

services under subsection (a) if the Administrator provides a certification to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate that implementation of 

subsection (a) does not reduce the security or efficiency of screening 

services already provided in primary passenger terminals at any 

impacted airports. 

(d) No screening services may be provided under subsection 

(a) unless the requesting entity agrees in writing to the scope 

of the screening services to be provided, and agrees to compensate 

the Transportation Security Administration for all reasonable personnel and non-personnel costs, including overtime, of providing 

the screening services. 

(e) The authority available under this section is effective for 

fiscal years 2019 through 2021 and may be utilized at not more 

than eight locations for transportation security purposes. 
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(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an airport 

authority, air carrier, or other requesting entity shall not be liable 

for any claims for damages filed in State or Federal court (including 

a claim for compensatory, punitive, contributory, or indemnity damages) relating to— 

(1) an airport authority’s or other entity’s decision to 

request that the Transportation Security Administration provide passenger screening services outside of a primary passenger terminal screening area; or 

(2) any act of negligence, gross negligence, or intentional 

wrongdoing by employees of the Transportation Security 

Administration providing passenger and property security 

screening services at a pilot program screening location. 

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any compensation received by the Transportation Security Administration under 

subsection (d) shall be credited to the account used to finance 

the provision of reimbursable security screening services under 

subsection (a). 

(h) The Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

Senate— 

(1) an implementation plan for the pilot programs under 

subsection (a), including the application process, that is due 

by 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 

(2) an evaluation plan for the pilot programs; and 

(3) annual performance reports, by not later than 60 days 

after the end of each fiscal year in which the pilot programs 

are in operation, including— 

(A) the amount of reimbursement received by the 

Transportation Security Administration from each entity 

in the pilot program for the preceding fiscal year, delineated 

by personnel and non-personnel costs; 

(B) an analysis of the results of the pilot programs 

corresponding to the evaluation plan required under paragraph (2); 

(C) any Transportation Security Administration 

staffing changes created at the primary passenger 

screening checkpoints and baggage screening as a result 

of the pilot program; and 

(D) any other unintended consequences created by the 

pilot program. 

(i) Except as otherwise provided in this section, nothing in 

this section may be construed as affecting in any manner the 

responsibilities, duties, or authorities of the Transportation Security 

Administration. 

(j) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘airport’’ means 

a commercial service airport as defined by section 47107(7) of title 

49 United States Code. 

(k) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘screening services’’ means the screening of passengers, flight crews, and their 

carry-on baggage and personal articles, and may include checked 

baggage screening if that type of screening is performed at an 

offsite location that is not part of a passenger terminal of a commercial airport. 
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(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘primary passenger 

terminal screening area’’ means the security checkpoints relied 

upon by airports as the principal points of entry to a sterile area 

of an airport. 

SEC. 226. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act and weekly thereafter, the Director of U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement shall submit to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

and make available on a publicly accessible website, a report 

detailing— 

(1) data on aliens detained; including average fiscal year 

to date daily populations of aliens detained; daily counts of 

the number of aliens detained as of the date of each report, 

total fiscal year-to-date book-ins; and average lengths of stay 

of aliens detained (including average post-determination length 

of stay in the case of detainees described in subparagraph 

(B)) for— 

(A) single adults and for members of family units 

detained in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement, disaggregated by whether the detainees 

were— 

(i) transferred to the custody of U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection after being deemed inadmissible at a port 

of entry or after being apprehended within 14 days 

of entering the United States; or 

(ii) arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement; 

(B) detainees in the custody of U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement who are determined to have a credible or reasonable fear of— 

(i) persecution, as defined in section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act; or 

(ii) torture, as defined in section 208.30 of title 

8, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 

1, 2018); 

(C) detainees in the custody of U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement who have been issued a Notice to 

Appear pursuant to section 239 of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, disaggregated by single adults and members of family units; and 

(2) the total number of enrollees in the Alternatives to 

Detention program and the average length of participation, 

disaggregated by— 

(A) single adults and family heads of household; 

(B) participants in the family case management program; 

(C) level of supervision; and 

(D) the locations of supervision, by field office. 

SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 

reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center mission or 

its government-employed or contract staff levels. 

SEC. 228. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to conduct, or to implement the results of, a competition 

under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for activities 

performed with respect to the Coast Guard National Vessel Documentation Center. 
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SEC. 229. Funds made available in this Act may be used to 

alter operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast 

Guard nationwide, including civil engineering units, facilities design 

and construction centers, maintenance and logistics commands, and 

the Coast Guard Academy, except that none of the funds provided 

in this Act may be used to reduce operations within any civil 

engineering unit unless specifically authorized by a statute enacted 

after the date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 230. (a) Of the total amount made available under ‘‘U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection—Procurement, Construction, and 

Improvements’’, $2,370,222,000 shall be available only as follows: 

(1) $1,375,000,000 is for the construction of primary pedestrian fencing, including levee pedestrian fencing, in the Rio 

Grande Valley Sector; 

(2) $725,000,000 is for the acquisition and deployment of 

border security technologies and trade and travel assets and 

infrastructure, to include $570,000,000 for non-intrusive inspection equipment at ports of entry; and 

(3) $270,222,000 is for construction and facility improvements, to include $222,000,000 for humanitarian needs, 

$14,775,000 for Office of Field Operations facilities, and 

$33,447,000 for Border Patrol station facility improvements. 

(b) The amounts designated in subsection (a)(1) shall only be 

available for operationally effective designs deployed as of the date 

of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115– 

31), such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, that prioritize 

agent safety. 

(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 

the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States an updated risk-based plan 

for improving security along the borders of the United States that 

includes the elements required under subsection (a) of section 231 

of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 

Law 115–141), which shall be evaluated in accordance with subsection (b) of such section. 

SEC. 231. None of the funds made available by this Act or 

prior Acts are available for the construction of pedestrian fencing— 

(1) within the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge; 

(2) within the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park; 

(3) within La Lomita Historical park; 

(4) within the National Butterfly Center; or 

(5) within or east of the Vista del Mar Ranch tract of 

the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. 

SEC. 232. (a) Prior to use of any funds made available by 

this Act for the construction of physical barriers within the city 

limits of any city or census designated place described in subsection 

(c), the Department of Homeland Security and the local elected 

officials of such a city or census designated place shall confer 

and seek to reach mutual agreement regarding the design and 

alignment of physical barriers within that city or the census designated place (as the case may be). Such consultations shall continue 

until September 30, 2019 (or until agreement is reached, if earlier) 

and may be extended beyond that date by agreement of the parties, 

and no funds made available in this Act shall be used for such 

construction while consultations are continuing. 
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(b) Not later than July 1, 2019, the Secretary shall issue 

notices for public comment regarding construction of pedestrian 

fencing in the places identified in subsection (c). The notices shall 

afford the public not less than 60 days to submit comments on 

the location of proposed fencing in the affected areas. Not later 

than 90 days following the end of the comment period identified 

in this subsection, the Department shall publish in the Federal 

Register its responses to the comments received along with its 

plans for construction in the areas identified in the notice to which 

it is responding. 

(c) The cities and census designated place described in this 

subsection are as follows: 

(1) Roma, Texas. 

(2) Rio Grande City, Texas. 

(3) Escobares, Texas. 

(4) La Grulla, Texas. 

(5) The census designated place of Salineno, Texas. 

TITLE III 

PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 

CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for operations and support, $1,345,802,000, of 

which $18,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: 

Provided, That not to exceed $3,825 shall be for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE

The revenues and collections of security fees credited to this 

account shall be available until expended for necessary expenses 

related to the protection of federally owned and leased buildings 

and for the operations of the Federal Protective Service. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements, 

$322,829,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency for research and development, $13,126,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020. 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency for operations and support, $1,066,258,000: Provided, That 

not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses. 
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PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency for procurement, construction, and improvements, 

$133,830,000, of which $61,834,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2021, and of which $71,996,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

For activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, $3,094,210,000, which shall be allocated 

as follows: 

(1) $525,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant 

Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), of which $90,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden, and $10,000,000 shall be for organizations 

(as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 

such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security 

to be at high risk of a terrorist attack: Provided, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 

2019, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available 

to local and tribal governments amounts provided to the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004. 

(2) $640,000,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative 

under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

U.S.C. 604), of which $50,000,000 shall be for organizations 

(as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 

such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security 

to be at high risk of a terrorist attack. (3) $100,000,000 for Public Transportation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-the-Road Bus 

Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of 

the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 

Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182), of which 

$10,000,000 shall be for Amtrak security and $2,000,000 shall 

be for Over-the-Road Bus Security: Provided, That such public 

transportation security assistance shall be provided directly 

to public transportation agencies. (4) $100,000,000 for Port Security Grants in accordance 

with section 70107 of title 46, United States Code. 

(5) $700,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which $350,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Firefighter Grants and $350,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants under sections 

33 and 34 respectively of the Federal Fire Prevention and 

Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 

(6) $350,000,000 for emergency management performance 

grants under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 

U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 

762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan 

No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
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(7) $262,531,000 for necessary expenses for Flood Hazard 

Mapping and Risk Analysis, in addition to and to supplement 

any other sums appropriated under the National Flood Insurance Fund, and such additional sums as may be provided 

by States or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping 

activities under section 1360(f)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), to remain available 

until expended. 

(8) $10,000,000 for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness 

Grants. 

(9) $10,000,000 for Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential 

Dams under section 8A of the National Dam Safety Program 

Act (33 U.S.C. 467f–2). 

(10) $120,000,000 for the emergency food and shelter program under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331), to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That not to exceed 3.5 percent shall be for total 

administrative costs. 

(11) $276,679,000 to sustain current operations for training, 

exercises, technical assistance, and other programs. 

DISASTER RELIEF FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 

et seq.), $12,558,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

which $3,000,000 may be transferred to the Disaster Assistance 

Direct Loan Program for administrative expenses to carry out the 

program as authorized by section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184): 

Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

$12,000,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant to 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and is designated by the Congress 

as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That of the amounts set aside from funds provided 

under this heading pursuant to subsection (i)(1) of section 203 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(i)(1)), $250,000,000 shall be available to carry 

out activities for the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund under 

that section of that Act (as in effect on the day before the amendments made by section 1234 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act 

of 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–254) took effect), in addition 

to any amounts otherwise made available for such purpose by 

this or any other Act and may be merged in this account for 

all purposes with funds for the revised National Public Infrastructure Predisaster Mitigation Assistance, as authorized by the amendments made to section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) by section 

1234 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (division D 

of Public Law 115–254), once that assistance has been fully implemented: Provided further, That $300,000,000 of the amounts provided under this heading in this Act shall be derived from unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this 
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heading: Provided further, That none of the amounts derived from 

unobligated balances in the previous proviso shall be from amounts 

that were designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the budget 

or section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant 

to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 

(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 

Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141, 126 Stat. 916), and the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

89; 128 Stat. 1020), $202,153,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, which shall be derived from offsetting amounts 

collected under section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 

Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)); of which $13,858,000 shall be 

available for mission support associated with flood management; 

and of which $188,295,000 shall be available for flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided, That any additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance 

Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall be credited as offsetting 

collections to this account, to be available for flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, That in fiscal year 

2019, no funds shall be available from the National Flood Insurance 

Fund under section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of— 

(1) $176,304,000 for operating expenses and salaries and 

expenses associated with flood insurance operations; 

(2) $1,123,000,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; 

(3) such sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury 

borrowings; and 

(4) $175,000,000, which shall remain available until 

expended, for flood mitigation actions and for flood mitigation 

assistance under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance 

Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c), notwithstanding sections 1366(e) 

and 1310(a)(7) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e), 4017): 

Provided further, That the amounts collected under section 102 

of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) 

and section 1366(e) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

(42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)), shall be deposited in the National Flood Insurance Fund to supplement other amounts specified as available 

for section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 

notwithstanding section 102(f)(8), section 1366(e) of the National 

Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and paragraphs (1) through (3) of 

section 1367(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4012a(f)(8), 4104c(e), 

4104d(b)(1)–(3)): Provided further, That total administrative costs 

shall not exceed 4 percent of the total appropriation: Provided 

further, That up to $5,000,000 is available to carry out section 

24 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 

(42 U.S.C. 4033). 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Federal Protective Service, in conjunction with 

the Office of Management and Budget, shall provide a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives providing no fewer than three options for a 

revised method to assess and allocate costs for countermeasures. 

SEC. 302. Notwithstanding section 2008(a)(12) of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) or any other provision 

of law, not more than 5 percent of the amount of a grant made 

available in paragraphs (1) through (4) under ‘‘Federal Emergency 

Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, may be used by the 

grantee for expenses directly related to administration of the grant. 

SEC. 303. Applications for grants under the heading ‘‘Federal 

Emergency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for paragraphs (1) through (4), shall be made available to eligible applicants 

not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 80 days 

after the grant announcement, and the Administrator of the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency shall act within 65 days after 

the receipt of an application. 

SEC. 304. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 

Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) 

through (4), (8), and (9), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall brief the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 5 full 

business days in advance of announcing publicly the intention of 

making an award. 

SEC. 305. Under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 

Agency—Federal Assistance’’, for grants under paragraphs (1) and 

(2), the installation of communications towers is not considered 

construction of a building or other physical facility. 

SEC. 306. The reporting requirements in paragraphs (1) and 

(2) under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 

Disaster Relief Fund’’ in the Department of Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 114–4) shall be applied in 

fiscal year 2019 with respect to budget year 2020 and current 

fiscal year 2019, respectively— 

(1) in paragraph (1) by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ for 

‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘business’’ after ‘‘fifth’’. 

SEC. 307. In making grants under the heading ‘‘Firefighter 

Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary may grant waivers from the 

requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), 

(c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 

Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a). 

SEC. 308. The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 

2019, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans 

Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not 

be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security to be necessary for its Radiological 

Emergency Preparedness Program for the next fiscal year: Provided, 

That the methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall 

be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such 
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services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That such fees shall be deposited in a Radiological 

Emergency Preparedness Program account as offsetting collections 

and will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 

2019, and remain available until expended. 

SEC. 309. (a) The Federal share of assistance, including direct 

Federal assistance, provided under sections 403 and 407 of the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5170b and 42 U.S.C. 5173), with respect to a major 

disaster declared pursuant to such Act for damages resulting from 

a wildfire in calendar year 2018, shall be not less than 90 percent 

of the eligible costs under such section. 

(b) The Federal share provided by subsection (a) shall apply 

to assistance provided before, on, or after the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

TITLE IV 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES 

U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services for operations and support of the E-Verify Program, 

$109,688,000. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services for procurement, construction, and improvements of the 

E-Verify Program, $22,838,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2021. 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services for Federal assistance for the Citizenship and Integration 

Grant Program, $10,000,000. 

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTERS

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Centers for operations and support, including the purchase 

of not to exceed 117 vehicles for police-type use and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 

of title 5, United States Code, $277,876,000, of which $20,000,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

not to exceed $7,180 shall be for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Centers for procurement, construction, and improvements, 

$50,943,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023. 
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Directorate for operations and support, including the purchase or lease 

of not to exceed 5 vehicles, $308,520,000, of which $170,462,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Science and Technology Directorate for research and development, $511,265,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE

OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 

Destruction Office for operations and support, $187,095,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 

Destruction Office for procurement, construction, and improvements, $100,096,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office for research and development, $83,043,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021. 

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses of the Countering Weapons of Mass 

Destruction Office for Federal assistance through grants, contracts, 

cooperative agreements, and other activities, $64,663,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

otherwise made available to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used to acquire, operate, equip, and dispose of up 

to 5 vehicles, for replacement only, for areas where the Administrator of General Services does not provide vehicles for lease: Provided, That the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may authorize employees who are assigned to those areas 

to use such vehicles to travel between the employees’ residences 

and places of employment. 
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SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to grant 

an immigration benefit unless the results of background checks 

required by law to be completed prior to the granting of the benefit 

have been received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

and the results do not preclude the granting of the benefit. 

SEC. 403. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to process or approve a competition under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 for services provided by employees 

(including employees serving on a temporary or term basis) of 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of 

Homeland Security who are known as Immigration Information 

Officers, Immigration Service Analysts, Contact Representatives, 

Investigative Assistants, or Immigration Services Officers. 

SEC. 404. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Centers is authorized to distribute funds to Federal law 

enforcement agencies for expenses incurred participating in training 

accreditation. 

SEC. 405. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation 

Board, including representatives from the Federal law enforcement 

community and non-Federal accreditation experts involved in law 

enforcement training, shall lead the Federal law enforcement 

training accreditation process to continue the implementation of 

measuring and assessing the quality and effectiveness of Federal 

law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors. 

SEC. 406. The Director of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Centers may accept transfers to the account established 

by section 407(a) of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) from Government agencies 

requesting the construction of special use facilities, as authorized 

by the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535(b)): Provided, That the Federal 

Law Enforcement Training Centers maintain administrative control 

and ownership upon completion of such facilities. 

SEC. 407. The functions of the Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Centers instructor staff shall be classified as inherently 

governmental for the purpose of the Federal Activities Inventory 

Reform Act of 1998 (31 U.S.C. 501 note). 

SEC. 408. The Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer 

personnel and up to $15,000,000 in unexpended balances of amounts 

made available to the Department of Homeland Security under 

the heading ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate—Operations and 

Support’’ in division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 

(Public Law 115–141) to the Department of Agriculture for the 

purpose of contract and associated support of the operations of 

the National Bio and Agro-defense Facility: Provided, That the 

Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives at least 30 days in advance 

of such transfer. 
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TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 502. Subject to the requirements of section 503 of this 

Act, the unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for 

activities in this Act may be transferred to appropriation accounts 

for such activities established pursuant to this Act, may be merged 

with funds in the applicable established accounts, and thereafter 

may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as 

originally enacted. 

SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, provided 

by previous appropriations Acts to the components in or transferred 

to the Department of Homeland Security that remain available 

for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from 

any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

the collection of fees available to the components funded by this 

Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

reprogramming of funds that— 

(1) creates or eliminates a program, project, or activity, 

or increases funds for any program, project, or activity for 

which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; 

(2) contracts out any function or activity presently performed by Federal employees or any new function or activity 

proposed to be performed by Federal employees in the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 for the Department 

of Homeland Security; 

(3) augments funding for existing programs, projects, or 

activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

less; 

(4) reduces funding for any program, project, or activity, 

or numbers of personnel, by 10 percent or more; or 

(5) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

personnel that would result in a change in funding levels for 

programs, projects, or activities as approved by the Congress. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives are notified at least 15 days in advance of such reprogramming. 

(c) Up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available for 

the current fiscal year for the Department of Homeland Security 

by this Act or provided by previous appropriations Acts may be 

transferred between such appropriations if the Committees on 

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

are notified at least 30 days in advance of such transfer, but 

no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

shall be increased by more than 10 percent by such transfer. 

(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), no funds shall 

be reprogrammed within or transferred between appropriations 

based upon an initial notification provided after June 30, except 

in extraordinary circumstances that imminently threaten the safety 

of human life or the protection of property. 
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(e) The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to any use of deobligated 

balances of funds provided in previous Department of Homeland 

Security Appropriations Acts that remain available for obligation 

in the current year. 

(f) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland 

Security may transfer to the fund established by 8 U.S.C. 1101 

note, up to $20,000,000 from appropriations available to the Department of Homeland Security: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives at least 5 days in advance of such transfer. 

SEC. 504. Section 504 of the Department of Homeland Security 

Appropriations Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law 115–31), related 

to the operations of a working capital fund, shall apply with respect 

to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 

section applied to funds made available in that Act. 

SEC. 505. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 

at the end of fiscal year 2019, as recorded in the financial records 

at the time of a reprogramming notification, but not later than 

June 30, 2020, from appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ 

for fiscal year 2019 in this Act shall remain available through 

September 30, 2020, in the account and for the purposes for which 

the appropriations were provided: Provided, That prior to the obligation of such funds, a notification shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with section 503 of this Act. 

SEC. 506. Funds made available by this Act for intelligence 

activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 

for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 

(50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of 

an Act authorizing intelligence activities for fiscal year 2019. 

SEC. 507. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, or the designee of the Secretary, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least 

3 full business days in advance of— 

(1) making or awarding a grant allocation, grant, contract, 

other transaction agreement, or task or delivery order on a 

Department of Homeland Security multiple award contract, 

or to issue a letter of intent totaling in excess of $1,000,000; 

(2) awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obligation of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from 

multi-year Department of Homeland Security funds; 

(3) making a sole-source grant award; or 

(4) announcing publicly the intention to make or award 

items under paragraph (1), (2), or (3), including a contract 

covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

(b) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that 

compliance with this section would pose a substantial risk to human 

life, health, or safety, an award may be made without notification, 

and the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 

5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued. 

(c) A notification under this section— 

(1) may not involve funds that are not available for obligation; and 
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(2) shall include the amount of the award; the fiscal year 

for which the funds for the award were appropriated; the type 

of contract; and the account from which the funds are being 

drawn. 

SEC. 508. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency 

shall purchase, construct, 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 advance 

notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives, except that the Federal Law 

Enforcement Training Centers is authorized to obtain the temporary 

use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 

for training that cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 

SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used for expenses for any construction, 

repair, alteration, or acquisition project for which a prospectus 

otherwise required under chapter 33 of title 40, United States 

Code, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

be expended for each project for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus. 

SEC. 510. Sections 520, 522, and 530 of the Department of 

Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2008 (division E of Public 

Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2073 and 2074) shall apply with respect 

to funds made available in this Act in the same manner as such 

sections applied to funds made available in that Act. 

SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used in contravention of the applicable provisions of the Buy 

American Act: Provided, That for purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 

41, United States Code. 

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 337 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448). 

SEC. 513. None of the funds provided or otherwise made available in this Act shall be available to carry out section 872 of 

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 452) unless explicitly 

authorized by the Congress. 

SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national 

identification card. 

SEC. 515. Any official that is required by this Act to report 

or to certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives may not delegate such authority 

to perform that act unless specifically authorized herein. 

SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 

or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 

its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 

other detainee who— 

(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 

Armed Forces of the United States; and 

(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for first-class travel by the employees of agencies funded 
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by this Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)). 

SEC. 519. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor 

performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or performance that does not meet the basic requirements 

of a contract. 

SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used by the Department of Homeland 

Security to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract 

is entered into in accordance with the requirements of subtitle 

I of title 41, United States Code, or chapter 137 of title 10, United 

States Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless such 

contract is otherwise authorized by statute to be entered into without regard to the above referenced statutes. 

SEC. 521. (a) For an additional amount for financial systems 

modernization, $51,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2020. 

(b) Funds made available in subsection (a) for financial systems 

modernization may be transferred by the Secretary of Homeland 

Security between appropriations for the same purpose, notwithstanding section 503 of this Act. 

(c) No transfer described in subsection (b) shall occur until 

15 days after the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives are notified of such transfer. 

SEC. 522. (a) The funds appropriated to the Department of 

Homeland Security in this Act for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ shall 

be hereby reduced, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer, 

by a total of $12,000,000 to realize administrative savings, including 

savings from requirements, supplies, or materials that were funded 

by the Department using fiscal year 2018 appropriations for contracts with periods of performance in fiscal year 2019. 

(b) Funds may only be reduced for the respective appropriations 

from amounts identified in the budget appendix, as modified by 

the report accompanying this Act, by object classes 25.1, 25.2, 

25.3, and 26.2. 

(c) No funds may be reduced from amounts provided under 

the following headings and activities: 

(1) ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency— 

Operations and Support’’; 

(2) ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ for defenserelated activities; and 

(3) ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Operations 

and Support’’ for National Continuity Programs in the 

Preparedness and Protection program, project, and activity. 

(d) No amounts may be reduced from amounts that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant 

to a concurrent resolution on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A) 

of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

or from amounts that were designated by the Congress as being 

for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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(e) The Secretary shall submit a notification to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

specifying the account and amount of each reduction made pursuant 

to this section. 

SEC. 523. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by a Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the 

transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the Federal 

law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the individual is 

an agent of a drug cartel unless law enforcement personnel of 

the United States continuously monitor or control the firearm at 

all times. 

SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 

employees of a single component of the Department of Homeland 

Security, who are stationed in the United States, at a single international conference unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

or a designee, determines that such attendance is in the national 

interest and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives within at least 10 days 

of that determination and the basis for that determination: Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘international 

conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United 

States attended by representatives of the United States Government 

and of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations: Provided further, That the total cost 

to the Department of Homeland Security of any such conference 

shall not exceed $500,000. 

SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to reimburse any Federal department or agency for its 

participation in a National Special Security Event. 

SEC. 527. None of the funds made available to the Department 

of Homeland Security by this or any other Act may be obligated 

for any structural pay reform that affects more than 100 fulltime positions or costs more than $5,000,000 in a single year before 

the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which 

the Secretary of Homeland Security submits to Congress a notification that includes— 

(1) the number of full-time positions affected by such 

change; 

(2) funding required for such change for the current year 

and through the Future Years Homeland Security Program; 

(3) justification for such change; and 

(4) an analysis of compensation alternatives to such change 

that were considered by the Department. 

SEC. 528. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 

this Act shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 

website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 

the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
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of Representatives in this Act, upon the determination by the head 

of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

(1) the public posting of the report compromises homeland 

or national security; or 

(2) the report contains proprietary information. 

(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 

only after such report has been made available to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

for not less than 45 days except as otherwise specified in law. 

SEC. 529. (a) Funding provided in this Act for ‘‘Operations 

and Support’’ may be used for minor procurement, construction, 

and improvements. 

(b) For purposes of subsection (a), ‘‘minor’’ refers to end items 

with a unit cost of $250,000 or less for personal property, and 

$2,000,000 or less for real property. 

SEC. 530. The authority provided by section 532 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 

115–141) regarding primary and secondary schooling of dependents 

shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2019. 

SEC. 531. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Emergency 

Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’, $41,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, exclusively for providing 

reimbursement of extraordinary law enforcement personnel costs 

for protection activities directly and demonstrably associated with 

any residence of the President that is designated or identified 

to be secured by the United States Secret Service. 

(b) Subsections (b) through (f) of section 534 of the Department 

of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115– 

141), shall be applied with respect to amounts made available 

by subsection (a) of this section by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2019’’ 

for ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ and ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 

SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to prevent a Member of Congress from entering, for the 

purpose of conducting oversight, any facility operated by or for 

the Department of Homeland Security used to detain or otherwise 

house alien minors, or to make any temporary modification at 

any such facility that in any way alters what is observed by a 

visiting Member of Congress, compared to what would be observed 

in the absence of such modification. 

SEC. 533. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 

the funds made available in this Act may be used to place restraints 

on a woman in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security 

(including during transport, in a detention facility, or at an outside 

medical facility) who is pregnant or in post-delivery recuperation. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a pregnant 

woman if— 

(1) an appropriate official of the Department of Homeland 

Security makes an individualized determination that the 

woman— 

(A) is a serious flight risk, and such risk cannot be 

prevented by other means; or 

(B) poses an immediate and serious threat to harm 

herself or others that cannot be prevented by other means; 

or 
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(2) a medical professional responsible for the care of the 

pregnant woman determines that the use of therapeutic 

restraints is appropriate for the medical safety of the woman. 

(c) If a pregnant woman is restrained pursuant to subsection 

(b), only the safest and least restrictive restraints, as determined 

by the appropriate medical professional treating the woman, may 

be used. In no case may restraints be used on a woman who 

is in active labor or delivery, and in no case may a pregnant 

woman be restrained in a face-down position with four-point 

restraints, on her back, or in a restraint belt that constricts the 

area of the pregnancy. A pregnant woman who is immobilized 

by restraints shall be positioned, to the maximum extent feasible, 

on her left side. 

SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to destroy any document, recording, or other record pertaining to any potential sexual assault or abuse perpetrated against 

any individual held in the custody of the Department of Homeland 

Security. 

SEC. 535. Section 513 of division F of Public Law 114–113, 

regarding a prohibition on funding for any position designated 

as a Principal Federal Official, shall apply with respect to funds 

made available in this Act in the same manner as such section 

applied to funds made available in that Act. 

SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 

until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 

SEC. 537. Within 60 days of any budget submission for the 

Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2020 that assumes 

revenues or proposes a reduction from the previous year based 

on user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior 

to the submission of the budget, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives specific reductions in proposed discretionary budget authority commensurate with the revenues assumed 

in such proposals in the event that they are not enacted prior 

to October 1, 2019. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 538. The following unobligated balances made available 

to the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 505 

of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 

(Public Law 115–141) are rescinded: 

(1) $169,000 from ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive 

Management—Operations and Support’’; 

(2) $328,000 from ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations 

and Support’’; 

(3) $366,000 from ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations 

Coordination—Operations and Support’’; 

(4) $427,000 from ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection— 

Operations and Support’’; 

(5) $30,000 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Operating Expenses’’; 

(6) $1,040,000 from ‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’; 

(7) $5,166,000 from ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’; 
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(8) $1,589,000 from ‘‘National Protection and Programs 

Directorate—Operations and Support’’; 

(9) $362,000 from ‘‘Office of Health Affairs—Operations 

and Support’’; 

(10) $362,000 from ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 

Agency—Operations and Support’’; 

(11) $206,000 from ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—Operations and Support’’; 

(12) $63,000 from ‘‘Science and Technology Directorate— 

Operations and Support’’; and 

(13) $437,000 from ‘‘Domestic Nuclear Detection Office— 

Operations and Support’’. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 539. Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 

Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby rescinded from 

the following accounts and programs in the specified amounts: 

Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 

99–177): 

(1) $33,870,000 from Public Law 115–141 under the 

heading ‘‘Transportation Security Administration—Operations 

and Support’’. 

(2) $17,045,000 from Public Law 115–31 under the heading 

‘‘Coast Guard—Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation’’. 

(3) $17,200,000 from Public Law 115–141 under the 

heading ‘‘Domestic Nuclear Detection Office—Federal Assistance’’. 

(4) $7,400,000 from Public Law 114–4 under the heading 

‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’. 

(5) $5,200,000 from Public Law 114–113 under the heading 

‘‘Coast Guard—Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements’’. 

(RESCISSION)

SEC. 540. From the unobligated balances available in the 

Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund established by section 

9703 of title 31, United States Code (added by section 638 of 

Public Law 102–393), $200,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded 

not later than September 30, 2019. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

TITLE I 

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $46,603,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be available 

for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $800,000 

shall be available for the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary 

for Rural Development: Provided, That funds made available by 

this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission area 

for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall 

be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed 

$4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and 

Public Engagement; not to exceed $23,176,000 shall be available 

for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of 

which $22,301,000 shall be available for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for management support 

services to offices of the Department and for general administration, 

security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies 

and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 

practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided further, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Administration mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 

fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not 

to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 

Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs 

funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental 

affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to exceed 

$7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Communications: 

Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 

to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 

Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided 

further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased 

or decreased by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not 

to exceed $22,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available 

for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding 

of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 

this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds made available under this heading for the Office 
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of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be obligated 

after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 

Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 

agency. 

EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, $21,286,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 

agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $15,222,000. 

OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 

Analysis, $9,525,000. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, $55,630,000, of which not less than $38,000,000 is for 

cybersecurity requirements of the department. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, $6,028,000. 

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That funds made available 

by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for 

salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 

support staff for the Office. 

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

$24,206,000. 

AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 

Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 

delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 

to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs 

and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 

and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
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suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 

for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $59,967,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 

comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds 

available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials 

Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department 

for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above 

Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 

including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 

1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $98,208,000, including 

such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 

6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 

5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain 

confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 

pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 

452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food 

Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 

$45,146,000. 

OFFICE OF ETHICS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,136,000. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

ECONOMICS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Research, Education, and Economics, $800,000: Provided, That 

funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, 

Education, and Economics mission area for salaries and expenses 

are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

the Office. 

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 

$86,757,000. 
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, $174,517,000, of which up to $45,300,000 shall be available 

until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That 

amounts made available for the Census of Agriculture may be 

used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 

U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f). 

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 

and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase 

at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 

where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be 

equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not 

exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,303,266,000, of which 

$10,600,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used 

to carry out the science program at the National Bio- and Agrodefense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, That 

appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 

maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 

for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 

shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 

which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings 

to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 

each, and except for two buildings to be constructed at a cost 

not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 

building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

current replacement value of the building or $500,000, whichever 

is greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

be available for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural 

Research Service location for the construction of a research facility 

by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research Service 

and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility shall be 

owned, operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity and 

shall be removed upon the expiration or termination of the lease 

agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations 

contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 

(21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

shall be available for granting easements at any Agricultural 

Research Service location for the construction of a research facility 

by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the easements shall 

be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the Secretary 

finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest of the United 
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States: Provided further, That funds may be received from any 

State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for 

the purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or 

research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

by law. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 

extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 

as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 

the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 

$381,200,000 to remain available until expended, of which 

$247,700,000 shall be allocated for ARS facilities co-located with 

university partners. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 

expenses, $927,649,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in 

the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of 

Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities’’ in the 

joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That 

funds for research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants 

for 1890 institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant colleges 

of agriculture, the agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate 

fellowship and institution challenge grants, and grants management 

systems shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

That each institution eligible to receive funds under the EvansAllen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual 

eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions 

shall be made available to institutions eligible to receive funds 

under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more 

than 5 percent of the amounts made available by this or any 

other Act to carry out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative 

under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in 

carrying out that authority. 

NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 

American Samoa, $505,692,000, which shall be for the purposes, 
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and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute 

of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for 

facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive 

funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 

less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative 

extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 

U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 

shall be available for retirement and employees’ compensation costs 

for extension agents. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 

programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 

$38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 

specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the joint explanatory statement 

accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the Food and 

Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, indirect costs shall not be charged against any 

Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the 

Crop Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

REGULATORY PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $901,000: Provided, That 

funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing 

and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries and expenses 

are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

the Office. 

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances 

and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

(22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,011,136,000, of which $470,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control 

of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which $11,520,000, to 

remain available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests 

program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 

eradication zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until 

expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 

$705,000 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse 

Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 

$62,840,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used 

to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain available 
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until expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; 

of which $186,013,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

be for specialty crop pests; of which, $11,826,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem 

pests; of which $16,523,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which $40,966,000, 

to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 

preparedness and response; of which $60,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 

$5,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 

National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 

safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this heading 

for wildlife services methods development, $1,000,000 shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That of amounts available under this heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 

shall remain available until expended; of which $13,600,000, to 

remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 

science program at the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility 

located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, That no funds 

shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 

program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 

matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, 

That this appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed five, 

of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That 

in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

agricultural production industry of the United States, the Secretary 

may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the 

agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 

be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 

for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection 

Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 

balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 

preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 

alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

value of the building. 

In fiscal year 2019, the agency is authorized to collect fees 

to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 

or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, 

domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or 

individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any 

entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 

assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, 

and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, without further appropriation, for providing 

such assistance, goods, or services. 
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 

environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 

purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, 

$3,175,000, to remain available until expended. 

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

MARKETING SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 

$159,095,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113–79; and of which 

$1,500,000 shall be available for marketing activities authorized 

under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)) to provide to State departments of agriculture, 

State cooperative extension services, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations grants to carry out programs 

and provide technical assistance to promote innovation, process 

improvement, and marketing relating to dairy products: Provided, 

That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 

2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, 

but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 

the building. 

Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 

as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: 

Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 

to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress. 

FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY

(SECTION 32)

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 

1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program 

expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 

expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce 

as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 

742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and 

(3) not more than $20,705,000 for formulation and administration 

of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 

1961 (Public Law 87–128). 
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 

departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 

LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing 

services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 

supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, 

this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification 

to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That funds made available 

by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for 

salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 

support staff for the Office. 

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 

the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection 

Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed 

$10,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 

to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

$1,049,344,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 

this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 

funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available until expended: Provided 

further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 

be employed during fiscal year 2019 for purposes dedicated solely 

to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods 

of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That 

the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified 

by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 

79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 

buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 

building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

current replacement value of the building. 
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TITLE II 

FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM PRODUCTION AND

CONSERVATION

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Farm Production and Conservation, $901,000: Provided, That 

funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are 

available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 

Office. 

FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, $216,350,000: Provided, That $60,228,000 

of amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to 

section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged 

with this account. 

FARM SERVICE AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

$1,081,655,000, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be for 

the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies at Farm Service 

Agency county offices and farm loan officers and shall be available 

until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

of the funding made available under this heading for information 

technology related to farm program delivery may be obligated until 

the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress, and receives written or electronic notification 

of receipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 

(1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 

benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the 

entirety of the project/investment, including estimates for development as well as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones 

to be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, (a) 

consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 

Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applicable lifecycle 

management policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable 

Department’s capital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government Accountability 

Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency shall submit 

a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019 
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to the Committees on Appropriations and the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for each project/investment that is 

operational (a) current performance against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against 

a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current 

and planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, 

and (e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to 

meet business needs as intended as well as alternatives to the 

investment: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 

use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 

of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments 

for all programs administered by the Agency: Provided further, 

That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

activities may be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further, That funds made available to county committees 

shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That none 

of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That 

none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall 

be used to permanently relocate county based employees that would 

result in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 

notification and approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

both Houses of Congress. 

STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 

Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $3,904,000. 

GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 

protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act 

of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $6,500,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 

to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 

dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried 

out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity 

program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 

guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating 

(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 

et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll 
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weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 

U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

(25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricultural 

Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed 

farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership direct 

loans; $1,960,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans 

and $1,530,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 

$37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; 

guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; Indian highly 

fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication 

program loans, $30,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of 

boll weevil eradication program loans. 

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 

including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm operating 

loans, $59,670,000 for direct operating loans, $21,168,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, emergency loans, $1,567,000 

and $2,134,000 for Indian highly fractionated land loans to remain 

available until expended. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $317,068,000: Provided, That of this amount, $290,917,000 shall be transferred to 

and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided further, That of this amount 

$16,081,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 

these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance 

of any transfer. 

RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $58,361,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available 

for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized 

by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 

Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation 

of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 

soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 

such special measures for soil and water management as may 

be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 

to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 

plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests 

therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, 
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exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 

to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection 

or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 

buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $819,492,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 

for construction and improvement of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

and improvements to other buildings and other public improvements 

shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 

or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right 

to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided 

further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the authorities 

under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing 

watershed projects with a primary purpose of providing water to 

rural communities. 

WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 

including but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering 

operations, works of improvement, and changes in use of land, 

in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with 

the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

$150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

for funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation 

regarding the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding 

two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities 

can be undertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for 

the primary purpose of flood prevention (including structural and 

land treatment measures): Provided further, That of the amounts 

made available under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be allocated 

to projects and activities that can commence promptly following 

enactment; that address regional priorities for flood prevention, 

agricultural water management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish 

and wildlife habitat, or watershed protection; or that address 

authorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 

of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78– 

534) with a primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing 

floodwater damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, 

and banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport. 

WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection 

and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is provided: Provided, That 

of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000 

shall remain available until expended for watershed rehabilitation 

projects in states with high-hazard dams and other watershed structures and that have recently incurred flooding events which caused 

fatalities. 

CORPORATIONS 

The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized 

to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
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authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 

with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard 

to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 

year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 

Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, 

to remain available until expended. 

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 

to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 

losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 

2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, 

That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation 

under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 

Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign 

Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and 

used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 

management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that 

are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business. 

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation 

shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and 

cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to 

comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 

U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

(42 U.S.C. 6961). 

TITLE III 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 

and implementation of Rural Development programs, including 

activities with institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

$236,835,000: Provided, That no less than $6,000,000 shall be for 
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information technology investments: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 

this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

that support Rural Development programs: Provided further, That 

in addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized 

by section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), 

any amounts collected under such section, as amended by this 

Act, will immediately be credited to this account and will remain 

available until expended for such purposes. 

RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 

guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 

1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 

fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans and 

$24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 

$28,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for 

section 515 rental housing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single 

family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 selfhelp housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 

524 site development loans. 

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 

cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $67,700,000 

shall be for direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, 

$3,419,000; section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 

$431,000; section 524 site development loans, $176,000; and repair, 

rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

$9,484,000: Provided, That to support the loan program level for 

section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 

the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected 

cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the 

Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That 

applicants in communities that have a current rural area waiver 

under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) 

shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 

502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Provided further, 

That of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 

502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 

direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 

to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant 

authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 

1, 2019: Provided further, That the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organizations and public 

housing authorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 

Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit 

organizations and public housing authorities that commit to keep 

such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a 

period of time as determined by the Secretary, with such incentives 

to include, but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit 
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entities and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own resources to include proceeds from low income 

housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; and 

allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with owner’s 

oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up 

to $7,500 per property. 

In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 

as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 

(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $16,853,000, to remain available until 

expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm 

labor housing grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances 

available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred 

to and merged with this account. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall 

be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 

Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 

pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing 

Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness 

or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,331,400,000, of which 

$40,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020; and in 

addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 

521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 

1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under section 

521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 

entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 

funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year agreements 

may be transferred and used for purposes of any debt reduction; 

maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing projects; 

preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized under title 

V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 

under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a farm 

labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 

516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project 

until such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 

consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants 

seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible 

tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, 

That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided 

further, That except as provided in the third proviso under this 

heading and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2019 for a project that 

the Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 

use such recaptured funds for current needs. 
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MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 

section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for additional costs to conduct 

a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 

of multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph, $51,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That of the funds made available under this heading, $27,000,000, 

shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 

household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 

in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 

prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the 

amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable 

market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent 

for such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 

such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 

regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 

housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That if the 

Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers 

in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary 

may use such funds for the demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 

described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading, $24,500,000 shall be available 

for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 

of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, 

as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes 

of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 

project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing 

for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or 

eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, 

reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

including advances, payments and incentives (including the ability 

of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 

by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall as 

part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a 

restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 

additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are 

needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 

program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 

if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multifamily rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 

demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use 

funds made available for the demonstration program under this 

heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval of 

the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 

Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, 

the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from 

the program funds made available under this heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded under this heading. 
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MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of 

the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 

preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized 

by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $45,000,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 

guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 

section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and $148,287,000 for guaranteed 

loans. 

For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 

loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, $4,285,000, to remain available until expended. 

For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs 

as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $45,778,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of 

the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 

for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 

That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 

ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and 

Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects 

to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 

development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such 

funds shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and 

public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 

of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such 

intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 

sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 

not less than funds provided: Provided further, That $5,778,000 

of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide 

grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 

up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the 

State rural development offices: Provided further, That $4,000,000 

of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 

for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized 

by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 

381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 

this heading. 
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RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized by section 310B and 

described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $65,040,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 

appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be 

made available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 

to promote economic development and $8,000,000 shall be for grants 

to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the 

Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), 

and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et 

seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 

as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 

for administrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of 

the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business 

grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, 

including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 

to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 

to promote economic development: Provided further, That sections 

381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 

heading. 

INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 

the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 

1936b), $18,889,000. 

For the cost of direct loans, $4,157,000, as authorized by the 

Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 

of which $557,000 shall be available through June 30, 2019, for 

Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which 

$1,072,000 shall be available through June 30, 2019, for Mississippi 

Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 

the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 

section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose 

of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 

$50,000,000. 
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The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the 

Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects shall not exceed 

$10,000,000. 

RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 

section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $29,100,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be 

for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 

for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 

shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 

boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 

of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $17,500,000, to 

remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product market development grants, as authorized by section 

210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which $2,500,000 

may be used for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 

RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same 

terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), 

$334,500: Provided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including 

the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 

as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(2) 

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

$1,400,000,000. For loan guarantees and grants for rural water, 

waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs 

authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B 

and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) 

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

$548,690,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 

to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which 

not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 

program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 

not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

heading shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition 

to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act and such 

grants may not exceed $1,000,000 notwithstanding section 

306A(f)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That $68,000,000 of the 

amount appropriated under this heading shall be for loans and 
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grants including water and waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 

Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recognized Native 

American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided 

further, That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 

formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided 

further, That not more than 2 percent of the funding provided 

for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical 

assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding 

provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant 

to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical 

assistance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$30,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 

be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems 

pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 

makes a determination of extreme need, of which $8,000,000 shall 

be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State 

regional technical assistance organization, with experience in 

working with small communities on water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural 

communities with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the 

planning, financing, development, operation, and management of 

water and waste water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 

shall be for a qualified national Native American organization to 

provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal 

communities: Provided further, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of 

the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for contracting 

with qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 

to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 

further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste 

management grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

amount appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, 

and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 

Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 19 of 

the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided 

further, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost grants 

authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 

(7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural 

Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

available under this heading. 

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM

ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural Electrification 

Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) shall be made as follows: 

loans made pursuant to sections 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 

317(c), of that Act, rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent 
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rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

Act, rural telecommunications loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That 

up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisition, 

design and engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled electric 

generating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon 

subsurface utilization and storage systems. 

For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305 of 

the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), including the 

cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications 

loans, $1,725,000. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which 

shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM

For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication 

loans, $29,851,000. 

For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 

rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $34,000,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall 

be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated 

Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided 

to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 

as established by this section. 

For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 

of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,830,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be 

as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural 

areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program 

benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

TITLE IV 

DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, AND

CONSUMER SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $800,000: Provided, 

That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, 

Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for salaries and 

expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 

staff for the Office. 
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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 

21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 

except sections 17 and 21; $23,140,781,000 to remain available 

through September 30, 2020, of which such sums as are made 

available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this 

Act, shall be merged with and available for the same time period 

and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total amount 

available, $17,004,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

further, That of the total amount available, $30,000,000 shall be 

available to provide competitive grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and schools to purchase the 

equipment, with a value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve 

healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support the 

establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school breakfast 

program: Provided further, That of the total amount available, 

$28,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry out 

section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public 

Law 111–80): Provided further, That section 26(d) of the Richard 

B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is 

amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2018’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2019’’: Provided further, That section 

9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 

‘‘For fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2019’’: Provided 

further, That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first 

sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 

year 2019’’. 

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 

nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 

Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,075,000,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 

breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, and 

$19,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, of which $5,000,000 

shall be for telehealth competitive grants to supplement the nutrition education and breastfeeding support offered in the WIC clinic, 

and to decrease barriers to access to WIC services, particularly 

in rural communities, and other populations facing barriers to 

accessing support: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive 

bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

further, That none of the funds provided shall be available for 
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activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of 

such Act: Provided further, That upon termination of a federally 

mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and conditions 

established by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $73,476,921,000, of which 

$3,000,000,000, to remain available through December 31, 2020, 

shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at 

such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education 

services to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: 

Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

work registration or workfare requirements as may be required 

by law: Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available 

through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That funds made 

available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and 

section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain 

available through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That none 

of the funds made available under this heading may be obligated 

or expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds 

made available under this heading may be used to enter into 

contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to 

conduct activities related to program integrity provided that such 

activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 

the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 

(7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; 

special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized 

by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 

Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition 

Act of 1966, $322,139,000, to remain available through September 

30, 2020: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available 

to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

donated to the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, effective with funds made available 

in fiscal year 2019 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available 

through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 15 percent 

for costs associated with the distribution of commodities: Provided 
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further, That $30,000,000 of prior year unobligated balances of 

the Commodity Supplemental Food Program shall be transferred 

to The Emergency Food Assistance Program to be used for administrative expenses. 

NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance 

program, $164,688,000, of which $12,297,000 shall remain available 

through September 30, 2021, for the development and dissemination 

of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans: Provided, That of the 

funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes 

of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended by section 

4401 of Public Law 110–246. 

TITLE V 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $875,000: Provided, 

That funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade 

and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and 

expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 

staff for the Office. 

OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, $3,976,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 

including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and 

for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 

3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $213,890,000, of which no more than 

6 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2020, for 

overseas operations to include the payment of locally employed 

staff: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 

or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 

of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food 

production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign 

assistance programs of the United States Agency for International 

Development: Provided further, That funds made available for 

middle-income country training programs, funds made available 

for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology 
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Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until expended. 

FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 

of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480) and the Food 

for Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, shall be transferred to and 

merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 

and Expenses’’. 

FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 

recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest 

thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), for 

commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under 

title II of said Act, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD

NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 

(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $210,255,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which $1,000,000 is for the use of recently developed 

potable water technologies in school feeding projects: Provided, That 

the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 

such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided 

herein: Provided further, That of the amount made available under 

this heading, $15,000,000, shall remain available until expended 

for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 

of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) CREDIT

GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 

Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 

$8,845,000, to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by 

section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and 

in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 

$6,382,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, and 

of which $2,463,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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TITLE VI 

RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 

including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 

92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose 

space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 

amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying 

out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for miscellaneous and emergency 

expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by 

the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s 

certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 

of Public Law 107–188; $5,584,965,000: Provided, That of the 

amount provided under this heading, $1,010,323,000 shall be 

derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

379h, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

until expended; $204,730,000 shall be derived from medical device 

user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to 

this account and remain available until expended; $501,721,000 

shall be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and 

remain available until expended; $38,847,000 shall be derived from 

biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

until expended; $30,331,000 shall be derived from animal drug 

user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 

to this account and remain available until expended; $18,335,000 

shall be derived from generic new animal drug user fees authorized 

by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and 

remain available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 

from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and 

shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwithstanding 

any other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 

prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, human generic 

drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug 

user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed 

the respective fiscal year 2019 limitations are appropriated and 

shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescription 

drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug assessments 

for fiscal year 2019, including any such fees collected prior to 

fiscal year 2019 but credited for fiscal year 2019, shall be subject 

to the fiscal year 2019 limitations: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal year 2019 of user fees 

specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2020, 

prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such 
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fees assessed for fiscal year 2020 for which the Secretary accepts 

payment in fiscal year 2019 shall not be included in amounts 

under this heading: Provided further, That none of these funds 

shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of 

user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That 

of the total amount appropriated: (1) $1,059,980,000 shall be for 

the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 

activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 

$15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood; (2) 

$1,879,927,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and 

Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

Affairs; (3) $402,144,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the Office 

of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $223,611,000 shall be for the Center 

for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office 

of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $556,179,000 shall be for the Center 

for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities 

in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $66,712,000 shall be for 

the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $666,832,000 

shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field 

activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $173,847,000 shall 

be for Rent and Related activities, of which $50,587,000 is for 

White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the 

General Services Administration for rent; (9) $237,849,000 shall 

be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; 

and (10) $317,884,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods 

and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for 

these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this 

amount shall be for official reception and representation expenses, 

not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner: 

Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 

770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available under this 

heading for other activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 

that are made available under this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, 

and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of 

Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 

for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, 

That of the total amount made available under this heading, 

$3,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 

in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, for consumer 

outreach and education regarding agricultural biotechnology and 

biotechnology-derived food products and animal feed, including 

through publication and distribution of science-based educational 

information on the environmental, nutritional, food safety, economic, and humanitarian impacts of such biotechnology, food products, and feed: Provided further, That funds may be transferred 

from one specified activity to another with the prior approval of 

the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 

263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, 

priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, 

food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary 

qualified importer program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j– 

31, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, 

prescription drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection 

fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider 

licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), 

third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and 

medical countermeasure priority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and, contingent upon the enactment 

of the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act of 2019, fees 

relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs authorized by part 

10 of subchapter C of Chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug 

and Cosmetic Act shall be credited to this account, to remain 

available until expended. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 

of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to remain available until expended. 

FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described 

under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition 

to amounts available for such purposes under the heading ‘‘Salaries 

and Expenses’’, $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 

Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under section 

1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation for ‘‘Department 

of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration 

Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 

Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso 

are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may 

be transferred back to the account: Provided further, That such 

transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

provided by law. 

INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $74,600,000 (from assessments collected from 

farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year 

for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: 

Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated 
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with receiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

TITLE VII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture 

for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be available for 

the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not 

to exceed 71 passenger motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for 

replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That 

notwithstanding this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and 

for the protection of life, property, and public safety. 

SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances 

of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund 

for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for 

the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology 

services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 

Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That none of the funds made available by 

this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 

Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to 

the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval 

of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 

Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 

Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund 

shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes 

to the Department’s National Finance Center without written 

notification to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 716 of 

this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

by this Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 

Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to initiate, 

plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to remove or 

relocate any systems, missions, or functions of the offices of the 

Chief Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Finance 

Center prior to written notification to and prior approval of the 

Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in 

accordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices 

of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to existing 

and new Departments and other government agencies National 

Finance Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, 

financial management, and human capital shared services and allow 
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the National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the Working 

Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attributable to the 

amounts in excess of the true costs of the shared services provided 

by the National Finance Center and budgeted for the National 

Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent 

for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 

equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of 

financial, administrative, and information technology services, and 

other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided 

further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for 

obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 

obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations on the obligation 

of funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 

not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, 

is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that 

significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; 

or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a 

safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance Center. 

SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used 

to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 

or similar arrangements between the United States Department 

of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent 

of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 

such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 

interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 

payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 

for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 

SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 

the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the 

current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 

obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following 

accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the 

Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program 

account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the Department 

of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 

technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of 

the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive 

Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 

appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 

notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, none 

of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other 

agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by 

the Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief 
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Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds 

without written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based upon 

the performance of an agency measured against the performance 

plan requirements described in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113–235. 

SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) of the 

Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal 

year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations 

made in the current fiscal year. 

SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct 

or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 

or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured 

or direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under 

section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 

under such Act. 

SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for 

the Farm Service Agency shall remain available through September 

30, 2020, for information technology expenses: Provided, That except 

as otherwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances from 

appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this 

Act for the Rural Development mission area shall remain available 

through September 30, 2020, for information technology expenses. 

SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the 

employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or amended 

by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or subtitle A of title 

III of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts were 

provided in that Act, that is authorized or required to be carried 

out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 

(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 

administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associated with the implementation of the program, without regard 

to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund 

transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 

considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes 

of applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments 

and fund transfers contained in such section. 

SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 

task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 

used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 

to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 

SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 
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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 of 

Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this section referred to 

as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 

the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program 

under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; 

in this section referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,299,600,000 

(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as 

follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities— 

$485,000,000; State Option Contracts— $5,000,000; Removal of 

Defective Commodities— $2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 

Commodity Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 

funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 

remain unobligated on October 1, 2019, such unobligated balances 

shall carryover into fiscal year 2020 and shall remain available 

until expended for any of the purposes of section 32, except that 

any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) of 

section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated 

until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 

the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Provided further, 

That, with the exception of any available carryover funds authorized 

in any prior appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of 

clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 

the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department of 

Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 

SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 

who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the 

President’s budget submission to the Congress for programs under 

the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, 

Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 

previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted 

into law prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget 

submission identifies which additional spending reductions should 

occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior 

to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

the fiscal year 2020 appropriations Act. 

SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 

Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

a reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 

Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by section 702(b) 

of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 

2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

(1) creates new programs; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
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(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

project or activity for which funds have been denied or 

restricted; 

(4) relocates an office or employees; 

(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 

(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 

presently performed by Federal employees; 

unless the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and 

receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority. 

(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 

previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 

that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current 

fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived 

by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 

programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess 

of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 

(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 

as approved by Congress; or 

(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 

activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives 

approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or the use of such 

authority. 

(c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services shall notify in writing and receive approval 

from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

before implementing any program or activity not carried out during 

the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 

by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 

(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 

previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 

that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current 

fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived 

by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

Act, shall be available for— 

(1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 

including information technology systems, that involves 

increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 

the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 

of the total cost, whichever is less; 

(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant positions or agency activities or functions to establish a center, 

office, branch, or similar entity with five or more personnel; 

or 

(3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 

described in the budget request; unless the agencies funded 
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by this Act notify, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of 

using the funds for these purposes. 

(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 

any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress written or electronic 

mail confirmation of receipt of the notification as required in this 

section. 

SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the 

Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business 

and industry loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent 

of the guaranteed principal portion of the loan. 

SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 

Administration, or the Farm Credit Administration shall be used 

to transmit or otherwise make available reports, questions, or 

responses to questions that are a result of information requested 

for the appropriations hearing process to any non-Department of 

Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, or 

non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 

SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 

of the funds provided in this 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. 720. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 

be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 

Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department 

for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual’s 

employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving 

agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for 

the period of assignment. 

SEC. 721. For the purposes of determining eligibility or level 

of program assistance for Rural Development programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison populations. 

SEC. 722. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the 

Food and Drug Administration, and the Chairman of the Farm 

Credit Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by 

program, project, and activity for all the funds made available 

under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in the 

joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 

SEC. 723. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

available for the supplemental nutrition program as authorized 

by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

$500,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 724. The Secretary shall continue an intermediary loan 

packaging program based on the pilot program in effect for fiscal 

year 2013 for packaging and reviewing section 502 single family 

direct loans. The Secretary shall continue agreements with current 

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organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 502 single 

family direct loan program in rural communities and shall set 

aside and make available from the national reserve section 502 

loans an amount necessary to support the work of such intermediaries and provide a priority for review of such loans. 

SEC. 725. For loans and loan guarantees that do not require 

budget authority and the program level has been established in 

this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program 

level for such loans and loan guarantees by not more than 25 

percent: Provided, That prior to the Secretary implementing such 

an increase, the Secretary notifies, in writing, the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days 

in advance. 

SEC. 726. None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred 

to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public 

Law 107–76) shall be available for obligation without written 

notification to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 

or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation only 

for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for 

the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology 

services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 

Agriculture. 

SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to implement, administer, or enforce the ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhancing Retailer Standards 

in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register 

on December 15, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary 

of Agriculture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 

fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term ‘‘staple 

food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable 

varieties in each staple food category so that the total number 

of such items in each staple food category exceeds the number 

of such items in each staple food category included in the final 

rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That until 

the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties 

and breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 

retailers that were in effect on the day before the date of the 

enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

SEC. 728. None of the funds made available by this Act or 

any other Act may be used— 

(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural 

Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 

(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or use 

of industrial hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or 

cultivated in accordance with subsection section 7606 of the 

Agricultural Act of 2014, within or outside the State in which 

the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated. 

SEC. 729. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the 

Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture 

shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed 
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under such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take 

any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring information 

intended for a prescribing health care professional, in the case 

of a drug or biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to 

be distributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper 

form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require 

such distribution. 

SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of 

a submission for an exemption for investigational use of a drug 

or biological product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 

a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include 

a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission shall be 

deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 

SEC. 732. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to carry out the final rule promulgated 

by the Food and Drug Administration and put into effect November 

16, 2015, in regards to the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food 

for animals rule with respect to the regulation of the production, 

distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of 

the alcoholic beverage production process. 

SEC. 733. Funds made available under title II of the Food 

for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to provide 

assistance to recipient nations if adequate monitoring and controls, 

as determined by the Administrator, are in place to ensure that 

emergency food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries in 

areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized 

or inappropriate purposes. 

SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Food 

and Nutrition Service, to commence any new research and evaluation projects until the Secretary submits to the Committees on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a research and evaluation plan for fiscal year 2019, prepared in coordination with the 

Research, Education, and Economics mission area of the Department of Agriculture, and a period of 30 days beginning on the 

date of the submission of the plan expires to permit Congressional 

review of the plan. 

SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may allow eligible entities, or comparable 

entities that provide energy efficiency services using their own 

billing mechanism to offer loans to customers in any part of their 

service territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured 
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housing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective in saving energy. 

SEC. 736. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following 

factors in the country or region being audited, as applicable— 

(A) veterinary control and oversight; 

(B) disease history and vaccination practices; 

(C) livestock demographics and traceability; 

(D) epidemiological separation from potential sources 

of infection; 

(E) surveillance practices; 

(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

(G) emergency preparedness and response; and 

(2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of 

any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (1). 

(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

United States obligations under its international trade agreements. 

SEC. 737. No food that bears or contains partially hydrogenated 

oils (as defined in the order published by the Food and Drug 

Administration in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 

Reg. 34650 et seq.)) shall be considered to be adulterated within 

the meaning of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C)(i) of section 402 of 

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)) because 

such food contains such partially hydrogenated oils until the 

applicable compliance dates specified by FDA in the Federal Register on May 21, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 23358 et seq.). 

SEC. 738. For fiscal years 2019 through 2025, the Administrators of the Agricultural Research Service and the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service may make not to exceed 50 appointments 

in any fiscal year for employees of such agencies at the National 

Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, That such appointments may be made in the manner provided by 7 U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(A)(i–v): Provided further, That such 

appointments may be made at a rate of basic pay that exceeds 

the rate payable for such positions under the General Schedule 

or other applicable schedule, as appropriate, but may not be more 

than the rate payable for a position at level I of the Executive 

Schedule, unless the rate is approved by the President under section 

5377(d)(2) of title 5. 

SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that provides forestry inventory 

analysis, forest management and economic outcomes modelling for 

certain currently enrolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation 

to enter into agreements with and provide grants to qualified nonprofit organizations dedicated to conservation, forestry and wildlife 

habitats, that also have experience in conducting accurate forest 

inventory analysis through the use of advanced, cost-effective technology. The Secretary shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled 

for at least eight years and located in areas with a substantial 

concentration of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted 

to multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including CP03, 

CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40. 

SEC. 740. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 

1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, to implement non-renewable agreements on eligible 
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lands, including flooded agricultural lands, as determined by the 

Secretary, under the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 to carry 

out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to carry out any activities or incur any expense related 

to the issuance of licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare 

Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B 

dealers who sell dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, 

teaching, or testing. 

SEC. 743. There is appropriated $6,000,000 to the Commodity 

Credit Corporation, in addition to amounts otherwise made available, for section 1110(f)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 

U.S.C. 1736o(f)(3)). 

SEC. 744. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this fiscal 

year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 

waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 

306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project 

for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 

used in the project are produced in the United States. 

(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ means 

the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or 

unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal 

castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, 

valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 

of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section 

referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of the Secretary 

finds that— 

(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 

public interest; 

(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 

States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of 

a satisfactory quality; or 

(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 

United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 

more than 25 percent. 

(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for 

a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee shall 

make available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the 

request and information available to the Secretary or the designee 

concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input 

on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 

based on the request. The Secretary or the designee shall make 

the request and accompanying information available by electronic 

means, including on the official public Internet Web site of the 

Department. 

(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

United States obligations under international agreements. 

(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 

appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 

and Waste Disposal Program Account’’ for carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight 

of the requirements of this section. 
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(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project 

for which the engineering plans and specifications include use of 

iron and steel products otherwise prohibited by such subsection 

if the plans and specifications have received required approvals 

from State agencies prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 

(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United States’’ 

and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, the District 

of Columbia, and each federally recognized Indian tribe. 

SEC. 745. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic 

Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2019, an amount 

of funds made available in title III under the headings of Rural 

Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help 

Housing Grants, Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, 

Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural Water 

and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such 

headings in the most recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under such headings for REAP Zones. 

SEC. 746. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary 

to provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations and public 

housing authorities to provide technical assistance, including financial and legal services, to RHS multi-family housing borrowers 

to facilitate the acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties 

in areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 

housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public housing 

authorities as authorized by law that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing program for a period of 

time as determined by the Secretary. 

SEC. 747. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 

action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 

Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

SEC. 748. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this 

section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry out a pilot program during 

fiscal year 2019 with respect to the 2018 crop year for countylevel agriculture risk coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) 

of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), that provides 

all or some of the State Farm Service Agency offices in each State 

the opportunity to provide agricultural producers in the State a 

supplemental payment described in subsection (c) based on the 

alternate calculation method described in subsection (b) for 1 or 

more counties in a State if the office for that State determines 

that the alternate calculation method is necessary to ensure that, 

to the maximum extent practicable, there are not significant yield 

calculation disparities between comparable counties in the State. 

(b) The alternate calculation method referred to in subsection 

(a) is a method of calculating the actual yield for the 2018 crop 

year for county-level agriculture risk coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1)), 

under which— 

(1) county data of the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (referred to in this section as ‘‘NASS data’’) is used 

for the calculations; 
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(2) if there is insufficient NASS data for a county (as 

determined under standards of the Secretary in effect as of 

the date of enactment of this Act) or the available NASS data 

produces a substantially disparate result, the calculation of 

the county yield is determined using comparable contiguous 

county NASS data as determined by the Farm Service Agency 

office in the applicable State; and 

(3) if there is insufficient NASS data for a comparable 

contiguous county (as determined under standards of the Secretary in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act), the 

calculation of the county yield is determined using reliable 

yield data from other sources, such as Risk Management Agency 

data, National Agricultural Statistics Service district data, 

National Agricultural Statistics Service State yield data, or 

other data as determined by the Farm Service Agency office 

in the applicable State. 

(c)(1) A supplemental payment made under the pilot program 

established under this section may be made to an agricultural 

producer who is subject to the alternate calculation method 

described in subsection (b) if that agricultural producer would otherwise receive a county-level agriculture risk coverage payment for 

the 2018 crop year in an amount that is less than the payment 

that the agricultural producer would receive under the alternate 

calculation method. 

(2) The amount of a supplemental payment to an agricultural 

producer under this section may not exceed the difference between— 

(A) the payment that the agricultural producer would have 

received without the alternate calculation method described 

in subsection (b); and 

(B) the payment that the agricultural producer would 

receive using the alternate calculation method. 

(d)(1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds 

of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, to carry out the pilot program 

described in this section. 

(2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use not 

more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program described 

in this section. 

(e)(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall 

select States to participate in the pilot program under this section 

so the cost of the pilot program equals the amount provided under 

subsection (d). 

(2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program exceeds 

the amount made available, the Secretary shall reduce all payments 

under the pilot program on a pro rata basis. 

(f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of actual 

yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments 

under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 

9017(b)(1)) other than payments made in accordance with the pilot 

program under this section. 

(g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alternate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall not be used as 

a basis for any agriculture risk coverage payment determinations 

under section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9017) 

other than for purposes of the pilot program under this section. 

SEC. 749. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to procure raw or processed poultry products imported 
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into the United States from the People’s Republic of China for 

use in the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child 

and Adult Care Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 

section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 

program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

et seq.). 

SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel— 

(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 

Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 

Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 

1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 

of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). 

SEC. 751. In response to an eligible community where the 

drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster, 

as determined by the Secretary, including drought or severe 

weather, the Secretary may provide potable water through the 

Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Program for an 

additional period of time not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period provided under the Program in order to protect public 

health. 

SEC. 752. Of the total amounts made available by this Act 

for direct loans and grants in the following headings: ‘‘Rural 

Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 

Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mutual and Self-Help Housing 

Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Assistance 

Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 

Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Development 

Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 

Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Electrification 

and Telecommunications Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 percent of 

the funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty 

counties under this section, including, notwithstanding any other 

provision regarding population limits, any county seat of such a 

persistent poverty county that has a population that does not exceed 

the authorized population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, 

That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 

counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more 

of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007– 

2011 American Community Survey 5-year average: Provided further, That with respect to specific activities for which program 

levels have been made available by this Act that are not supported 

by budget authority, the requirements of this section shall be 

applied to such program level. 

SEC. 753. (a) No funds shall be used to finalize the proposed 

rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) 
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to Export to the United States Poultry Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC’’ published in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless 

the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

(1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection system 

for the PRC is equivalent to that of the United States; 

(2) ensure that, before any poultry products can enter 

the United States from any such poultry plant, such poultry 

products comply with all other applicable requirements for 

poultry products in interstate commerce in the United States; 

(3) conduct periodic verification reviews and audits of any 

such plants in the PRC intending to export into the United 

States processed poultry products; 

(4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry products at United 

States ports-of-entry to check the general condition of such 

products, for the proper certification and labeling of such products, and for any damage to such products that may have 

occurred during transportation; and 

(5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry products 

selected to enter the United States are subject to additional 

re-inspection procedures at appropriate levels to verify that 

the products comply with relevant Federal regulations or standards, including examinations for product defects and laboratory 

analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or pathogen 

testing appropriate for the products involved. 

(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

obligations of the United States under any trade agreement to 

which the United States is a party. 

SEC. 754. In addition to any other funds made available in 

this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated $5,000,000 to 

carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 

SEC. 755. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Food and Drug Administration to develop, issue, 

promote, or advance any regulations applicable to food manufacturers for population-wide sodium reduction actions or to develop, 

issue, promote or advance final guidance applicable to food manufacturers for long term population-wide sodium reduction actions until 

the date on which a dietary reference intake report with respect 

to sodium is completed. 

SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, for the cost of loans and grants 

that is consistent with section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 

2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects 

that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, to create 

and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities. 

SEC. 757. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, $8,500,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020, for one-time control 

and management and associated activities directly related to the 

multiple-agency response to citrus greening. 

SEC. 758. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated by 

the Food and Drug Administration entitled ‘‘Standards for the 

Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human 

Consumption,’’ and published on November 27, 2015, with respect 

to the regulation of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt 
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of grape varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely for 

wine and receive commercial processing that adequately reduces 

the presence of microorganisms of public health significance. 

SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to revoke an exception made— 

(1) pursuant to the final rule of the Department of Agriculture entitled ‘‘Exceptions to Geographic Areas for Official 

Agencies Under the USGSA’’ (68 Fed. Reg. 19137 (April 18, 

2003)); and 

(2) on a date before April 14, 2017. 

SEC. 760. For school year 2019–2020, only a school food 

authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food 

service account as of December 31, 2018, shall be required to 

establish a price for paid lunches in accordance with Section 12(p) 

of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 

1760(p). 

SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $16,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, for an additional amount for telemedicine 

and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 

7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., to help address the opioid epidemic in 

rural America. 

SEC. 762. (a) There is hereby appropriated $125,000,000, to 

remain available until expended, for an additional amount for Sec. 

779 of Public Law 115–141. 

(b) Section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 940c), shall be applied for fiscal year 2019 

and each fiscal year thereafter until the specified funding has 

been expended as if the following were inserted after the final 

period in subsection (b)(2): ‘‘In addition, the Secretary shall use 

$425,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 

2019 for an additional amount for the same purpose and under 

the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated by Sec. 779 

of Public Law 115–141.’’: Provided, That any use of such funds 

shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 716 

of this Act. 

SEC. 763. For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans 

and grants made under the ‘‘Rural Water and Waste Disposal 

Program Account’’, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, for a pilot program for the 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to 

nonprofit organizations for programs and services to establish and 

enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

SEC. 765. Not later than September 30, 2019, the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services shall finalize the draft guidance 

for industry entitled ‘‘Bacterial Risk Control Strategies for Blood 

Collection Establishments and Transfusion Services to Enhance 

the Safety and Availability of Platelets for Transfusion’’ issued 

by the Food and Drug Administration in March of 2016. 

SEC. 766. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit 

a report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

Congress that includes a summary of the process used in establishing the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans published 

pursuant to section 301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and 

Related Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341) and an explanation 

with respect to the decision to incorporate or exclude in such Dietary 
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Guidelines for Americans recommendations from the report by the 

National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine entitled 

‘‘Redesigning the Process for Establishing the Dietary Guidelines 

for Americans’’ and issued September, 2017. 

SEC. 767. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 

be used to implement, administer, or enforce the requirement in 

the final rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition 

and Supplement Facts Labels’’, published in the Federal Register 

on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742), that any single ingredient 

sugar, honey, agave, or syrup (including maple syrup) that is packaged and offered for sale as a single ingredient food bear the 

declaration ‘‘Includes ‘X’g Added Sugars’’. 

SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to implement or enforce the matter following the first 

comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) 

of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under the school breakfast program 

established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

(42 U.S.C. 1773). 

SEC. 769. The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide to any 

State or county impacted by a volcanic eruption covered by a 

major disaster declared by the President in calendar year 2018 

in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) technical 

assistance— 

(1) to assess damage to agricultural production and rural 

infrastructure; and 

(2) to develop recovery plans for impacted farmers, 

ranchers, and rural communities. 

SEC. 770. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination 

with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, shall establish a working group (referred to in 

this section as the ‘‘working group’’)— 

(1) to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal marshes, 

and seagrass meadows could help deacidify the oceans; 

(2) to study emerging ocean farming practices that use 

kelp and seagrass to deacidify the oceans while providing feedstock for agriculture and other commercial and industrial 

inputs; and 

(3) to coordinate and conduct research to develop and 

enhance pilot-scale research for farming of kelp and seagrass 

in order— 

(A) to deacidify ocean environments; 

(B) to produce a feedstock for agriculture; and 

(C) to develop other scalable commercial applications 

for kelp, seagrass, or products derived from kelp or 

seagrass. 

(b) The working group shall include— 

(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 

(2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration; 

(3) representatives of any relevant offices within the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and 

(4) the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy. 
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(c) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the working group shall submit to Congress a report that 

includes— 

(1) the findings of the research described in subsection 

(a); 

(2) the results of the pilot-scale research described in subsection (a)(3); and 

(3) any policy recommendations based on those findings 

and results. 

SEC. 771. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress 

a report describing the ways in which conservation programs 

administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service may 

be better used for the conservation of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) 

and any action taken by the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service relating to the conservation of ocelots. 

SEC. 772. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report including— 

(1) a description of— 

(A) the number of properties assisted under title V 

of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) that 

are reaching the end of their loan term; 

(B) the location of each property described in subparagraph (A); 

(C) the number of units in each property described 

in subparagraph (A); and 

(D) the date on which each the loan for each property 

described in subparagraph (A) is expected to reach maturity; 

(2) the strategy of the Rural Housing Service to preserve 

the long-term affordability of the properties described in paragraph (1)(A) when the loan matures; and 

(3) a description of the resources and tools that the Rural 

Housing Service needs from Congress in order to preserve 

the long-term affordability of the properties described in paragraph (1) (A). 

SEC. 773. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug 

Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 

shall, not later than July 1, 2019, and following the review required 

under Executive Order 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory planning and review), issue advice revising the advice provided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About Eating 

Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and 

Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; Availability’’ (82 Fed. 

Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in a manner that is consistent 

with nutrition science recognized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net effects of seafood consumption. 

SEC. 774. In addition to any funds made available in this 

Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2020, for grants from 

the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Centers of Excellence. 

SEC. 775. Section 6(e)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(e)(1)(B)) is amended by striking 

‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
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SEC. 776. During fiscal year 2019, the Food and Drug Administration shall not allow the introduction or delivery for introduction 

into interstate commerce of any food that contains genetically engineered salmon until the FDA publishes final labeling guidelines 

for informing consumers of such content. 

SEC. 777. In addition to funds appropriated in this Act, there is hereby appropriated $216,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, under the heading ‘‘Food for Peace Title II Grants’’: 

Provided, That the funds made available under this section shall 

be used for the purposes set forth in the Food for Peace Act 

for both emergency and non-emergency purposes. 

SEC. 778. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Farm Service Agency’’ $9,000,000 for purposes of making payments to producers impacted 

by an oriental fruit fly quarantine as referenced in H.Rpt.115- 

232 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

unobligated balances available under Treasury symbol code 12 18/ 

19 0600, $5,000,000 are rescinded. 

SEC. 779. In administering the pilot program established by 

section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

(1) ensure that applicants that are determined to be ineligible for the pilot program have a means of appealing or otherwise challenging that determination in a timely fashion; and 

(2) in determining whether an entity may overbuild or 

duplicate broadband expansion efforts made by any entity that 

has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service, 

not consider loans that were rescinded or defaulted on, or 

loans the terms and conditions of which were not met, if the 

entity under consideration has not previously defaulted on, 

or failed to meet the terms and conditions of, a Rural Utilities 

Service loan or had a Rural Utilities Service loan rescinded. 

SEC. 780. For the cost of loans and grants, $3,000,000 under 

the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s): 

Provided, That such costs of loans, including the cost of modifying 

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

DIVISION C—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for international trade activities of 

the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging 

in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 

and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports 

of United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 

of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for dependent 
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members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas 

and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the International Trade Administration 

between two points abroad, without regard to section 40118 of 

title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens of the United 

States and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad 

for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 

repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 

demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort 

claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 

foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation 

expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 

use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance 

on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $495,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which $11,000,000 

is to be derived from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of 

title 31, United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided 

under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China 

antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compliance 

activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the first sentence 

of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 

and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) 

shall apply in carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose 

of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment 

for assessments for services provided as part of these activities. 

BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for export administration and national 

security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 

associated with the performance of export administration field 

activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 

dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 

overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens 

by contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 

manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 

28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; 

not to exceed $13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; 

awards of compensation to informers under the Export Control 

Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public 

Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as 

authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 

223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles 

for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with 

special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard 

to any price limitation otherwise established by law, $118,050,000, 

to remain available until expended, except that of the amount 

appropriated, not less than $4,550,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2019, and shall only be available for contractor 
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support to implement the product exclusion process for articles 

covered by actions taken under section 232 of the Trade Expansion 

Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862): Provided, That the provisions of 

the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of 

the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 

U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, That payments and contributions collected 

and accepted for materials or services provided as part of such 

activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of such 

activities, and for providing information to the public with respect 

to the export administration and national security activities of 

the Department of Commerce and other export control programs 

of the United States and other governments: Provided further, 

That the Secretary of Commerce may transfer up to $2,000,000 

to this account, from funds available for ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses’’ or for ‘‘Departmental Management, 

Renovation and Modernization’’: Provided further, That any funds 

transferred pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain available 

until September 30, 2019, and shall only be available for contractor 

support to implement the product exclusion process for articles 

covered by actions taken under section 232 of the Trade Expansion 

Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862): Provided further, That such transfer 

authority is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

in this Act: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 

treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

For grants for economic development assistance as provided 

by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for 

trade adjustment assistance, and for grants authorized by section 

27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 

(15 U.S.C. 3722), $265,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

of which $23,500,000 shall be for grants under such section 27. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $39,000,000: 

Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects 

approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment 

Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the 

Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

3722), and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 

fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, 

including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with 

public or private organizations, $40,000,000. 
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ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 

and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 

$101,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $270,000,000: 

Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 

for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities. 

PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 

provided for by law, $3,551,388,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 

funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

$3,556,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 

account for activities associated with carrying out investigations 

and audits related to the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, 

That not more than 50 percent of the amounts made available 

under this heading for information technology related to 2020 

census delivery, including the Census Enterprise Data Collection 

and Processing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 

Secretary updates the previous expenditure plan and resubmits 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan for expenditure that: (1) identifies 

for each CEDCaP project/investment over $25,000: (A) the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 

benefits to be realized; (B) an updated estimated lifecycle cost, 

including cumulative expenditures to date by fiscal year, and all 

revised estimates for development, maintenance, and operations; 

(C) key milestones to be met; and (D) impacts of cost variances 

on other Census programs; (2) details for each project/investment: 

(A) reasons for any cost and schedule variances; and (B) top risks 

and mitigation strategies; and (3) has been submitted to the Government Accountability Office. 

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 

Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), 

$39,500,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge Federal 
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agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees shall be retained and 

used as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services, 

to remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 

Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting 

collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 

other Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and related activities by the Institute 

for Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its 

assigned functions under this paragraph, and such funds received 

from other Government agencies shall remain available until 

expended. 

PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND

CONSTRUCTION

For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 

unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available 

for the administration of all open grants until their expiration. 

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of 

suits instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, $3,370,000,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 

appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 

collections of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 2019, so 

as to result in a fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general 

fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

2019, should the total amount of such offsetting collections be 

less than $3,370,000,000 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: 

Provided further, That any amount received in excess of $3,370,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 and deposited in the Patent 

and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall 

submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts 

made available by the preceding proviso and such spending plan 

shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 

further, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with the 

preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United States Patent 

and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided 

further, That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 

shall be made available in fiscal year 2019 for official reception 

and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal year 

2019 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference 

between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 

and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, 
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and the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) 

of that title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject 

to subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 

value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined 

by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 

and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all USPTO 

employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees Health Benefits 

(FEHB) and Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), 

shall be transferred to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 

and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

Provided further, That any differences between the present value 

factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit letters and 

the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s specific use shall be 

recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s financial statements, 

where applicable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and collected 

by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 

of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the 

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided 

further, That within the amounts appropriated, $1,500,000 shall 

be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for 

activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits 

related to the USPTO. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), $724,500,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred 

to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 

shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

further, That NIST may provide local transportation for summer 

undergraduate research fellowship program participants. 

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 

$155,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

$140,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 

Partnership, and of which $15,000,000 shall be for the National 

Network for Manufacturing Innovation (also known as ‘‘Manufacturing USA’’). 

CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

For construction of new research facilities, including architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and maintenance 

of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by sections 

13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 

Act (15 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $106,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include 
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in the budget justification materials that the Secretary submits 

to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget 

(as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) 

of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National 

Institute of Standards and Technology construction project having 

a total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and 

simultaneously the budget justification materials shall include an 

estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project for 

each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including 

maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for state-led fisheries management, notwithstanding any 

other provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments to 

nonprofit organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 

$3,596,997,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That fees and donations received by the National Ocean 

Service for the management of national marine sanctuaries may 

be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 

with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 

United States Code: Provided further, That in addition, 

$157,980,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled 

‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 

to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries 

Data Collections, Surveys and Assessments; and Interjurisdictional 

Fisheries Grants: Provided further, That of the $3,772,477,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, $3,596,997,000 

is appropriated from the general fund, $157,980,000 is provided 

by transfer, and $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries of prior 

year obligations: Provided further, That any deviation from the 

amounts designated for specific activities in the joint explanatory 

statement accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances 

of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be 

subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: 

Provided further, That in addition, for necessary retired pay 

expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and 

Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care 

of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents’ 

Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary. 

PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 

including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration, $1,755,349,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, except that funds provided for 

acquisition and construction of vessels and construction of facilities 
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shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

$1,768,349,000 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, 

$1,755,349,000 is appropriated from the general fund and 

$13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations: 

Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 

for specific activities in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to 

the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget justification 

materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of 

the Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 

of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration procurement, acquisition or construction project 

having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 

budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 

requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent 

fiscal years: Provided further, That, within the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

General’’ account for activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition 

and construction. 

PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of 

Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, 

the Secretary of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the 

Federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast 

(including Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of salmon 

and steelhead populations that are listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified by a State as at-risk to be so listed, 

for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty 

fishing rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation 

of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 

That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and other 

merit principles and shall not be available for marketing activities: 

Provided further, That funds disbursed to States shall be subject 

to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95– 

372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected 

pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. 

FISHERY DISASTER ASSISTANCE

For the necessary expenses associated with the mitigation of 

fishery disasters, $15,000,000 to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That funds shall be used for mitigating the effects of 

commercial fishery failures and fishery resource disasters as 

declared by the Secretary of Commerce. 
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FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

during fiscal year 2019, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 

$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 

$100,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the management of the Department 

of Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500 

for official reception and representation, $63,000,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

(5 U.S.C. App.), $34,744,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 6413(b) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 

of 2012 (Public Law 112–96), $2,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, from the amounts provided under this heading, shall 

be derived from the Public Safety Trust Fund for activities associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 

First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce 

by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the 

Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in 

the manner prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

3324, may be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

only upon the certification of officials designated by the Secretary 

of Commerce that such payments are in the public interest. 

SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 

available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries 

and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles 

as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce 

in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 

no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 

by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to 

this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

in that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce 

shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days 

in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset 

(including land, structures, and equipment) not specifically provided 
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for in this Act or any other law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce. 

SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 of the 

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended by section 105 of 

title I of division B of Public Law 113–6, are hereby adopted 

by reference and made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2019: 

Provided, That the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System 

is $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary 

Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is 

$10,828,059,000. 

SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary may furnish services (including but not limited to utilities, 

telecommunications, and security services) necessary to support 

the operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 

firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public 

Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use 

or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, 

or other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of 

which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator 

of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 

basis. Amounts received as reimbursement for services provided 

under this section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to 

the appropriation or fund which initially bears the costs of such 

services. 

SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent 

a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright 

infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks. 

SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, 

with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of 

any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, 

or of any State, local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 

any foreign government or international organization, for purposes 

related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Service shall 

not charge any customer for a copy of any report or document 

generated by the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided 

information to the customer on how an electronic copy of such 

report or document may be accessed and downloaded for free online. 

Should a customer still require the Service to provide a printed 

or digital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, 

and delivering such report or document. 

SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, 

services, equipment, personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) 

receive and expend funds made available on a consensual basis 

from: a Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local government, tribal government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions 
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thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and related 

regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall be deposited 

under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain available until September 30, 2021, for such purposes: Provided further, That all funds within this section and their corresponding uses 

are subject to section 505 of this Act. 

SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary 

expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Administration of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided 

for programs of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau 

of the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or 

local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, to aid 

and promote statistical, research, and methodology activities which 

further the purposes for which such amounts have been made 

available. 

SEC. 111. Section 110(a) of the Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘management is’’ and inserting ‘‘management is: (1)’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘subsection (b).’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

(b); or (2) for law enforcement activities conducted by States 

under a joint enforcement agreement pursuant to section 311(h) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(h)), any other agreement with the 

Secretary entered into pursuant to section 311(a) of such Act, 

or any similar agreement authorized by law.’’. 

SEC. 112. Title II of Division B of Public Law 115–123 is 

amended by striking ‘‘Federal’’ each place it appears under the 

heading ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’’. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of Justice, $113,000,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 

for security and construction of Department of Justice facilities 

shall remain available until expended. 

JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 

including planning, development, deployment and departmental 

direction, $32,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer up to $40,000,000 

to this account, from funds available to the Department of Justice 
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for information technology, to remain available until expended, 

for enterprise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided further, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in 

addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act: 

Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the first proviso 

shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the administration of immigrationrelated activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 

$563,407,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 

from the Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited 

in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not 

less than $11,400,000 shall be available for services and activities 

provided by the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, That not 

to exceed $35,000,000 of the total amount made available under 

this heading shall remain available until expended. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 

$101,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 

emergencies of a confidential character. 

UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission 

as authorized, $13,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, upon the expiration of a term of office 

of a Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act until 

a successor has been appointed. 

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed 

$20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under 

the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate 

of, the Attorney General; the administration of pardon and clemency 

petitions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in the 

District of Columbia, $904,000,000, of which not to exceed 

$20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall remain available 

until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed $685,000 

shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 

the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 

of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 
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emergent circumstances require additional funding for litigation 

activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may transfer 

such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ 

from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 

Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 

circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to 

the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 

section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

in that section: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 

such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil 

Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with the election monitoring program under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act 

of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Personnel 

Management for such salaries and expenses: Provided further, That 

of the amounts provided under this heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended: 

Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not less than 

$193,715,000 shall be available for the Criminal Division, including 

related expenses for the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Program. 

In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department 

of Justice associated with processing cases under the National 

Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $10,000,000, 

to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

Fund. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 

kindred laws, $164,977,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees 

collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-ScottRodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection (and estimated to be $136,000,000 

in fiscal year 2019), shall be retained and used for necessary 

expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 

are received during fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final 

fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

at $28,977,000. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 

Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, $2,212,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be available for official reception 

and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate 

in a task force on human trafficking. 

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as authorized, $226,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits 
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to the United States Trustee System Fund and amounts herein 

appropriated shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees deposited into the 

Fund pursuant to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code 

(as limited by section 1004(b) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act 

of 2017 (division B of Public Law 115–72)), shall be retained and 

used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That to the extent that 

fees deposited into the Fund in fiscal year 2019, net of amounts 

necessary to pay refunds due depositors, exceed $226,000,000, those 

excess amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to 

the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided 

further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 

shall be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 

2019, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, 

(estimated at $360,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining 

general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts deposited 

in the Fund in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation 

from the general fund estimated at $0. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 

Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized 

by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,409,000. 

FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts 

for the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private 

counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign 

counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

not to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase 

and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 

caravans; and not to exceed $18,000,000 is for the purchase, 

installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications equipment and a secure automated information network 

to store and retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Provided, That amounts made available under this heading 

may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act. 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 

$15,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 

Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 

circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and 

violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, 

the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community 

Relations Service, from available appropriations for the current 

fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary 

to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any 

transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as 
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a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 

available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 

the procedures set forth in that section. 

ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) 

of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000, 

to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture 

Fund. 

UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 

$1,358,000,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall be available 

for official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed 

$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

CONSTRUCTION

For construction in space controlled, occupied or utilized by 

the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related 

support, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in 

the custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized 

by section 4013 of title 18, United States Code, $1,552,397,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

$20,000,000 shall be considered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and 

local law enforcement assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of 

title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing the 

Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 

NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the 

National Security Division, $101,369,000, of which not to exceed 

$5,000,000 for information technology systems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 

of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 

emergent circumstances require additional funding for the activities 

of the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 

transfer such amounts to this heading from available appropriations 

for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may 

be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 

That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated 

as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 

prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug 

trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money 

laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include 

inter-governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of 

individuals involved in transnational organized crime and drug 

trafficking, $560,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any amounts obligated from 

appropriations under this heading may be used under authorities 

available to the organizations reimbursed from this appropriation. 

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the 

United States, $9,192,137,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 

shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

$184,500 shall be available for official reception and representation 

expenses: Provided further, That in addition to other funds provided 

for Construction projects, the Federal Bureau of Investigation may 

use up to $150,000,000 appropriated in prior years under this 

heading for all costs related to construction, renovation, and modification of federally owned and leased space and expansion of network capabilities. 

CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, furniture, and information technology requirements, related to 

construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification 

and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning 

and design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure 

work environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

$385,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant to section 530C of 

title 28, United States Code; and expenses for conducting drug 

education and training programs, including travel and related 

expenses for participants in such programs and the distribution 

of items of token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

$2,267,000,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain 

available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 

That the Drug Enforcement Administration may use up to 
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$5,700,000 appropriated in prior year funds under this heading 

for necessary expenses of construction. 

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement 

agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in 

connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 

assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 

without reimbursement, $1,316,678,000, of which not to exceed 

$36,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses, 

not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of 

attorneys’ fees as provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United 

States Code, and not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications 

for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) 

of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such funds 

shall be available to investigate and act upon applications filed 

by corporations for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any other Act may be 

used to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau 

of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies 

or Departments. 

FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the 

administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and 

correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign governments, $7,250,000,000: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

transfer to the Department of Health and Human Services such 

amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that 

Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and 

correctional institutions: Provided further, That the Director of the 

Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts 

with a fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal 

Prison System, furnish health services to individuals committed 

to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided further, 

That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception 

and representation expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$50,000,000 shall remain available for necessary operations until 

September 30, 2020: Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 

remain available until expended to make payments in advance 

for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
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System may accept donated property and services relating to the 

operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity 

which has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding 

the fact that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under 

contracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the operation 

of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and 

equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including 

all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 

and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings 

and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, 

including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

force account, $264,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

of which $175,000,000 shall be available only for costs related 

to construction of new facilities: Provided, That labor of United 

States prisoners may be used for work performed under this appropriation. 

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and 

borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and 

to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 

States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program 

set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON

INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison 

Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative 

expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 

5, United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to 

be determined in accordance with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and such amounts shall be exclusive 

of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which such 

accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping 

expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, 

operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of 

facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in 

which it has an interest. 
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STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION

PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, 

as authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent 

Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 

103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

(Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies 

and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); 

the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

(Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 

and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 

Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

and the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act of 2015 (Public Law 

114–22) (‘‘the 2015 Act’’); and for related victims services, 

$497,500,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be 

derived by transfer from amounts available for obligation in this 

Act from the Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV 

of title II of Public Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding 

section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts 

otherwise made available under this heading: Provided, That except 

as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds 

made available under this heading may be used for expenses related 

to evaluation, training, and technical assistance: Provided further, 

That of the amount provided— 

(1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 

women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act; 

(2) $36,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance grants 

for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or 

sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of the 1994 

Act; 

(3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of Justice and 

the Bureau of Justice Statistics for research, evaluation, and 

statistics of violence against women and related issues 

addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 

Women, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 

and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of Justice Programs; 

(4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services 

to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence; programs 

to engage men and youth in preventing such violence; and 

assistance to middle and high school students through education and other services related to such violence: Provided, 
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That unobligated balances available for the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 

Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available 

for this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of the 

total amount available for this grant program shall be available 

for grants under the program authorized by section 2015 of 

the 1968 Act: Provided further, That the definitions and grant 

conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to 

this program; 

(5) $53,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest policies 

as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of which $4,000,000 

is for a homicide reduction initiative; 

(6) $37,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, 

as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act; 

(7) $42,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 

abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 

40295 of the 1994 Act; 

(8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes 

against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of 

the 2005 Act; 

(9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

(10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to 

end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as 

authorized by section 40802 of the 1994 Act; 

(11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support families in the 

justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act: 

Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs 

authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 

of the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act, 

shall be available for this program; 

(12) $6,000,000 is for education and training to end violence 

against and abuse of women with disabilities, as authorized 

by section 1402 of the 2000 Act; 

(13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center on 

Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, 

as authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act; 

(14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence 

against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 

of the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be transferred 

to ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by 

the Office of Justice Programs; 

(15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides 

training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual 

assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women; 

(16) $4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal governments 

in exercising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction, 

as authorized by section 904 of the 2013 Act: Provided, That 

the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall 

apply to this program; and 

(17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized under the 

2015 Act. 
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OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing 

Children’s Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children 

Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act 

of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and 

Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 

109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

(Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 

110–199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 

the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 

Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children 

Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 

Act’’); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act 

of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and other programs, 

$80,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which— (1) $43,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, 

and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 

1968 Act, of which $5,000,000 is for a nationwide incidentbased crime statistics program; and (2) $37,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation 

programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title 

I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act, 

of which $4,000,000 is for research targeted toward developing 

a better understanding of the domestic radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based strategies for effective 

intervention and prevention; $1,000,000 is for research to study 

the root causes of school violence to include the impact and 

effectiveness of grants made under the STOP School Violence 

Act; $1,000,000 is for a study to better protect children against 

online predatory behavior as part of the National Juvenile 

Online Victimization Studies (N–JOVS); and $3,000,000 is for 

a national center for restorative justice. 

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus 

Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the 

Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims 

of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 

the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 

(Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women and Department 

of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 

2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims 

of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 
H. J. Res. 31—100 

106–386); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

Law 110–180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 

Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second 

Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 

110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 

the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 

Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

416); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

(Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 

and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198) (‘‘CARA’’); the 

Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); 

Kevin and Avonte’s Law (division Q of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘Kevin 

and Avonte’s Law’’); the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 

(title III of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep Young 

Athletes Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title 

V of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP School Violence 

Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of division S of Public 

Law 115–141); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program 

Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185); and the SUPPORT 

for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); and other 

programs, $1,723,000,000, to remain available until expended as 

follows— 

(1) $423,500,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 

Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part 

E of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and 

the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title 

I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 

of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $12,000,000 is for 

the Officer Robert Wilson III Memorial Initiative on Preventing 

Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and 

Survivability (VALOR), $7,500,000 is for an initiative to support 

evidence-based policing, $8,000,000 is for an initiative to 

enhance prosecutorial decision-making, $2,400,000 is for the 

operationalization, maintenance and expansion of the National 

Missing and Unidentified Persons System, $2,500,000 is for 

an academic based training initiative to improve police-based 

responses to people with mental illness or developmental 

disabilities, $2,000,000 is for a student loan repayment assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110– 

315, $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and prosecution 

grants to States and units of local government, and other 

programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act 

of 2003 (Public Law 108–79), $2,000,000 is for a grant program 

authorized by Kevin and Avonte’s Law, $3,000,000 is for a 

regional law enforcement technology initiative, $20,000,000 is 

for programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence, as authorized by Public Law 115–185, $5,000,000 is for the Capital 

Litigation Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for wrongful 

conviction review, $2,000,000 is for emergency law enforcement 

assistance for events occurring during or after fiscal year 2019, 

as authorized by section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act 

of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101), $2,000,000 is for grants to States 

and units of local government to deploy managed access systems 

to combat contraband cell phone use in prison, $2,000,000 

is for a program to improve juvenile indigent defense, and 
H. J. Res. 31—101 

$8,000,000 is for community-based violence prevention initiatives; 

(2) $243,500,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance 

Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, That no 

jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater 

than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

detainees housed in State and local detention facilities; 

(3) $85,000,000 for victim services programs for victims 

of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 

106–386, for programs authorized under Public Law 109–164, 

or programs authorized under Public Law 113–4; 

(4) $14,000,000 for economic, high technology, white collar, 

and Internet crime prevention grants, including as authorized 

by section 401 of Public Law 110–403, of which $2,500,000 

is for competitive grants that help State and local law enforcement tackle intellectual property thefts, and $2,000,000 for 

a competitive grant program for training students in computer 

forensics and digital investigation; 

(5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, 

as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities; 

(6) $25,000,000 for the matching grant program for law 

enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of 

title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 is transferred 

directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 

Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing and 

evaluation programs; 

(7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public 

Website; 

(8) $75,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal 

and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal 

Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000 

shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS 

Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180) 

and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 

(9) $30,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 

Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 

Act; 

(10) $130,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs 

and activities, of which— 

(A) $120,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity 

enhancement program and for other local, State, and Federal forensic activities, including the purposes authorized 

under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 

Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA 

Backlog Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 percent 

of funds made available under this paragraph may be 

used for the purposes described in the DNA Training and 

Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, 

and Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, section 

303); 

(B) $6,000,000 is for the purposes described in the 

Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 108–405, section 412); and 

(C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam 

Program grants, including as authorized by section 304 

of Public Law 108–405; 
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(11) $48,000,000 for a grant program for community-based 

sexual assault response reform; 

(12) $12,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 

program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act; 

(13) $37,500,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 

(14) $87,500,000 for offender reentry programs and 

research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 

(Public Law 110–199), without regard to the time limitations 

specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which not to exceed 

$6,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local, and tribal 

probation or parole supervision efforts and strategies, 

$5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Parents Demonstrations to enhance and maintain parental and family relationships for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy, and $4,000,000 is for additional replication sites 

employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with 

Enforcement model implementing swift and certain sanctions 

in probation, and for a research project on the effectiveness 

of the model: Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made 

available in this paragraph may be used for performance-based 

awards for Pay for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 

shall be for Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing Model; 

(15) $66,500,000 for initiatives to improve police-community 

relations, of which $22,500,000 is for a competitive matching 

grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras for State, 

local and Tribal law enforcement, $27,000,000 is for a justice 

reinvestment initiative, for activities related to criminal justice 

reform and recidivism reduction, and $17,000,000 is for an 

Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innovation program; 

(16) $347,000,000 for comprehensive opioid abuse reduction 

activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the following programs, which shall address opioid abuse reduction 

consistent with underlying program authorities— 

(A) $77,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act; 

(B) $31,000,000 for mental health courts and adult 

and juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized 

by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the 

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 

Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 

110–416); 

(C) $30,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance 

Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by 

part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 

(D) $22,000,000 for a veterans treatment courts program; 

(E) $30,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription 

drugs and scheduled listed chemical products; and 

(F) $157,000,000 for a comprehensive opioid abuse program; 

(17) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program authorized 

by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act; and 

(18) $75,000,000 for grants to be administered by the 

Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes authorized under 

the STOP School Violence Act: 
H. J. Res. 31—103 

Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the 

funds made available under this heading to increase the number 

of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve 

a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform 

non-administrative public sector safety service. 

JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against 

Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 

Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies 

and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 

1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 

Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) 

(‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 

(Public Law 110–401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization 

Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for 

All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-324); and other 

juvenile justice programs, $287,000,000, to remain available until 

expended as follows— 

(1) $60,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 

of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance 

to assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants 

process: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 

paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

grant program to support emergency planning among State, 

local and tribal juvenile justice residential facilities; 

(2) $95,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

(3) $24,500,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized 

by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 

261 and 262 thereof— 

(A) $5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program; 

(B) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site providing 

information and resources on children of incarcerated parents; 

(C) $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants focusing 

on girls in the juvenile justice system; 

(D) $9,000,000 shall be for an opioid-affected youth 

initiative; and 

(E) $8,000,000 shall be for an initiative relating to 

children exposed to violence; 

(4) $22,500,000 for programs authorized by the Victims 

of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

(5) $82,000,000 for missing and exploited children programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) 

of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall 

not apply for purposes of this Act); and 

(6) $3,000,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial 

personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of 

the 1990 Act: 
H. J. Res. 31—104 

Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may 

be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed 

to benefit the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the amounts designated under 

paragraphs (1) through (3) and (6) may be used for training and 

technical assistance: Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to grants and projects administered pursuant 

to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited 

children programs. 

PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) 

of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to remain available until expended; and $24,800,000 

for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for 

educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

General that emergent circumstances require additional funding 

for such disability and education payments, the Attorney General 

may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from 

available appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 

That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated 

as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

with the procedures set forth in that section. 

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and 

Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); the Omnibus 

Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the 

Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); and the 

SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 

271), $303,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That any balances made available through prior year deobligations 

shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act: 

Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading— 

(1) $228,500,000 is for grants under section 1701 of title 

I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and rehiring 

of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q 

of such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section: 

Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 

(34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring a career 

law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the 

Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 

grants a waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That 

within the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
H. J. Res. 31—105 

$27,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, including 

hiring, equipment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, 

and anti-opioid activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 

appropriated under this paragraph, $6,500,000 is for community policing development activities in furtherance of the purposes in section 1701: Provided further, That of the amounts 

appropriated under this paragraph $37,000,000 is for regional 

information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title 

I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred to and merged 

with ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Statistics’’ for administration 

by the Office of Justice Programs: Provided further, That within 

the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no less than 

$3,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access Program: Provided 

further, That within the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $2,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, and mental 

health program activities as authorized under the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (Public Law 115–113); 

(2) $10,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE 

Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 

(3) $8,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory 

dump seizures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

or investigate illicit activities, including precursor diversion, 

laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers; 

(4) $32,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law 

enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary 

treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids: Provided, 

That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

to locate or investigate illicit activities, including activities 

related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful distribution 

of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and prescription 

opioid traffickers through statewide collaboration; and 

(5) $25,000,000 is for competitive grants to be administered 

by the Community Oriented Policing Services Office for purposes authorized under the STOP School Violence Act (title 

V of division S of Public Law 115–141). 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a 

total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney 

General for official reception and representation expenses. 

SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall 

be available to 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 incest: Provided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null and void. 

SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall 

be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any 

way the performance of, any abortion. 
H. J. Res. 31—106 

SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 

obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort 

services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section 

in any way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address 

the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau 

of Prisons. 

SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice 

in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 

no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 

shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 

Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with 

the procedures set forth in that section. 

SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under this title 

may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United 

States Marshals Service for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to conviction for crime under 

State or Federal law and is classified as a maximum or high 

security prisoner, other than to a prison or other facility certified 

by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for 

housing such a prisoner. 

SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, 

or to rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment 

used primarily for recreational purposes. 

(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, 

or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for 

inmate training, religious, or educational programs. 

SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under this title 

shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information 

technology program having total estimated development costs in 

excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and 

the investment review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 

the information technology program has appropriate program 

management controls and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, 

and that the program is compatible with the enterprise architecture 

of the Department of Justice. 

SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures set forth 

in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts 

designated for specific activities in this Act and in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act, and to any use of deobligated 

balances of funds provided under this title in previous years. 

SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve 

a public-private competition under the Office of Management and 

Budget Circular A–76 or any successor administrative regulation, 

directive, or policy for work performed by employees of the Bureau 

of Prisons or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 

States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the 

Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States 
H. J. Res. 31—107 

Attorney from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 

28, United States Code. 

SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in 

addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated 

by this title under the headings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile 

Justice Programs’’— 

(1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to the Office 

of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may 

be used by such Office to provide training and technical assistance; and 

(2) up to 2.5 percent of funds made available for grant 

or reimbursement programs under such headings, except for 

amounts appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or 

statistical programs administered by the National Institute 

of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National 

Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to 

be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, 

without regard to the authorizations for such grant or 

reimbursement programs. 

SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney 

General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney 

General may, with respect to funds appropriated in this or any 

other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 2016 through 2019 

for the following programs, waive the following requirements: 

(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local 

reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the 

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 

10631 et seq.), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of 

such part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 

(2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts under part 

FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 

the requirements under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) of such part 

(34 U.S.C. 10633(e)(1) and (2)). 

(3) For the prosecution drug treatment alternatives to 

prison program under part CC of title I of such Act of 1968 

(34 U.S.C. 10581), the requirements under the second sentence 

of section 2901(f) of such part (34 U.S.C. 10581(f)). 

SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 

20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control 

and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not 

apply to amounts made available by this or any other Act. 

SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under this Act, 

other than for the national instant criminal background check 

system established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun 

Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be used by a 

Federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an 

operable firearm to an individual if the Federal law enforcement 

officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a 

drug cartel, unless law enforcement personnel of the United States 

continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the Department 

of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 

102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available 

for obligation during fiscal year 2019, except up to $12,000,000 
H. J. Res. 31—108 

may be obligated for implementation of a unified Department of 

Justice financial management system. 

(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances transferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working 

Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 

784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal 

year 2019, and any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such 

funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 

505 of this Act. 

(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances 

available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, 

shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2019, and any 

use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated 

as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made available in this 

Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate 

in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 526 

of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of division G 

of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division H of Public Law 

114–113, and such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal years 2018 and 

2019. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

TITLE III 

SCIENCE 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 

Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 

Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 

U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services 

as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not 

to exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

$5,544,000. 

NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL

For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in carrying out the purposes of Title V of Public Law 100–685 and 

Executive Order 13803, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

not to exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation 

expenses, $1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, the National Space Council may accept personnel 

support from Federal agencies, departments, and offices, and such 

Federal agencies, departments, and offices may detail staff without 

reimbursement to the National Space Council for purposes provided 

herein. 
H. J. Res. 31—109 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

SCIENCE

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 

conduct and support of science research and development activities, 

including research, development, operations, support, and services; 

maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 

spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 

States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

of mission and administrative aircraft, $6,905,700,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amounts 

provided, $545,000,000 is for an orbiter and $195,000,000 is for 

a lander to meet the science goals for the Jupiter Europa mission 

as recommended in previous Planetary Science Decadal surveys: 

Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration shall use the Space Launch System as the launch 

vehicles for the Jupiter Europa missions, plan for an orbiter launch 

no later than 2023 and a lander launch no later than 2025, and 

include in the fiscal year 2020 budget the 5-year funding profile 

necessary to achieve these goals. 

AERONAUTICS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 

conduct and support of aeronautics research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 

management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of 

title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

$725,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 

conduct and support of space technology research and development 

activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 

services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 

space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 

or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

$926,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That $180,000,000 shall be for RESTORE–L. 
H. J. Res. 31—110 

EXPLORATION

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 

conduct and support of exploration research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program 

management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of 

title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

$5,050,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not less than $1,350,000,000 shall be for the Orion 

Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

$2,150,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System (SLS) launch 

vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric 

tons and which shall have core elements and an Exploration Upper 

Stage developed simultaneously: Provided further, That of the 

amounts provided for SLS, not less than $150,000,000 shall be 

for Exploration Upper Stage development: Provided further, That 

$592,800,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems, including 

$48,000,000 for a second mobile launch platform and associated 

SLS activities: Provided further, That the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year budget 

profile for an integrated system that includes the Space Launch 

System, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated 

ground systems that will ensure an Exploration Mission-2 crewed 

launch as early as possible, as well as a system-based funding 

profile for a sustained launch cadence beyond the initial crewed 

test launch: Provided further, That $958,000,000 shall be for exploration research and development. 

SPACE OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 

conduct and support of space operations research and development 

activities, including research, development, operations, support and 

services; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities, including operations, production, and services; maintenance 

and repair, facility planning and design; program management; 

personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 

States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation 

of mission and administrative aircraft, $4,639,100,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020. 

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS

ENGAGEMENT

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 

conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical education 

research and development activities, including research, development, operations, support, and services; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
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as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States 

Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

of mission and administrative aircraft, $110,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, of which $21,000,000 shall 

be for the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 

and $44,000,000 shall be for the National Space Grant College 

and Fellowship Program. 

SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the 

conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration, space operations and education research and development 

activities, including research, development, operations, support, and 

services; maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; 

space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms 

or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, 

maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

$2,755,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including 

repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 

construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 

facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or 

condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environmental compliance and restoration, $348,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That proceeds from leases 

deposited into this account shall be available for a period of 5 

years to the extent and in amounts as provided in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such proceeds referred to in 

the preceding proviso shall be available for obligation for fiscal 

year 2019 in an amount not to exceed $17,000,000: Provided further, That each annual budget request shall include an annual estimate 

of gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds 

collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $39,300,000, of 

which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall 

remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until a prize is 

claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 

for the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space 
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Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 

provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 

transfers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available for the same purposes and the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 

505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 

in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by 

NASA at the theme, program, project and activity level. The 

spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an amount 

established in that spending plan that meets the notification 

requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall be treated as a 

reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 

available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 

the procedures set forth in that section. 

The unexpired balances of the ‘‘Education’’ account, for activities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be transferred 

to the ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement’’ account established in this Act. Balances so transferred shall 

be merged with the funds in the newly established account, but 

shall be available under the same terms, conditions and period 

of time as previously appropriated. 

Not more than 50 percent of the amounts made available in 

this Act for the Lunar Orbital Platform; Advanced Cislunar and 

Surface Capabilities; Commercial LEO Development; and Lunar 

Discovery and Exploration, excluding the Lunar Reconnaissance 

Orbiter, may be obligated until the Administrator submits a multiyear plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and the Senate that identifies estimated dates, 

by fiscal year, for Space Launch System flights to build the Lunar 

Orbital Platform; the commencement of partnerships with commercial entities for additional LEO missions to land humans and rovers 

on the Moon; and conducting additional scientific activities on the 

Moon. The multi-year plan shall include key milestones to be met 

by fiscal year to achieve goals for each of the lunar programs 

described in the previous sentence and funding required by fiscal 

year to achieve such milestones. 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 

Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law 

86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by section 

3109 of title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation 

of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; 

acquisition of aircraft; and authorized travel; $6,520,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed 

$544,000,000 shall remain available until expended for polar 

research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other 

Federal agencies for operational and science support and logistical 

and other related activities for the United States Antarctic program: 

Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and materials 

furnished by the National Research Centers and other National 
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Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

to this appropriation. 

MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 

commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 

Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, $295,740,000, to remain available until expended. 

EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics 

and engineering education and human resources programs and 

activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 

(42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including services as authorized by section 

3109 of title 5, United States Code, authorized travel, and rental 

of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $910,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020. 

AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

For agency operations and award management necessary in 

carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 

1861 et seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

5, United States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District 

of Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland 

Security for security guard services; $329,540,000: Provided, That 

not to exceed $8,280 is for official reception and representation 

expenses: Provided further, That contracts may be entered into 

under this heading in fiscal year 2019 for maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

the next fiscal year. 

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 

rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts 

and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) 

involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 

U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

$2,500 shall be available for official reception and representation 

expenses. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 

authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $15,350,000, of 

which $400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 

for the current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation 

in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 

no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent 

by any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph 

shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except in 

compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall 

notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days in advance of any planned 

divestment through transfer, decommissioning, termination, or 

deconstruction of any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital 

assets (including land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 

than $2,500,000. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations Act, 

2019’’. 

TITLE IV 

RELATED AGENCIES 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $10,065,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph may be 

used to employ any individuals under Schedule C of subpart C 

of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive 

of one special assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 

used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, 

with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable 

days: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 

this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is 

not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission 

Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the 

Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 

1990, section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights 

Act of 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) 

of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 

(Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 

2009 (Public Law 111–2), including services as authorized by section 

3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
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as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; 

nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to $29,500,000 

for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for authorized 

services to the Commission, $379,500,000: Provided, That the 

Commission is authorized to make available for official reception 

and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available 

funds: Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 

to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until such time as the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified 

of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That the Chair 

is authorized to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out 

the work of the Commission. 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 

including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to 

exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

$95,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 

the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, 

$415,000,000, of which $380,500,000 is for basic field programs 

and required independent audits; $5,100,000 is for the Office of 

Inspector General, of which such amounts as may be necessary 

may be used to conduct additional audits of recipients; $19,400,000 

is for management and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client 

self-help and information technology; $4,500,000 is for a Pro Bono 

Innovation Fund; and $1,500,000 is for loan repayment assistance: 

Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation may continue to 

provide locality pay to officers and employees at a rate no greater 

than that provided by the Federal Government to Washington, 

DC-based employees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services 

Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided further, That the 

authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall be applicable 

to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided further, That, for the 

purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation 

shall be considered an agency of the United States Government. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 

Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited 

by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 

503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds 

appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall 

be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth in such 

sections, except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 
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1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2018 and 2019, 

respectively. 

MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission 

as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $3,516,000. 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and 

the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section 

3109 of title 5, United States Code, $53,000,000, of which $1,000,000 

shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 

amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 

shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 

TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For activities of the United States Trade Representative authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement 

Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including transfers, $15,000,000, 

to be derived from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, 

That any transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section 

shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

Act. 

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 

et seq.) $5,971,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall 

be available for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, 

the State Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

United States Government. 

TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized 

by the Congress. 
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SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 

Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited 

to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 

provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

issued pursuant to existing law. 

SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the application of 

such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, 

the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision 

to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is 

held invalid shall not be affected thereby. 

SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 

under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 

Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

year 2019, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 

agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 

expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates 

or initiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates a 

program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by 

any means for any project or activity for which funds have been 

denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs or activities; (6) contracts out 

or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by 

Federal employees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or 

activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, project or 

activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; or (8) results 

from any general savings, including savings from a reduction in 

personnel, which would result in a change in existing programs, 

projects or activities as approved by Congress; unless the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days 

in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court 

or Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label 

bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with 

the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United 

States that is not made in the United States, the person shall 

be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with 

funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, 

suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 

through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 

(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized 

purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act 

shall be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, 

or assembled in the United States, its territories or possessions. 

(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning given the 

term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3). 

SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 

National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly 

report on the status of balances of appropriations at the account 
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level. For unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 

amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation from 

which the balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, 

but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall separately identify 

amounts by the year of obligation. 

(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted 

within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect 

of a reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a 

limitation of a current accounting system, the department or agency 

shall fulfill such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under 

such accounting system and shall identify and describe in each 

quarterly report the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 

under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions 

taken in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall 

be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such 

department or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer 

funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities included 

elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry 

out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 

under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

in that section: Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 

available 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 the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, 

except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco 

or tobacco products of the same type. 

SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 

deposited or available in the Fund established by section 1402 

of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) 

in any fiscal year in excess of $3,353,000,000 shall not be available 

for obligation until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available 

from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended to the Department of Justice Office of Inspector 

General for oversight and auditing purposes; and (2) 5 percent 

shall be available to the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, 

consistent with the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, 

to Indian tribes to improve services for victims of crime. 

SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the Department 

of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or 

denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate 

in programs for which financial assistance is provided from those 

funds, or of the parents or legal guardians of such students. 

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 

the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of 

Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and 

the Legal Services Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to 

the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts 

for which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which may 

include preliminary findings and a description of areas of particular 

interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and every 

180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 

(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described 

in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, 

as appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to 

the public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, 

Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The 

results shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, United 

States Code; and 

(2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the 

public access to which could be used to commit identity theft 

or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes. 

(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts 

appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary 

of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, 

or President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from 

the grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract 

or in any other manner to another person who has a financial 

interest in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section 

shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, determines that 

a uniform set of rules and requirements, substantially similar to 

the requirements in such subsections, consistently apply under 

the executive branch ethics program to all Federal departments, 

agencies, and entities. 

SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available under this Act may be used by the Departments 

of Commerce and Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, or the National Science Foundation to acquire a 

high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as defined for 

security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard 

Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 

Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency has— 

(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 

systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions 

for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems 

within the Federal Government; 

(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 

awardee against available and relevant threat information provided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and 

(3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyberespionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such 
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system, including any risk associated with such system being 

produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber 

threat, including but not limited to, those that may be owned, 

directed, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of China, the 

Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of 

Korea, or the Russian Federation. 

(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderateimpact information system reviewed and assessed under subsection 

(a) unless the head of the assessing entity described in subsection 

(a) has— 

(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, and 

supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy 

for any identified risks; 

(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the FBI, 

that the acquisition of such system is in the national interest 

of the United States; and 

(3) reported that determination to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

and the agency Inspector General. 

SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this Act shall 

be used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of 

torture by any official or contract employee of the United States 

Government. 

SEC. 516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 

treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

under this Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated 

by a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

to pay administrative expenses or to compensate an officer or 

employee of the United States in connection with requiring an 

export license for the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 

121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed on 

April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 wholesale 

in any transaction, provided that the conditions of subsection (b) 

of this section are met by the exporting party for such articles. 

(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license— 

(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper’s 

Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or 

from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United 

States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles enumerated in subsection (a); and 

(2) does not permit the export without a license of— 

(A) fully automatic firearms and components and parts 

for such firearms, other than for end use by the Federal 

Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of 

Canada; 

(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or complete 

breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in Category I, 

other than for end use by the Federal Government, or 

a Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; or 

(C) articles for export from Canada to another foreign 

destination. 

(c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of 

Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary 
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export without a license of any unclassified articles specified in 

subsection (a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the 

United States, or temporary import of Canadian-origin items from 

Canada for end use in the United States or return to Canada 

for a Canadian citizen. 

(d) The President may require export licenses under this section 

on a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication 

first in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has 

implemented or maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion 

of such articles has and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another 

nation. The President shall terminate the requirements of a license 

when reasons for the temporary requirements have ceased. 

SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall 

obligate or expend in any way such funds to pay administrative 

expenses or the compensation of any officer or employee of the 

United States to deny any application submitted pursuant to 22 

U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 

478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 

or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the text of— 

(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States–Morocco 

Free Trade Agreement. 

SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to 

Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National 

Security Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act 

of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

SEC. 520. If at any time during any quarter, the program 

manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments 

of Commerce or Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration, or the National Science Foundation totaling more 

than $75,000,000 has reasonable cause to believe that the total 

program cost has increased by 10 percent or more, the program 

manager shall immediately inform the respective Secretary, 

Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or 

Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall 

include in such notice: the date on which such determination was 

made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action 

taken and proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of 

the project; changes made in the performance or schedule milestones 

and the degree to which such changes have contributed to the 

increase in total program costs or procurement costs; new estimates 

of the total project or procurement costs; and a statement validating 
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that the project’s management structure is adequate to control 

total project or procurement costs. 

SEC. 521. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 

by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence 

related activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 

Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act 

of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment 

of the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 

SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in 

an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess 

of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies 

in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, 

to the best of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee 

has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years 

preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal 

offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, 

more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid 

Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, 

unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement 

or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal 

Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the 

subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding. 

(RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 523. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available to the Department of Commerce, the following 

funds are hereby rescinded, not later than September 30, 2019, 

from the following accounts in the specified amounts— 

(1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, Economic 

Development Assistance Programs’’, $10,000,000; and 

(2) ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Technology, Industrial Technology Services’’, $2,000,000. 

(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 

of Justice, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later than 

September 30, 2019, from the following accounts in the specified 

amounts— 

(1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $151,000,000; 

(2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries and 

Expenses’’, $124,326,000 including from, but not limited to, 

fees collected to defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint identification and criminal justice information services 

and associated costs; 

(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 

on Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs’’, $10,000,000; 

(4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Office 

of Justice Programs’’, $70,000,000; 

(5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, $16,500,000; and 

(6) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, $674,000,000, 

is permanently rescinded. 

(c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than September 1, 2019, 
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specifying the amount of each rescission made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 

(d) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a) and (b) shall 

not be from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SEC. 524. (a) Any unobligated balances identified in the following Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbols are hereby permanently cancelled: 80X0114; 80X0111; 80X0110; and 80X0112. 

(b) Upon enactment of this Act: 

(1) obligated balances in 80X0114 shall be transferred to 

and merged with 80–0130, Construction and Environmental 

Compliance and Restoration, and any upward adjustments to 

such obligations may be made from 80–0130; 

(2) obligated balances in 80X0111 shall be transferred to 

and merged with 80–0122, Safety, Security and Mission Services, 80–0115, Space Flight Capabilities and 80–0130, Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration, and any 

upward adjustments to such obligations may be made from 

80–0122, 80–0115 and 80–0130; 

(3) obligated balances in 80X0110 shall be transferred to 

and merged with 80–0130, Construction and Environmental 

Compliance and Restoration, and any upward adjustments to 

said obligations may be made from 80–0130; and 

(4) obligated balances in 80X0112 shall be transferred to 

and merged with 80–0122, Safety, Security and Mission Services and 80–0130, Construction and Environmental Compliance 

and Restoration, and any upward adjustments to such obligations may be made from 80–0122 and 80–0130. 

(c) Following the cancellation of unobligated balances and 

transfer of obligated balances in 80X0114, 80X0111, 80X0110 and 

80X0112, such accounts shall be closed. Any collections authorized 

or required to be credited to these accounts that are not received 

before closing of such accounts shall be deposited in the Treasury 

as miscellaneous receipts. 

SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 

50 employees from a Federal department or agency, who are stationed in the United States, at any single conference occurring 

outside the United States unless such conference is a law enforcement training or operational conference for law enforcement personnel and the majority of Federal employees in attendance are 

law enforcement personnel stationed outside the United States. 

SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, 

or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, 

its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any 

other detainee who— 

(1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the 

Armed Forces of the United States; and 
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(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, 

acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, 

or possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) 

for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

under the effective control of the Department of Defense. 

(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 

modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 

who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 

of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

(2) is— 

(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 

the Department of Defense; or 

(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 

Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

SEC. 529. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

United States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track 

undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts and include in 

its annual performance plan and performance and accountability 

reports the following: 

(1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 

instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in 

expired grant accounts. 

(2) The method that the department, agency, or instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired grant 

accounts. 

(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant 

accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United 

States. 

(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total 

number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances 

(on the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency, 

or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been 

obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 

may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

(NASA), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), or 

the National Space Council (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or 

contract of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned company unless 

such activities are specifically authorized by a law enacted after 

the date of enactment of this Act. 

(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities 

belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) shall 

not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have certified— 
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(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of technology, 

data, or other information with national security or economic 

security implications to China or a Chinese-owned company; 

and 

(2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials who 

have been determined by the United States to have direct 

involvement with violations of human rights. 

(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the activity in question and 

shall include a description of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, 

its major participants, and its location and timing. 

SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, 

or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model 

of shotgun if— 

(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the proposed importation are met; and 

(2) no application for the importation of such model of 

shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the 

Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that 

the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes. 

SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

adjudication, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 

activity. 

SEC. 533. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 

Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, the International Trade 

Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal 

Commission, the Offices of Science and Technology Policy and the 

United States Trade Representative, the National Space Council, 

and the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, signed 

by the respective department or agency head, to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 

until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 

SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor 

performance that has been judged to be below satisfactory performance or for performance that does not meet the basic requirements 

of a contract. 

SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legitimacy of Industrial 

Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
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79) by the Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

SEC. 537. None of the funds made available under this Act 

to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any 

of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, 

Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, 

Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, 

Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, 

Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and 

Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, 

to prevent any of them from implementing their own laws that 

authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical 

marijuana. 

SEC. 538. The Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Science 

Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

on any official travel to China by any employee of such Department 

or agency, including the purpose of such travel. 

SEC. 539. Of the amounts made available by this Act, not 

less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively, 

for Public Works grants authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and grants authorized by section 

27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 

(15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 

poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the 

term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 

20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over the 

past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses 

and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. 

SEC. 540. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 

available for obligation for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) 

after December 31, 2019, if the individual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of title 51, United States Code, 

as responsible for JWST determines that the formulation and 

development costs (with development cost as defined under section 

30104 of title 51, United States Code) are likely to exceed 

$8,802,700,000, unless the program is modified so that the costs 

do not exceed $8,802,700,000. 

SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be expended during fiscal year 2019 to prepare for the shutdown 

of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, Science, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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DIVISION D—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 

GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including 

operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 

insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned overseas, 

when necessary for the performance of official business; executive 

direction program activities; international affairs and economic 

policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy activities, including 

technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and Treasury-wide management 

policies and programs activities, $214,576,000: Provided, That of 

the amount appropriated under this heading— (1) not to exceed $700,000 is for official reception and 

representation expenses, of which necessary amounts shall be 

available for expenses to support activities of the Financial 

Action Task Force, and not to exceed $350,000 shall be for 

other official reception and representation expenses; (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen emergencies 

of a confidential nature to be allocated and expended under 

the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be 

accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate; and (3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2020, for— 

(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit and 

Internal Control Program; 

(B) information technology modernization requirements; 

(C) the audit, oversight, and administration of the 

Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 

(D) the development and implementation of programs 

within the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and 

Compliance Policy, including entering into cooperative 

agreements; 

(E) operations and maintenance of facilities; and 

(F) international operations. 

OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism and 

Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial system against 

illicit use and to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, 

weapons of mass destruction proliferators, money launderers, drug 

kingpins, and other national security threats, $159,000,000: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, up 

to $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
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CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT

For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, $25,208,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such 

funds shall supplement and not supplant any other amounts made 

available to the Treasury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: 

Provided further, That the Chief Information Officer of the individual offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each 

investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for approval: 

Provided further, That the submitted spend plan shall be reviewed 

and approved by the Treasury Chief Information Officer prior to 

the obligation of funds under this heading: Provided further, That 

of the total amount made available under this heading $1,000,000 

shall be available for administrative expenses for the Treasury 

Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of the investments 

made under this heading: Provided further, That such funds shall 

supplement and not supplant any other amounts made available 

to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 

DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For development and acquisition of automatic data processing 

equipment, software, and services and for repairs and renovations 

to buildings owned by the Department of the Treasury, $4,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That these 

funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary 

to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, 

and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer 

authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to support or supplement 

‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

$37,044,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; of which 

not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies 

of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 

direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of which up 

to $2,800,000 to remain available until September 30, 2020, shall 

be for audits and investigations conducted pursuant to section 1608 

of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 

(33 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 shall 

be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
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TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for 

Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 

1978, as amended, including purchase and hire of passenger motor 

vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109, at such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 

for Tax Administration; $170,250,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2020; of which not to exceed 

$6,000,000 shall be available for official travel expenses; of which 

not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies 

of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 

direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administration; and 

of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF

PROGRAM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special Inspector 

General in carrying out the provisions of the Emergency Economic 

Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–343), $23,000,000. 

FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and 

training expenses of non-Federal and foreign government personnel 

to attend meetings and training concerned with domestic and foreign financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and financial 

regulation; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

$12,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for 

assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without 

reimbursement, $117,800,000, of which not to exceed $34,335,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 

BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau of the 

Fiscal Service, $338,280,000; of which not to exceed $4,210,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, is for information 

systems modernization initiatives; and of which $5,000 shall be 

available for official reception and representation expenses. 

In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

Trust Fund to reimburse administrative and personnel expenses 

for financial management of the Fund, as authorized by section 

1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
H. J. Res. 31—130 

ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor 

vehicles, $119,600,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official 

reception and representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 

$50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and development 

programs for laboratory services; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with or without reimbursement: 

Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 

$5,000,000 shall be for the costs of accelerating the processing 

of formula and label applications: Provided further, That of the 

amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, shall be for the costs associated 

with enforcement of the trade practice provisions of the Federal 

Alcohol Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 

UNITED STATES MINT

UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the 

United States Mint is provided funding through the United States 

Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the production of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services, 

including both operating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations 

incurred during fiscal year 2019 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage and protective service capital investments of the 

United States Mint shall not exceed $30,000,000. 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

To carry out the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title I of Public 

Law 103–325), including services authorized by section 3109 of 

title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to 

exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for EX–3, 

$250,000,000. Of the amount appropriated under this heading— 

(1) not less than $160,000,000, notwithstanding section 

108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard 

to Small and/or Emerging Community Development Financial 

Institutions Assistance awards, is available until September 

30, 2020, for financial assistance and technical assistance under 

subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1), respectively, 

of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of 

which up to $1,600,000 may be available for training and 

outreach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 

4708), of which up to $2,527,250 may be used for the cost 

of direct loans, and of which up to $3,000,000, notwithstanding 

subsection (d) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 

4707 (d)), may be available to provide financial assistance, 

technical assistance, training, and outreach to community 

development financial institutions to expand investments that 

benefit individuals with disabilities: Provided, That the cost 
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of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds 

are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 

amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000; 

(2) not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding section 

108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(e)), is available 

until September 30, 2020, for financial assistance, technical 

assistance, training, and outreach programs designed to benefit 

Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities and provided primarily through qualified community 

development lender organizations with experience and expertise 

in community development banking and lending in Indian 

country, Native American organizations, tribes and tribal 

organizations, and other suitable providers; 

(3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until September 

30, 2020, for the Bank Enterprise Award program; 

(4) not less than $22,000,000, notwithstanding subsections 

(d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 

4707(d) and (e)), is available until September 30, 2020, for 

a Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach to community 

development financial institutions for the purpose of offering 

affordable financing and technical assistance to expand the 

availability of healthy food options in distressed communities; 

(5) up to $27,000,000 is available until September 30, 2019, 

for administrative expenses, including administration of CDFI 

fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Program, 

of which not less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools 

to better assess and inform CDFI investment performance, 

and up to $300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry 

out the direct loan program; and 

(6) during fiscal year 2019, none of the funds available 

under this heading are available for the cost, as defined in 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under section 114A of 

the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A 

shall not exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That such 

section 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 2019: 

Provided further, That of the funds awarded under this heading, 

not less than 10 percent shall be used for awards that support 

investments that serve populations living in persistent poverty 

counties: Provided further, That for the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (1) above, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 

counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more 

of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, 

as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and 

the 2011–2015 5-year data series available from the American 

Community Survey of the Census Bureau. 
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

TAXPAYER SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 

provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assistance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer advocacy services, and 

other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 

may be determined by the Commissioner, $2,491,554,000, of which 

not less than $9,890,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the 

Elderly Program, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which not less than 

$18,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, shall 

be available for a Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 

matching grants program for tax return preparation assistance, 

and of which not less than $207,000,000 shall be available for 

operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, 

That of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 

Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for identity theft and 

refund fraud casework. 

ENFORCEMENT

For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities of the 

Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect owed taxes, to 

provide legal and litigation support, to conduct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes related to violations of internal 

revenue laws and other financial crimes, to purchase and hire 

passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other 

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may 

be determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of which not 

to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2020, and of which not less than $60,257,000 shall be for the 

Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement program. 

OPERATIONS SUPPORT

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service to 

support taxpayer services and enforcement programs, including rent 

payments; facilities services; printing; postage; physical security; 

headquarters and other IRS-wide administration activities; research 

and statistics of income; telecommunications; information technology development, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and 

security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); 

the operations of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board; 

and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates 

as may be determined by the Commissioner; $3,724,000,000, of 

which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 

available until expended for acquisition of equipment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which not to exceed 

$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, for 

research; of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That not later than 

30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service 

shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
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House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the cost and schedule performance for its major information technology investments, including 

the purpose and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons 

for any cost and schedule variances; the risks of such investments 

and strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate 

such risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be 

achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter: Provided 

further, That the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its 

budget justification for fiscal year 2020, a summary of cost and 

schedule performance information for its major information technology systems. 

BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service’s busi- ness systems modernization program, $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, for the capital asset acquisition 

of information technology systems, including management and 

related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including related 

Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 

not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, the Internal 

Revenue Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate and 

the Comptroller General of the United States detailing the cost 

and schedule performance for major information technology investments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule variances; the risks 

of such investments and the strategies the Internal Revenue Service 

is using to mitigate such risks; and the expected developmental 

milestones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 

quarter. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 101. Not to exceed 4 percent of the appropriation made 

available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service under the 

‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to exceed 5 percent of any other 

appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

Service, may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service 

appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain an 

employee training program, which shall include the following topics: 

taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural 

relations, ethics, and the impartial application of tax law. 

SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 

enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and protect taxpayers against 

identity theft. 

SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 

the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved facilities and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1– 

800 help line service for taxpayers. The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements to the Internal Revenue Service 1– 
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800 help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary 

to enhance the response time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

SEC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue a notice 

of confirmation of any address change relating to an employer 

making employment tax payments, and such notice shall be sent 

to both the employer’s former and new address and an officer 

or employee of the Internal Revenue Service shall give special 

consideration to an offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has 

been the victim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

SEC. 106. None of the funds made available under this Act 

may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target citizens 

of the United States for exercising any right guaranteed under 

the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 

SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological beliefs. 

SEC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act to the 

Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or expended on conferences that do not adhere to the procedures, verification processes, 

documentation requirements, and policies issued by the Chief 

Financial Officer, Human Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared 

Services as a result of the recommendations in the report published 

on May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 

Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small Business/ 

Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Anaheim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this Act to 

the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or expended— 

(1) to make a payment to any employee under a bonus, 

award, or recognition program; or 

(2) under any hiring or personnel selection process with 

respect to re-hiring a former employee, unless such program 

or process takes into account the conduct and Federal tax 

compliance of such employee or former employee. 

SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used in contravention of section 6103 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns 

and return information). 

SEC. 111. Except to the extent provided in section 6014, 6020, 

or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no funds in 

this or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary of the 

Treasury to provide to any person a proposed final return or statement for use by such person to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such Code. 

SEC. 112. In addition to the amounts otherwise made available 

in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, $77,000,000, to be 

available until September 30, 2020, shall be transferred by the 

Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an 

additional amount to be used solely for carrying out Public Law 

115–97: Provided, That such funds shall not be available until 

the Commissioner submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan 

for such funds. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 113. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 

in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, 

as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, 

repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor 

vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles 

without regard to the general purchase price limitations for vehicles 

purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering 

into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

of health and medical services to employees and their dependents 

serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109. 

SEC. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 

this title made available under the headings ‘‘Departmental 

Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, 

‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal 

Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may 

be transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 

approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer under 

this section may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 

more than 2 percent. 

SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made 

available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s 

appropriation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

Provided, That no transfer may increase or decrease any such 

appropriation by more than 2 percent. 

SEC. 116. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the Bureau 

of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 Federal 

Reserve note. 

SEC. 117. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds 

from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries and Expenses’’ 

to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary to cover the costs of 

debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be reimbursed 

to such salaries and expenses account from debt collections received 

in the Debt Collection Fund. 

SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this or any other Act may be used by the United 

States Mint to construct or operate any museum without the explicit 

approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and the Senate, the House Committee on Financial 

Services, and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs. 

SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this or any other Act or source to the Department 

of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the 

United States Mint, individually or collectively, may be used to 

consolidate any or all functions of the Bureau of Engraving and 

Printing and the United States Mint without the explicit approval 
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of the House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate. 

SEC. 120. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 

by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the Department of the 

Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence related activities are deemed 

to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 

504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during 

fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. 

SEC. 121. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made available from 

the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Industrial Revolving Fund 

for necessary official reception and representation expenses. 

SEC. 122. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a Capital 

Investment Plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives not later than 30 days following 

the submission of the annual budget submitted by the President: 

Provided, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital 

investment spending from all accounts within the Department of 

the Treasury, including but not limited to the Department-wide 

Systems and Capital Investment Programs account, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund account: 

Provided further, That such Capital Investment Plan shall include 

expenditures occurring in previous fiscal years for each capital 

investment project that has not been fully completed. 

SEC. 123. Within 45 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit an itemized report 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the amount of total funds charged to 

each office by the Franchise Fund including the amount charged 

for each service provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, 

a detailed description of the services, a detailed explanation of 

how each charge for each service is calculated, and a description 

of the role customers have in governing in the Franchise Fund. 

SEC. 124. During fiscal year 2019— 

(1) none of the funds made available in this or any other 

Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury, including 

the Internal Revenue Service, to issue, revise, or finalize any 

regulation, revenue ruling, or other guidance not limited to 

a particular taxpayer relating to the standard which is used 

to determine whether an organization is operated exclusively 

for the promotion of social welfare for purposes of section 

501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including the 

proposed regulations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 

(November 29, 2013)); and 

(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on January 

1, 2010, which are used to make such determinations shall 

apply after the date of the enactment of this Act for purposes 

of determining status under section 501(c)(4) of such Code 

of organizations created on, before, or after such date. 

SEC. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end of each 

quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial 

Research shall submit reports on their activities to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
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the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs. 

(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall include— 

(1) the obligations made during the previous quarter by 

object class, office, and activity; 

(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder of the fiscal 

year by object class, office, and activity; 

(3) the number of full-time equivalents within each office 

during the previous quarter; 

(4) the estimated number of full-time equivalents within 

each office for the remainder of the fiscal year; and 

(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objectives, and 

performance measures of each office. 

(c) At the request of any such Committees specified in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the Office of Financial Research shall make officials available to testify on the contents 

of the reports required under subsection (a). 

SEC. 126. Amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Office 

of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’ shall be available to 

reimburse the ‘‘Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

account for expenses incurred in such account for reception and 

representation expenses to support activities of the Financial Action 

Task Force. 

SEC. 127. Beginning in fiscal year 2019 and for each fiscal 

year thereafter, amounts in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 

Fund may be used for the acquisition of necessary land for, and 

construction of, a replacement currency production facility. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Treasury 

Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

TITLE II 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS 

APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

THE WHITE HOUSE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized 

by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended and accounted 

for as provided in that section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted 

for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 

official reception and representation expenses, to be available for 

allocation within the Executive Office of the President; and for 

necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, including 

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, 

$55,000,000. 
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EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence at the White 

House, $13,081,000, to be expended and accounted for as provided 

by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 

REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at 

the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 

all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 

shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph: 

Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

such amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur obligations and 

to receive offsetting collections, for such expenses: Provided further, 

That the Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring 

a reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal 

to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall 

require the national committee of the political party of the President 

to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately accounted for 

and available for expenses relating to reimbursable political events 

sponsored by such committee during such fiscal year: Provided 

further, That the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written 

notice of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing such amount 

within 60 days after such expense is incurred, and that such amount 

is collected within 30 days after the submission of such notice: 

Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest 

and assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that 

is not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the 

interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding debt 

on a United States Government claim under 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and 

any accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in the 

Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That the 

Executive Residence shall prepare and submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the 

reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence during 

the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount of such 

expenses, the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable 

official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that consists 

of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each such 

amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report: 

Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a 

system for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 

within the Executive Residence that includes a standard for the 

classification of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this paragraph may be construed 

to exempt the Executive Residence from any other applicable 

requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United 

States Code. 
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WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Executive 

Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 105(d), 

$750,000, to remain available until expended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and health issues, and continued 

preventative maintenance. 

COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers 

in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 

(15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,187,000. 

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Security Council and 

the Homeland Security Council, including services as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,000,000. 

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 

107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $100,000,000, of which 

not to exceed $12,800,000 shall remain available until expended 

for continued modernization of information resources within the 

Executive Office of the President. 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 

Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services 

as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out the provisions of 

chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, and to prepare and 

submit the budget of the United States Government, in accordance 

with section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, $102,000,000, 

of which not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representation expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

in this Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be 

used for the purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders 

or any activities or regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): 

Provided further, That none of the funds made available for the 

Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be expended 

for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of witnesses, 

except for testimony of officials of the Office of Management and 

Budget, before the Committees on Appropriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
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expended for the altering of the annual work plan developed by 

the Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made available for 

the Office of Management and Budget by this Act, no less than 

three full-time equivalent senior staff position shall be dedicated 

solely to the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 

or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office 

of Management and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water 

resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance 

with all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 

to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budget shall have not 

more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews 

of water resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has 

reported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing 

and appropriating committees when the 60-day review is initiated: 

Provided further, That if water resource reports have not been 

transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating 

committees within 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and Budget review period based on the notification from 

the Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management and 

Budget concurrence with the report and act accordingly. 

In addition, $1,000,000 for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to hire additional personnel dedicated to regulatory 

review and reforms: Provided, That these amounts shall be in 

addition to any other amounts available for such purpose: Provided 

further, That these funds may not be used to backfill vacancies. 

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 

Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office of National 

Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

469); not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

expenses; and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, 

or public organizations or agencies, with or without reimbursement, 

$18,400,000: Provided, That the Office is authorized to accept, hold, 

administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, public and 

private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding 

or facilitating the work of the Office. 

FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug Control 

Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, 

$280,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, for 

drug control activities consistent with the approved strategy for 

each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
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(‘‘HIDTAs’’), of which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred 

to State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: 

Provided, That up to 49 percent may be transferred to Federal 

agencies and departments in amounts determined by the Director 

of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, of which up to 

$2,700,000 may be used for auditing services and associated activities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of 

Public Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fiscal 

year 2017 may be used for any other approved activities of that 

HIDTA, subject to reprogramming requirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as of September 30, 2018, shall be 

funded at not less than the fiscal year 2018 base level, unless 

the Director submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate justification for changes 

to those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and published 

Office of National Drug Control Policy performance measures of 

effectiveness: Provided further, That the Director shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations of the initial allocation of fiscal 

year 2019 funding among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after 

enactment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned 

uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consultation 

with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days after enactment 

of this Act: Provided further, That upon a determination that all 

or part of the funds so transferred from this appropriation are 

not necessary for the purposes provided herein and upon notification 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to 

this appropriation. 

OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For other drug control activities authorized by the Office of 

National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public 

Law 109–469), $118,327,000, to remain available until expended, 

which shall be available as follows: $100,000,000 for the DrugFree Communities Program, of which $2,000,000 shall be made 

available as directed by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

by Public Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); $2,000,000 for drug 

court training and technical assistance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping 

activities; $2,577,000 for the United States membership dues to 

the World Anti-Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available as directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109–469; and 

$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for activities authorized by section 103 of Public Law 114–198: Provided, 

That amounts made available under this heading may be transferred to other Federal departments and agencies to carry out 

such activities. 

UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 

unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the 

current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2020. 
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for the furtherance of integrated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information technology in the 

Federal Government, $28,500,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That the Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget may transfer these funds to one or more other agencies 

to carry out projects to meet these purposes. 

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to provide 

assistance to the President in connection with specially assigned 

functions; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 

106, including subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, 

which shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

section; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,288,000. 

OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, and to the 

extent not otherwise provided for, heating and lighting, including 

electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice 

President; the hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed 

$90,000 pursuant to 3 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That 

advances, repayments, or transfers from this appropriation may 

be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 

out such activities. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE

PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act under the 

headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Residence at the White 

House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National Security Council and Homeland Security 

Council’’, ‘‘Office of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the 

President’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or such other 

officer as the President may designate in writing), may, with 

advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent 

of any such appropriation to any other such appropriation, to be 

merged with and available for the same time and for the same 

purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That 

the amount of an appropriation shall not be increased by more 

than 50 percent by such transfers: Provided further, That no amount 

shall be transferred from ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ 
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or ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’ without the approval 

of the Vice President. 

SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2019, any Executive order 

or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by the President 

shall be accompanied by a written statement from the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget on the budgetary impact, 

including costs, benefits, and revenues, of such order or memorandum. 

(b) Any such statement shall include— 

(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary impact of such 

order or memorandum on the Federal Government; 

(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary obligations 

and outlays as the result of such order or memorandum, listed 

by Federal agency, for each year in the 5-fiscal-year period 

beginning in fiscal year 2019; and 

(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Government 

as the result of such order or memorandum over the 5-fiscalyear period beginning in fiscal year 2019. 

(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memorandum is issued 

during fiscal year 2019 due to a national emergency, the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget may issue the statement 

required by subsection (a) not later than 15 days after the date 

that such order or memorandum is issued. 

(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presidential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential memoranda estimated to 

have a regulatory cost in excess of $100,000,000. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of the President 

Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

TITLE III 

THE JUDICIARY 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, 

as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, 

including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception 

and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to 

be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $84,703,000, of 

which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 

In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief justice and 

associate justices of the court. 

CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 

Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 

the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, $15,999,000, to remain 

available until expended. 
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries of officers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $32,016,000. 

In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and 

judges of the court. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries of officers and employees of the court, services, 

and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

$18,882,000. 

In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief judge and 

judges of the court. 

COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL

SERVICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the salaries of judges of the United States Court of Federal 

Claims, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees 

of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, 

necessary expenses of the courts, and the purchase, rental, repair, 

and cleaning of uniforms for Probation and Pretrial Services Office 

staff, as authorized by law, $5,144,383,000 (including the purchase 

of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 

shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects 

and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration 

and construction projects. 

In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit and district 

judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United 

States), bankruptcy judges, and justices and judges retired from 

office or from regular active service. 

In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal 

Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–660), not to exceed 

$8,475,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

DEFENDER SERVICES

For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed 

to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599, and for 

the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and other services for such representations as authorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with 

the maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement of 

expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal 

cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; 
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the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 

appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection 

of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the 

compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys 

appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain 

judicial civil forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and 

reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 

under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and general 

administrative expenses, $1,150,450,000 to remain available until 

expended. 

FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 

1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized 

by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed 

in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), 

$49,750,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily 

equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5332. 

COURT SECURITY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident 

to the provision of protective guard services for United States 

courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, 

and the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security 

systems and equipment for United States courthouses and other 

facilities housing Federal court operations, including building 

ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed 

security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 

authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access 

to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), $607,110,000, of which not 

to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to 

be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals 

Service, which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

Facility Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines 

agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 

States Courts and the Attorney General. 

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 

United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as 

authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle 

as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the 

District of Columbia and elsewhere, $92,413,000, of which not to 

exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representation 

expenses. 
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FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $29,819,000; of which $1,800,000 

shall remain available through September 30, 2020, to provide 

education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which 

not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $18,953,000, 

of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this title 

which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available 

for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act 

may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 

Judicial Services, Defender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and 

Commissioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this 

section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 

604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

in section 608. 

SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District 

Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ shall be available for official 

reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference 

of the United States: Provided, That such available funds shall 

not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of 

the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity 

as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall 

be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘executive’’ each place it 

appears. 

SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Marshals 

Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may 

designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative 

Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, 

the security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department 

of Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified 

in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services 
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at these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office 

of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States 

Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act 

of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended 

in the matter following paragraph 12— 

(1) in the second sentence (relating to the District of 

Kansas), by striking ‘‘27 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 

‘‘28 years and 6 months’’; and 

(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of Hawaii), 

by striking ‘‘24 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘25 years 

and 6 months’’. 

(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 

Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and 

Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

115; 119 Stat. 2470; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second 

sentence (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 

‘‘25 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘26 years and 6 months’’. 

(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice 

Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 

133 note), is amended— 

(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘16 years’’ and inserting 

‘‘17 years’’; 

(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central District 

of California), by striking ‘‘15 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 

‘‘16 years and 6 months’’; and 

(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western district 

of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘14 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 

years’’. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropriations Act, 

2019’’. 

TITLE IV 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

FEDERAL FUNDS

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, to be 

deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide program to 

be administered by the Mayor, for District of Columbia resident 

tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That such funds, including any interest accrued thereon, 

may be used on behalf of eligible District of Columbia residents 

to pay an amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher education, or 

to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private institutions of 

higher education: Provided further, That the awarding of such funds 

may be prioritized on the basis of a resident’s academic merit, 

the income and need of eligible students and such other factors 

as may be authorized: Provided further, That the District of 

Columbia government shall maintain a dedicated account for the 

Resident Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the Federal 

funds appropriated to the Program in this Act and any subsequent 

appropriations, any unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, 
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and any interest earned in this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account shall be under the control of the District of 

Columbia Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Support Program: Provided further, That the Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer shall provide a quarterly financial report to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

for these funds showing, by object class, the expenditures made 

and the purpose therefor. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND SECURITY COSTS

IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as determined 

by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in written consultation 

with the elected county or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, 

$12,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the costs of 

providing public safety at events related to the presence of the 

National Capital in the District of Columbia, including support 

requested by the Director of the United States Secret Service in 

carrying out protective duties under the direction of the Secretary 

of Homeland Security, and for the costs of providing support to 

respond to immediate and specific terrorist threats or attacks in 

the District of Columbia or surrounding jurisdictions. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

For salaries and expenses for the District of Columbia Courts, $258,394,000 to be allocated as follows: for the District of Columbia 

Court of Appeals, $14,594,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is 

for official reception and representation expenses; for the Superior 

Court of the District of Columbia, $124,400,000, of which not to 

exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation expenses; 

for the District of Columbia Court System, $74,400,000, of which 

not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation 

expenses; and $45,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2020, for capital improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided, That funds made available for capital 

improvements shall be expended consistent with the District of 

Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condition assessment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Columbia Courts 

for administering bar examinations and processing District of 

Columbia bar admissions may be retained and credited to this 

appropriation, to remain available until expended, for salaries and 

expenses associated with such activities, notwithstanding section 

450 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 

sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 

obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 

for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days after providing written notice to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 

the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not more than 

$9,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading among the 

items and entities funded under this heading: Provided further, 

That the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District 
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of Columbia may, by regulation, establish a program substantially 

similar to the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 

of title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District of 

Columbia Courts. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA COURTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and section 

11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to representation provided 

under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act), payments 

for counsel appointed in proceedings in the Family Court of the 

Superior Court of the District of Columbia under chapter 23 of 

title 16, D.C. Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements 

to provide guardian ad litem representation, training, technical 

assistance, and such other services as are necessary to improve 

the quality of guardian ad litem representation, payments for 

counsel appointed in adoption proceedings under chapter 3 of title 

16, D.C. Official Code, and payments authorized under section 

21–2060, D.C. Official Code (relating to services provided under 

the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and 

Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That not more than $20,000,000 

in unobligated funds provided in this account may be transferred 

to and merged with funds made available under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts,’’ to be available 

for the same period and purposes as funds made available under 

that heading for capital improvements to District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Provided further, That funds provided under this 

heading shall be administered by the Joint Committee on Judicial 

Administration in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall 

be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget 

and obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agencies. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER

SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 

of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

Agency for the District of Columbia, as authorized by the National 

Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

1997, $256,724,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 is for official 

reception and representation expenses related to Community Supervision and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 

to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating to the 

implementation of the Court Services and Offender Supervision 

Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: Provided, That, of the 

funds appropriated under this heading, $183,166,000 shall be for 

necessary expenses of Community Supervision and Sex Offender 

Registration, to include expenses relating to the supervision of 

adults subject to protection orders or the provision of services for 

or related to such persons, of which $5,919,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation 

under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, 
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and related facilities: Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this heading, $73,558,000 shall be available to the 

Pretrial Services Agency, of which $7,304,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation under 

a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and 

related facilities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, all amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and 

obligated and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 

for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That amounts under this heading may be used for programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully complete their 

terms of supervision. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER

SERVICE

For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and hire 

of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public Defender 

Service, as authorized by the National Capital Revitalization and 

Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997, $45,858,000, of which 

$4,471,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021 for 

costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts under 

this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Federal agencies. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING

COUNCIL

For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating 

Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until expended, to support 

initiatives related to the coordination of Federal and local criminal 

justice resources in the District of Columbia. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

For a Federal payment, to remain available until September 

30, 2020, to the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, 

$295,000, and for the Judicial Nomination Commission, $270,000. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

For a Federal payment for a school improvement program 

in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain available until 

expended, for payments authorized under the Scholarships for 

Opportunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112–10): 

Provided, That, to the extent that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and following the priorities included in section 

3006 of such Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 

Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including students who 

were not offered a scholarship during any previous school year: 

Provided further, That within funds provided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall be for the activities specified in 
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sections 3007(b) through 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 

shall be for the activities specified in section 3009 of the Act. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia National 

Guard, $435,000, to remain available until expended for the Major 

General David F. Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National Guard 

Retention and College Access Program. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF HIV/AIDS

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia for the 

testing of individuals for, and the treatment of individuals with, 

human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Columbia, $3,000,000. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

Local funds are appropriated for the District of Columbia for 

the current fiscal year out of the General Fund of the District 

of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for programs and activities set forth 

under the heading ‘‘PART A—SUMMARY OF EXPENSES’’ and at the 

rate set forth under such heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 

2019 Budget Request Act of 2018 submitted to Congress by the 

District of Columbia, as amended as of the date of enactment 

of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, except as provided in section 450A of the District of Columbia 

Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 

816 and 817 of the Financial Services and General Government 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount appropriated 

in this Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia 

for fiscal year 2019 under this heading shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request Act of 

2018 submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia, as amended 

as of the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total 

revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: Provided 

further, That the amount appropriated may be increased by proceeds 

of one-time transactions, which are expended for emergency or 

unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided further, That 

such increases shall be approved by enactment of local District 

law and shall comply with all reserve requirements contained in 

the District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 

the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall take 

such steps as are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia 

meets these requirements, including the apportioning by the Chief 

Financial Officer of the appropriations and funds made available 

to the District during fiscal year 2019, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital 

projects. 

FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WATER AND

SEWER AUTHORITY

For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia Water 

and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain available until 
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expended, to continue implementation of the Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, That the District of Columbia Water 

and Sewer Authority provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

TITLE V 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 

the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 et seq., $3,100,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which not to 

exceed $1,000 is for official reception and representation expenses. 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 

and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to 

include multiple year leases), in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $268,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official 

reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 

for the expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not less than $50,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020, shall be for the purchase of information technology and of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be for expenses 

of the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under 

this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations equal 

to current year payments on leases entered into prior to the date 

of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That for the purpose 

of recording and liquidating any lease obligations that should have 

been recorded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 

31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such 

amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a no-year account 

in the Treasury, which has been established for the sole purpose 

of recording adjustments for and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services 

as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 

to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 

under 5 U.S.C. 5376, purchase of nominal awards to recognize 

non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission activities, and 

not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation 

expenses, $127,000,000, of which $800,000 shall remain available 

until expended to carry out the program, including administrative 
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costs, required by section 1405 of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool 

and Spa Safety Act (Public Law 110–140; 15 U.S.C. 8004). 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY

COMMISSION

SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2019, none of the amounts made 

available by this Act may be used to finalize or implement the 

Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles published 

by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 

(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with 

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 

Department of Defense, completes a study to determine— 

(A) the technical validity of the lateral stability and 

vehicle handling requirements proposed by such standard 

for purposes of reducing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) rollovers 

in the off-road environment, including the repeatability 

and reproducibility of testing for compliance with such 

requirements; 

(B) the number of ROV rollovers that would be prevented if the proposed requirements were adopted; 

(C) whether there is a technical basis for the proposal 

to provide information on a point-of-sale hangtag about 

a ROV’s rollover resistance on a progressive scale; and 

(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used by the United 

States military if the proposed requirements were adopted; 

and 

(2) a report containing the results of the study completed 

under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 

(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation of the Senate; 

(B) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

House of Representatives; 

(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

and 

(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives. 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Help America Vote 

Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $9,200,000, of which $1,250,000 

shall be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and 

Technology for election reform activities authorized under the Help 

America Vote Act of 2002. 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 

Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; not to exceed 

$4,000 for official reception and representation expenses; purchase 

and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 

authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $339,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That $339,000,000 of offsetting collections 

shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 9 of title I 

of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be retained and used 

for necessary expenses and shall remain available until expended: 

Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2019 

so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated 

at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections received in excess of $339,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 shall not be available 

for obligation: Provided further, That remaining offsetting collections from prior years collected in excess of the amount specified 

for collection in each such year and otherwise becoming available 

on October 1, 2018, shall not be available for obligation: Provided 

further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from 

the use of a competitive bidding system that may be retained 

and made available for obligation shall not exceed $130,284,000 

for fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not less than $11,064,000 shall be 

for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

SEC. 510. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 

amend, or change its rules or regulations for universal service 

support payments to implement the February 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service 

regarding single connection or primary line restrictions on universal 

service support payments. 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

$42,982,000, to be derived from the Deposit Insurance Fund or, 

only when appropriate, the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, $71,250,000, of which not 

to exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and representation 

expenses. 
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FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Federal 

Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including 

services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts 

and consultants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including 

official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $1,500) 

and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

elsewhere, $26,200,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses and per 

diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) 

for persons employed intermittently in the Government service, 

and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 

That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 

charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management relations 

conferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 

to be available without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these conferences. 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 

including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception 

and representation expenses, $309,700,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

available for use to contract with a person or persons for collection 

services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 3718: Provided 

further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 

exceed $136,000,000 of offsetting collections derived from fees collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 

Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless 

of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary 

expenses in this appropriation: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $17,000,000 

in offsetting collections derived from fees sufficient to implement 

and enforce the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 

Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act 

(15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this account, and 

be retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 

during fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 

appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

$156,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be used to implement 

subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 
H. J. Res. 31—156 

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collections deposited into the Fund, shall be available for necessary expenses of 

real property management and related activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District 

of Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental 

agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 

relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation, 

and transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning 

or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of federally 

owned buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, 

demolition, and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by 

purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 

extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and 

design of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 

buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment 

of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public buildings 

acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the 

aggregate amount of $9,285,082,000, of which— 

(1) $958,900,000 shall remain available until expended for 

construction and acquisition (including funds for sites and 

expenses, and associated design and construction services) as 

follows: 

(A) $767,900,000 shall be for the Department of 

Transportation Lease Purchase Option, Washington, District of Columbia; 

(B) $191,000,000 shall be for the Calexico West Land 

Port of Entry, Calexico, California: 

Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on new 

construction and acquisition projects may be exceeded to the 

extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but 

not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 

obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 

amount; 

(2) $663,219,000 shall remain available until expended for 

repairs and alterations, including associated design and 

construction services, of which— 

(A) $276,837,000 is for Major Repairs and Alterations; 

(B) $356,382,000 is for Basic Repairs and Alterations; 

and 

(C) $30,000,000 is for Special Emphasis Programs for 

Fire and Life Safety: 

Provided, That funds made available in this or any previous 

Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
H. J. Res. 31—157 

shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identified for each project, except each project in this or any previous 

Act may be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent 

unless advance approval is obtained from the Committees on 

Appropriations of a greater amount: Provided further, That 

additional projects for which prospectuses have been fully 

approved may be funded under this category only if advance 

approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 

Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any 

prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund 

costs associated with implementing security improvements to 

buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for security 

in accordance with current law and in compliance with the 

reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate Committees of 

the House and Senate: Provided further, That the difference 

between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects 

in this or any prior Act, under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations 

or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: 

Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any 

prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to 

pay claims against the Government arising from any projects 

under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund 

authorized increases in prospectus projects; 

(3) $5,418,845,000 for rental of space to remain available 

until expended; and 

(4) $2,244,118,000 for building operations to remain available until expended: Provided, That the total amount of funds 

made available from this Fund to the General Services Administration shall not be available for expenses of any construction, 

repair, alteration and acquisition project for which a prospectus, 

if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has not been approved, except 

that necessary funds may be expended for each project for 

required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus: 

Provided further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings 

Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when advance 

approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 

Provided further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 

and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, 

guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property 

not in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate 

to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 

from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund 

during fiscal year 2019, excluding reimbursements under 40 

U.S.C. 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new obligational 

authority authorized for Real Property Activities of the Federal 

Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the Fund and 

shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 

in appropriations Acts. 
H. J. Res. 31—158 

GENERAL ACTIVITIES

GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 

for Government-wide policy and evaluation activities associated 

with the management of real and personal property assets and 

certain administrative services; Government-wide policy support 

responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, 

information technology management, and related technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $60,000,000. 

OPERATING EXPENSES

For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 

for Government-wide activities associated with utilization and donation of surplus personal property; disposal of real property; agencywide policy direction, management, and communications; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,440,000, of which 

$26,890,000 is for Real and Personal Property Management and 

Disposal; $22,550,000 is for the Office of the Administrator, of 

which not to exceed $7,500 is for official reception and representation expenses. 

CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 

for the activities associated with the Civilian Board of Contract 

Appeals, $9,301,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $65,000,000: Provided, That 

not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for payment for information 

and detection of fraud against the Government, including payment 

for recovery of stolen Government property: Provided further, That 

not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards to employees 

of other Federal agencies and private citizens in recognition of 

efforts and initiatives resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector 

General effectiveness. 

ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS

For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1958 

(3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, $4,796,000. 

FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and Programs, 

including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; 

and for necessary expenses in support of interagency projects that 

enable the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 

activities electronically, through the development and implementation of innovative uses of information technology; $55,000,000, to 

be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided, 

That the previous amount may be transferred to Federal agencies 
H. J. Res. 31—159 

to carry out the purpose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: 

Provided further, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available 

until expended for necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services 

and other activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance 

its ability to conduct activities electronically in the aggregate 

amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to 

this Fund during fiscal year 2019 in excess of such amount shall 

remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure 

except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

the transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition to 

any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND

For the Technology Modernization Fund, $25,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, for technology-related modernization 

activities. 

ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND

For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets Sale and 

Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $25,000,000, to be 

deposited into the Asset Proceeds and Space Management Fund, 

to remain available until expended. 

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND

For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4370m–8(d), 

$6,070,000, to remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available 

for fiscal year 2019 for Federal Buildings Fund activities may 

be transferred between such activities only to the extent necessary 

to meet program requirements: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, funds 

made available by this Act shall be used to transmit a fiscal year 

2020 request for United States Courthouse construction only if 

the request: (1) meets the design guide standards for construction 

as established and approved by the General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office 

of Management and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

Conference of the United States as set out in its approved Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, 

or expanded. 

SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 

used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide 
H. J. Res. 31—160 

cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any agency 

that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment for space 

and services as determined by the General Services Administration 

in consideration of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

(Public Law 92–313). 

SEC. 524. From funds made available under the heading Federal 

Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of Revenue, claims 

against the Government of less than $250,000 arising from direct 

construction projects and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated 

from savings effected in other construction projects with prior 

notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate. 

SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate adopt 

a resolution granting lease authority pursuant to a prospectus 

transmitted to Congress by the Administrator of the General Services Administration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical to 

the delineated area included in the prospectus for all lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator determines that the delineated area of the procurement should not be identical to the delineated area included in the prospectus, the Administrator shall 

provide an explanatory statement to each of such committees and 

the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

and the Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided 

in the resolution. 

SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under the heading 

‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judiciary Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E–Government projects funded under 

the heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator 

of General Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation 

for each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 

than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 527. The Administrator of General Services shall submit 

a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

House of Representatives not later than 30 days following 

implementation of the initiative established under (c)(2) of Section 

846 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2018 (Public Law 115–91; 41 U.S.C. 1901 note) containing a market 

analysis and an implementation strategy related to the requirements under subparagraph (h) of Section 846. The report shall 

address strategies and processes for proper government safeguards 

to data management and privacy for incorporation into the 

implementation of Section 846 to ensure a competitive environment. 

HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation 

Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Public Law 93–642, 

$1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
H. J. Res. 31—161 

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 

Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, and the 

Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including 

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms 

in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor 

vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and not to exceed 

$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

$44,490,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, and 

in addition not to exceed $2,345,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020, for administrative expenses to adjudicate 

retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 

Systems Protection Board. 

MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION

MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 

Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 

Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), $1,875,000, to remain 

available until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 

9 of such Act: (1) up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial 

audits pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

(Public Law 107–289); and (2) up to $1,000,000 shall be available 

to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of Public 

Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 

5604(7)): Provided, That of the total amount made available under 

this heading $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector 

General of the Department of the Interior, to remain available 

until expended, for audits and investigations of the Morris K. Udall 

and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with the Inspector 

General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund 

to carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and 

Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $3,200,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses in connection with the administration 

of the National Archives and Records Administration and archived 

Federal records and related activities, as provided by law, and 
H. J. Res. 31—162 

for expenses necessary for the review and declassification of documents, the activities of the Public Interest Declassification Board, 

the operations and maintenance of the electronic records archives, 

the hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or allowances 

therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, $373,000,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Reform Act 

of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the 

Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire 

of passenger motor vehicles, $4,823,000. 

REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facili- ties, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, $7,500,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION

GRANTS PROGRAM

For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for historical 

publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, 

$6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

For the Community Development Revolving Loan Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 and 9910, $2,000,000 

shall be available until September 30, 2020, for technical assistance 

to low-income designated credit unions. 

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 

of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 

of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Stop Trading 

on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, including services as 

authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor 

vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $17,019,000. 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 

of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
H. J. Res. 31—163 

Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; 

rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 

official reception and representation expenses; advances for 

reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 

10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 

and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights 

Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his or 

her post of duty, $132,172,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

made available under this heading, not to exceed $14,000,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2020, for information technology infrastructure modernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System migration or modernization, and shall be in addition 

to funds otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided 

further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, 

$639,018 may be made available for strengthening the capacity 

and capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as defined by the 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 

4001 et seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such workforce and information technology in support of 

acquisition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions 

to improve acquisition management; and in addition $133,483,000 

for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the appropriate 

trust funds of OPM without regard to other statutes, including 

direct procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and 

insurance programs: Provided further, That the provisions of this 

appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust 

funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 8958(f)(2)(A), 

8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available 

for salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM 

established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 

or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, That the 

President’s Commission on White House Fellows, established by 

Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during fiscal 

year 2019, accept donations of money, property, and personal services: Provided further, That such donations, including those from 

prior years, may be used for the development of publicity materials 

to provide information about the White House Fellows, except that 

no such donations shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement 

of travel expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger 

motor vehicles, $5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed 

$25,265,000 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and 
H. J. Res. 31—164 

provide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Management’s 

retirement and insurance programs, to be transferred from the 

appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management, 

as determined by the Inspector General: Provided, That the 

Inspector General is authorized to rent conference rooms in the 

District of Columbia and elsewhere. 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 

of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 

of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 

454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101– 

12) as amended by Public Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 

(Public Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire 

of passenger motor vehicles; $26,535,000. 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory Commission 

in carrying out the provisions of the Postal Accountability and 

Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435), $15,200,000, to be derived 

by transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(a) of such Act. 

PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of the Intelligence 

Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), 

$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 

Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District 

of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed $3,500 for official 

reception and representation expenses, $1,674,902,000, to remain 

available until expended; of which not less than $15,206,000 shall 

be for the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 

$75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for the International Organization of Securities Commissions; and of which not 

to exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for consultations 
H. J. Res. 31—165 

and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental 

and other regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 

staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, such 

expenses to include necessary logistic and administrative expenses 

and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses such as meals; (2) travel 

and transportation; and (3) related lodging or subsistence; and 

of which not less than $75,081,000 shall be for the Division of 

Economic and Risk Analysis. 

In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs associated 

with relocation under a replacement lease for the Commission’s 

New York regional office facilities, not to exceed $37,189,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That for purposes of 

calculating the fee rate under section 31(j) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2019, 

all amounts appropriated under this heading shall be deemed to 

be the regular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 

2019: Provided further, That fees and charges authorized by section 

31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) shall 

be credited to this account as offsetting collections: Provided further, 

That not to exceed $1,674,902,000 of such offsetting collections 

shall be available until expended for necessary expenses of this 

account and not to exceed $37,189,000 of such offsetting collections 

shall be available until expended for costs under this heading 

associated with relocation under a replacement lease for the 

Commission’s New York regional office facilities: Provided further, 

That the total amount appropriated under this heading from the 

general fund for fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced as such offsetting 

fees are received so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2019 

appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

$0: Provided further, That if any amount of the appropriation for 

costs associated with relocation under a replacement lease for the 

Commission’s New York regional office facilities is subsequently 

de-obligated by the Commission, such amount that was derived 

from the general fund shall be returned to the general fund, and 

such amounts that were derived from fees or assessments collected 

for such purpose shall be paid to each national securities exchange 

and national securities association, respectively, in proportion to 

any fees or assessments paid by such national securities exchange 

or national securities association under section 31 of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2019. 

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, 

including expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for 

uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as 

authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for civilian employees; hire of 

passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 

and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation 

expenses; $26,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President deems such action 

to be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided further, 

That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be expended 
H. J. Res. 31—166 

for or in connection with the induction of any person into the 

Armed Forces of the United States. 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small 

Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

as authorized by sections 1343 and 1344 of title 31, United States 

Code, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $267,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 

shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized 

to charge fees to cover the cost of publications developed by the 

Small Business Administration, and certain loan program activities, 

including fees authorized by section 5(b) of the Small Business 

Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

account, to remain available until expended, for carrying out these 

purposes without further appropriations: Provided further, That 

the Small Business Administration may accept gifts in an amount 

not to exceed $4,000,000 and may co-sponsor activities, each in 

accordance with section 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108– 

447, during fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That $6,100,000 

shall be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 

System, to be available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, 

That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal and State Technology 

Partnership Program under section 34 of the Small Business Act 

(15 U.S.C. 657d). 

ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses of programs supporting entrepreneurial 

and small business development, $247,700,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020: Provided, That $131,000,000 shall be 

available to fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2019 or 

fiscal year 2020 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Business 

Act: Provided further, That $31,000,000 shall be for marketing, 

management, and technical assistance under section 7(m) of the 

Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that 

make microloans under the microloan program: Provided further, 

That $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to carry 

out export programs that assist small business concerns authorized 

under section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

$21,900,000. 

OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in carrying 

out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 

634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 

601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to remain available until expended. 
H. J. Res. 31—167 

BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the cost of direct loans, $4,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That subject 

to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during 

fiscal year 2019 commitments to guarantee loans under section 

503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 

$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019 

commitments for general business loans authorized under section 

7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 

for a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggregated 

maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019 commitments for loans authorized 

under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The Small Business 

Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed 

$7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019 

commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) 

of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 

$4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019, 

guarantees of trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the 

Small Business Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 

$12,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry 

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $155,150,000, which 

may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 

Salaries and Expenses. 

DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, 

$10,000,000, to be available until expended, of which $1,000,000 

is for the Office of Inspector General of the Small Business Administration for audits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster 

loan programs and shall be transferred to and merged with the 

appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; and of which 

$9,000,000 is for indirect administrative expenses for the direct 

loan program, which may be transferred to and merged with the 

appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business Administration in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 

but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 

percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 

under section 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

in that section. 
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SEC. 531. Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under the ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ 

heading for the Certified Development Company Program, 

$50,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 

amounts may be rescinded under this section from amounts that 

were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SEC. 532. Section 12085 of Public Law 110–246 is repealed. 

SEC. 533. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropriation made 

available in this Act for the Small Business Administration under 

the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ and ‘‘Business Loans Program 

Account’’ may be transferred to the Administration’s information 

technology system modernization and working capital fund (IT 

WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 

A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, 

for the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon 

the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts 

transferred to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 

for obligation through September 30, 2022. 

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 

on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 

(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, $55,235,000: 

Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 

shall continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 

and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than the 

1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any 

rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of 

any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any individual participating in a State or local program of child support 

enforcement, a fee for information requested or provided concerning 

an address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of 

the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 

close small rural and other small post offices. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

$250,000,000, to be derived by transfer from the Postal Service 

Fund and expended as authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal 

Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $51,515,000, of which 

$500,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 

TITLE VI 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 

the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 

of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 

regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 

SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 

may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 

so provided herein. 

SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 

Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 

such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant 

to existing law. 

SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 

the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 

be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to 

a Government employee would result in a decision, determination, 

rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit the enforcement of 

section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 

be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 

the assistance the entity will comply with chapter 83 of title 41, 

United States Code. 

SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 

that has been convicted of violating chapter 83 of title 41, United 

States Code. 

SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 

the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 

Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 

available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 

of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 

of funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, 

project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, 

project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 
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by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

activity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the House 

of Representatives or the Senate for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 

$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) reduces existing 

programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or 

activities unless prior approval is received from the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, or activities, each 

agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act 

shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate to establish the baseline 

for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum the report 

shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation with a separate 

column to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 

by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, 

and the fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table 

for each appropriation both by object class and program, project, 

and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respective 

appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of special congressional interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 

or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall be reduced 

by $100,000 per day for each day after the required date that 

the report has not been submitted to the Congress. 

SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 

at the end of fiscal year 2019 from appropriations made available 

for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall 

remain available through September 30, 2020, for each such account 

for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 

submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall 

be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines. 

SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used by the Executive Office of the President to request— 

(1) any official background investigation report on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or 

(2) a determination with respect to the treatment of an 

organization as described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 

501(a) of such Code from the Department of the Treasury 

or the Internal Revenue Service. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

(1) in the case of an official background investigation report, 

if such individual has given express written consent for such 

request not more than 6 months prior to the date of such 

request and during the same presidential administration; or 

(2) if such request is required due to extraordinary circumstances involving national security. 
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SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 

chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code shall not apply with 

respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 

Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 

Code. 

SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area 

cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Management may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction 

on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations 

Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management 

pursuant to court approval. 

SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 

to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection 

with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits 

program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where 

the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried 

to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 

SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to commercial 

information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic 

articles, materials, and supplies set forth in chapter 83 of title 

41, United States Code (popularly known as the Buy American 

Act), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government 

of information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined in 

section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United 

States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or 

commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, 

nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related 

expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to 

attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating 

to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity 

offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity subject 

to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person 

or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless 

the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

section 501(a) of such Code. 

SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, funds made 

available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the 

Securities and Exchange Commission by this or any other Act 

may be used for the interagency funding and sponsorship of a 

joint advisory committee to advise on emerging regulatory issues. 

SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise authorized to 

enter into contracts for either leases or the construction or alteration 

of real property for office, meeting, storage, or other space must 

consult with the General Services Administration before issuing 

a solicitation for offers of new leases or construction contracts, 

and in the case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations with the current lessor. 

(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an emergency 

lease may do so during any period declared by the President to 

require emergency leasing authority with respect to such agency. 
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(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive agency 

covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency provided funds 

by this Act, but does not include the General Services Administration or the United States Postal Service. 

SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the following activities 

the amounts required under current law: 

(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 102). 

(2) Payments to— 

(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

377(o)); 

(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund (28 U.S.C. 

376(c)); and 

(C) the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges’ 

Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 178(l)). 

(3) Payment of Government contributions— 

(A) with respect to the health benefits of retired 

employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5, United 

States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health 

Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849); and 

(B) with respect to the life insurance benefits for 

employees retiring after December 31, 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 

87). 

(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of new and 

increased annuity benefits under the Civil Service Retirement 

and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 8348). 

(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid from the 

Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund by statutory 

provisions other than subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 

84 of title 5, United States Code. 

(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt any 

amount appropriated by this section from any otherwise applicable 

limitation on the use of funds contained in this Act. 

SEC. 620. In addition to amounts made available in prior fiscal 

years, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (Board) 

shall have authority to obligate funds for the scholarship program 

established by section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 

(Public Law 107–204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the 

amount of funds collected by the Board between January 1, 2018 

and December 31, 2018, including accrued interest, as a result 

of the assessment of monetary penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2019 shall remain available until expended. 

Beginning in fiscal year 2020 and for each fiscal year thereafter, 

monetary penalties collected pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 7215 shall be 

deposited in the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 

account as discretionary offsetting receipts. 

SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by the Federal Trade Commission to complete the draft 

report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to 

Children: Preliminary Proposed Nutrition Principles to Guide 

Industry Self-Regulatory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working 

Group on Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

No. 13563. 

SEC. 622. None of the funds in this Act may be used for 

the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to award a 

contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an option on a contract 

to a contractor conducting the final quality review processes for 
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background investigation fieldwork services or background investigation support services that, as of the date of the award of the 

contract, are being conducted by that contractor. 

SEC. 623. (a) The head of each executive branch agency funded 

by this Act shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer of 

the agency has the authority to participate in decisions regarding 

the budget planning process related to information technology. 

(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch agency 

funded by this Act that are available for information technology 

shall be allocated within the agency, consistent with the provisions 

of appropriations Acts and budget guidelines and recommendations 

from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 

such manner as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information 

Officer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer 

of the agency and budget officials. 

SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 33 of title 44, United 

States Code. 

SEC. 625. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by a governmental entity to require the disclosure by 

a provider of electronic communication service to the public or 

remote computing service of the contents of a wire or electronic 

communication that is in electronic storage with the provider (as 

such terms are defined in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, 

United States Code) in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 

SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used by the Federal Communications Commission to modify, 

amend, or change the rules or regulations of the Commission for 

universal service high-cost support for competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of section 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal 

Regulations, as in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this 

section shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, developing, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alternative 

to Mobility Fund Phase II. 

SEC. 627. No funds provided in this Act shall be used to 

deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 

to any records, documents, or other materials available to the 

department or agency over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978, or to prevent 

or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, except a 

provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 

and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

department or agency covered by this section shall provide its 

Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and 

other materials in a timely manner. Each Inspector General shall 

ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant 

to the information provided by the establishment over which that 

Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General 

Act of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 

report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures 

to comply with this requirement. 

SEC. 628. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
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such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

adjudication activities, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 

be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to finalize, 

issue, or implement any rule, regulation, or order regarding the 

disclosure of political contributions, contributions to tax exempt 

organizations, or dues paid to trade associations. 

SEC. 630. None of the funds appropriated or other-wise made 

available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees 

for contractors whose performance has been judged to be below 

satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet 

the basic requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines 

that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 

scope of the project and/or program and unless such awards or 

incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 

SEC. 631. (a) None of the funds made available under this 

Act may be used to pay for travel and conference activities that 

result in a total cost to an Executive branch department, agency, 

board or commission of more than $500,000 at any single conference 

unless the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 

in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate that includes the basis of that determination. 

(b) None of the funds made available under this Act may 

be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more than 50 

employees, who are stationed in the United States, at any single 

conference occurring outside the United States unless the agency 

or entity determines that such attendance is in the national interest 

and advance notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that includes 

the basis of that determination. 

SEC. 632. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used for first-class or business-class travel by the employees 

of executive branch agencies funded by this Act in contravention 

of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.125 of title 41, Code of 

Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 633. In addition to any amounts appropriated or otherwise 

made available for expenses related to enhancements to 

www.oversight.gov, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be provided for an additional amount for such purpose to 

the Inspectors General Council Fund (Fund) established pursuant 

to Section 11(c)(3)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

App.), as amended: Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to any amounts or any authority available to the Council 

of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under section 

11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended. 
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TITLE VII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any other 

Act for fiscal year 2019 shall obligate or expend any such funds, 

unless such department, agency, or instrumentality has in place, 

and will continue to administer in good faith, a written policy 

designed to ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the 

illegal use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances (as 

defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)) by the 

officers and employees of such department, agency, or instrumentality. 

SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the maximum 

amount allowable during the current fiscal year in accordance with 

subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United States Code, for the purchase 

of any passenger motor vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, 

law enforcement vehicles, protective vehicles, and undercover 

surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station 

wagons for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 

these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for policetype vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this 

section may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 

or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions 

of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and 

Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental cost 

of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 

101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: 

Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section shall 

not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which 

operates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to electric, 

plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive departments and 

independent establishments for the current fiscal year available 

for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the activity concerned, 

are hereby made available for quarters allowances and cost-ofliving allowances, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during the current 

fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or any 

other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer 

or employee of the Government of the United States (including 

any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 

Government of the United States) whose post of duty is in the 

continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of 

the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admitted for 

permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 

U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who is admitted as a refugee 

under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 

and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person 
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who owes allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for purposes of this section, affidavits signed by any such person shall 

be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of this 

section with respect to his or her status are being complied with: 

Provided further, That for purposes of subsections (2) and (3) such 

affidavits shall be submitted prior to employment and updated 

thereafter as necessary: Provided further, That any person making 

a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 

shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more 

than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal clause 

shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 

provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment 

made to any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 

section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government: 

Provided further, That this section shall not apply to any person 

who is an officer or employee of the Government of the United 

States on the date of enactment of this Act, or to international 

broadcasters employed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 

or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of 

emergencies: Provided further, That this section does not apply 

to the employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 120 

days of nonresident aliens employed by the Department of the 

Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant to an agreement 

with another country. 

SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any department or agency 

during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including 

maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available for payment to the General Services Administration for charges for space 

and services and those expenses of renovation and alteration of 

buildings and facilities which constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 

Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 

216), or other applicable law. 

SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or any other 

Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and use funds 

resulting from the sale of materials, including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule recovered through recycling 

or waste prevention programs. Such funds shall be available until 

expended for the following purposes: 

(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, and 

recycling programs as described in Executive Order No. 13693 

(March 19, 2015), 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 
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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 or any other 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 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. 13618 

(July 6, 2012). 

SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by this or 

any other Act may be obligated or expended by any department, 

agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government to 

pay the salaries or expenses of any individual appointed to a position of a confidential or policy-determining character that is 

excepted from the competitive service under section 3302 of title 

5, United States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of 

part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

the head of the applicable department, agency, or other instrumentality employing such schedule C individual certifies to the Director 

of the Office of Personnel Management that the schedule C position 

occupied by the individual was not created solely or primarily 

in order to detail the individual 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 

an element of the intelligence community (as that term is defined 

under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

3003(4))). 

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— 
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(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. 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. 716. 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. 717. None of the funds made available in this or any 

other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such 
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as mailing, telephone or electronic mailing 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. 718. 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 Congress. 

SEC. 719. (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 United States 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. 

SEC. 720. 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. 721. 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 multiagency financial, information technology, procurement, and other 

management innovations, initiatives, and activities, including 

improving coordination and reducing duplication, 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 $15,000,000 

to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and for other activities 

related to Federal Government Priority Goals established by 31 

U.S.C. 1120, and not to 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 2019 

shall remain available for obligation through September 30, 2020: 
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Provided further, That such transfers or reimbursements may only 

be made after 15 days following notification of the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

SEC. 722. 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. 723. 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. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification, press release, or other publications involving 

the distribution of Federal funds shall comply with any relevant 

requirements in part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: 

Provided, That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 

funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 

SEC. 725. (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. 
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(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. 726. (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. 727. 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. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

appropriated for official travel to 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. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds appropriated or made available under this 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. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 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 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. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 

of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be used by 

an executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story 
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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. 732. 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. 733. (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. 734. During fiscal year 2019, 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. 735. (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 
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such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 

30101 et seq.). 

SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this or any 

other Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of 

an officer or employee of the Federal government, including the 

President, the Vice President, a member of Congress (including 

a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner to Congress), the head 

of an executive branch agency (as defined in section 133 of title 

41, United States Code), or the head of an office of the legislative 

branch. 

SEC. 737. (a)(1) 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 2019, 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— 

(A) during the period from the date of expiration of the 

limitation imposed by the comparable section for the previous 

fiscal years until the normal effective date of the applicable 

wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal year 

2019, 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 

(B) during the period consisting of the remainder of fiscal 

year 2019, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of a wage 

survey adjustment, the rate payable under subparagraph (A) 

by more than the sum of— 

(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect in fiscal 

year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, United States 

Code, in the rates of pay under the General Schedule; 

and 

(ii) the difference between the overall average percentage of the locality-based comparability payments taking 

effect in fiscal year 2019 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. 

(2) 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 paragraph (1) is in effect at a rate that exceeds the 

rates that would be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph 

(1) applicable to such employee. 

(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates payable to 

an employee who is covered by this subsection and who is paid 

from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2018, shall 

be determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection may not be 

changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2018, except 

to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management 

to be consistent with the purpose of this subsection. 

(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay for service 

performed after September 30, 2018. 
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(6) 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 

subsection shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to permit 

or require the payment to any employee covered by this subsection 

at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this 

subsection not in effect. 

(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this subsection if the Office 

determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employees. 

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment in rates 

of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in 

fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United 

States Code, shall be— 

(1) not less than the percentage received by employees 

in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 

pursuant to the statutory pay systems under sections 5303 

and 5304 of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employees at locations where there are no 

employees whose pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 

and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, United 

States Code, shall be considered to be located in the pay locality 

designated as ‘‘Rest of United States’’ pursuant to section 5304 

of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of this subsection; 

and 

(2) effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay 

period beginning after September 30, 2018. 

SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch department, 

agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

appropriations Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector 

General or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 

General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures related 

to each conference held by any such department, agency, board, 

commission, or office during fiscal year 2019 for which the cost 

to the United States Government was more than $100,000. 

(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each conference 

described in subsection (a) held during the applicable period— 

(1) a description of its purpose; 

(2) the number of participants attending; 

(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United States 

Government, including— 

(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel to and 

from the conference; and 

(D) a discussion of the methodology used to determine 

which costs relate to the conference; and 

(4) a description of the contracting procedures used 

including— 

(A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive 

basis; and 
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(B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by 

the departmental component or office in evaluating potential contractors for the conference. 

(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the head of 

any such department, agency, board, commission, or office shall 

notify the Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity 

without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and number 

of employees attending a conference held by any Executive branch 

department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 

or any other appropriations Act during fiscal year 2019 for which 

the cost to the United States Government was more than $20,000. 

(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appropriated by 

this or any other appropriations Act may not be used for the 

purpose of defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and programmatically related to 

the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such 

as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded 

by the grant or contract. 

(e) None of the funds made available in this or any other 

appropriations Act may be used for travel and conference activities 

that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 

Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent 

revisions to that memorandum. 

SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this or any 

other appropriations Act may be used to increase, eliminate, or 

reduce funding for a program, project, or activity as proposed in 

the President’s budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed 

change is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless 

such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer 

provisions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

SEC. 740. 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. 741. 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. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this or any other Act may be available for 

a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with an entity that 

requires employees or contractors of such entity seeking to report 

fraud, waste, or abuse to sign internal confidentiality agreements 

or statements prohibiting or otherwise restricting such employees 

or contractors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 

to a designated investigative or law enforcement representative 

of a Federal department or agency authorized to receive such 

information. 

(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not contravene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, Form 4414, or any other 

form issued by a Federal department or agency governing the 

nondisclosure of classified information. 
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SEC. 743. (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 provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 

the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by existing 

statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, 

(2) communications to Congress, (3) the reporting to an Inspector 

General of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial 

and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 

whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, obligations, 

rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive 

orders and statutory provisions 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) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be implemented 

and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) if it complies with 

the requirements for such agreement that were in effect when 

the agreement was entered into. 

(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be 

used to implement or enforce any agreement entered into during 

fiscal year 2014 which does not contain substantially similar language to that required in subsection (a). 

SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 

to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that 

has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for 

which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted 

or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner 

pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of 

the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered 

suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 

interests of the Government. 

SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a grant 

to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any corporation that 

was convicted of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 

law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency 

is aware of the conviction, unless a Federal agency has considered 
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suspension or debarment of the corporation and has made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the 

interests of the Government. 

SEC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2019, on the date on which 

a request is made for a transfer of funds in accordance with section 

1017 of Public Law 111–203, the Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate of such 

request. 

(b) Any notification required by this section shall be made 

available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 

SEC. 747. If, for fiscal year 2019, new budget authority provided 

in appropriations Acts exceeds the discretionary spending limit 

for any category set forth in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to 

the discretionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 

2019 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget in the amount of the excess but the total of all such 

adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent of the sum of the adjusted 

discretionary spending limits for all categories for that fiscal year. 

SEC. 748. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for employees 

under the statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 

2019 under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 

an increase of 1.4 percent, and the overall average percentage 

of the adjustments taking effect in such fiscal year under sections 

5304 and 5304a of such title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent 

(with comparability payments to be determined and allocated among 

pay localities by the President). All adjustments under this subsection shall be effective as of the first day of the first applicable 

pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2019. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in rates of 

basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take place in fiscal 

year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States 

Code, shall be no less than the percentages in subsection (a) as 

employees in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 

pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303, 5304, 

and 5304a of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate employees 

at locations where there are no employees whose pay is increased 

pursuant to sections 5303, 5304, and 5304a of such title 5 and 

prevailing rate employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of such 

title 5 shall be considered to be located in the pay locality designated 

as ′′Rest of U.S.′′ pursuant to section 5304 of such title 5 for 

purposes of this subsection. 

(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from 

appropriations, which are made to each applicable department or 

agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019. 

SEC. 749. (a) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under 

section 104 of title 3, United States Code, the rate payable to 

the Vice President during calendar year 2019 shall be 1.9 percent 

above the rate payable to the Vice President on December 31, 

2018, as limited under section 738 of division E of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141). 

(b) Notwithstanding the official rate adjusted under section 

5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 
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law, the payable rate for an employee 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, shall be increased 

by 1.9 percent (relative to the preexisting rate actually payable) 

at the time the official rate is adjusted in January 2019. Such 

an employee may receive no other pay increase during calendar 

year 2019, except as provided in subsection (i). 

(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act 

of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, a 

chief of mission or ambassador at large is subject to subsection 

(b) in the same manner as other employees who are paid at an 

Executive Schedule rate. 

(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 

(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive 

Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the official 

rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; or 

(B) a limited term appointee or limited emergency 

appointee in the Senior Executive Service serving under 

a political appointment and paid a rate of basic pay at 

or above the official rate for level IV of the Executive 

Schedule. 

(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 5, 

United States Code, an employee described in paragraph (1) 

who is serving at the time official rates of the Executive 

Schedule are adjusted may receive a single increase in the 

employee’s pay rate of no more than 1.9 percent during calendar 

year 2019, subject to the normally applicable pay rules and 

pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013, after those 

pay limitations are increased by 1.9 percent (after applicable 

rounding). Such an employee may receive no other pay increase 

during calendar year 2019, except as provided in subsection 

(i). 

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee 

paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality-based payments 

under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or similar 

authority) at or above the official rate for level IV of the Executive 

Schedule who serves under a political appointment, and who is 

serving at the time official rates of the Executive Schedule are 

adjusted, may receive a single increase in the employee’s pay rate 

of no more than 1.9 percent during calendar year 2019, subject 

to the normally applicable pay rules and pay limitations in effect 

on December 31, 2013, after those pay limitations are increased 

by 1.9 percent (after applicable rounding). Such an employee may 

receive no other pay increase during calendar year 2019, except 

as provided in subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to 

employees in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign 

Service pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 

of title 5, United States Code, 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 subsections (b) through (e) shall prevent 

employees who do not serve under a political appointment from 

receiving pay increases as otherwise provided under applicable law. 

(g) This section does not apply to an individual who makes 

an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic pay under 

section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, for such time as 

that election is in effect. 
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(h) This section does not apply to an individual 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) for such time as that election is in effect. 

(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an employee 

in a covered position may receive a pay rate increase upon an 

authorized movement to a different covered position only if that 

new position has higher-level duties and a pre-established level 

or range of pay higher than the level or range for the position 

held immediately before the movement. Any such increase must 

be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in 

effect on December 31, 2013, after those rates and pay limitations 

are increased by 1.9 percent (after applicable rounding). 

(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an individual 

who is newly appointed to a covered position during the period 

of time subject to this section, the initial pay rate shall be based 

on the rates of pay and applicable pay limitations in effect on 

December 31, 2013, after those rates and pay limitations are 

increased by 1.9 percent (after applicable rounding). 

(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject to a 

biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2019 but ends 

in calendar year 2020, the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay 

rate increases shall apply through the end of that pay period. 

(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered position’’ 

means a position occupied by an employee whose pay is restricted 

under this section. 

(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the first 

applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2019. 

SEC. 750. 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. 

TITLE VIII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 

of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 

making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judgments that have been entered against the District of Columbia 

government. 

SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act shall 

be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementation 

of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature. 

SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided under this 

Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District 

government agencies, that remain available for obligation or 

expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts 

in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditures for an agency through a reprogramming of funds which— 

(1) creates new programs; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsibility center; 
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(3) establishes or changes allocations specifically denied, 

limited or increased under this Act; 

(4) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

program, project, or responsibility center for which funds have 

been denied or restricted; 

(5) re-establishes any program or project previously 

deferred through reprogramming; 

(6) augments any existing program, project, or responsibility center through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

$3,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 

(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel assigned 

to a specific program, project or responsibility center, 

unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 

approve and execute reprogramming and transfer requests of local 

funds under this title through November 7, 2019. 

SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this Act may 

be used by the District of Columbia to provide for salaries, expenses, 

or other costs associated with the offices of United States Senator 

or United States Representative under section 4(d) of the District 

of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 

of the funds made available by this Act or by any other Act may 

be used to provide any officer or employee of the District of 

Columbia with an official vehicle unless the officer or employee 

uses the vehicle only in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s 

official duties. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 

does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s residence 

and workplace, except in the case of— 

(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan Police Department who resides in the District of Columbia or is otherwise 

designated by the Chief of the Department; 

(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an officer or employee 

of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who resides in the District of Columbia and 

is on call 24 hours a day; 

(3) at the discretion of the Director of the Department 

of Corrections, an officer or employee of the District of Columbia 

Department of Corrections who resides in the District of 

Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 

(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Examiner, an 

officer or employee of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner 

who resides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

hours a day; 

(5) at the discretion of the Director of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, an officer or 

employee of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency who resides in the District of Columbia and 

is on call 24 hours a day; 

(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia. 

SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 

Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attorney General 

or any other officer or entity of the District government to provide 

assistance for any petition drive or civil action which seeks to 
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require Congress to provide for voting representation in Congress 

for the District of Columbia. 

(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Columbia 

Attorney General from reviewing or commenting on briefs in private 

lawsuits, or from consulting with officials of the District government 

regarding such lawsuits. 

SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in this Act 

may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose 

of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location 

that has been determined by the local public health or local law 

enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution. 

SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prevent 

the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia from addressing 

the issue of the provision of contraceptive coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent of Congress that any legislation 

enacted on such issue should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which 

provides exceptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained in this 

Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, rule, or regulation 

to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance under the 

Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any 

tetrahydrocannabinols derivative. 

(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure by the 

District of Columbia government under any authority may be used 

to enact any law, rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce 

penalties associated with the possession, use, or distribution of 

any schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 

(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative 

for recreational purposes. 

SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or expenditure by 

the District of Columbia government under any authority shall 

be expended for any abortion except where the life of the mother 

would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where 

the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 

SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the 

District of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees 

of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council of the District of Columbia, 

a revised appropriated funds operating budget in the format of 

the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 

pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 

Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the District 

of Columbia government for fiscal year 2019 that is in the total 

amount of the approved appropriation and that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and other-than-personal services, 

respectively, with anticipated actual expenditures. 

(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for which the 

Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia certifies that 

a reallocation is required to address unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for the District 

of Columbia shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, 

the Mayor, and the Council for the District of Columbia, a revised 

appropriated funds operating budget for the District of Columbia 

Public Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
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The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the format of 

the budget that the District of Columbia government submitted 

pursuant to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule 

Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42). 

SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as operating 

funds may be transferred to the District of Columbia’s enterprise 

and capital funds and such amounts, once transferred, shall retain 

appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 

(b) The District of Columbia government is authorized to 

reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the four prior fiscal years from 

operating funds to capital funds, and such amounts, once transferred or reprogrammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent with the provisions of this Act. 

(c) The District of Columbia government may not transfer or 

reprogram for operating expenses any funds derived from bonds, 

notes, or other obligations issued for capital projects. 

SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 

nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 

so provided herein. 

SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law 

or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from appropriations of Federal funds made available for salaries and expenses 

for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available through 

September 30, 2020, for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines outlined in section 803 of this Act. 

SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2020, during a period in 

which neither a District of Columbia continuing resolution or a 

regular District of Columbia appropriation bill is in effect, local 

funds are appropriated in the amount provided for any project 

or activity for which local funds are provided in the Act referred 

to in paragraph (2) (subject to any modifications enacted by the 

District of Columbia as of the beginning of the period during which 

this subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act of the 

Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to which a proposed 

budget is approved for fiscal year 2020 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act) will constitute 

the local portion of the annual budget for the District of Columbia 

government for fiscal year 2020 for purposes of section 446 of 

the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, D.C. Official 

Code). 

(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease to be 

available— 

(1) during any period in which a District of Columbia 

continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020 is in effect; or 

(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular District 

of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2020. 

(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is provided under 

the authority and conditions as provided under this Act and shall 
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be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided 

by this Act. 

(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall cover all 

obligations or expenditures incurred for such project or activity 

during the portion of fiscal year 2020 for which this section applies 

to such project or activity. 

(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity during 

any period of fiscal year 2020 if any other provision of law (other 

than an authorization of appropriations)— 

(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds available, or 

grants authority for such project or activity to continue for 

such period; or 

(2) specifically provides that no appropriation shall be 

made, no funds shall be made available, or no authority shall 

be granted for such project or activity to continue for such 

period. 

(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect obligations 

of the government of the District of Columbia mandated by other 

law. 

SEC. 817. Section 3(c)(2)(G) of the District of Columbia College 

Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; sec. 38–2702(c)(2)(G), D.C. 

Official Code) is amended— 

(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and 

inserting a semicolon; 

(2) in clause (ii)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘but before school year 2019–2020’’ 

after ‘‘in or after school year 2016–2017’’; and 

(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 

‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iii) For individuals who begin an undergraduate 

course of study in or after school year 2019–2020, 

is from a family with a taxable annual income of less 

than $500,000. Beginning with school year 2020–2021, 

the Mayor shall adjust the amount in the previous 

sentence for inflation, as measured by the percentage 

increase, if any, from the preceding fiscal year in the 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.’’. 

SEC. 818. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in title IV shall be treated 

as referring only to the provisions of this title or of title IV. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 

development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and performance 

of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized 

by law, in the management of lands and their resources under 

the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the 

general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public 

Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,198,000,000, to remain available 

until expended, including all such amounts as are collected from 

permit processing fees, as authorized but made subject to future 

appropriation by section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act 

(30 U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit processing fees 

may be used for any bureau-related expenses associated with the 

processing of oil and gas applications for permits to drill and related 

use of authorizations. 

In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program operations, including the cost of administering the mining 

claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 

by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that 

are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a 

final appropriation estimated at not more than $1,198,000,000, 

and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost 

of administering communication site activities. 

LAND ACQUISITION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 

318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administrative expenses 

and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $28,316,000, 

to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

to remain available until expended. 

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 

Land Acquisition and derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, $1,800,000 is hereby permanently rescinded from previously appropriated emergencies, hardships, and inholdings 

funding: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
H. J. Res. 31—195 

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 

development of resources and for construction, operation, and 

maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements 

on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on 

other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of 

lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on 

or adjacent to such grant lands; $106,985,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 

receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon 

and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 

the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred 

to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 

paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 

1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 

RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 

interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant 

to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 

of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums 

equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 

year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 

315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range improvements 

from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from BankheadJones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant 

to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available 

for administrative expenses. 

SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and 

disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies 

of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use 

authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such 

amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act 

(30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) 

of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have 

been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a 

result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 

for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), 

shall be available and may be expended under the authority of 

this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any 

public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management 

which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 

purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard 

to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used 

on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided 

further, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed 
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to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected 

may be used to repair other damaged public lands. 

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 

existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may 

be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative 

costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of 

omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), 

to remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 

funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 

cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 

and private entities, including with States. Appropriations for the 

Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement 

of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United 

States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 

of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations 

of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 

expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the 

Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 

Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative 

cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly 

produced publications for which the cooperators share the cost 

of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines 

the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 

Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 

commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount 

of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 

Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall 

not be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 

horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contractors 

or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results in their 

destruction for processing into commercial products. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic 

studies, general administration, and for the performance of other 

authorized functions related to such resources, $1,292,078,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not 

to exceed $18,318,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 

(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing 

and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other 

steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 

(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)). 
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CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 

buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 

resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 

$55,613,000, to remain available until expended. 

Of the unobligated balances available for Construction, 

$1,500,000 is permanently rescinded, including $300,000 of unobligated balances available for Construction under Public Law 111– 

8: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54, 

United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for 

acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 

with statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and 

Wildlife Service, $65,189,000, to be derived from the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, 

of which, notwithstanding section 200306 of title 54, United States 

Code, not more than $20,000,000 shall be for land conservation 

partnerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, 

including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any administrative overhead, 

planning or other management costs. 

COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $53,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which $22,695,000 is to be derived from 

the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; and of 

which $30,800,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

Of the unobligated balances made available from the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, $7,500,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 

Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985. 

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 

1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 
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NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 

American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), 

$42,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 

Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $3,910,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and 

Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great 

Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 

Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), 

$11,561,000, to remain available until expended. 

STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District 

of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 

the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes 

under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and 

implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 

habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 

$64,571,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

of the amount provided herein, $4,209,000 is for a competitive 

grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $6,362,000 is 

for a competitive grant program to implement approved plans for 

States, territories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion 

of affected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 

agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 

$10,571,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount 

provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District of 

Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum 

equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) 

to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 

the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum 

equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining amount 

in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the 

ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the total 

land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based 

on the ratio to which the population of such State bears to the 

total population of all such States: Provided further, That the 

amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less 

than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under 

this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such 

amount: Provided further, That the Federal share of planning grants 
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shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects 

and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 

65 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 

from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any amount 

apportioned in 2019 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction 

that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2020, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2021, in the 

manner provided herein. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out 

the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 

grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with 

public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to 

the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 

for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 

purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 

incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 

as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 

and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under 

the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States 

has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with 

management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under 

cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized 

by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection 

with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share 

at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services 

and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 

accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 

accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited 

under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 

Resource Management’’ and shall be available to the Secretary, 

without further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing 

of such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising 

regulations as necessary, and shall remain available until expended. 

Of the unobligated balances available for grants under Public 

Law 109–58, title III, subtitle G, section 384, $15,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 

Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985. 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 

maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 

Park Service and for the general administration of the National 
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Park Service, $2,502,711,000, of which $10,032,000 for planning 

and interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration 

and $135,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects 

for constructed assets and $151,575,000 for cyclic maintenance 

projects for constructed assets and cultural resources shall remain 

available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act are available for the purposes 

of section 5 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9(a) of the United States Semiquincentennial 

Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–196; 130 Stat. 691), 

$500,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall 

be provided to the organization selected under section 9(b) of that 

Act for expenditure by the United States Semiquincentennial 

Commission in accordance with that Act. 

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 

environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 

and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $64,138,000. 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic 

Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States 

Code), $102,660,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 

Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which 

$13,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures grants for 

preservation of national significant sites, structures and artifacts 

as authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual 

Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal 

funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only be 

eligible for one grant: Provided further, That all projects to be 

funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

Provided further, That of the funds provided for the Historic 

Preservation Fund, $750,000 is for competitive grants for the survey 

and nomination of properties to the National Register of Historic 

Places and as National Historic Landmarks associated with communities currently under-represented, as determined by the Secretary, 

$14,500,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites and 

stories of the Civil Rights movement, $8,000,000 is for grants to 

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and $5,000,000 is for 

competitive grants for the restoration of historic properties of 

national, State and local significance listed on or eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, to be made without 

imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) 

(54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historical Preservation Act: 

Provided further, That such competitive grants shall be made without imposing the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) 

of title 54, United States Code, to States and Indian tribes as 

defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local governments, including Certified Local Governments, 

and non-profit organizations. 
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CONSTRUCTION

For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical facilities, and compliance and planning for programs and areas 

administered by the National Park Service, $364,704,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 

2019 with a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 

5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may 

be issued which includes the full scope of the project: Provided 

further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 

availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, 

That National Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Franchise 

Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available for the cost 

of adjustments and changes within the original scope of effort 

for projects funded by the National Park Service Construction 

appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 

shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance 

with current reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any 

charges authorized by this section. 

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54, 

United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for 

acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 

with the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, 

$168,444,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund and to remain available until expended, of which $124,006,000 

is for the State assistance program and of which $10,000,000 shall 

be for the American Battlefield Protection Program grants as 

authorized by chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code. 

CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 

101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost 

share agreements, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

for Centennial Challenge projects and programs: Provided, That 

not less than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program 

shall be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated 

cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 

letter of credit. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of 

title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a subaccount shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without 

further appropriation, for use at any unit within the National 

Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest 

or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for 

this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated 

franchise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 

exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. 

Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the 
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sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed 

the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount 

of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 

For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of 

the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such 

section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 

National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 

for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include 

a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs. 

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 

to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water 

resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and 

other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify 

lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering 

supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program 

(30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 

affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 

3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 

foregoing activities; $1,160,596,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020; of which $84,337,000 shall remain available until 

expended for satellite operations; and of which $15,164,000 shall 

be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital 

improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 

none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research activity 

shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 

specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided 

further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay 

more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 

resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 

United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 

be available for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps 

and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 

when it is administratively determined that such procedures are 

in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 

buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 

stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of 

the United States National Committee for Geological Sciences; and 

payment of compensation and expenses of persons employed by 

the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the 

negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, 
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That activities funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: 

Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey may 

enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 

services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 

employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United 

States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, 

and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 

claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 

any other purposes. 

BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases, 

easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, 

other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 

Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as 

authorized by law; for environmental studies, as authorized by 

law; for implementing other laws and to the extent provided by 

Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or 

cooperative agreements, $179,266,000, of which $129,450,000 is to 

remain available until September 30, 2020, and of which 

$49,816,000 is to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by 

the Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions 

to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect 

on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities 

conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant 

to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

as such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to 

result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not 

more than $129,450,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 

shall be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 

volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related 

to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil 

and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on 

the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing 

and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and 

to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; 

and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $145,475,000, 

of which $121,351,000 is to remain available until September 30, 

2020, and of which $24,124,000 is to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced 

by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease 
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rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery 

fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 

administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum herein 

appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received during 

the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than $121,351,000. 

For an additional amount, $41,765,000, to remain available 

until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 

and credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from 

non-refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2019, as provided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized 

from such inspection fees exceed $41,765,000, the amounts realized 

in excess of $41,765,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 

and remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 

fiscal year 2019, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees 

expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

will be used to fund personnel and mission-related costs to expand 

capacity and expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to 

the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), 

including the review of applications for permits to drill. 

OIL SPILL RESEARCH

For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title 

IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 

of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $14,899,000, which shall be derived 

from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until 

expended. 

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 

95–87, $115,804,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 

Provided, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 

diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training: 

Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 

heading and notwithstanding the Federal share limits contained 

in section 705 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 

Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1295), not to exceed $2,300,000 shall be 

for the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to any State 

with active coal mine operations within its borders that does not 

have an approved State regulatory program under section 503 of 

the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 

1253) for the purpose of developing a State program under such 

Act. 

In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits 

issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95– 

87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant 

to such section 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
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offsetting collections, to remain available until expended: Provided 

further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 

shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year, 

so as to result in a fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at 

not more than $115,804,000. 

ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, 

$24,672,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine 

Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of 

the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery 

of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 

to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That 

funds made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 

be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects 

funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 

restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 

from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must 

be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 

Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts provided under this heading may be used for the travel and per 

diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

for grants to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes for 

reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities 

in accordance with the terms and conditions in the joint explanatory 

statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That such additional 

amount shall be used for economic and community development 

in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): 

Provided further, That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 shall 

be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with 

the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet the priorities 

described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section, $30,000,000 

shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States 

with the subsequent greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet 

such priorities, and $10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally 

recognized Indian Tribes without regard to their status as certified 

or uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 

Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of abandoned mine 

lands and other related activities in accordance with the terms 

and conditions in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

this Act and shall be used for economic and community development 

in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: Provided further, 

That such additional amount shall be allocated to States and Indian 

Tribes within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, 

as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 

1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education 

Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $2,414,577,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2020, except as otherwise 

provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 

reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

$76,000,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary may 

exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, to provide 

for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the disaster: 

Provided further, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal 

organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their 

tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed $683,572,000 for school operations 

costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall 

become available on July 1, 2019, and shall remain available until 

September 30, 2020: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$55,174,000 shall remain available until expended for housing 

improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, 

land records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 

Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 

$82,935,000 within and only from such amounts made available 

for school operations shall be available for administrative cost 

grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2019: Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2020, 

may be transferred during fiscal year 2021 to an Indian forest 

land assistance account established for the benefit of the holder 

of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire 

on September 30, 2021: Provided further, That in order to enhance 

the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds 

to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

personnel: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

may accept transfers of funds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other funding available for reconstruction 

or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 

U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 

CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 

support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

for fiscal year 2019, such sums as may be necessary, which shall 
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be available for obligation through September 30, 2020: Provided, 

That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made 

available under this heading shall be available for transfer to 

another budget account. 

CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 

irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including architectural and engineering services by contract; 

acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of 

lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483; $358,719,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may 

be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 

Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 

further, That not to exceed 6 percent of contract authority available 

to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust 

Fund may be used to cover the road program management costs 

of the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for the 

Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 

(25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: 

Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, in implementing new 

construction, replacement facilities construction, or facilities 

improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that 

are provided to grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit 

Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs contained in part 12 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

the regulatory requirements: Provided further, That such grants 

shall not be subject to section 12.61 of title 43, Code of Federal 

Regulations; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and 

determine a schedule of payments for the work to be performed: 

Provided further, That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee would be deficient in 

assuring that the construction projects conform to applicable 

building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health 

and safety standards as required by section 1125(b) of title XI 

of Public Law 95–561 (25 U.S.C. 2005(b)), with respect to organizational and financial management capabilities: Provided further, 

That if the Secretary declines a grant application, the Secretary 

shall follow the requirements contained in section 5206(f) of Public 

Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2504(f)): Provided further, That any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant 

shall be subject to the disputes provision in section 5208(e) of 

Public Law 107–110 (25 U.S.C. 2507(e)): Provided further, That 

in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the 

Secretary may assume control of a project and all funds related 

to the project, if, within 18 months of the date of enactment of 

this Act, any grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act 

or in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design 

phase of the project and commenced construction: Provided further, 

That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of 

the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 

appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion needed 
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in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation: Provided 

further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

$10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 

130 Stat. 1749): Provided further, That for funds appropriated under 

this heading, the date specified in section 3216 of Public Law 

114–322 shall be applied as substituting ‘‘September 30, 2028’’ 

for ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 

implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 111–11, 111–291, 

and 114–322, and for implementation of other land and water 

rights settlements, $50,057,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That the Secretary shall make payments in such amounts 

as necessary to satisfy the total authorized amount for the Navajo 

Nation Water Rights Trust Fund. 

INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $10,779,000, 

of which $1,455,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized 

by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, 

including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 

exceed $174,616,164. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the operation 

of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative 

agreements, compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation 

with States and other organizations. 

Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the management, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the 

San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 

to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office oversight and 

Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except executive 

direction and administrative services funding for Tribal Priority 

Allocations, regional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 

In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available 

by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this action shall not 

diminish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, 

or the government-to-government relationship between the United 

States and that tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations. 
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 

to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided 

herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et 

seq., shall be available to support the operation of any elementary 

or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 

No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall 

be used to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory 

beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the Secretary 

of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education 

school system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary 

of the Interior may waive this prohibition to support expansion 

of up to one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 

waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission of the 

Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one grade to expand 

the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with 

a K-2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made 

available in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau 

shall be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 

only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September 

1, 1996, and to any school or school program that was reinstated 

in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available under this Act may 

not be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school 

(as that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that 

is in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that 

has operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, 

may continue to operate during that period, but only if the charter 

school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse 

the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (including 

buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate 

and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume 

any obligation for charter school programs of the State in which 

the school is located if the charter school loses such funding. 

Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a 

charter school and performing functions related to the charter 

school’s operation and employees of a charter school shall not be 

treated as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 

28, United States Code. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 

113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113, if in fiscal 

year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative 

costs pursuant to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of 

Public Law 101–301, the Secretary shall continue to distribute 

indirect and administrative cost funds to such grantee using the 

section 5(f) distribution formula. 

Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish 

satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of 

September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this 

prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and 

cultural immersion educational programs for non-public schools 

located within the jurisdictional area of the tribal government which 

exclusively serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond 

those currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 

an educational environment with educator presence and academic 

facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all 

applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety standards, 
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and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or other impacts 

to students such as those caused by busing students extended 

distances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act may 

be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facilities-related costs for such assets that are not 

owned by the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 

school’’ means a school location physically separated from the 

existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms 

part of the existing school in all other respects. 

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for management of the Department 

of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as 

authorized by law, $124,673,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official 

reception and representation expenses; and of which up to 

$1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation payments 

and unemployment compensation payments associated with the 

orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which 

$9,000,000 for the Office of Valuation Services is to be derived 

from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and shall remain 

available until expended; and of which $9,704,000 for Indian land, 

mineral, and resource valuation activities shall remain available 

until expended: Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, 

and resource valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred 

to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau 

of Indian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account and 

the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians ‘‘Federal 

Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further, That funds made available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, 

as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 

U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by 

the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That of the amounts 

made available under this heading, $400,000 shall be made available to the commission established by section 3(a) of the Alyce 

Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children 

Act (Public Law 114–244; 130 Stat. 981). 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

For fiscal year 2019, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized 

by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained 

for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only 

amounts available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 

title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the event 

the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for payments pursuant 

to this chapter are insufficient to make the full payments authorized 
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by that chapter to all units of local government, then the payment 

to each local government shall be made proportionally: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment 

to individual units of local government to correct for prior overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That no payment shall 

be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible units of 

local government if the computed amount of the payment is less 

than $100. 

INSULAR AFFAIRS

ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 

jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions 

identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188, $100,688,000, 

of which: (1) $91,240,000 shall remain available until expended 

for territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 

maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative 

activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to 

the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, 

as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Government 

of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for 

construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the 

Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; grants 

to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants 

to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands , as authorized 

by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,448,000 shall 

be available until September 30, 2020, for salaries and expenses 

of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein provided 

for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities 

established or used by such governments, may be audited by the 

Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance 

with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 

provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special 

Representatives on Future United States Financial Assistance for 

the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: 

Provided further, That the funds for the program of operations 

and maintenance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize 

routine operations and maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to 

timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 

any appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in 

this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non– 

Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 

provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

For grants and necessary expenses, $3,413,000, to remain available until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 

of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; 

and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 
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Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 

and Public Law 108–188. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 

transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under 

section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Public Law 104–134, 

that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for 

the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed 

three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the 

cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and repair 

projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain available until 

expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan 

guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the 

area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types 

of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 

section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary 

of Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 

to make or guarantee loans under such authorities. 

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

$65,674,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 

$52,486,000. 

OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 

expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 

grants, $111,540,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

not to exceed $19,016,000 from this or any other Act, may be 

available for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust 

management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 

be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ 

account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; 
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and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: 

Provided further, That funds made available through contracts or 

grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as authorized by the 

Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 

shall remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly statement 

of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 

activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 

statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall 

permit the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon 

the express written request of the account holder: Provided further, 

That not to exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make 

payments to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 

from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts 

after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to and remain available 

in this account for this purpose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts 

with a balance of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special 

Trustee receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 

claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 of 

the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 

(Public Law 103–412) or any other provision of law, the Secretary 

may aggregate the trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts 

are unknown for a continuous period of at least five years and 

shall not be required to generate periodic statements of performance 

for the individual accounts: Provided further, That with respect 

to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain 

sufficient records to determine the balance of the individual 

accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and such 

funds shall remain available to the individual account holders. 

DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 

operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels 

management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department 

of the Interior, $941,211,000, to remain available until expended, 

of which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renovation 

or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are 

also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation 

accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such 

purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided $189,000,000 

is for fuels management activities: Provided further, That of the 

funds provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may 

be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office 

of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
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may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 

expended to provide that protection, and are available without 

fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts 

designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels management activities, and for training and monitoring associated with such fuels management activities on Federal 

land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit 

resources on Federal land: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually 

agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act, the 

Secretary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain 

maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, 

Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships 

with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or microbusinesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a 

significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 

workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, That in 

implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent application of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 

under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such 

Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland 

fire appropriations to enter into leases of real property with local 

governments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized 

improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including 

but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other 

initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or for construction activity associated 

with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 

and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of 

funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 

amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when 

such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, That funds provided 

for wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal 

emergency response actions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for assistance to 

or through the Department of State in connection with forest and 

rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign 

countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 

shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire management, 

and related natural resource activities outside the United States 

and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, 

education and training, and cooperation with United States and 

international organizations. 
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CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 

any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, 

including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 

activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department 

of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control 

Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 

U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial 

and business management system, information technology improvements of general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and 

the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout the Department, $55,735,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other 

Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital 

Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation 

of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, 

local and tribal government employees for training services provided 

by the National Indian Program Training Center, other than 

training related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the 

Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, equipment or professional services of the National Indian 

Program Training Center to State, local and tribal government 

employees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) 

of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar 

space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the 

National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 

all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall 

be credited to this account, shall be available until expended, and 

shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 

National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 

the Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements 

to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s collection and 

disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 

as authorized by law. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 

resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may 

be obtained by donation, purchase or through available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced may 

be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset 

the purchase price for the replacement aircraft. 

OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

For necessary expenses for management of the collection and 

disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 

and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, 

$137,505,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020; of 

which $41,727,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

purpose of mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian 

leases in which the Secretary concurred with the claimed refund 

due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 

prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available 

for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with 

the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, 

replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 

other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 

available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 

been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant 

to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, 

which must be requested as promptly as possible. 

EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 

transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition 

to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 

agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland 

fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burnedover lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related 

to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 

other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 

actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous 

substances into the environment; for the prevention, suppression, 

and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 

outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant 

to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 
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7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of 

Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 

available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of 

regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying 

out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations 

shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 

the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal 

agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment 

in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 

such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for 

wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 

this authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall be exhausted within 

30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 

section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 

must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That 

such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 

rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred. 

AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the 

Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized 

by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized 

by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase 

and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 

law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when 

authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the 

payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library 

membership in societies or associations which issue publications 

to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 

who are not members. 

AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT

SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and 

Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 

same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 

Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for 

historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 

designated in this Act for such purpose. 

REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal 

Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate 

tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 

unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction 

in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in 
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fiscal year 2019. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 

10 percent limitation does not apply. 

ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, 

or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, 

dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State 

of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors 

to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program 

and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 

funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), 

or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 

enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions 

as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall collect 

a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the 

‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement’’ account, from 

the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 

43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 

(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above 

the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start 

of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2019 shall be: 

(1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing 

equipment or gathering lines; 

(2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

(3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with 

any combination of active or inactive wells. 

(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections 

completed in fiscal year 2019. Fees for fiscal year 2019 shall be: 

(1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 

of 500 feet or more; and 

(2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 

of less than 500 feet. 

(d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment required within 30 days 

of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the 

inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of 

billing. 

BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION AND

ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION

SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement 

a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer funds among and 

between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines 
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described in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this 

Act. 

CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND BURRO HOLDING

FACILITIES

SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative 

agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with 

the provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except 

that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), 

for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 

horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private 

land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 

10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary. 

MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, 

in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking 

of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from 

federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but 

not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 

Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified 

by commercial and recreational fishers. 

CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 

fiscal year 2019, in carrying out work involving cooperation with 

State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision 

thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts 

receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at 

the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

available at the end of the fiscal year. 

HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS

SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild horses or burros 

that have been removed from the public lands to other Federal, 

State, and local government agencies for use as work animals: 

Provided, That the Secretary may make any such transfer immediately upon request of such Federal, State, or local government 

agency: Provided further, That any excess animal transferred under 

this provision shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse 

or burro as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 

Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or local government 

agency receiving excess wild horses or burros as authorized in 

this section shall not: destroy the horses or burros in a way that 

results in their destruction into commercial products; sell or otherwise transfer the horses or burros in a way that results in their 

destruction for processing into commercial products; or euthanize 

the horses or burros except upon the recommendation of a licensed 

veterinarian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES PROGRAM

SEC. 113. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter 

into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations 

designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older 

Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans 

in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered 

by the Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 

(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection 

(a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not— 

(1) result in the displacement of individuals currently 

employed by the Department, including partial displacement 

through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment 

benefits; 

(2) result in the use of an individual under the Department 

of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff 

status from the same or substantially equivalent job within 

the Department; or 

(3) affect existing contracts for services. 

CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY

SEC. 114. Section 113 of Division G of Public Law 113–76 

is amended by striking ‘‘2019,’’ and inserting ‘‘2024,’’. 

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE RETITLED; PAUL H. DOUGLAS

TRAIL REDESIGNATION

SEC. 115. (a) INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKE SHORE RETITLED.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 89–761 (16 U.S.C. 460u et 

seq.) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘National Lakeshore’’ and ‘‘national 

lakeshore’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National 

Park’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘lakeshore’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘Park’’. 

(2) NONAPPLICATION.—The amendment made by subsection 

(a)(1) shall not apply to— 

(A) the title of the map referred to in the first section 

of Public Law 89–761 (16 U.S.C. 460u); and 

(B) the title of the maps referred to in section 4 of 

Public Law 89–761 (16 U.S.C. 460u–3). 

(b) PAUL H. DOUGLAS TRAIL REDESIGNATION.—The 1.6 mile 

trail within the Indiana Dunes National Park designated the 

‘‘Miller-Woods Trail’’ is hereby redesignated as the ‘‘Paul H. Douglas 

Trail’’. 

PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)

SEC. 116. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is 

amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 

2019’’. 
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TECHNICAL CORRECTION

SEC. 117. Division II of Public Law 104–333 (54 U.S.C. 320101 

note), as amended by section 116(b)(2) of Public Law 114–113, 

is amended in each of sections 208, 310, and 607, by striking 

‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 

DESIGNATION OF PETER B. WEBSTER III MEMORIAL AREA

SEC. 118. (a)(1) The rest area bound by Alexandria Avenue, 

West Boulevard Drive, and the George Washington Memorial Parkway on the Mount Vernon Trail within the George Washington 

Memorial Parkway is designated as the ‘‘Peter B. Webster III 

Memorial Area’’. 

(2) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 

or other record of the United States to the rest area described 

in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Peter 

B. Webster III Memorial Area’’. 

(b)(1) A plaque honoring Peter B. Webster III may be installed 

at the Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area on a signpost, bench, 

or other appropriate structure, on the condition that the Director 

of the National Park Service shall approve the design and placement 

of the plaque. 

(2) No Federal funds may be used to design, procure, prepare, 

or install the plaque authorized under paragraph (1). 

(3) The Secretary of the Interior may accept and expend private 

contributions for the design, procurement, preparation, and installation of the plaque authorized under paragraph (1). 

OBLIGATION OF FUNDS

SEC. 119. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department 

of the Interior shall be available for obligation and expenditure 

not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

SAGE-GROUSE

SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write 

or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 

1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 

(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 

urophasianus); 

(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 

TITLE II 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For science and technology, including research and development 

activities, which shall include research and development activities 

under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and 
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related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 

research and development, $717,723,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the funds included under 

this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities 

as specified in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this 

Act: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from appropriations made available under this heading, $11,250,000 are 

permanently rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts may 

be rescinded pursuant to the preceding proviso from amounts made 

available in the first proviso for Research: National Priorities. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and 

related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 

library memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to 

subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the 

brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; implementation of a coal 

combustion residual permit program under section 2301 of the 

Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official 

reception and representation expenses, $2,658,200,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the funds 

included under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for Environmental 

Protection: National Priorities as specified in the joint explanatory 

statement accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the 

funds included under this heading, $456,958,000 shall be for 

Geographic Programs specified in the joint explanatory statement 

accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the unobligated 

balances from appropriations made available under this heading, 

$60,201,000 are permanently rescinded: Provided further, That no 

amounts may be rescinded pursuant to the preceding proviso from 

amounts made available in the first proviso for Environmental 

Protection: National Priorities, from amounts made available in 

the second proviso for Geographic Programs, or from the National 

Estuary Program (33 U.S.C. 1330). 

In addition, $5,000,000 to remain available until expended, 

for necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) 

of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, 

That fees collected pursuant to that section of that Act and deposited 

in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts 

in fiscal year 2019 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 

and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated in 

this paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2019 shall 

be reduced by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts 

received during fiscal year 2019, so as to result in a final fiscal 

year 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 

more than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 

realized from such receipts exceed $5,000,000, those amount in 

excess of $5,000,000 shall be deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee 
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Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2019, shall 

be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 

account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That of the funds included in the first paragraph under this 

heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project 

shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of 

any fees appropriated, not less than the amount of appropriations 

for that program project for fiscal year 2014. 

HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the development, 

operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the hazardous waste 

electronic manifest system established by such section, $8,000,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 

appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 

collections under such section 3024 are received during fiscal year 

2019, which shall remain available until expended and be used 

for necessary expenses in this appropriation, so as to result in 

a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, That to the extent 

such offsetting collections received in fiscal year 2019 exceed 

$8,000,000, those excess amounts shall remain available until 

expended and be used for necessary expenses in this appropriation. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

$41,489,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 

and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, 

the Environmental Protection Agency, $34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

(CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 

U.S.C. 9611) $1,091,947,000, to remain available until expended, 

consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on 

September 30, 2018, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and 

up to $1,091,947,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 

Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That of 

the funds appropriated under this heading, $8,778,000 shall be 

paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, and $15,496,000 shall be paid 
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to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available 

until September 30, 2020. 

LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which $66,572,000 shall be for carrying out leaking 

underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 

9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for 

carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made 

available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the 

Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to federally 

recognized Indian tribes for the development and implementation 

of programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

$18,209,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, 

to remain available until expended. 

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 

including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 

performance partnership grants, $3,605,041,000, to remain available until expended, of which— 

(1) $1,394,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 

for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 

of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 

$864,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the 

Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 

2019, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applications and projects are consistent with State Intended Use Plans, 

not less than 10 percent of the funds made available under 

this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

capitalization grants shall be used by the State for projects 

to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 

improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: 

Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, funds made available under this title to each State for Drinking Water State 

Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 

of each State, be used for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a State to 

administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included as 

principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2019 and 

prior years where such amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or were 
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deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible 

purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the provisions 

of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act, grants made under title II of 

such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the commonwealth of 

the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, and 

the District of Columbia may also be made for the purpose 

of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

project for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for 

the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned 

treatment works serving one or more principal residences or 

small commercial establishments: Provided further, That for 

fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the provisions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and section 518(c) 

of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, funds reserved 

by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also be used to provide 

assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 

plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed project 

for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned treatment works 

serving one or more principal residences or small commercial 

establishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, 

notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act and regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to 

a total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Administrator 

for grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 

for grants for training, technical assistance, and educational 

programs relating to the operation and management of the 

treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act: Provided 

further, That for fiscal year 2019, funds reserved under section 

518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only to Indian 

tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such Act and former 

Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined in Public 

Law 92–203: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of 

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 

percent of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever 

is greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in 

section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total 

of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds under such Acts 

may be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 

518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 

for fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the amounts specified 

in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the 

Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act 

less any sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 

be reserved by the Administrator for grants made under title 

II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American 

Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 

and United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That for 
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fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding the limitations on amounts 

specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking 

Water State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: 

Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 

under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving 

Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent of the funds made 

available under this title to each State for Drinking Water 

State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by 

the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients 

in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, 

or grants (or any combination of these), and shall be so used 

by the State only where such funds are provided as initial 

financing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 

restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where 

such debt was incurred on or after the date of enactment 

of this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to the 

date of enactment of this Act if the State, with concurrence 

from the Administrator, determines that such funds could be 

used to help address a threat to public health from heightened 

exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State 

emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 

health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal 

drinking water supply before the date of enactment of this 

Act: Provided further, That in a State in which such an emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more 

than 20 percent of the funds made available under this title 

to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients; 

(2) $15,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related activities in connection 

with the construction of high priority water and wastewater 

facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after 

consultation with the appropriate border commission: Provided, 

That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address 

the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs 

of the colonias in the United States along the United StatesMexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal 

government unless that government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 

that jurisdiction the development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the development within an existing 

colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other 

structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary 

infrastructure; 

(3) $25,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 

to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 

of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these 

funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 

percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be 

used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the 

State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency 

and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, 
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waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 

of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 

seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 

provided for projects in regional hub communities; 

(4) $87,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agreements, and associated program support costs: Provided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of CERCLA shall be used 

for site characterization, assessment, and remediation of facilities described in section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA: Provided 

further, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance 

in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 

means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its 

population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 

by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most recent 

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; 

(5) $87,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 

G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 

(6) $52,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 

accordance with the terms and conditions in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act; 

(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the Water Infrastructure 

Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322); and 

(8) $1,077,041,000 shall be for grants, including associated 

program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, 

interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 

agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 

control and abatement and related activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading 

in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section 

103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring 

and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions 

specified by the Administrator, of which: $47,745,000 shall 

be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall 

be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 

including associated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall 

be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank 

Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 

Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants 

under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

shall be for State participation in national- and State-level 

statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to 

State monitoring programs; $11,000,000 shall be for multipurpose grants, including interagency agreements. 
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WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION PROGRAM

ACCOUNT

For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed 

loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and 

Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 

to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, 

including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

not to exceed $610,000,000. 

In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 

5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available 

until expended. 

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of 

the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 

$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 

6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 

in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal 

environmental programs required or authorized by law in the 

absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative 

agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian 

tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative 

agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance agreements. 

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 

authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 

in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 112–177, the 

Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012. 

Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), 

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 

assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal 

year 2019. The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $300,000,000 

of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 

under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ 

to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to carry out activities that would support 

the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water 

Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 

an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal department 

or agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants to 

governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and 
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individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and 

implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and 

Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance 

Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 

Program Accounts, are available for the construction, alteration, 

repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $150,000 per project. 

For fiscal year 2019, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of 

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the 

Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 

any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to 

Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 

The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ for fiscal year 2019 to provide grants to implement the 

Southeastern New England Watershed Restoration Program. 

Of the unobligated balances available for the ‘‘State and Tribal 

Assistance Grants’’ account, $139,078,000 are hereby permanently 

rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 

or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985 or from amounts that were made available by subsection 

(a) of section 196 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (division C of Public Law 114–223), as amended by the Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public 

Law 114–254). 

Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 

320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less 

than $1,000,000 of the funds made available under this title for 

the National Estuary Program shall be for making competitive 

awards described in section 320(g)(4). 

TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND

ENVIRONMENT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Natural Resources and Environment, $875,000: Provided, That 

funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Natural 

Resources and Environment mission area for salaries and expenses 

are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

the office. 

FOREST SERVICE

FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 

authorized by law, $300,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the funds provided, $77,000,000 
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is for the forest inventory and analysis program: Provided further, 

That all authorities for the use of funds, including the use of 

contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 

the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available 

in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research. 

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, 

and others, and for forest health management, and conducting 

an international program as authorized, $336,990,000, to remain 

available through September 30, 2022, as authorized by law; of 

which $63,990,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to be used for the Forest Legacy Program, to remain 

available until expended. 

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 

the Forest Legacy Program and derived from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund, $1,503,000 is hereby permanently rescinded 

from projects with cost savings or failed or partially failed projects 

that had funds returned: Provided, That no amounts may be 

rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985. 

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 

provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to such lands, $1,938,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the funds 

provided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest 

Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments 

as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the 

funds provided, $368,000,000 shall be for forest products: Provided 

further, That of the funds provided, $435,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management activities, of which not to exceed 

$15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any authorities 

available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for 

increased use of biomass from National Forest System lands: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary 

of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative 

agreements or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management 

activities, and for training or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal land, or on nonFederal land if the Secretary determines such activities benefit 

resources on Federal land: Provided further, That funds made available to implement the Community Forestry Restoration Act, Public 

Law 106–393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal 

lands in accordance with authorities made available to the Forest 

Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriations: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of the Bankhead 
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Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, 

may provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee 

to a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a conservation 

practice approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 

in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. And, 

that the amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing 

Association or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal 

year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter 

for use on the project for conservation practices approved by the 

Secretary. 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, $446,000,000, to remain available through September 

30, 2022, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and 

acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and 

for construction, reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are 

no longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part 

of the transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads and 

trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 

and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds becoming available 

in fiscal year 2019 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 

501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury 

and shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any other 

purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 

LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 

2003 of title 54, United States Code, including administrative 

expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, 

in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest 

Service, $72,564,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 

Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe 

National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 

and Cleveland National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. 

Francis and Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized 

by law, $700,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 

deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 

districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 

expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant 

to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 

4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 

30, 2022, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public 

Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 
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RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 

improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior 

fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in 

National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 

401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 2022, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 

for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range 

rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 

GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND

RESEARCH

For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to 

remain available through September 30, 2022, to be derived from 

the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 

MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 

lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), 

$2,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities 

on National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire 

suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under 

fire protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of 

burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 

$3,004,986,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022: 

Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances under 

this heading, are available for repayment of advances from other 

appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: 

Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated in a 

previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided further, 

That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and other 

cooperating entities for services provided in response to wildfire 

and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully 

repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: Provided 

further, That funds provided shall be available for support to Federal emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually 

agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, That funds 

designated for wildfire suppression, shall be assessed for cost pools 

on the same basis as such assessments are calculated against 

other agency programs. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 

shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 

acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and 

hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 

acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in 

Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 

programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 

being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 

used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) 

services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 

for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and 

alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 

2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant 

to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers 

in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 

558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 

31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 

may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation 

for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or 

damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 

all fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland 

Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, That 

all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished 

by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 

promptly as possible. 

Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest 

Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland fire management, hazardous fuels 

management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would 

facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and 

projects. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest 

Service may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds 

appropriated to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the 

National Forest System Account, or reprogram funds to be used 

for the purposes of hazardous fuels management and urgent 

rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and 

water, such transferred funds shall remain available through September 30, 2022: Provided, That none of the funds transferred 

pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without 

written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 

That this section does not apply to funds derived from the Land 

and Water Conservation Fund. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 

for assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 

information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource activities 
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outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 

including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with U.S., private, and international organizations. The Forest 

Service, acting for the International Program, may sign direct 

funding agreements with foreign governments and institutions as 

well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 

International Development, the Department of State, and the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector firms, 

institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance and 

training programs overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 

for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System 

lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate 

the boundaries of such lands. 

None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 

this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall 

be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of 

the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 

section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 

10417(b) of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 

reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 

Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest 

Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 

Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds 

available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph 

shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 

by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Department of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center and 

the Department of Agriculture’s International Technology Service. 

Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 

shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 

approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the 

Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 

Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 

to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses. 

Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 

593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 

may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation 

to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 

Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 

expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 

lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of 

the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 

$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided 

further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 

of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match funds 

made available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
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basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal 

funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at 

the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal 

matching funds. 

Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up to 

$3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 

advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump 

sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when 

expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System 

lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such 

funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal 

recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 

obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 

for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 

communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 

rural development purposes. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 

for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 

Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) 

of Public Law 99–663. 

Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used 

to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 

the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of 

performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance 

and decommissioning. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 

may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), 

Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred 

as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, 

land purchase negotiations and similar matters unrelated to civil 

litigation. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service 

and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 

previously transferred and the sums requested for transfer. 

An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 

under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 

et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered 

to be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 

United States Code. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, through the 

Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the Forest Service shall 

report no later than 30 business days following the close of each 

fiscal quarter all current and prior year unobligated balances, by 

fiscal year, budget line item and account, to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations. 
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 

(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles 

II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 

Indian Health Service, $4,103,190,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020, except as otherwise provided herein, together 

with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to sections 

231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b), 

238b), for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, 

That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations 

through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or 

compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed 

to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and 

thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization 

without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $2,000,000 

shall be available for grants or contracts with public or private 

institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, 

including alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, That 

$964,819,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including $53,000,000 

for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to $44,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

for implementation of the loan repayment program under section 

108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, 

That of the funds provided, $36,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended to supplement funds available for operational costs 

at tribal clinics operated under an Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Act compact or contract where health care 

is delivered in space acquired through a full service lease, which 

is not eligible for maintenance and improvement and equipment 

funds from the Indian Health Service, and $58,000,000 shall be 

for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, 

of which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts 

otherwise available for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, 

That the amounts collected by the Federal Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal 

year for breach of contracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall 

remain available until expended and, notwithstanding section 

108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall be available 

to make new awards under the loan repayment and scholarship 

programs under sections 104 and 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a 

and 1616a): Provided further, That the amounts made available 

within this account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 

Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services, 

for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero Suicide 

Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for civilian employees, 

for aftercare pilot programs at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, 

to improve collections from public and private insurance at Indian 
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Health Service and tribally operated facilities, and for accreditation 

emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director 

of the Indian Health Service and shall remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may 

be used for annual contracts and grants for which the performance 

period falls within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation 

is recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided further, 

That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for the 

purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and 

requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, 

except for those related to the planning, design, or construction 

of new facilities: Provided further, That funding contained herein 

for scholarship programs under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under 

title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be 

reported and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes 

and tribal organizations until expended: Provided further, That 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health 

Service, and from tribes and tribal organizations operating health 

facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individually identifiable health information relating to disabled children as may be 

necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): 

Provided further, That of the funds provided, $72,280,000 is for 

the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, 

as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the Indian 

Health Facilities account: Provided further, That the accreditation 

emergency funds may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 

typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities account. 

CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 

support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service 

for fiscal year 2019, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, 

That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made 

available under this heading shall be available for transfer to 

another budget account. 

INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters 

for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 

acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, 

and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 

of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian SelfDetermination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 

and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II 

and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 

Service, $878,806,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
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That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes 

may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be 

located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be 

used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 

Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none 

of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be 

used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded 

with grants by the housing programs of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That 

not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 

Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health Service to 

obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities 

in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between 

the Indian Health Service and the General Services Administration: 

Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in 

a Demolition Fund, to remain available until expended, and be 

used by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 

buildings. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service 

shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum 

rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire 

of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 

modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 

for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings 

that relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 

Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian 

Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be 

extended health care at all tribally administered or Indian Health 

Service facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with 

funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 

U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility 

providing the service and shall be available without fiscal year 

limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law 

or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be 

administered under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation 

Facilities Act and Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those 

used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not 

be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and 

transportation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used 

for any assessments or charges by the Department of Health and 

Human Services unless identified in the budget justification and 
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provided in this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal 

organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized 

by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5321 et seq. (title I), 5381 et 

seq. (title V)), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement 

under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 

to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 

Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the 

Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement 

the final rule published in the Federal Register on September 

16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, 

relating to the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian 

Health Service until the Indian Health Service has submitted a 

budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 

proposed final rule, and such request has been included in an 

appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided further, That 

with respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health Service 

to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 

funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian SelfDetermination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent 

appropriation account from which the funds were originally derived, 

with such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 

further, That reimbursements for training, technical assistance, 

or services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain 

total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead costs 

associated with the provision of goods, services, or technical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian Health Service may provide 

to civilian medical personnel serving in hospitals operated by the 

Indian Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those that 

would be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the 

United States Public Health Service serving in similar positions 

at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appropriation structure 

for the Indian Health Service may not be altered without advance 

notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 

311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 

126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 

1986, $79,000,000. 
H. J. Res. 31—240 

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth 

in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and 

section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, 

the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health 

studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and 

referral to accredited healthcare providers: Provided further, That 

in performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound 

by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 

be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles 

pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2019, 

and existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 

Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 

Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 

the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official 

reception and representation expenses, $2,994,000: Provided, That 

notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed 

by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties 

of the Council. 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 

section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 

vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5901–5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at 

rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 

the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 

5376, $12,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career 

Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to 

the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 
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position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General 

of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General 

of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 

Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within 

the Board. 

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–531, $8,750,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided 

in this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate 

eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, 

Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 

housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in 

the preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds 

contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office 

of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo 

or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically 

domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a 

new or replacement home is provided for such household: Provided 

further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one 

new or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office shall 

relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 

received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected 

a replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the land 

acquired pursuant to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 

1716): Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to 

the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior, 

to remain available until expended, for audits and investigations 

of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, consistent 

with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND

ARTS DEVELOPMENT

PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 

Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A 

of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $9,960,000, 

which shall become available on July 1, 2019, and shall remain 

available until September 30, 2020. 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 

authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, 

and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the 

National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of 
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information and publications; conduct of education, training, and 

museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, 

lease agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 

buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for 

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, 

repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $739,994,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020, except as otherwise 

provided herein; of which not to exceed $6,917,000 for the 

instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall 

remain available until expended; and including such funds as may 

be necessary to support American overseas research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 

payments to independent contractors performing research services 

or participating in official Smithsonian presentations. 

FACILITIES CAPITAL

For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration 

of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 

contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of 

August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including 

necessary personnel, $303,503,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services 

as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, 

the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 

24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of 

April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), 

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in 

advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 

publications or services are available to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, 

and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances 

therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 

buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, 

improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 

and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of 

art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without 

advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates 

or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery 

may deem proper, $144,202,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed $3,640,000 for the special 

exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation 

of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the 

National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating 
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lease agreements of no more than 10 years, with no extensions 

or renewals beyond the 10 years, that address space needs created 

by the ongoing renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $24,203,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the National 

Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and 

awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 

security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

$24,490,000. 

CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of 

the existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 

Center for the Performing Arts, $16,800,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including 

hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109, $12,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $155,000,000 shall 

be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support 

of projects and productions in the arts, including arts education 

and public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations 

and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 

support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain 

available until expended. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $155,000,000 to 

remain available until expended, of which $141,750,000 shall be 

available for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to 

section 7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the 

Act; and $13,250,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
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grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 

$11,250,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be available for 

obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total 

amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other property 

accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endowment 

for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 11(a)(2)(B) 

and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for 

which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant 

or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 

1913: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 

from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 

Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve 

grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such 

grants does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 

grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That such small 

grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed 

and direct delegation of authority from the National Council on 

the Arts to the Chairperson. 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 

91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,771,000: Provided, That the 

Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs 

of its publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account 

as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission 

is authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, 

drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design 

of the Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study, or 

education: Provided further, That one-tenth of one percent of the 

funds provided under this heading may be used for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 

(20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,750,000. 

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,890,000. 
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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning 

Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, 

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,099,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under 

this heading may be used for official reception and representational 

expenses associated with hosting international visitors engaged in 

the planning and physical development of world capitals. 

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized 

by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $59,000,000, of 

which $1,715,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, 

for the Museum’s equipment replacement program; and of which 

$4,000,000 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program 

and $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall 

remain available until expended. 

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended. 

WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Women’s Suffrage Centennial 

Commission, as authorized by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial 

Commission Act (section 431(a)(3) of division G of Public Law 

115–31), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centennial 

Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I Centennial 

Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and the Carl Levin and 

Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), for necessary expenses 

of the World War I Centennial Commission, $7,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That in addition to the authority 

provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World War I Commission 

may accept money, in-kind personnel services, contractual support, 

or any appropriate support from any executive branch agency for 

activities of the Commission. 
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TITLE IV 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution 

of literature that in any way tends to promote public support 

or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional 

action is not complete other than to communicate to Members 

of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, 

deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including working capital fund 

and cost pool charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or 

bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 

and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such 

estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations 

for approval. 

MINING APPLICATIONS

SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall 

be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a 

patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general 

mining laws. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary 

of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned (1) a patent 

application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 

30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 

and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein 

or lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 

Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 

2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, 

as the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant 

by that date. 

(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2020, the Secretary of the 

Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior 
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and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104– 

208). 

(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process patent 

applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request 

of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow 

the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected 

by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct 

a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained 

in a patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau 

of Land Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose 

and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard 

procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the 

retention of third-party contractors. 

CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated 

and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113– 

235) shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2019. 

CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2019 LIMITATION

SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2019 

under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, 

Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs’’ and ‘‘Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

Education, Contract Support Costs’’ are the only amounts available 

for contract support costs arising out of self-determination or selfgovernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2019 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 

the Indian Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided 

by this Act are not available for payment of claims for contract 

support costs for prior years, or for repayments of payments for 

settlements or judgments awarding contract support costs for prior 

years. 

FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered 

to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and 

Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 

1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. 

Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other 

requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, 

That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, 

within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 

National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect 

to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 

of the plan on an accelerated basis. 

PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be expended 

to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either 

the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the 
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boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the 

Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary 

existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are 

allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such 

monument. 

LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in 

lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking 

or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this 

provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 

Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, 

or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 

Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 

TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 410. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the 

timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs 

and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest 

Service’s appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value 

appraisal. The western red cedar timber from those sales which 

is surplus to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 

be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 

United States at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western 

red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States 

domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the 

election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may 

be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber 

sale holder. 

PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used 

to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered 

into in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 

41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States 

Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 

(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 

entered into without regard for these requirements, including 

formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian tribes; 

(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638, 

25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that 

specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as 

defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 

(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 

POSTING OF REPORTS

SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 

this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
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website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 

the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 

by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 

security; or 

(2) the report contains proprietary information. 

(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 

only after such report has been made available to the requesting 

Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES

SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 

for the Arts— 

(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American 

Jazz Masters Fellowship. 

(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 

that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 

to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be 

used to make a grant to any other organization or individual 

to conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. 

Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 

exchange for goods and services. 

(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 

unless the application is specific to the contents of the season, 

including identified programs or projects. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM PRIORITIES

SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the 

Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure 

that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 

assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that 

serve underserved populations. 

(b) In this section: 

(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a population 

of individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically 

been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs 

due to factors such as a high incidence of income below the 

poverty line or to geographic isolation. 

(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty line (as 

defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 

annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 

Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to 

a family of the size involved. 

(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 

under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 

of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 

the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 

is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 

projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage 

public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 

the arts. 
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(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 

5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 

of 1965— 

(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 

projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 

national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; 

(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 

percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 

excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); 

(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 

and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 

grant category under section 5 of such Act; and 

(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 

improve and support community-based music performance and 

education. 

STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental 

Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health 

Service shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status 

of balances of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, 

and unobligated funds in each program and activity. 

PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may 

be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the 

issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or 

methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated 

with livestock production. 

GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 

used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires 

mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure 

management systems. 

FUNDING PROHIBITION

SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, 

ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law. 

CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES

SEC. 419. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 112–74 

is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

year 2020’’. 
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EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

SEC. 420. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public 

Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued 

by the Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration 

under section 402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management 

Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2019. 

FUNDING PROHIBITION

SEC. 421. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network is designed to block access to pornography websites. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND ENHANCEMENT ACT

SEC. 422. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 580d note; Public 

Law 109–54) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 

USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

SEC. 423. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State 

water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 

1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall 

be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, 

or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless 

all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced 

in the United States. 

(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products means 

the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or 

unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal 

castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, 

valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 

of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

Agency (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds 

that— 

(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 

public interest; 

(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 

States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and 

of a satisfactory quality; or 

(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 

United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 

more than 25 percent. 

(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under 

this section, the Administrator shall make available to the public 

on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available 

to the Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for 

informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior 

to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
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make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site 

of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

United States obligations under international agreements. 

(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 

funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water 

State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described 

in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

MIDWAY ISLAND

SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to destroy any buildings or structures on Midway Island 

that have been recommended by the United States Navy for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (54 U.S.C. 302101). 

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION

SEC. 425. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 

U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), 

$24,490,000 for fiscal year 2019. 

‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 

4(a)(1), $16,800,000 for fiscal year 2019.’’. 

LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF

EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR WILDFIRES

SEC. 426. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter 

into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training 

and equipment, including supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 

521 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior firefighting 

equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire management program to such organizations. 

RECREATION FEES

SEC. 427. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 

1, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY

SEC. 428. To support the key role that forests in the United 

States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United 

States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and 

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, 

consistent with their missions, jointly— 

(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bioenergy— 
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(A) is consistent across all Federal departments and 

agencies; and 

(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest 

biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest 

management; and 

(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of forest 

biomass as an energy solution, including policies that— 

(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest bioenergy 

and recognize biomass as a renewable energy source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy production does 

not cause conversion of forests to non-forest use; 

(B) encourage private investment throughout the forest 

biomass supply chain, including in— 

(i) working forests; 

(ii) harvesting operations; 

(iii) forest improvement operations; 

(iv) forest bioenergy production; 

(v) wood products manufacturing; or 

(vi) paper manufacturing; 

(C) encourage forest management to improve forest 

health; and 

(D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest 

biomass. 

INFRASTRUCTURE

SEC. 429. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental 

Protection Agency—Hazardous Substance Superfund’’, $68,000,000, 

of which $60,000,000 shall be for the Superfund Remedial program 

and $8,000,000 shall be for the Superfund Emergency Response 

and Removal program, to remain available until expended, consisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2018, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 

Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to 

$68,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous 

Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) 

of SARA. 

(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Protection 

Agency—State and Tribal Assistance Grants,’’ for environmental 

programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization 

grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership 

grants, $665,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which— 

(1) $300,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 

for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 

of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 

$300,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the 

Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act; 

(2) $25,000,000 shall be for grants for small and disadvantaged communities authorized in section 2104 of the Water 

Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 

114–322); 

(3) $25,000,000 shall be for grants for lead testing in school 

and child care program drinking water authorized in section 

2107 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 

Act (Public Law 114–322); 
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(4) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for reducing lead in 

drinking water authorized in section 2105 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114– 

322). 

(c) For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Protection 

Agency—Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program 

Account’’, $58,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 

cost of direct loans, for the cost of guaranteed loans, and for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, of which $3,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2020, may be used for such administrative expenses: Provided, 

That these additional funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, including capitalized 

interest, and total loan principal, including capitalized interest, 

any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $6,700,000,000. 

SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS

SEC. 430. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 

21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with 

respect to units in the State of Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, 

remote incinerator’’ units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is issued, the Administrator shall implement the 

law and regulations in effect prior to such date. 

CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS

SEC. 431. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or fill 

material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

1251 et seq.) for the activities identified in subparagraphs (A) 

and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), 

(C)). 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 

Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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DIVISION F—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 

ACT, 2019 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

AGENCY 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $5,947,952,000, of which 

up to $671,726,000 may remain available until September 30, 2020, 

and of which up to $1,469,777,000 may remain available until 

expended for Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds 

made available under this heading shall be allocated in accordance 

with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 

(1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary expenses for 

training, human resources management, and salaries, including 

employment without regard to civil service and classification 

laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), 

as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information 

and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, $2,871,794,000, of which 

up to $528,000,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection. 

(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for the 

regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 

activities as authorized by law, $1,338,227,000. 

(3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For necessary 

expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, 

including representation to certain international organizations 

in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties 

ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 

specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms 

control, nonproliferation and disarmament activities as authorized, $773,847,000. 

(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for security activities, $964,084,000, of which up to $941,777,000 is 

for Worldwide Security Protection. 

(5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In addition to 

amounts otherwise made available under this heading— 

(A) as authorized by section 810 of the United States 

Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed 

$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 

credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 

received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, 

and publication programs and from fees from educational 

advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; 

and 
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(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 

reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 

House facilities. 

(6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER MAT- TERS.— (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

funds may be reprogrammed within and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under this heading subject to section 

7015 of this Act. 

(B) Of the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and 

merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 

Service’’, to be available only for emergency evacuations 

and rewards, as authorized. 

(C) Funds appropriated under this heading are available for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 

motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for the field 

examination of programs and activities in the United States 

funded from any account contained in this title. 

(D) Funds appropriated under this heading that are 

designated for Worldwide Security Protection shall continue 

to be made available for support of security-related training 

at sites in existence prior to the enactment of this Act. 

(7) CLARIFICATION.—References to the ‘‘Diplomatic and 

Consular Programs’’ account in any provision of law shall be 

construed to include the ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ account in this 

Act and other Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as 

authorized, $92,770,000, to remain available until expended. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 

$90,829,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign 

Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post 

inspections: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 

heading, $13,624,000 may remain available until September 30, 

2020. 

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 

as authorized, $700,946,000, to remain available until expended, 

of which not less than $271,500,000 shall be for the Fulbright 

Program and not less than $111,860,000 shall be for Citizen 

Exchange Program: Provided, That fees or other payments received 

from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational advising 

and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That a portion of the Fulbright awards 

from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be designated 

as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation with the 
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Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any substantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to programs funded 

by this Act under this heading shall be subject to prior consultation 

with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000. 

PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary 

of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 

Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), preserving, 

maintaining, repairing, and planning for real property that are 

owned or leased by the Department of State, and renovating, in 

addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, 

$777,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, of 

which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 

expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other departments and agencies of the United States Government. 

In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 

acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,198,249,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That not later than 

45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations the proposed allocation 

of funds made available under this heading and the actual and 

anticipated proceeds of sales or gifts for all projects in fiscal year 

2019. 

EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to 

meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 

to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’: Provided, That 

$800,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may not 

be obligated until the Secretary of State testifies before the Committees on Appropriations concerning the fiscal year 2020 budget 

request for the Department of State: Provided further, That the 

limitation of the previous proviso shall not apply if such funds 

are necessary for emergency evacuations and the payment of 

rewards for information related to international terrorism, narcotics 

related activities, transnational organized crime, and war crimes 

as authorized by section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708). 
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REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: Provided, 

That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974: Provided further, That such funds are available to subsidize 

gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 

exceed $5,686,032. 

PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act 

(Public Law 96–8), $31,963,000. 

INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees collected 

from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities at the 

International Center in accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90–553), and, in addition, as 

authorized by section 5 of such Act, $743,000, to be derived from 

the reserve authorized by such section, to be used for the purposes 

set out in that section. 

PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY

FUND

For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 

Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 

annual obligations of membership in international multilateral 

organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice 

and consent of the Senate, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, 

$1,264,030,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at 

the time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 

under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit 

to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial 

budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the 

United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 

notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance 

(or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 

United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations 

program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in 

the United Nations budget: Provided further, That not later than 

May 1, 2019, and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2019, the 

Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

any credits attributable to the United States, including from the 

United Nations Tax Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal 

year 2019 and fiscal year 2020 assessment costs including offsets 

from available credits and updated foreign currency exchange rates: 

Provided further, That any such credits shall only be available 

for United States assessed contributions to the United Nations 

regular budget, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be 
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notified when such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, 

including any payment of arrearages: Provided further, That any 

notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 

34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 

7070 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits 

currently attributable to the United States and provide updated 

assessment costs including offsets from available credits and 

updated foreign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That 

any payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed 

to activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States 

and the respective international organization and shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

under this heading shall be available for a United States contribution to an international organization for the United States share 

of interest costs made known to the United States Government 

by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 

1984, through external borrowings. 

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 

of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance 

or restoration of international peace and security, $562,344,000, 

of which 15 percent shall remain available until September 30, 

2020: Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 

Act shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded United 

Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 days in advance 

of voting for such mission in the United Nations Security Council 

(or in an emergency as far in advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are notified of: (1) the estimated cost and 

duration of the mission, the objectives of the mission, the national 

interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the 

sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or transfers, that 

will be used to pay the cost of the new or expanded mission, 

and the estimated cost in future fiscal years: Provided further, 

That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 

made available for obligation unless the Secretary of State certifies 

and reports to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping 

mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is implementing 

effective policies and procedures to prevent United Nations 

employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping troops serving 

in such mission from trafficking in persons, exploiting victims of 

trafficking, or committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse 

or other violations of human rights, and to hold accountable individuals who engage in such acts while participating in such mission, 

including prosecution in their home countries and making information about such prosecutions publicly available on the website of 

the United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State 

shall work with the United Nations and foreign governments 

contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 

procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated human 
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rights: Provided further, That funds shall be available for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of State determines that 

United States manufacturers and suppliers are not being given 

opportunities to provide equipment, services, and material for 

United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those being given 

to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That none 

of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 

heading may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping mission 

that will involve United States Armed Forces under the command 

or operational control of a foreign national, unless the President’s 

military advisors have submitted to the President a recommendation that such involvement is in the national interest of the United 

States and the President has submitted to Congress such a recommendation: Provided further, That not later than May 1, 2019, 

and 30 days after the end of fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of 

State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations any credits 

attributable to the United States, including those resulting from 

United Nations peacekeeping missions or the United Nations Tax 

Equalization Fund, and provide updated fiscal year 2019 and fiscal 

year 2020 assessment costs including offsets from available credits: 

Provided further, That any such credits shall only be available 

for United States assessed contributions to United Nations peacekeeping missions, and the Committees on Appropriations shall be 

notified when such credits are applied to any assessed contribution, 

including any payment of arrearages: Provided further, That any 

notification regarding funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

programs submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, section 

34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan submitted pursuant to section 

7070 of this Act, shall include an estimate of all known credits 

currently attributable to the United States and provide updated 

assessment costs, including offsets from available credits: Provided 

further, That any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated 

by this Act shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and members 

of the United Nations Security Council to evaluate and prioritize 

peacekeeping missions, and to consider a draw down when mission 

goals have been substantially achieved. 

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 

obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific 

Acts of Congress, as follows: 

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES

AND MEXICO

For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 

Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 

Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses; 

as follows: 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

$48,134,000. 

CONSTRUCTION

For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized 

projects, $29,400,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. 

AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 

Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 

between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and the 

Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by the 

North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 

Law 103–182), $13,258,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

under this heading for the International Joint Commission, up 

to $500,000 may remain available until September 30, 2020, and 

$9,000 may be made available for representation expenses: Provided 

further, That of the amount provided under this heading for the 

International Boundary Commission, $1,000 may be made available 

for representation expenses. 

INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 

not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $50,651,000: Provided, That the United States share of such expenses may be 

advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to section 3324 

of title 31, United States Code. 

RELATED AGENCY 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 

Governors (BBG), as authorized, to carry out international communication activities, and to make and supervise grants for radio, 

Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle East, 

$798,196,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 

available for such purposes, up to $34,508,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading may remain available until expended 

for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which 

not less than $13,800,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: 

Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated under 

this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation 

expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such expenses within 

the United States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may 

be used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio 

Liberty: Provided further, That the BBG shall notify the Committees 

on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination by the 

BBG that any of its broadcast entities, including its grantee 
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organizations, provides an open platform for international terrorists 

or those who support international terrorism, or is in violation 

of the principles and standards set forth in subsections (a) and 

(b) of section 303 of the United States International Broadcasting 

Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s journalistic code of 

ethics: Provided further, That significant modifications to BBG 

broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including changes 

to transmission platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, 

Internet, and television), for all BBG language services shall be 

subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations: Provided further, That in addition to funds made 

available under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and 

revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from 

cooperating international organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in 

receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and 

the International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available until 

expended for carrying out authorized purposes. 

BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, and 

improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission 

and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 

purposes, $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. 

RELATED PROGRAMS 

THE ASIA FOUNDATION

For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The 

Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $17,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Foundation not 

later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace, 

as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace Act (22 

U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $38,634,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, which shall not be used for construction activities. 

CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST FUND

For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle EasternWestern Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of 

the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), 

the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such 

Fund on or before September 30, 2019, to remain available until 

expended. 
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EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 

Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower 

Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest 

and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2019, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, 

in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376 of title 5, United 

States Code; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 

section 200 of title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including 

the restrictions on compensation for personal services. 

ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 

Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 

note), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2019, to remain available 

until expended. 

EAST-WEST CENTER

To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out 

the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange 

Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the Center for 

Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in 

the State of Hawaii, $16,700,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 

under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Center 

not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

For grants made by the Department of State to the National 

Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), $180,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, of which $117,500,000 shall be allocated 

in the traditional and customary manner, including for the core 

institutes, and $62,500,000 shall be for democracy programs: Provided, That the requirements of section 7070(a) of this Act shall 

not apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 

further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Endowment not later than 60 days 

after enactment of this Act. 

OTHER COMMISSIONS 

COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE

ABROAD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation 

of America’s Heritage Abroad, $675,000, as authorized by chapter 

3123 of title 54, United States Code: Provided, That the Commission 
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may procure temporary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Provided further, That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 

2019: Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such authority. 

UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 

International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), as authorized by title 

II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

6431 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2020, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses: 

Provided, That prior to the obligation of $1,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated under this heading, the Commission shall consult 

with the appropriate congressional committees on the steps taken 

to implement the recommendations of the Independent Review of 

USCIRF Mission Effectiveness that was conducted pursuant to 

the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 

Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–71), and such funds 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 

Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304 (22 

U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 

for representation expenses, to remain available until September 

30, 2020. 

CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S

REPUBLIC OF CHINA

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized by title III 

of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), 

$2,000,000, including not more than $3,000 for representation 

expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW

COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 

of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $3,500,000, including not more 

than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, 
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limitations, and conditions contained in the second through sixth 

provisos under this heading in the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall continue in effect during 

fiscal year 2019 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 

heading as if included in this Act. 

WESTERN HEMISPHERE DRUG POLICY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy 

Commission, as authorized by title VI of the Department of State 

Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), $1,500,000 

to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

TITLE II 

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,214,808,000, of which 

up to $182,221,000 may remain available until September 30, 2020: 

Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

and under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title 

may be made available to finance the construction (including 

architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease 

of offices for use by the United States Agency for International 

Development, unless the USAID Administrator has identified such 

proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the Committees 

on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds 

for such purposes: Provided further, That contracts or agreements 

entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may entail 

commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That the authority of sections 

610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised 

by the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 

out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in 

accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided further, 

That of the funds appropriated or made available under this 

heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be available for representation 

and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may 

be available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed $100,500 

shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID during the current fiscal year. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related 

costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information 

technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section 
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667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $225,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition 

to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 

That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $76,600,000, of which 

up to $11,490,000 may remain available until September 30, 2020, 

for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency 

for International Development. 

TITLE III 

BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out 

the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other 

purposes, as follows: 

GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 

1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 

global health activities, in addition to funds otherwise available 

for such purposes, $3,117,450,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

United States Agency for International Development: Provided, 

That this amount shall be made available for training, equipment, 

and technical assistance to build the capacity of public health 

institutions and organizations in developing countries, and for such 

activities as: (1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) 

immunization and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, 

nutrition, water and sanitation programs which directly address 

the needs of mothers and children, and related education programs; 

(4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned by causes other 

than AIDS; (5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control 

of, and research on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and 

other infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, and 

for assistance to communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, 

including children infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster 

preparedness training for health crises; (7) programs to prevent, 

prepare for, and respond to, unanticipated and emerging global 

health threats; and (8) family planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this paragraph may 

be made available for a United States contribution to the GAVI 

Alliance: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropriations 

Acts may be made available to any organization or program which, 

as determined by the President of the United States, supports 

or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion 
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or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That any determination made under the previous proviso must be made not later 

than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and must 

be accompanied by the evidence and criteria utilized to make the 

determination: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to pay for the performance of 

abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce 

any person to practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing 

in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 

prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That none of the funds 

made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or against 

abortion: Provided further, That in order to reduce reliance on 

abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available only to 

voluntary family planning projects which offer, either directly or 

through referral to, or information about access to, a broad range 

of family planning methods and services, and that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet the following requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents in the project shall 

not implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, 

of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, 

or acceptors of a particular method of family planning (this provision 

shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates 

or indicators for budgeting and planning purposes); (2) the project 

shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family 

planning acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number of births, number of family 

planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 

planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, 

including the right of access to participate in any program of general 

welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence 

of any individual’s decision not to accept family planning services; 

(4) the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits and risks of the method 

chosen, including those conditions that might render the use of 

the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to 

be consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project shall 

ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific 

study in which participants are advised of potential risks and 

benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 

USAID Administrator determines that there has been a violation 

of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) 

of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator 

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation and the corrective action 

taken by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants 

for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because 

of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer 

only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants 

shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing 

or appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates 
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to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit 

the provision, consistent with local law, of information or counseling 

about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That information 

provided about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities 

that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be 

medically accurate and shall include the public health benefits 

and failure rates of such use. 

In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, 

and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,720,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2023, which shall be apportioned directly to the Department of State: Provided, That funds 

appropriated under this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the United States 

Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 

2003 (Public Law 108–25), for a United States contribution to 

the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global 

Fund), and shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary 

to make timely payment for projects and activities: Provided further, 

That the amount of such contribution should be $1,350,000,000: 

Provided further, That clauses (i) and (vi) of section 202(d)(4)(A) 

of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, 

and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622) shall be applied with 

respect to such funds made available for fiscal years 2015 through 

2019 by substituting ‘‘2004’’ for ‘‘2009’’: Provided further, That up 

to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 

to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2019 may be made available 

to USAID for technical assistance related to the activities of the 

Global Fund, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 

appropriated under this paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made 

available, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses of the Office of the United States 

Global AIDS Coordinator. 

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 

103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 

10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,000,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster 

relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $3,801,034,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That such funds 

shall be apportioned to the United States Agency for International 

Development not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

TRANSITION INITIATIVES

For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation 

and reconstruction assistance administered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, to support 
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transition to democracy and long-term development of countries 

in crisis: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 

develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator 

shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 

least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That if the Secretary of State determines that it 

is important to the national interest of the United States to provide 

transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under 

this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this 

Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 

the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: 

Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation 

with the Committees on Appropriations. 

COMPLEX CRISES FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and activities 

administered by the United States Agency for International 

Development to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, $30,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

this heading may be made available on such terms and conditions 

as are appropriate and necessary for the purposes of preventing 

or responding to such challenges and crises, except that no funds 

shall be made available for lethal assistance or to respond to natural 

disasters: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

heading may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 

620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 

administrative expenses, in addition to funds otherwise available 

for such purposes, except that such expenses may not exceed 5 

percent of the funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 

further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be apportioned to USAID not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations, except that such notifications shall 

be transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 

DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY

For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees provided by 

the United States Agency for International Development, as authorized by sections 256 and 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961, up to $55,000,000 may be derived by transfer from funds 

appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of such Act and under 

the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: 

Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph and funds 

provided as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph 

pursuant to section 635(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

shall be made available only for micro- and small enterprise programs, urban programs, and other programs which further the 
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purposes of part I of such Act: Provided further, That funds provided 

as a gift that are used for purposes of this paragraph shall be 

subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

such costs, including the cost of modifying such direct and guaranteed loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That funds 

made available by this paragraph may be used for the cost of 

modifying any such guaranteed loans under this Act or prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, and funds used for such cost, 

including if the cost results in a negative subsidy, shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d) 

(relating to general provisions applicable to the Development Credit 

Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as contained 

in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House Committee 

on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be applicable 

to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under this heading, 

except that the principal amount of loans made or guaranteed 

under this heading with respect to any single country shall not 

exceed $300,000,000: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any portion of which is to 

be guaranteed, of up to $1,750,000,000. 

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs administered by USAID, $10,000,000, which may be 

transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the 

heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act: Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That of the funds 

appropriated under this paragraph in this Act and prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for administrative expenses to carry 

out credit programs administered by USAID, up to $1,000,000 may 

be made available for limited transition costs associated with the 

implementation of section 1463 of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 (division F 

of Public Law 115–254): Provided further, That prior to the initial 

obligation of funds made available for such transition costs, the 

USAID Administrator shall submit a spend plan to the Committees 

on Appropriations for the use of such funds: Provided further, That funds made available for such transition costs shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and may not be made available until the reorganization 

plan required by section 1462(a) of the BUILD Act of 2018 is 

transmitted to Congress. 

ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 

4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $2,545,525,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

DEMOCRACY FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 

including to carry out the purposes of section 502(b)(3) and (5) 
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of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C. 4411), $157,700,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, which shall be made available 

for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading that are made 

available to the National Endowment for Democracy and its core 

institutes are in addition to amounts otherwise available by this 

Act for such purposes: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

State, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 

to the obligation of funds appropriated under this paragraph. For an additional amount for such purposes, $69,500,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020, which shall be made 

available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

Assistance, United States Agency for International Development. 

ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act (Public 

Law 102–511), and the Support for Eastern European Democracy 

(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179), $760,334,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except section 7047 of 

this Act, for assistance and related programs for countries identified 

in section 3 of Public Law 102–511 (22 U.S.C. 5801) and section 

3(c) of Public Law 101–179 (22 U.S.C. 5402), in addition to funds 

otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assistance for 

such countries shall be administered in accordance with the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 102 

of Public Law 102–511 and section 601 of Public Law 101–179: 

Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

be considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the administrative 

authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance: 

Provided further, That any notification of funds made available 

under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations and related programs shall include information (if known on the date of transmittal 

of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority: Provided further, That if subsequent to the notification of assistance 

it becomes necessary to rely on notwithstanding authority, the 

Committees on Appropriations should be informed at the earliest 

opportunity and to the extent practicable. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to enable 

the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of section 2(a) 

and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and 

other activities to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and 

expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign 

Service Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 
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through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire 

of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 

3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,027,876,000, to remain 

available until expended, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall 

be made available to respond to small-scale emergency humanitarian requirements, and $5,000,000 shall be made available for 

refugees resettling in Israel. 

UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE

FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as 

amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $1,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That amounts in excess of the limitation contained in paragraph (2) of such section shall be transferred to, 

and merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

PEACE CORPS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace 

Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the purchase of not 

to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes 

for use outside of the United States, $410,500,000, of which 

$6,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, 

as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That 

funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be 

derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas 

operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for representation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That none of 

the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay 

for abortions: Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous 

proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall apply 

to funds appropriated under this heading. 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) (MCA), 

$905,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $105,000,000 

may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation: Provided further, That section 605(e) of 

the MCA shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading: 

Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered 

into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA only if such Compact 
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obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the parties to the 

Compact to proceed, the entire amount of the United States Government funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact: Provided 

further, That no country should be eligible for a threshold program 

after such country has completed a country compact: Provided further, That any funds that are deobligated from a Millennium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations prior to re-obligation: Provided 

further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

to exceed $100,000 may be available for representation and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available 

for entertainment expenses. 

INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the InterAmerican Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 

401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $22,500,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the funds 

appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be 

available for representation expenses. 

UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the African Development 

Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 22 U.S.C. 290h 

et seq.), $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation 

expenses: Provided, That funds made available to grantees may 

be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the Board of Directors of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF): Provided further, That interest earned 

shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the 

African Development Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in 

exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF 

may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with 

respect to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by 

up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency 

fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF shall submit a report 

to the appropriate congressional committees after each time such 

waiver authority is exercised: Provided further, That the USADF 

may make rent or lease payments in advance from appropriations 

available for such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions: 

Provided further, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts 

outside the United States Treasury and retain any interest earned 

on such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the African 

Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That the USADF 

may not withdraw any appropriation from the Treasury prior to 

the need of spending such funds for program purposes. 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, of which not more than $6,000,000 may 

be used for administrative expenses: Provided, That amounts made 

available under this heading may be made available to contract 

for services as described in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to the location in which 

such services are performed. 

TITLE IV 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 

ASSISTANCE 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, $1,497,469,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Department of State may 

use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 

from an agency of the United States Government for the purpose 

of providing such property to a foreign country or international 

organization under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject to 

the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under 

this heading, except that any funds made available notwithstanding 

such section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated under this heading shall be made available to support 

training and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, 

corrections, judges, and other judicial authorities, utilizing regional 

partners: Provided further, That funds made available under this 

heading that are transferred to another department, agency, or 

instrumentality of the United States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess 

of $5,000,000, and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) 

of such Act, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED

PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 

demining and related programs and activities, $864,550,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support 
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Act, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clearance of 

unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small arms, and related 

activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

activities implemented through nongovernmental and international 

organizations, and section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961 for a United States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear 

Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, and for a voluntary 

contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): 

Provided, That funds made available under this heading for the 

Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund shall be made available, 

notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to prior 

consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

Committees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disarmament, and 

weapons destruction, and shall remain available until expended: 

Provided further, That such funds may also be used for such countries other than the Independent States of the former Soviet Union 

and international organizations when it is in the national security 

interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated under this heading may be made available for the 

IAEA unless the Secretary of State determines that Israel is being 

denied its right to participate in the activities of that Agency: 

Provided further, That funds made available for conventional 

weapons destruction programs, including demining and related 

activities, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

may be used for administrative expenses related to the operation 

and management of such programs and activities, subject to the 

regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $163,457,000: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of such Act, to provide assistance to enhance 

the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, 

to participate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, That 

of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

$31,000,000 shall be made available for a United States contribution 

to the Multinational Force and Observers mission in the Sinai 

and not less than $71,000,000 shall be made available for the 

Global Peace Operations Initiative: Provided further, That none 

of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated 

except as provided through the regular notification procedures of 

the Committees on Appropriations. 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $110,778,000, of which 

up to $11,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2020: 

Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom military education 

and training may be provided under this heading may include 

civilians who are not members of a government whose participation 
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would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian control 

of the military, or respect for human rights: Provided further, 

That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

$50,000 may be available for entertainment expenses. 

FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to 

carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

Act, $5,962,241,000: Provided, That to expedite the provision of 

assistance to foreign countries and international organizations, the 

Secretary of State, following consultation with the Committees on 

Appropriations and subject to the regular notification procedures 

of such Committees, may use the funds appropriated under this 

heading to procure defense articles and services to enhance the 

capacity of foreign security forces: Provided further, That of the 

funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $3,300,000,000 

shall be available for grants only for Israel which shall be disbursed 

within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds 

be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under 

this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, 

be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than 

$815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of 

defense articles and defense services, including research and 

development: Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading shall be nonrepayable 

notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Export 

Control Act: Provided further, That funds made available under 

this heading shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance 

with paragraph (5)(C) of section 1501(a) of title 31, United States 

Code. 

None of the funds made available under this heading shall 

be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense 

services, or design and construction services that are not sold by 

the United States Government under the Arms Export Control 

Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurement 

has first signed an agreement with the United States Government 

specifying the conditions under which such procurement may be 

financed with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 

level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular 

notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act: Provided further, 

That funds made available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance 

of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include 

activities implemented through nongovernmental and international 

organizations: Provided further, That only those countries for which 

assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing 

Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for 

security assistance programs may utilize funds made available 

under this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 

services, or design and construction services that are not sold by 

the United States Government under the Arms Export Control 

Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 

payment for defense articles and services: Provided further, That 

not more than $75,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
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heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use 

outside of the United States, for the general costs of administering 

military assistance and sales, except that this limitation may be 

exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading for general costs of administering 

military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be available 

for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 may be 

available for representation expenses: Provided further, That not 

more than $1,009,700,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 

21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for 

expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 

2019 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, 

except that this limitation may be exceeded only through the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

TITLE V 

MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $339,000,000: Provided, 

That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund. 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by 

the Secretary of the Treasury, $139,575,000, to remain available 

until, and to be fully disbursed no later than, September 30, 2020: 

Provided, That of such amount, $136,563,000, which shall remain 

available until September 30, 2019, is only available for the first 

installment of the seventh replenishment of the Global Environment 

Facility, and shall be obligated and disbursed not later than 90 

days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on the 

status of funds provided under this heading not less than quarterly 

until fully disbursed: Provided further, That in such report the 

Secretary shall provide a timeline for the obligation and disbursement of any funds that have not yet been obligated or disbursed. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

For payment to the International Development Association by 

the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,097,010,000, to remain available 

until expended. 
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $47,395,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

For payment to the African Development Bank by the Secretary 

of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in portion 

of the increase in capital stock, $32,417,159, to remain available 

until expended. 

LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

The United States Governor of the African Development Bank 

may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital 

portion of the United States share of such capital stock in an 

amount not to exceed $507,860,806. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary 

of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain available until expended. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL

DEVELOPMENT

For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural 

Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $30,000,000, to 

remain available until, and to be fully disbursed no later than, 

September 30, 2020, for the first installment of the eleventh 

replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall report 

to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of such payment 

not less than quarterly until fully disbursed: Provided further, 

That in such report the Secretary shall provide a timeline for 

the obligation and disbursement of any funds that have not yet 

been obligated or disbursed. 

TITLE VI 

EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

as amended, $5,700,000, of which up to $855,000 may remain 

available until September 30, 2020. 

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 

to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 

authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with 
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law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, 

United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Provided, 

That none of the funds available during the current fiscal year 

may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments 

for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any 

country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article 

IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 

eligible to receive economic or military assistance under this Act, 

that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger 

motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 

5, United States Code, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation expenses for members of the Board of 

Directors, not to exceed $110,000,000, of which up to $16,500,000 

may remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, payment 

or services provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 

or technical services in connection with any transaction for which 

an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 

been made: Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees 

for necessary expenses (including special services performed on 

a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) 

in connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the 

Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation 

or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, 

or technical aspects of any transaction for which an application 

for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, 

or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: Provided 

further, That in addition to other funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to this account for such 

purposes, to remain available until expended. 

RECEIPTS COLLECTED

Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act 

of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal Credit Reform Act 

of 1990, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated 

herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account: 

Provided, That the sums herein appropriated from the General 

Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting 

collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 

the General Fund estimated at $0. 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

NONCREDIT ACCOUNT

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 

to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided 

by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, such expenditures 
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and commitments within the limits of funds available to it and 

in accordance with law as may be necessary: Provided, That the 

amount available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

and insurance programs (including an amount for official reception 

and representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall 

not exceed $79,200,000: Provided further, That project-specific 

transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred in 

claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with services 

provided to specific investors or potential investors pursuant to 

section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be 

considered administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading: 

Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading 

in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs, up to $5,000,000 

may be made available for limited transition costs associated with 

the implementation of section 1463 of the Better Utilization of 

Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act of 2018 (division 

F of Public Law 115–254): Provided further, That prior to the 

initial obligation of funds made available for such transition costs, 

the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall 

submit a spend plan to the Committees on Appropriations for 

the use of such funds: Provided further, That funds made available 

for such transition costs shall be subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, and may not 

be made available until the reorganization plan required by section 

1462(a) of the BUILD Act of 2018 is transmitted to Congress. 

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $20,000,000, 

to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Investment 

Corporation Noncredit Account, to remain available until September 

30, 2021: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds so obligated 

in fiscal year 2019 remain available for disbursement through 2027; 

funds obligated in fiscal year 2020 remain available for disbursement through 2028; and funds obligated in fiscal year 2021 remain 

available for disbursement through 2029: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Overseas Private 

Investment Corporation is authorized to undertake any program 

authorized by title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 in Iraq: Provided further, That funds made available 

pursuant to the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

In addition, such sums as may be necessary for administrative 

expenses to carry out the credit program may be derived from 

amounts available for administrative expenses to carry out the 

credit and insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment 

Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account. 

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $79,500,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, of which no more than 
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$19,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses: Provided, 

That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than 

$5,000 may be available for representation and entertainment 

expenses. 

TITLE VII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall 

be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United States 

Code; for services as authorized by section 3109 of such title and 

for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) 

of title 31, United States Code. 

UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United States 

Government to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumulative unobligated balances 

and obligated, but unexpended, balances by program, project, and 

activity, and Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received 

by such department or agency in fiscal year 2019 or any previous 

fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, That the report 

required by this section shall be submitted not later than 30 days 

after the end of each fiscal quarter and should specify by account 

the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements 

which have not been further sub-obligated. 

CONSULTING SERVICES

SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation under title 

I of this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 

a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except 

where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING INFORMA- TION.—The Secretary of State shall promptly inform the Committees 

on Appropriations of each instance in which a Federal department 

or agency is delinquent in providing the full amount of funding 

required by section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction 

and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note). 

(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 

604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 

Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into 

law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and contained 

in appendix G of that Act), as amended by section 111 of the 

Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

114–323), a project to construct a facility of the United States 
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may include office space or other accommodations for members 

of the United States Marine Corps. 

(c) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 2019 costs of providing new United States 

diplomatic facilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure 

Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 

4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 

of the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the annual 

program level and agency shares in a manner that is proportional 

to the contribution of the Department of State for this purpose. 

(d) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which may be 

made available for the acquisition of property or award of construction contracts for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during 

fiscal year 2019, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant to this subsection shall 

include the information enumerated under the heading ‘‘Embassy 

Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in House Report 115– 

829. 

(e) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.— 

(1) SECURITY VULNERABILITIES.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 

and Maintenance’’ may be made available, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, to address 

security vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United States 

diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical security 

upgrades and local guard staffing, except that the amount 

of funds made available for such purposes from this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs shall be a minimum 

of $25,000,000. 

(2) CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, the opening, closure, or any significant modification 

to an interim or temporary United States diplomatic facility 

shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 

congressional committees and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such 

consultation and notification may be waived if there is a security risk to personnel. 

(f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated under 

the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, including for Worldwide Security Protection, ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 

Service’’, and ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ 

in this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings if the Secretary of State determines 

and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so 

is necessary to implement the recommendations of the Benghazi 

Accountability Review Board, for emergency evacuations, or to prevent or respond to security situations and requirements, following 

consultation with, and subject to the regular notification procedures 

of, such Committees: Provided, That such transfer authority is 

in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in this 

Act and under any other provision of law. 

(g) SOFT TARGETS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ may 
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be made available for security upgrades to soft targets, including 

schools, recreational facilities, and residences used by United States 

diplomatic personnel and their dependents, except that the amount 

made available for such purposes shall be a minimum of 

$10,000,000. 

(h) REPORT.—Within 45 days of enactment of this Act and 

every 3 months thereafter until the completion of each project, 

the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report on the Erbil Consulate, Beirut Embassy, Jakarta 

Embassy, Mexico City Embassy, and New Delhi Embassy, as 

described under this section in the joint explanatory statement 

accompanying this Act. 

(i) SECURE RESUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary of 

State may not grant final approval for the construction of a new 

facility or substantial construction to improve or expand an existing 

facility in the United States by or for the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China until the Secretary certifies and reports 

to the appropriate congressional committees that an agreement 

has been concluded between the Governments of the United States 

and the People’s Republic of China that permits secure resupply, 

maintenance, and new construction of United States Government 

facilities in the People’s Republic of China. 

PERSONNEL ACTIONS

SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 

under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken 

in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 

absorbed within the total budgetary resources available under title 

I to such department or agency: Provided, That the authority to 

transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary 

to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds 

to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 

of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT

SEC. 7006. (a) FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT.—Funds 

appropriated by this Act for the operations of the Department 

of State under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 

Investment Fund’’ shall be made available to implement the recommendations contained in the Foreign Assistance Data Review 

Findings Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) 

report entitled ‘‘Department Financial Systems Are Insufficient to 

Track and Report on Foreign Assistance Funds’’: Provided, That 

not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations an 

update to the plan required under section 7006 of the Department 

of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) for implementing the 

FADR and OIG recommendations: Provided further, That such 

funds may not be obligated for enhancements to, or expansions 

of, the Budget System Modernization Financial System, Central 

Resource Management System, Joint Financial Management 

System, or Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System 

until such updated plan is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such funds may not be obligated 
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for new, or expansion of existing, ad hoc electronic systems to 

track commitments, obligations, or expenditures of funds unless 

the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Chief 

Information Officer of the Department of State, has reviewed and 

certified that such new system or expansion is consistent with 

the FADR and OIG recommendations. 

(b) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

or otherwise made available to the Department of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may only be used for the 

service centers included in the Congressional Budget Justification, 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 

Fiscal Year 2019: Provided, That the amounts for such service 

centers shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, 

except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided further, 

That Federal agency components shall be charged only for their 

direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: Provided further, 

That prior to increasing the percentage charged to Department 

of State bureaus and offices for procurement-related activities, the 

Secretary of State shall include the proposed increase in the Department of State budget justification or, at least 60 days prior to 

the increase, provide the Committees on Appropriations a justification for such increase, including a detailed assessment of the cost 

and benefit of the services provided by the procurement fee: Provided further, That Federal agency components may only pay for 

Working Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose 

and authorities of such components: Provided further, That the 

Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed 

at rates which will return the full cost of each service. 

(c) CERTIFICATION.— 

(1) Not later than 45 days after the initial obligation of 

funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act that 

are made available to a Department of State bureau or office 

with responsibility for the management and oversight of such 

funds, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the 

Committees on Appropriations, on an individual bureau or office 

basis, that such bureau or office is in compliance with Department and Federal financial and grants management policies, 

procedures, and regulations, as applicable. 

(2) When making a certification required by paragraph 

(1), the Secretary of State shall consider the capacity of a 

bureau or office to— 

(A) account for the obligated funds at the country 

and program level, as appropriate; 

(B) identify risks and develop mitigation and monitoring plans; 

(C) establish performance measures and indicators; 

(D) review activities and performance; and 

(E) assess final results and reconcile finances. 

(3) If the Secretary of State is unable to make a certification 

required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit a plan 

and timeline detailing the steps to be taken to bring such 

bureau or office into compliance. 

(4) The report accompanying a certification required by 

paragraph (1) shall include the requirements contained under 

this section in House Report 115–829. 
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PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES

SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be 

obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: 

Provided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on 

obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 

COUPS D’E ́TAT

SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be 

obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the 

government of any country whose duly elected head of government 

is deposed by military coup d’e ́tat or decree or, after the date 

of enactment of this Act, a coup d’e ́tat or decree in which the 

military plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be 

resumed to such government if the Secretary of State certifies 

and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 

government has taken office: Provided further, That the provisions 

of this section shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic 

elections or public participation in democratic processes: Provided 

further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY

SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BROADCASTING

BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 

(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Not to exceed 5 percent of 

any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year 

for the Department of State under title I of this Act may 

be transferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, 

but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

such transfers, and no such transfer may be made to increase 

the appropriation under the heading ‘‘Representation 

Expenses’’. 

(2) BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—Not to exceed 

5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current 

fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of Governors under title 

I of this Act may be transferred between, and merged with, 

such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 

10 percent by any such transfers. 

(3) TREATMENT AS REPROGRAMMING.—Any transfer pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a reprogramming 

of funds under section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 

the procedures set forth in that section. 

(b) TITLE VI AGENCIES.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation, other than for administrative expenses made available 

for fiscal year 2019, for programs under title VI of this Act may 

be transferred between such appropriations for use for any of the 
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purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in such 

receiving account may be used, but no such appropriation, except 

as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 

25 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That the exercise of 

such authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(c) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BETWEEN AGENCIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available under 

titles II through V of this Act may be transferred to any 

department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 

authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 

Act. 

(2) ALLOCATION AND TRANSFERS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to transfers made by, or authorized 

elsewhere in, this Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry 

out the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may 

be allocated or transferred to agencies of the United States 

Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, 

and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered into by the 

United States Agency for International Development or the 

Department of State with any department, agency, or 

instrumentality of the United States Government pursuant to 

section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued 

in excess of $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant 

to section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated by this 

Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 

headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

That the requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply 

to agreements entered into between USAID and the Department of State. 

(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 

funds made available under titles II through V of this Act may 

be obligated under an appropriations account to which such funds 

were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided 

for in this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior 

to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a written 

policy justification to the Committees on Appropriations. 

(e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this 

Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations and related programs, entered into 

between the Department of State or USAID and another agency 

of the United States Government under the authority of section 

632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable 

provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector General 

(IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation of such 

funds, or other entity with audit responsibility if the receiving 

agency does not have an IG, shall perform periodic program and 

financial audits of the use of such funds and report to the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such 
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audits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to the 

Committees on Appropriations by the Department of State or 

USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That funds transferred 

under such authority may be made available for the cost of such 

audits. 

(f) REPORT.—Not later than October 31, 2019, the Secretary 

of State and the USAID Administrator shall each submit a report 

to the Committees on Appropriations detailing all transfers to 

another agency of the United States Government made pursuant 

to sections 632(a) and 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961 with funds provided in the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115–141): Provided, That such reports shall 

include a list of each transfer made pursuant to such sections 

with the respective funding level, appropriation account, and the 

receiving agency. 

PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the funds made 

available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by employees 

of United States Government departments and agencies funded 

by this Act in contravention of section 301–10.122 through 301– 

10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds made available 

by this Act for the operating expenses of any United States Government department or agency may be used to establish or maintain 

a computer network for use by such department or agency unless 

such network has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 

websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall limit the 

use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

enforcement agency, or any other entity carrying out the following 

activities: criminal investigations, prosecutions, and adjudications; 

administrative discipline; and the monitoring of such websites 

undertaken as part of official business. 

(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.—None of the 

funds made available by this Act should be available 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 

the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products 

of the same type. 

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained in this 

Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of 

the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided by this Act: 

Provided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 

1 and 8 of part I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of 

part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the 

Arms Export Control Act, and funds provided under the headings 

‘‘Development Credit Authority’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for an additional 

4 years from the date on which the availability of such funds 

would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially obligated 

before the expiration of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That the availability of funds 
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pursuant to the previous proviso shall not be applicable to such 

funds until the Secretary of State submits the reports required 

under section 7011 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public 

Law 115–31) and the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 

Law 115–141): Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

provision of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes 

of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash 

disbursements in order to address balance of payments or economic 

policy reform objectives, shall remain available for an additional 

4 years from the date on which the availability of such funds 

would otherwise have expired, if such funds are initially allocated 

or obligated before the expiration of their respective periods of 

availability contained in this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later than October 31, 2019, detailing by account 

and source year, the use of this authority during the previous 

fiscal year. 

LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided under titles 

III through VI in this Act shall be used to furnish assistance 

to the government of any country which is in default during a 

period in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United 

States of principal or interest on any loan made to the government 

of such country by the United States pursuant to a program for 

which funds are appropriated under this Act unless the President 

determines, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the national interest 

of the United States. 

PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE

SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of the funds 

appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be made 

available to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 

bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions under which 

such assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes 

a provision stating that assistance provided by the United States 

shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this requirement. 

(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.— An amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 

during fiscal year 2019 on funds appropriated by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs by a foreign government 

or entity against United States assistance programs, either directly 

or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for assistance for 

fiscal year 2020 and for prior fiscal years and allocated for the 

central government of such country or for the West Bank and 

Gaza program, as applicable, if, not later than September 30, 2020, 
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such taxes have not been reimbursed: Provided, That the Secretary 

of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations by such 

date on the foreign governments and entities that have not 

reimbursed such taxes, including any amount of funds withheld 

pursuant to this subsection. 

(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de minimis 

nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (b). 

(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld from obligation for each foreign government or entity pursuant to subsection 

(b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for countries which do 

not assess taxes on United States assistance or which have an 

effective arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement 

of such taxes, and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance 

in a programmatically responsible manner. 

(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this section shall not 

apply to any foreign government or entity that assesses such 

taxes if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

Appropriations that— 

(A) such foreign government or entity has an effective 

arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement 

of such taxes; or 

(B) the foreign policy interests of the United States 

outweigh the purpose of this section to ensure that United 

States assistance is not subject to taxation. 

(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall consult 

with the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior 

to exercising the authority of this subsection with regard to 

any foreign government or entity. 

(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall issue and 

update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to 

implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance contained in this section. 

(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

(1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral agreement between the 

Government of the United States and the government of the 

country receiving assistance that describes the privileges and 

immunities applicable to United States foreign assistance for 

such country generally, or an individual agreement between 

the Government of the United States and such government 

that describes, among other things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded the United States assistance provided under that agreement. 

(2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes and taxation’’ 

shall include value added taxes and customs duties but shall 

not include individual income taxes assessed to local staff. 

(h) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other 

relevant agencies of the United States Government, shall submit 

a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the requirements 

contained under this section in House Report 115–829. 

RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appropriated under 

titles III through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 
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may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same account 

notwithstanding the designation if compliance with the designation 

is made impossible by operation of any provision of this or any 

other Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 

pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under the 

same terms and conditions as originally provided. 

(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to the authority 

contained in subsection (a), the original period of availability of 

funds appropriated by this Act and administered by the Department 

of State or the United States Agency for International Development 

that are specifically designated for particular programs or activities 

by this or any other Act may be extended for an additional fiscal 

year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as 

appropriate, determines and reports promptly to the Committees 

on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a country 

or a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely that 

such designated funds can be obligated during the original period 

of availability: Provided, That such designated funds that continue 

to be available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 

only for the purpose of such designation. 

(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically designated funding 

levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or 

authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: Provided, That 

specifically designated funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PROGRAMS, 

PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds made available in 

titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs to the departments and agencies funded by this Act that 

remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2019, or provided 

from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

by the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offsetting 

collections, or made available by transfer, to the departments and 

agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to— 

(1) create new programs; 

(2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or activity; 

(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or post; 

(4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or rename bureaus, 

centers, or offices; or 

(5) contract out or privatize any functions or activities 

presently performed by Federal employees; 

unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropriations 

or such Committees are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation. 

(b) NOTIFICATION OF REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—None of the 

funds provided under titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, to the departments and agencies 

funded under titles I and II of this Act that remain available 
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for obligation in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts 

in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

of fees available to the department and agency funded under title 

I of this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for 

activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds 

in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

(1) augments or changes existing programs, projects, or 

activities; 

(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 

(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 

as approved by Congress; or 

(4) results from any general savings, including savings 

from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change 

in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by 

Congress; 

unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 

advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the funds made 

available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 

‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 

Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available 

for obligation for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel 

assistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in excess 

of the amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations for 

obligation under any of these specific headings unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 

obligation: Provided, That the President shall not enter into any 

commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 

of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major defense 

equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other major 

defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat 

vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 

of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on 

Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: 

Provided further, That requirements of this subsection or any 

similar provision of this or any other Act shall not apply to any 

reprogramming for an activity, program, or project for which funds 

are appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act of less 

than 10 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress 

for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the current 

fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall include information (if 

known on the date of transmittal of such notification) on the use 

of notwithstanding authority: Provided further, That if subsequent 

to the notification of assistance it becomes necessary to rely on 

notwithstanding authority, the Committees on Appropriations 

should be informed at the earliest opportunity and to the extent 

practicable. 

(d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING

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(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made 

available to support or continue any program initially funded 

under any authority of title 10, United States Code, or any 

Act making or authorizing appropriations for the Department 

of Defense, unless the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of Defense and in accordance with the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 

submits a justification to such Committees that includes a 

description of, and the estimated costs associated with, the 

support or continuation of such program. 

(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

funds transferred by the Department of Defense to the Department of State and the United States Agency for International 

Development for assistance for foreign countries and international organizations shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Prior to 

providing excess Department of Defense articles in accordance 

with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that 

section: Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell 

excess defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, 

the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of 

the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original 

acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is 

required elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 

funds for specific countries that would receive such excess 

defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees shall 

also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 

articles. 

(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or any similar 

provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act 

requiring notification in accordance with the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived 

if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health 

or welfare: Provided, That in case of any such waiver, notification 

to the Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 

as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking 

the action to which such notification requirement was applicable, 

in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant to such 

a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances. 

(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None of the funds 

appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated 

or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, 

Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, 

Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, 

Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Somalia, 

South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, 
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Yemen, and Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in title III of this Act and prior Acts making funds 

available for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs that are made available for a trust fund held 

by an international financial institution shall be subject to the 

regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such notification shall include the information 

specified under this section in the explanatory statement accompanying the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115– 

141). 

(h) OTHER PROGRAM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

(1) DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated under title 

I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ that 

are made available for a pilot program for lateral entry into 

the Foreign Service shall be subject to prior consultation with, 

and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

Appropriations. 

(2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 

are made available for the following programs and activities 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations— 

(A) The Global Engagement Center, except that the 

Secretary of State shall consult with the appropriate 

congressional committees prior to submitting such notification; 

(B) The Power Africa initiative, or any successor program; 

(C) Community-based police assistance conducted 

pursuant to the authority of section 7049(a)(1) of this Act; 

(D) Programs to counter foreign fighters and extremist 

organizations, pursuant to section 7071(a) of this Act; 

(E) The Relief and Recovery Fund; 

(F) The Indo-Pacific Strategy; 

(G) The Global Security Contingency Fund; 

(H) The Countering Russian Influence Fund; and 

(I) Programs to end modern slavery. 

(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of application of a provision 

of law in this or any other Act shall, if reprogrammed, be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM, COORDINATE, AND CONSULT.— (1) The Secretary of State shall promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees of each instance in which funds 

appropriated by this Act for assistance for Iraq, Libya, Somalia, 

Syria, the Counterterrorism Partnership Fund, the Relief and 

Recovery Fund, or programs to counter extremism and foreign 

fighters abroad, have been diverted or destroyed, to include 

the type and amount of assistance, a description of the incident 

and parties involved, and an explanation of the response of 

the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided, That the Secretary shall ensure such funds are coordinated 

with, and complement, the programs of other United States 
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Government departments and agencies and international partners in such countries and on such activities. 

(2) The Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at least seven days prior to informing 

a government of, or publically announcing a decision on, the 

suspension of assistance to a country or a territory, including 

as a result of an interagency review of such assistance, from 

funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs. 

DOCUMENT REQUESTS, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED

CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS

SEC. 7016. (a) REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS.—None of the funds 

appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI 

of this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, 

including any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 

any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements 

of the Department of State and the United States Agency for 

International Development. 

(b) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY

PROTECTIONS.— 

(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 

Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and 

‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are made available 

to the Department of State and USAID may be made available 

to support the use or establishment of email accounts or email 

servers created outside the .gov domain or not fitted for automated records management as part of a Federal government 

records management program in contravention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 (Public 

Law 113–187). 

(2) DIRECTIVES.—The Secretary of State and USAID 

Administrator shall— 

(A) regularly review and update the policies, directives, 

and oversight necessary to comply with Federal statutes, 

regulations, and presidential executive orders and memoranda concerning the preservation of all records made or 

received in the conduct of official business, including record 

emails, instant messaging, and other online tools; 

(B) use funds appropriated by this Act under the 

headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment 

Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital 

Investment Fund’’ in title II, as appropriate, to improve 

Federal records management pursuant to the Federal 

Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and 

other applicable Federal records management statutes, 

regulations, or policies for the Department of State and 

USAID; 

(C) direct departing employees that all Federal records 

generated by such employees, including senior officials, 

belong to the Federal Government; 
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(D) improve the response time for identifying and 

retrieving Federal records, including requests made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’); and 

(E) strengthen cyber security measures to mitigate 

vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use of 

personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov domain, 

improve the process to identify and remove inactive user 

accounts, update and enforce guidance related to the control 

of national security information, and implement the recommendations of the applicable reports of the cognizant 

Office of Inspector General. 

USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination not to 

comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional grounds, 

the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify the Committees 

on Appropriations in writing within 5 days of such determination, 

the basis for such determination and any resulting changes to 

program and policy. 

PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY

STERILIZATION

SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry out 

part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 

be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of 

family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice 

abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part 

I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 

used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as 

a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 

made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research 

which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance 

of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated 

or expended for any country or organization if the President certifies 

that the use of these funds by any such country or organization 

would violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and 

involuntary sterilizations. 

ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS

SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to subsection (b), 

funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through V shall 

be made available in the amounts specifically designated in the 

respective tables included in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That such designated amounts for foreign countries and international organizations shall serve as the 

amounts for such countries and international organizations transmitted to Congress in the report required by section 653(a) of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS.—Unless otherwise provided for 

by this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
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United States Agency for International Development, as applicable, 

may only deviate up to 10 percent from the amounts specifically 

designated in the respective tables included in the joint explanatory 

statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That such percentage 

may be exceeded only if the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator, as applicable, determines and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that such deviation is 

necessary to respond to significant, exigent, or unforeseen events 

or to address other exceptional circumstances directly related to 

the national security interest of the United States: Provided further, 

That deviations pursuant to the previous proviso shall be subject 

to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts that are 

included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by 

section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, no deviations 

authorized by subsection (b) may take place until submission of 

such report. 

(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 

(A) amounts designated for ‘‘International Military 

Education and Training’’ in the respective tables included 

in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act; 

(B) funds for which the initial period of availability 

has expired; 

(C) amounts designated by this Act as minimum 

funding requirements; and 

(D) funds made available for a country pursuant to 

sections 7043(c), 7047(d), and 7071(b) of this Act. 

(2) The authority in subsection (b) to deviate below amounts 

designated in the respective tables included in the joint 

explanatory statement accompanying this Act shall not apply 

to the table included under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ in such explanatory statement. 

(3) With respect to the amounts designated for ‘‘Global 

Programs’’ in the table under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’ included in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act, subsection (b) shall be applied by substituting 

‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’. 

(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall submit the reports required, in the 

manner described, in House Report 115–829, Senate Report 115– 

282, and the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

unless directed otherwise in such explanatory statement. 

REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES

SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal department, 

agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this Act, and the 

Department of the Treasury and independent agencies funded in 

titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps to ensure that domestic 

and overseas representation and entertainment expenses further 

official agency business and United States foreign policy interests, 

and— 

(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside of the 

Executive Branch; 

(2) are principally for meals and events of a protocol nature; 
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(3) are not for employee-only events; and 

(4) do not include activities that are substantially of a 

recreational character. 

(b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program activities or under the headings 

‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 

Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 

(1) alcoholic beverages; or 

(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are substantially of a recreational character, including entrance fees at 

sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and amusement parks. 

PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EXPORTS.— 

(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under titles III through VI of this Act 

may be made available to any foreign government which provides lethal military equipment to a country the government 

of which the Secretary of State has determined supports international terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant 

to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Provided, 

That the prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign 

government shall terminate 12 months after that government 

ceases to provide such military equipment: Provided further, 

That this section applies with respect to lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered into after October 

1, 1997. 

(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by paragraph 

(1) or any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 

if the President determines that to do so is important to the 

national interest of the United States. 

(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations a report with respect 

to the furnishing of such assistance, including a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 

amount of such assistance, and an explanation of how the 

assistance furthers United States national interest. 

(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appropriated 

under any such title in prior Acts making appropriations for 

the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be made available to any foreign government 

which the President determines— 

(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual 

or group which has committed an act of international terrorism; 

(B) otherwise supports international terrorism; or 
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(C) is controlled by an organization designated as a 

terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the application of 

paragraph (1) to a government if the President determines 

that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 

waiver: Provided, That the President shall publish each such 

waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before 

the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver (including the justification for the 

waiver) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, may 

be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 

Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 

the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 

1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 

Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI of this 

Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropriations Act account level and shall include all appropriations 

and authorizations Acts funding directives, ceilings, and limitations 

with the exception that for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 

and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, project, and 

activity’’ shall also be considered to include country, regional, and 

central program level funding within each such account; and for 

the development assistance accounts of the United States Agency 

for International Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall 

also be considered to include central, country, regional, and program 

level funding, either as— 

(1) justified to Congress; or 

(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance with 

a report, to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations 

within 30 days after enactment of this Act, as required by 

section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as 

modified pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 

AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, provisions 

of this or any other Act, including provisions contained in prior 

Acts authorizing or making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized by or conducted under the 

Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 

Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to conducting 

activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited, the agency 
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shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations and report 

to such Committees within 15 days of taking such action. 

COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

this Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise 

made available to the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private 

Investment Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance 

any loan, any assistance, or any other financial commitments for 

establishing or expanding production of any commodity for export 

by any country other than the United States, if the commodity 

is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the time the resulting 

productive capacity is expected to become operative and if the 

assistance will cause substantial injury to United States producers 

of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That such 

prohibition shall not apply to the Export-Import Bank if in the 

judgment of its Board of Directors the benefits to industry and 

employment in the United States are likely to outweigh the injury 

to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 

commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection shall 

not prohibit— 

(1) activities in a country that is eligible for assistance 

from the International Development Association, is not eligible 

for assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction 

and Development, and does not export on a consistent basis 

the agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

is furnished; or 

(2) activities in a country the President determines is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, or a 

complex emergency. 

(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by this or any 

other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding feasibility 

study, variety improvement or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connection with the growth or 

production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for 

export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or 

produced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection shall 

not prohibit— 

(1) activities designed to increase food security in developing countries where such activities will not have a significant 

impact on the export of agricultural commodities of the United 

States; 

(2) research activities intended primarily to benefit United 

States producers; 

(3) activities in a country that is eligible for assistance 

from the International Development Association, is not eligible 

for assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction 

and Development, and does not export on a consistent basis 

the agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

is furnished; or 

(4) activities in a country the President determines is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, or a 

complex emergency. 
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(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of 

the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors 

of the international financial institutions to use the voice and 

vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated or made available by this Act, 

for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for 

export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance 

will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the 

same, similar, or competing commodity. 

SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CURRENCIES.— 

(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961 under agreements which result in the generation of local 

currencies of that country, the Administrator of the United 

States Agency for International Development shall— 

(A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 

separate account established by that government; 

(B) enter into an agreement with that government 

which sets forth— 

(i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and 

(ii) the terms and conditions under which the currencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with 

this section; and 

(C) establish by agreement with that government the 

responsibilities of USAID and that government to monitor 

and account for deposits into and disbursements from the 

separate account. 

(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed upon 

with the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 

separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 

amount of local currencies, shall be used only— 

(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 

4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 

the case may be), for such purposes as— 

(i) project and sector assistance activities; or 

(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

(B) for the administrative requirements of the United 

States Government. 

(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID shall take all 

necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the 

separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are 

used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 

(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of 

part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961 (as the case may be), any unencumbered balances 

of funds which remain in a separate account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes 

as may be agreed to by the government of that country and 

the United States Government. 
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(5) REPORT.—The USAID Administrator shall report as 

part of the congressional budget justification submitted to the 

Committees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies 

for the administrative requirements of the United States 

Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such 

report shall include the amount of local currency (and United 

States dollar equivalent) used or to be used for such purpose 

in each applicable country. 

(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made available to the 

government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of 

part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector 

assistance, that country shall be required to maintain such 

funds in a separate account and not commingle with any other 

funds. 

(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—Such 

funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature of this 

assistance including provisions which are referenced in the 

Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 

accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 

98–1159). 

(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obligating 

any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 

President shall submit a notification through the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 

which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 

proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion 

of the United States interests that will be served by such 

assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such assistance). 

(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds may 

be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) only through 

the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this or any other Act 

with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed 

to restrict assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental 

organizations from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 

4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from funds 

appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before using the authority of 

this subsection to furnish assistance in support of programs of 

nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations pursuant to the regular notification 

procedures, including a description of the program to be assisted, 

the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such 

assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection shall 

be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against 

abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any other 

Act. 
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(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2019, restrictions contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for 

a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance under the 

Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): 

Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to carry out title 

I of such Act and made available pursuant to this subsection may 

be obligated or expended except as provided through the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 

(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 

assistance to countries that support international terrorism; 

or 

(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 

assistance to the government of a country that violates internationally recognized human rights. 

LOCAL COMPETITION

SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO COMPETITION

FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

made available to the United States Agency for International 

Development may only be made available for limited competitions 

through local entities if— 

(1) prior to the determination to limit competition to local 

entities, USAID has— 

(A) assessed the level of local capacity to effectively 

implement, manage, and account for programs included 

in such competition; and 

(B) documented the written results of the assessment 

and decisions made; and 

(2) prior to making an award after limiting competition 

to local entities— 

(A) each successful local entity has been determined 

to be responsible in accordance with USAID guidelines; 

and 

(B) effective monitoring and evaluation systems are 

in place to ensure that award funding is used for its 

intended purposes; and 

(3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 

(b) REPORT.—In addition to the requirements of subsection 

(a)(1), the USAID Administrator shall report to the appropriate 

congressional committees not later than 45 days after the end 

of fiscal year 2019 on all awards subject to limited or no competition 

for local entities: Provided, That such report shall be posted on 

the USAID website: Provided further, That the requirements of this subsection shall only apply to awards in excess of $3,000,000 

and sole source awards to local entities in excess of $2,000,000. 

(c) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 7077 of 

the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall 

continue in effect during fiscal year 2019. 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.—The Secretary of 

the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director 
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of each international financial institution to seek to require that 

such institution adopts and implements a publicly available policy, 

including the strategic use of peer reviews and external experts, 

to conduct independent, in-depth evaluations of the effectiveness 

of at least 25 percent of all loans, grants, programs, and significant 

analytical non-lending activities in advancing the institution’s goals 

of reducing poverty and promoting equitable economic growth, consistent with relevant safeguards, to ensure that decisions to support 

such loans, grants, programs, and activities are based on accurate 

data and objective analysis: Provided, That not later than 45 days 

after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report 

to the Committees on Appropriations on steps taken in fiscal year 

2018 by the United States executive directors and the international 

financial institutions consistent with this subsection compared to 

the previous fiscal year. 

(b) SAFEGUARDS.— 

(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 

States Executive Director of the International Bank for 

Reconstruction and Development and the International 

Development Association to vote against any loan, grant, policy, 

or strategy if such institution has adopted and is implementing 

any social or environmental safeguard relevant to such loan, 

grant, policy, or strategy that provides less protection than 

World Bank safeguards in effect on September 30, 2015. 

(2) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the 

United States executive director of each international financial 

institution to vote against loans or other financing for projects 

unless such projects— 

(A) provide for accountability and transparency, 

including the collection, verification and publication of 

beneficial ownership information related to extractive 

industries and on-site monitoring during the life of the 

project; 

(B) will be developed and carried out in accordance 

with best practices regarding environmental conservation; 

cultural protection; and empowerment of local populations, 

including free, prior and informed consent of affected 

indigenous communities; 

(C) do not provide incentives for, or facilitate, forced 

displacement; and 

(D) do not partner with or otherwise involve enterprises 

owned or controlled by the armed forces. 

(c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appropriated under title 

V of this Act may be made as payment to any international financial 

institution while the United States executive director to such 

institution is compensated by the institution at a rate which, 

together with whatever compensation such executive director 

receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 

for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive 

Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or 

while any alternate United States executive director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the 

rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V 

of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 

States Code. 

(d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

instruct the United States executive director of each international 
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financial institution to promote human rights due diligence and 

risk management, as appropriate, in connection with any loan, 

grant, policy, or strategy of such institution in accordance with 

the criteria specified under this subsection in Senate Report 115– 

282: Provided, That prior to voting on any such loan, grant, policy, 

or strategy the executive director shall consult with the Assistant 

Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department 

of State, if the executive director has reason to believe that such 

loan, grant, policy, or strategy could result in forced displacement 

or other violation of human rights. 

(e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to promote in loan, grant, and other 

financing agreements improvements in borrowing countries’ financial management and judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, 

and punish fraud and corruption. 

(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The Secretary of the 

Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of 

each international financial institution to seek to require that such 

institution collects, verifies, and publishes, to the maximum extent 

practicable, beneficial ownership information (excluding proprietary 

information) for any corporation or limited liability company, other 

than a publicly listed company, that receives funds from any such 

financial institution: Provided, That not later than 45 days after 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 

Committees on Appropriations on steps taken in fiscal year 2018 

by the United States executive directors and the international financial institutions consistent with this subsection compared to the 

previous fiscal year. 

(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of the 

Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of 

each international financial institution to seek to require that each 

such institution is effectively implementing and enforcing policies 

and procedures which reflect best practices for the protection of 

whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices for— 

(1) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful 

public disclosure; 

(2) legal burdens of proof; 

(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation; 

(4) access to independent adjudicative bodies, including 

external arbitration; and 

(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven retaliation. 

DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 7030. In order to enhance the continued participation 

of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debtfor-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a 

grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for International 

Development may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

which accrue to that organization as a result of economic assistance 

provided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, any 

interest earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose 

for which the assistance was provided to that organization. 
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— 

(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act may 

be made available for direct government-to-government assistance only if— 

(A)(i) each implementing agency or ministry to receive 

assistance has been assessed and is considered to have 

the systems required to manage such assistance and any 

identified vulnerabilities or weaknesses of such agency or 

ministry have been addressed; 

(ii) the recipient agency or ministry employs and utilizes staff with the necessary technical, financial, and 

management capabilities; 

(iii) the recipient agency or ministry has adopted 

competitive procurement policies and systems; 

(iv) effective monitoring and evaluation systems are 

in place to ensure that such assistance is used for its 

intended purposes; 

(v) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed; and 

(vi) the government of the recipient country is taking 

steps to publicly disclose on an annual basis its national 

budget, to include income and expenditures; 

(B) the recipient government is in compliance with 

the principles set forth in section 7013 of this Act; 

(C) the recipient agency or ministry is not headed 

or controlled by an organization designated as a foreign 

terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); 

(D) the Government of the United States and the 

government of the recipient country have agreed, in 

writing, on clear and achievable objectives for the use of 

such assistance, which should be made available on a costreimbursable basis; and 

(E) the recipient government is taking steps to protect 

the rights of civil society, including freedoms of expression, 

association, and assembly. 

(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In addition to the 

requirements in paragraph (1), no funds may be made available 

for direct government-to-government assistance without prior 

consultation with, and notification of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such notification shall contain an 

explanation of how the proposed activity meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Provided further, That the requirements of this paragraph shall only apply to direct governmentto-government assistance in excess of $10,000,000 and all funds 

available for cash transfer, budget support, and cash payments 

to individuals. 

(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development or the 

Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend any direct 

government-to-government assistance if the Administrator or 

the Secretary has credible information of material misuse of 

such assistance, unless the Administrator or the Secretary 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations that it is in the 
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national interest of the United States to continue such assistance, including a justification, or that such misuse has been 

appropriately addressed. 

(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of State 

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent 

with the fiscal year 2020 congressional budget justification 

materials, amounts planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 

and type of assistance. 

(5) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of 

this Act and every 6 months thereafter until September 30, 

2020, the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations a report that— 

(A) details all assistance described in paragraph (1) 

provided during the previous 6-month period by country, 

funding amount, source of funds, and type of such assistance; and 

(B) the type of procurement instrument or mechanism 

utilized and whether the assistance was provided on a 

reimbursable basis. 

(6) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.—None of the 

funds made available by this Act may be used by the government of any foreign country for debt service payments owed 

by any country to any international financial institution. 

(b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANSPARENCY.— 

(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.— 

The Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen 

the ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each 

government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, as 

identified in the report required by section 7031(b) of the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 

76). 

(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph (1), ‘‘minimum 

requirements of fiscal transparency’’ are requirements consistent with those in subsection (a)(1), and the public disclosure 

of national budget documentation (to include receipts and 

expenditures by ministry) and government contracts and 

licenses for natural resource extraction (to include bidding and 

concession allocation practices). 

(3) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each government 

identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, 

not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, shall 

make or update any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ 

or ‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 

publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ 

to be posted on the Department of State website: Provided, 

That the Secretary shall identify the significant progress made 

by each such government to publicly disclose national budget 

documentation, contracts, and licenses which are additional 

to such information disclosed in previous fiscal years, and 

include specific recommendations of short- and long-term steps 

such government should take to improve fiscal transparency: 

Provided further, That the annual report shall include a 

detailed description of how funds appropriated by this Act 
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are being used to improve fiscal transparency, and identify 

benchmarks for measuring progress. 

(4) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under title III of this 

Act shall be made available for programs and activities to 

assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 

improve budget transparency and to support civil society 

organizations in such countries that promote budget transparency: Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 

funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 

That a description of the uses of such funds shall be included 

in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ required by paragraph (3). 

(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

(1) INELIGIBILITY.— 

(A) Officials of foreign governments and their immediate family members about whom the Secretary of State 

has credible information have been involved in significant 

corruption, including corruption related to the extraction 

of natural resources, or a gross violation of human rights 

shall be ineligible for entry into the United States. 

(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or privately designate or identify officials of foreign governments and their 

immediate family members about whom the Secretary has 

such credible information without regard to whether the 

individual has applied for a visa. 

(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineligible if entry 

into the United States would further important United States 

law enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit the United 

States to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Headquarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) 

shall be construed to derogate from United States Government 

obligations under applicable international agreements. 

(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the application of 

paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the waiver would 

serve a compelling national interest or that the circumstances 

which caused the individual to be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 

(4) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report, 

including a classified annex if necessary, to the Committees 

on Appropriations and the Committees on the Judiciary 

describing the information related to corruption or violation 

of human rights concerning each of the individuals found ineligible in the previous 12 months pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) 

as well as the individuals who the Secretary designated or 

identified pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for the application of paragraph (2), a list of any 

waivers provided under paragraph (3), and the justification 

for each waiver. 

(5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified portion of the 

report required under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 

Department of State website. 

(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B), (4), 

and (5), the records of the Department of State and of diplomatic and consular offices of the United States pertaining to 

the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 

States shall not be considered confidential. 
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(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

made available to promote and support transparency and 

accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the 

extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening 

implementation and monitoring of the Extractive Industries 

Transparency Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 

8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 

Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) and the amendments made by 

such section, and to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, 

and provide technical assistance to promote independent audit 

mechanisms and support civil society participation in natural 

resource management. 

(2) UNITED STATES POLICY.— 

(A) The Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the 

management of the international financial institutions, and 

post on the Department of the Treasury website, that it 

is the policy of the United States to vote against any 

assistance by such institutions (including any loan, credit, 

grant, or guarantee) to any country for the extraction and 

export of a natural resource if the government of such 

country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures to 

prevent or limit the public disclosure of company payments 

as required by United States law, and unless such government has adopted laws, regulations, or procedures in the 

sector in which assistance is being considered for— 

(i) accurately accounting for and public disclosure 

of payments to the host government by companies 

involved in the extraction and export of natural 

resources; 

(ii) the independent auditing of accounts receiving 

such payments and public disclosure of the findings 

of such audits; and 

(iii) public disclosure of such documents as Host 

Government Agreements, Concession Agreements, and 

bidding documents, allowing in any such dissemination 

or disclosure for the redaction of, or exceptions for, 

information that is commercially proprietary or that 

would create competitive disadvantage. 

(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not 

apply to assistance for the purpose of building the capacity 

of such government to meet the requirements of this 

subparagraph. 

(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under titles I and II, and funds made available for any independent agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be made available 

to support the provision of additional information on United States 

Government foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign 

assistance website: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded 

under this Act shall provide such information on foreign assistance, 

upon request, to the Department of State. 

DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

Law Enforcement’’, not less than $2,400,000,000 shall be made 

available for democracy programs. 

(2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available for democracy 

programs under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ pursuant 

to paragraph (1), not less than $89,540,000 shall be made 

available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

Labor, Department of State, at not less than the amounts 

specified for certain countries and regional programs designated 

in the table under this section in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 

(b) AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) Funds made available by this Act for democracy programs pursuant to subsection (a) and under the heading 

‘‘National Endowment for Democracy’’ may be made available 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, and with regard 

to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any regulation. 

(2) Funds made available by this Act for the NED are 

made available pursuant to the authority of the National 

Endowment for Democracy Act (title V of Public Law 98– 

164), including all decisions regarding the selection of beneficiaries. 

(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For purposes of 

funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ 

means programs that support good governance, credible and 

competitive elections, freedom of expression, association, assembly, 

and religion, human rights, labor rights, independent media, and 

the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 

democratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental 

organizations and institutions, and citizens to support the development of democratic states and institutions that are responsive and 

accountable to citizens. 

(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made available pursuant 

to this section that are made available for programs to strengthen 

government institutions shall be prioritized for those institutions 

that demonstrate a commitment to democracy and the rule of law, 

as determined by the Secretary of State or the Administrator of 

the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate. 

(e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect to the 

provision of assistance for democracy programs in this Act, the 

organizations implementing such assistance, the specific nature 

of that assistance, and the participants in such programs shall 

not be subject to the prior approval by the government of any 

foreign country: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in coordination with the USAID Administrator, shall report to the Committees 

on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment of 

this Act, detailing steps taken by the Department of State and 

USAID to comply with the requirements of this subsection. 

(f) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.—USAID shall continue to implement civil society and political competition and consensus building programs abroad with funds appropriated by this 
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Act in a manner that recognizes the unique benefits of grants 

and cooperative agreements in implementing such programs: Provided, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to affect 

the ability of any entity, including United States small businesses, 

from competing for proposals for USAID-funded civil society and 

political competition and consensus building programs. 

(g) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.— 

The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 

Department of State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endowment for Democracy of democracy 

programs that are planned and supported by funds made available 

by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

(h) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND JOURNALISTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than 

$15,000,000 shall be made available to support and protect civil 

society activists and journalists who have been threatened, harassed, or attacked, consistent with the action plan submitted pursuant to, and on the same terms and conditions of, section 7032(i) 

of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115– 

141). 

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICE AND

SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.— 

(1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 

for the Office of International Religious Freedom, Bureau of 

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, 

and the Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia, 

as authorized in the Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–161), including 

for support staff at not less than the amounts specified for 

such offices in the table under such heading in the joint 

explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 

(2) CURRICULUM.—Funds appropriated under the heading 

‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and designated for the Office of International Religious Freedom shall be made available for the 

development and implementation of an international religious 

freedom curriculum in accordance with section 708(a)(2) of the 

Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028(a)(2)). 

(b) ASSISTANCE.— (1) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROGRAMS.—Of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy 

Fund’’ and available for the Human Rights and Democracy 

Fund, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 

international religious freedom programs: Provided, That the 

Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom shall 

consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the uses 

of such funds. 

(2) PROTECTION AND INVESTIGATION PROGRAMS.—Of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic 
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Support Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for programs to protect vulnerable and persecuted religious 

minorities: Provided, That a portion of such funds shall be 

made available for programs to investigate the persecution 

of such minorities by governments and non-state actors and 

for the public dissemination of information collected on such 

persecution, including on the Department of State website. 

(3) HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and 

‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available 

for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted religious minorities, including victims of genocide designated by 

the Secretary of State and other groups that have suffered 

crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, to— 

(A) facilitate the implementation of an immediate, 

coordinated, and sustained response to provide humanitarian assistance; 

(B) enhance protection of conflict victims, including 

those facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution because of their faith or ethnicity; 

(C) improve access to secure locations for obtaining 

humanitarian and resettlement services; and 

(D) build resilience and help reestablish livelihoods 

for displaced and persecuted persons in their communities 

of origin. 

(4) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE, RECONCILIATION, AND REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act that are made available for the Relief and Recovery Fund, 

not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to support 

transitional justice, reconciliation, and reintegration programs 

for vulnerable and persecuted religious minorities, including 

in the Middle East and North Africa regions: Provided, That 

such funds shall be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, from sources other than the United States Government. 

(5) RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—Funds made available by 

paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be the responsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in consultation with other relevant United States Government officials. 

(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available for programs related to international religious freedom, including reporting 

on the condition of vulnerable and persecuted religious groups. 

(d) FUNDING CLARIFICATION.— 

(1) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) are 

in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes. 

(2) Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

and related programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’ may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law for assistance for ethnic and religious minorities 

in Iraq and Syria. 
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND

DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in titles III and VI of 

this Act that are made available for victims of war, displaced 

children, displaced Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons 

and assist victims of such trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 

(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $10,000,000 shall be 

made available for forensic anthropology assistance related to 

the exhumation and identification of victims of war crimes, 

crimes against humanity, and genocide, which shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 

and Labor, Department of State: Provided, That such funds 

shall be in addition to funds made available by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs for assistance for countries. 

(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not 

less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for DNA forensic 

technology programs to combat human trafficking in Central 

America and Mexico. 

(c) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 

$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to prevent atrocities, including to implement recommendations of the Atrocities 

Prevention Board, or any successor entity: Provided, That the Under 

Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, 

Department of State, shall be responsible for providing the strategic 

policy direction for, and policy oversight of, funds made available 

pursuant to this subsection to the Bureaus of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and Democracy, Human Rights, 

and Labor, Department of State: Provided further, That funds made 

available pursuant to this subsection are in addition to amounts 

otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(d) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by the Bureau 

for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 

States Agency for International Development, from this or any 

other Act, may be made available as a general contribution to 

the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law. 

(e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— (1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

Central Asia’’ shall be made available to carry out the Program 

for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized by 

the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 

1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 

(2) GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SITES.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 
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the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 

made available as contributions to establish and maintain 

memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the amounts made available by title I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 may be made available for grants pursuant to section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate 

collaboration with indigenous communities, and up to 

$1,000,000 may be made available for grants to carry out the 

activities of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 

(4) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator may use funds 

appropriated by this Act under title III to make innovation 

incentive awards: Provided, That each individual award may 

not exceed $100,000: Provided further, That no more than 10 

such awards may be made during fiscal year 2019: Provided 

further, That for purposes of this paragraph the term ‘‘innovation incentive award’’ means the provision of funding on a 

competitive basis that— 

(A) encourages and rewards the development of solutions for a particular, well-defined problem related to the 

alleviation of poverty; or 

(B) helps identify and promote a broad range of ideas 

and practices facilitating further development of an idea 

or practice by third parties. 

(5) EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.—None of the funds made 

available by this Act may be used to modify the Exchange 

Visitor Program administered by the Department of State to 

implement the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961, as amended, (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 

et seq.), except through the formal rulemaking process pursuant 

to the Administrative Procedure Act and notwithstanding the 

exceptions to such rulemaking process in such Act: Provided, 

That funds made available for such purpose shall only be 

made available after consultation with, and subject to the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, regarding how any proposed modification would affect 

the public diplomacy goals of, and the estimated economic 

impact on, the United States. 

(6) REPORT.—The report required by section 502(d) of the 

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division 

N of Public Law 115–31; 22 U.S.C. 254a note) shall be provided 

to the Committees on Appropriations. 

(7) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 

for private sector partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain 

available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds made 

available pursuant to this paragraph may only be made available following prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, and the regular notification procedures of 

the Committees on Appropriations. 

(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner vetting 

program, or making significant changes to the scope of an existing 
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partner vetting program, the Secretary of State and USAID 

Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2019, the President 

may use up to $125,000,000 under the authority of section 451 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law. 

(h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Secretary of State 

should withhold funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 

assistance for the central government of any country that is not 

taking appropriate steps to comply with the Convention on the 

Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions, done at the Hague 

on October 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 

to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of withholding 

funds under this subsection. 

(i) CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROJECT DETERMINATION.—None 

of the funds appropriated in titles I and III of this Act may be 

used for the preservation of religious sites unless the Secretary 

of State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines 

and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such sites 

are historically, artistically, or culturally significant, that the purpose of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit the free 

exercise of religion, and that the project is in the national interest 

of the United States. 

(j) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION.— 

The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, funds 

under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials’’ 

unobligated balances of expired funds appropriated under the 

heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for fiscal year 2019, except for 

funds designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, at no later 

than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year 

for which such funds are available for the purposes for which 

appropriated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may be 

transferred. 

(k) AUTHORITY TO COUNTER EXTREMISM.—Funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to 

counter extremism may be made available notwithstanding any 

other provision of law restricting assistance to foreign countries, 

except sections 502B and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961: Provided, That the use of the authority of this subsection 

shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, and the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

(l) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF DIPLOMATIC

MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 7034(k) of 

the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 

continue in effect during fiscal year 2019. 

(m) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act 

of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

(2) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
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Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall remain in effect through 

September 30, 2019. 

(3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIVER.—Section 

625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

2019’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMITATION.— 

(A) Subject to the limitation described in subparagraph 

(B), the authority provided by section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall 

remain in effect through September 30, 2019. 

(B) The authority described in subparagraph (A) may 

not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign 

Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a localitybased comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 

exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would 

be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 

5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station 

were in the District of Columbia. 

(5) CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign Operations, 

Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 

(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 

(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2018’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2018, and 2019’’; and 

(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2018’’ each place 

it appears and inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 

(B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) in subsection 

(b)(2), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 

(6) INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIVER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212) shall remain in effect 

through September 30, 2019. 

(7) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 

and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall 

remain in effect for facilities in Afghanistan through September 

30, 2019, except that the notification and reporting requirements contained in such section shall include the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(8) SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANISTAN

RECONSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE STATUS.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, any employee of the Special Inspector 

General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 

at least 12 months of continuous service after the date of 

enactment of this Act or who is employed on the date on 

which SIGAR terminates, whichever occurs first, shall acquire 

competitive status for appointment to any position in the 

competitive service for which the employee possesses the 

required qualifications. 

(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) 

shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2019. 
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(10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL WAIVER

AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General of the Department of State 

may waive the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) of 

section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

4064) on a case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed 

by the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject to 

the same constraints and in the same manner by which the 

Secretary of State may exercise such waiver authority pursuant 

to subsection (g) of such section. 

(11) EXTENSION OF LOAN GUARANTEES TO ISRAEL.—Chapter 

5 of title I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 576) is amended 

under the heading ‘‘Loan Guarantees to Israel’’— 

(A) in the matter preceding the first proviso, by striking 

‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’; 

and 

(B) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘September 30, 

2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 

(n) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act that are available for monitoring and evaluation of assistance 

under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, 

as appropriate, be made available for the regular collection of feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries on the quality and relevance of such assistance: Provided, That the Department of State 

and USAID shall establish procedures for implementing partners 

that receive funds under such headings for regularly collecting 

and responding to such feedback, informing the Department of 

State and USAID of such procedures, and reporting to the Department of State and USAID on actions taken in response to the 

feedback received: Provided further, That the Department of State 

and USAID shall regularly conduct oversight to ensure that such 

feedback is regularly collected and used by implementing partners 

to maximize the cost-effectiveness and utility of such assistance. 

(o) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds available in 

the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund established pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) 

may be made available for pharmaceuticals and other products 

for child survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent 

as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to the 

terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That the authority 

in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 

and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 2005 (Public Law 108– 

447) shall be exercised by the Assistant Administrator for Global 

Health, USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/ 

AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall include 

in the congressional budget justification an accounting of budgetary 

resources, disbursements, balances, and reimbursements related 

to such fund. 

(p) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 

(1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under the 

headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

Eurasia and Central Asia’’ by this Act and prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
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and related programs may be made available for the costs, 

as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and 

Ukraine, which are authorized to be provided: Provided, That 

amounts made available under this paragraph for the costs 

of such guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 

purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country. 

(2) DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds made available 

pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs that were previously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

of such Act. 

(3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of this subsection shall be 

subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

committees, and subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(q) LOCAL WORKS.— 

(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not 

less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for Local Works 

pursuant to section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 

(division J of Public Law 113–235), which may remain available 

until September 30, 2023. 

(2) For the purposes of section 7080 of the Department 

of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eligible 

entities’’ shall be defined as small local, international, and 

United States-based nongovernmental organizations, educational institutions, and other small entities that have received 

less than a total of $5,000,000 from USAID over the previous 

5 fiscal years: Provided, That departments or centers of such 

educational institutions may be considered individually in 

determining such eligibility. 

(r) DEFINITIONS.— 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—Unless 

otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the 

term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the 

Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 

Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 

Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND PRIOR ACTS.— Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act 

the term ‘‘funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

and related programs’’ means funds that remain available for 

obligation, and have not expired. 

(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—In this Act 

‘‘international financial institutions’’ means the International 

Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International 
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Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International 

Monetary Fund, the International Fund for Agricultural 

Development, the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American 

Investment Corporation, the North American Development 

Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 

and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 

(4) SOUTHERN KORDOFAN REFERENCE.—Any reference to 

Southern Kordofan in this or any other Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs shall be deemed to include portions of Western 

Kordofan that were previously part of Southern Kordofan prior 

to the 2013 division of Southern Kordofan. 

(5) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ means the 

United States Agency for International Development. 

(6) SPEND PLAN.—In this Act, the term ‘‘spend plan’’ means 

a plan for the uses of funds appropriated for a particular 

entity, country, program, purpose, or account and which shall 

include, at a minimum, a description of— 

(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria for measuring progress, and a timeline for achieving such goals; 

(B) amounts and sources of funds by account; 

(C) how such funds will complement other ongoing 

or planned programs; and 

(D) implementing partners, to the maximum extent 

practicable. 

(7) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.—References 

to the ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors, International Broadcasting Operations’’ account in any provision of law shall be 

construed to include the ‘‘United States Agency for Global 

Media’’ account in Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs: Provided, That references to the ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ 

or ‘‘BBG’’ in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

programs shall be construed to include the ‘‘United States 

Agency for Global Media’’ or ‘‘USAGM’’. 

ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

SEC. 7035. It is the sense of the Congress that— 

(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 

boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, 

is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States 

investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 

reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

(3) all Arab League states should normalize relations with 

their neighbor Israel; 

(4) the President and the Secretary of State should continue 

to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and 

find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for 

example, taking into consideration the participation of any 
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recipient country in the boycott when determining to sell 

weapons to said country; and 

(5) the President should report to Congress annually on 

specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage 

Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel 

to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott 

of Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 

from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses 

that do comply. 

PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

SEC. 7036. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds 

appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be provided 

to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

that— 

(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state— 

(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful 

co-existence with the State of Israel; and 

(B) is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism 

and terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, 

including the dismantling of terrorist infrastructures, and 

is cooperating with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate security organizations; and 

(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing entity of 

a new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in 

the region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, 

lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will 

enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist 

within the context of full and normal relationships, which 

should include— 

(A) termination of all claims or states of belligerency; 

(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the sovereignty, 

territorial integrity, and political independence of every 

state in the area through measures including the establishment of demilitarized zones; 

(C) their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force; 

(D) freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area; and 

(E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of 

the refugee problem. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the rule 

of law, an independent judiciary, and respect for human rights 

for its citizens, and should enact other laws and regulations 

assuring transparent and accountable governance. 

(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) if the 

President determines that it is important to the national security 

interest of the United States to do so. 

(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) shall not 

apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian 

Authority and affiliated institutions, or the governing entity, in 

order to help meet the requirements of subsection (a), consistent 
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with the provisions of section 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on 

Assistance for the Palestinian Authority’’). 

RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

SEC. 7037. None of the funds appropriated under titles II 

through VI of this Act may be obligated or expended to create 

in any part of Jerusalem a new office of any department or agency 

of the United States Government for the purpose of conducting 

official United States Government business with the Palestinian 

Authority over Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to the acquisition of additional space for the existing Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meetings between officers and 

employees of the United States and officials of the Palestinian 

Authority, or any successor Palestinian governing entity provided 

for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles, for the purpose 

of conducting official United States Government business with such 

authority should continue to take place in locations other than 

Jerusalem: Provided further, That as has been true in the past, 

officers and employees of the United States Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians 

(including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian 

Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental discussions. 

PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING

CORPORATION

SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, technical 

support, consulting services, or any other form of assistance to 

the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 

ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2019, 30 days prior 

to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and 

Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that procedures have been established to 

assure the Comptroller General of the United States will have 

access to appropriate United States financial information in order 

to review the uses of United States assistance for the Program 

funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West 

Bank and Gaza. 

(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall 

take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance is not 

provided to or through any individual, private or government entity, 

or educational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged 

in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or educational institutions, those that have as a principal officer of the 

entity’s governing board or governing board of trustees any individual that has been determined to be involved in, or advocating 

terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a designated 

foreign terrorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 
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shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to 

be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational institution which 

the Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

(c) PROHIBITION.— 

(1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.—None of the 

funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act 

for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza Program may 

be made available for— 

(A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring 

individuals who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism; and 

(B) any educational institution located in the West 

Bank or Gaza that is named after an individual who the 

Secretary of State determines has committed an act of 

terrorism. 

(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 

made available by this or prior appropriations Acts, including 

funds made available by transfer, may be made available for 

obligation for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza 

until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been established for 

security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and reports 

on the extent of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

(d) OVERSIGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 

(1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 

International Development shall ensure that Federal or nonFederal audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant 

subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank and 

Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an annual basis 

to ensure, among other things, compliance with this section. 

(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up to $1,000,000 

may be used by the Office of Inspector General of the United 

States Agency for International Development for audits, investigations, and other activities in furtherance of the requirements of this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in 

addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes. 

(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES AUDIT.— 

Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit and 

an investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses of all funds 

for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds 

provided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2019 under 

the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such audit shall 

address— 

(1) the extent to which such Program complies with the 

requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and 

(2) an examination of all programs, projects, and activities 

carried out under such Program, including both obligations 

and expenditures. 

(f) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made available in this 

Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
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LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds 

appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 

4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated 

or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian 

Authority. 

(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection (a) shall 

not apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of 

the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the 

Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that waiving such 

prohibition is important to the national security interest of the 

United States. 

(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiver pursuant 

to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of 

6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after 

the enactment of this Act. 

(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations detailing the justification for 

the waiver, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and 

the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds are 

properly disbursed: Provided, That the report shall also detail the 

steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the waiver 

authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of State must certify 

and report to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Palestinian Authority has established a 

single treasury account for all Palestinian Authority financing and 

all financing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority 

treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil service 

roster and payroll, and the Palestinian Authority is acting to 

counter incitement of violence against Israelis and is supporting 

activities aimed at promoting peace, coexistence, and security 

cooperation with Israel. 

(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE LIBERATION

ORGANIZATION.— 

(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III through 

VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries of personnel of 

the Palestinian Authority located in Gaza or may be obligated 

or expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity effectively 

controlled by Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 

Hamas is a member, or that results from an agreement with 

Hamas and over which Hamas exercises undue influence. 

(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing government only 

if the President certifies and reports to the Committees on 

Appropriations that such government, including all of its ministers or such equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and 

(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. 

(3) The President may exercise the authority in section 

620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by 

the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

446) with respect to this subsection. 
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(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to paragraph (2) 

is exercised, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of the certification and every quarter thereafter on whether such government, including all of its ministers or such equivalent are 

continuing to comply with the principles contained in section 

620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

as amended: Provided, That the report shall also detail the 

amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

provided pursuant to the abovementioned certification and a 

full accounting of any direct support of such government. 

(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles III through 

VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine 

Liberation Organization. 

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

(1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act that are available for assistance for Egypt may be 

made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 

restricting assistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 

section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and may 

only be made available for assistance for the Government of 

Egypt if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 

Committees on Appropriations that such government is— 

(A) sustaining the strategic relationship with the 

United States; and 

(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel 

Peace Treaty. 

(2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 

(A) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up to 

$112,500,000 may be made available for assistance for 

Egypt, of which not less than $35,000,000 should be made 

available for higher education programs including not less 

than $10,000,000 for scholarships for Egyptian students 

with high financial need to attend not-for-profit institutions 

of higher education: Provided, That such funds shall be 

made available for democracy programs, and for development programs in the Sinai: Provided further, That such 

funds may not be made available for cash transfer assistance or budget support unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Egypt is taking consistent 

and effective steps to stabilize the economy and implement 

market-based economic reforms. 

(B) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of State shall withhold from obligation funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for 

Egypt, an amount of such funds that the Secretary determines to be equivalent to that expended by the United 

States Government for bail, and by nongovernmental 

organizations for legal and court fees, associated with 

democracy-related trials in Egypt until the Secretary certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

that the Government of Egypt has dismissed the convictions 
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issued by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in 

‘‘Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012’’, 

and has not subjected the defendants to further prosecution 

or if convicted they have been granted full pardons. 

(C) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by 

this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may 

be made available for a contribution, voluntary or otherwise, to the ‘‘Civil Associations and Foundations Support 

Fund’’, or any similar fund, established pursuant to Law 

70 on Associations and Other Foundations Working in the 

Field of Civil Work published in the Official Gazette of 

Egypt on May 29, 2017. 

(3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 

(A) CERTIFICATION.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, up to $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, may be made available for assistance 

for Egypt: Provided, That such funds may be transferred 

to an interest bearing account in the Federal Reserve Bank 

of New York, following consultation with the Committees 

on Appropriations: Provided further, That $300,000,000 of 

such funds shall be withheld from obligation until the 

Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt is taking 

sustained and effective steps to— 

(i) advance democracy and human rights in Egypt, 

including to govern democratically and protect religious 

minorities and the rights of women, which are in addition to steps taken during the previous calendar year 

for such purposes; 

(ii) implement reforms that protect freedoms of 

expression, association, and peaceful assembly, 

including the ability of civil society organizations, 

human rights defenders, and the media to function 

without interference; 

(iii) release political prisoners and provide 

detainees with due process of law; 

(iv) hold Egyptian security forces accountable, 

including officers credibly alleged to have violated 

human rights; 

(v) investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial 

killings and forced disappearances; and 

(vi) provide regular access for United States officials to monitor such assistance in areas where the 

assistance is used: 

Provided further, That the certification requirement of this 

paragraph shall not apply to funds appropriated by this 

Act under such heading for counterterrorism, border security, and nonproliferation programs for Egypt. 

(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 

certification requirement in subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is important to the national security 

interest of the United States, and submits a report to 

such Committees containing a detailed justification for the 
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use of such waiver and the reasons why any of the requirements of subparagraph (A) cannot be met, and including 

an assessment of the compliance of the Government of 

Egypt with United Nations Security Council Resolution 

2270 and other such resolutions regarding North Korea: 

Provided, That the report required by this paragraph shall 

be submitted in unclassified form, but may be accompanied 

by a classified annex. 

(4) OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of State shall 

take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in 

place for monitoring, oversight, and control of funds made available by this subsection for assistance for Egypt. 

(5) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall consult 

with the Committees on Appropriations on any plan to restructure military assistance for Egypt. 

(b) IRAN.— 

(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

Programs’’ shall be used by the Secretary of State— 

(A) to support the United States policy to prevent 

Iran from achieving the capability to produce or otherwise 

obtain a nuclear weapon; 

(B) to support an expeditious response to any violation 

of United Nations Security Council Resolutions or to efforts 

that advance Iran’s nuclear program; 

(C) to support the implementation and enforcement 

of sanctions against Iran for support of nuclear weapons 

development, terrorism, human rights abuses, and ballistic 

missile and weapons proliferation; and 

(D) for democracy programs for Iran, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, 

Department of State, in consultation with the Assistant 

Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 

Department of State. 

(2) CONTINUATION OF PROHIBITION.—The terms and conditions of section 7041(c)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 

(division I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect during 

fiscal year 2019. 

(3) REPORTS.— 

(A) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations the semiannual report required by section 135 of the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by section 

2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (Public 

Law 114–17). 

(B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 

submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

report on the status of the implementation and enforcement 

of bilateral United States and multilateral sanctions 

against Iran and actions taken by the United States and 

the international community to enforce such sanctions 

against Iran: Provided, That the report shall also include 
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any entities involved in providing significant support for 

the development of a ballistic missile by the Government 

of Iran after October 1, 2015, including shipping and 

financing, and note whether such entities are currently 

under United States sanctions: Provided further, That such 

report shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may 

contain a classified annex if necessary. 

(c) IRAQ.— 

(1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 

IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Iraq 

for— 

(A) bilateral economic assistance and international 

security assistance, including for the Marla Ruzicka Iraqi 

War Victims Fund; 

(B) stabilization assistance at not less than the 

amounts specified for such purpose in the table under 

this subsection in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act; 

(C) humanitarian assistance, including in the 

Kurdistan Region of Iraq; and 

(D) programs to protect and assist religious and ethnic 

minority populations in Iraq. 

(2) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used 

by the Government of the United States to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement between the United States and 

Iraq. 

(d) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles 

III and IV, not less than $1,525,000,000 shall be made available 

for assistance for Jordan, of which: not less than $1,082,400,000 

shall be made available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’, of which not less than $745,100,000 shall be made available 

for budget support for the Government of Jordan; and not less 

than $425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 

(e) LEBANON.— 

(1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act may be made available for the Lebanese Internal Security 

Forces (ISF) or the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) if the ISF 

or the LAF is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, 

as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

(2) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the headings ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are available for assistance for Lebanon may be made available for 

programs and equipment for the ISF and the LAF to address 

security and stability requirements in areas affected by the 

conflict in Syria, following consultation with the appropriate 

congressional committees. 

(3) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are available for assistance for Lebanon may be made available notwithstanding section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 2346 

note). 
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(4) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—In addition 

to the activities described in paragraph (2), funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

Program’’ for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 

only to professionalize the LAF and to strengthen border security and combat terrorism, including training and equipping 

the LAF to secure Lebanon’s borders, interdicting arms shipments, preventing the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for 

terrorist groups, and to implement United Nations Security 

Council Resolution 1701: Provided, That funds may not be 

obligated for assistance for the LAF until the Secretary of 

State submits to the Committees on Appropriations a spend 

plan, including actions to be taken to ensure equipment provided to the LAF is only used for the intended purposes, except 

such plan may not be considered as meeting the notification 

requirements under section 7015 of this Act or under section 

634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be submitted not later than September 1, 2019: Provided further, 

That any notification submitted pursuant to such sections shall 

include any funds specifically intended for lethal military equipment. 

(f) LIBYA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 

IV of this Act shall be made available for stabilization assistance for Libya, including border security: Provided, That the 

limitation on the uses of funds for certain infrastructure 

projects in section 7041(f)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 

(division K of Public Law 113–76) shall apply to such funds. 

(2) CERTIFICATION.—Prior to the initial obligation of funds 

made available by this Act for assistance for Libya, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees 

on Appropriations that all practicable steps have been taken 

to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of such funds. 

(3) COOPERATION ON THE SEPTEMBER 2012 ATTACK ON

UNITED STATES PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES.—None of the funds 

appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance 

for the central Government of Libya unless the Secretary of 

State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

that such government is cooperating with United States 

Government efforts to investigate and bring to justice those 

responsible for the attack on United States personnel and facilities in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012: Provided, That 

the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to funds made 

available for the purpose of protecting United States Government personnel or facilities. 

(g) MOROCCO.— (1) AVAILABILITY AND CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds 

appropriated under title III of this Act shall be made available 

for assistance for the Western Sahara: Provided, That not later 

than 90 days after enactment of this Act and prior to the 

obligation of such funds, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the USAID Administrator, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses of such funds. 

(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 
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Financing Program’’ that are available for assistance for 

Morocco may only be used for the purposes requested in the 

Congressional Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal 

Year 2017. 

(h) REFUGEE ASSISTANCE IN NORTH AFRICA.—Not later than 

45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, after 

consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, 

shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

describing steps taken to strengthen monitoring of the delivery 

of humanitarian assistance provided for refugees in North Africa, 

including any steps taken to ensure that all vulnerable refugees 

are receiving such assistance. 

(i) SYRIA.— 

(1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, and 

‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, not less than $40,000,000 shall be 

made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

for non-lethal stabilization assistance for Syria, of which not 

less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for emergency 

medical and rescue response and chemical weapons use investigations. 

(2) SYRIAN ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act that are made available for assistance for Syria shall be 

made available, on an open and competitive basis, to continue 

to strengthen the capability of Syrian civil society organizations 

to address the immediate and long-term needs of the Syrian 

people in Syria in a manner that supports the sustainability 

of such organizations in implementing Syrian-led humanitarian 

and development programs: Provided, That funds made available by this paragraph shall be administered by the Bureau 

for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State. 

(3) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection— 

(A) may not be made available for a project or activity 

that supports or otherwise legitimizes the Government of 

Iran, foreign terrorist organizations (as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in Syria; and 

(B) should not be used in areas of Syria controlled 

by a government led by Bashar al-Assad or associated 

forces. 

(4) MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.—Prior to the obligation 

of funds appropriated by this Act and made available for assistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all practicable 

steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 

oversight, and control of such assistance inside Syria. 

(5) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available pursuant to this subsection may only be made available 

following consultation with the appropriate congressional 

committees, and shall be subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(j) TUNISIA.—Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $191,400,000 shall be made available 

for assistance for Tunisia. 

(k) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 
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(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the initial obligation 

of funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and 

Gaza, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees 

on Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance is to— 

(A) advance Middle East peace; 

(B) improve security in the region; 

(C) continue support for transparent and accountable 

government institutions; 

(D) promote a private sector economy; or 

(E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

(2) LIMITATIONS.— 

(A)(i) None of the funds appropriated under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act may be made 

available for assistance for the Palestinian Authority, if 

after the date of enactment of this Act— 

(I) the Palestinians obtain the same standing as 

member states or full membership as a state in the 

United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the 

Palestinians; or 

(II) the Palestinians initiate an International 

Criminal Court (ICC) judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, that 

subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged 

crimes against Palestinians. 

(ii) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

in clause (i) of this subparagraph resulting from the 

application of subclause (I) of such clause if the Secretary 

certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that to do 

so is in the national security interest of the United States, 

and submits a report to such Committees detailing how 

the waiver and the continuation of assistance would assist 

in furthering Middle East peace. 

(B)(i) The President may waive the provisions of section 

1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 

Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–204) if the President 

determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of 

the Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees 

that the Palestinians have not, after the date of enactment 

of this Act— 

(I) obtained in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof the same standing as member 

states or full membership as a state outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 

and 

(II) initiated or actively supported an ICC investigation against Israeli nationals for alleged crimes 

against Palestinians. 

(ii) Not less than 90 days after the President is unable 

to make the certification pursuant to clause (i) of this 

subparagraph, the President may waive section 1003 of 

Public Law 100–204 if the President determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 

Committees on Appropriations that the Palestinians have 
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entered into direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel: 

Provided, That any waiver of the provisions of section 

1003 of Public Law 100–204 under clause (i) of this 

subparagraph or under previous provisions of law must 

expire before the waiver under the preceding sentence may 

be exercised. 

(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subparagraph shall 

be effective for no more than a period of 6 months at 

a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the 

enactment of this Act. 

(3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall reduce the 

amount of assistance made available by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the Palestinian Authority 

by an amount the Secretary determines is equivalent to the 

amount expended by the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine 

Liberation Organization, and any successor or affiliated 

organizations with such entities as payments for acts of terrorism by individuals who are imprisoned after being fairly 

tried and convicted for acts of terrorism and by individuals 

who died committing acts of terrorism during the previous 

calendar year: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to 

the Committees on Appropriations on the amount reduced for 

fiscal year 2019 prior to the obligation of funds for the Palestinian Authority. 

(4) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS.—Funds 

appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

programs may be made available for private sector partnership 

programs for the West Bank and Gaza if such funds are authorized: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to this 

paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, and the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(5) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting requirements in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public 

Law 110–252) shall apply to funds made available by this 

Act, including a description of modifications, if any, to the 

security strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 

(6) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 

steps taken by the Palestinian Authority to counter incitement 

of violence against Israelis and to promote peace and coexistence with Israel. 

(l) YEMEN.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available for stabilization 

assistance for Yemen. 

AFRICA

SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION ASSISTANCE

RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ for the central 

government of a country in the African Great Lakes region may 

be made available only for Expanded International Military Education and Training and professional military education until the 

Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on 
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Appropriations that such government is not facilitating or otherwise 

participating in destabilizing activities in a neighboring country, 

including aiding and abetting armed groups. 

(b) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Funds made available by 

this Act for assistance for the Central African Republic shall be 

made available for reconciliation and peacebuilding programs, 

including activities to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national 

and local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against 

humanity. 

(c) COUNTER LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY.—Funds appropriated 

by this Act shall be made available for programs and activities 

in areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) consistent 

with the goals of the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and 

Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–172), 

including to improve physical access, telecommunications infrastructure, and early-warning mechanisms and to support the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former LRA combatants, especially child soldiers. 

(d) LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES.—Funds appropriated under 

titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available, following 

consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for assistance 

for Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria for— 

(1) democracy, development, and health programs; 

(2) assistance for individuals targeted by foreign terrorist 

and other extremist organizations, including Boko Haram, consistent with the provisions of section 7059 of this Act; 

(3) assistance for individuals displaced by violent conflict; 

and 

(4) counterterrorism programs. 

(e) MALAWI.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $56,000,000 

shall be made available for assistance for Malawi, of which up 

to $10,000,000 shall be made available for higher education programs. 

(f) SOUTH SUDAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

made available for assistance for the central Government of South 

Sudan may only be made available, following consultation with 

the Committees on Appropriations, for— 

(1) humanitarian assistance; 

(2) health programs, including to prevent, detect, and 

respond to the Ebola virus disease; 

(3) assistance to support South Sudan peace negotiations 

or to advance or implement a peace agreement; and 

(4) assistance to support implementation of outstanding 

issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and mutual 

arrangements related to such agreement: 

Provided, That of the funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 

for South Sudan, not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available 

for conflict mitigation and reconciliation programs: Provided further, 

That prior to the initial obligation of funds made available pursuant 

to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Secretary of State shall consult 

with the Committees on Appropriations on the intended uses of 

such funds and steps taken by such government to advance or 

implement a peace agreement. 

(g) SUDAN.— 

(1) LIMITATIONS.— 
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(A) ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be made available for assistance for the Government of 

Sudan. 

(B) LOANS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act may be made available for the cost, as defined in 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 

modifying loans and loan guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the cost of selling, reducing, 

or canceling amounts owed to the United States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, and credit agreements. 

(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (1) shall 

not apply to— 

(A) humanitarian assistance; 

(B) assistance for democracy programs; 

(C) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan 

State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and populations in Sudan, and Abyei; and 

(D) assistance to support implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 

mutual arrangements related to post-referendum issues 

associated with such Agreement, or any other internationally recognized viable peace agreement in Sudan. 

(h) ZIMBABWE.— 

(1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to vote against any extension 

by the respective institution of any loan or grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to 

promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 

of law has been restored, including respect for ownership and 

title to property, and freedoms of expression, association, and 

assembly. 

(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act shall be made available for assistance for the central 

Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and education, 

unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports as required 

in paragraph (1), and funds may be made available for macroeconomic growth assistance if the Secretary reports to the 

Committees on Appropriations that such government is implementing transparent fiscal policies, including public disclosure 

of revenues from the extraction of natural resources. 

EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— (1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.— (A) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

assistance for Burma may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for this subsection, and following consultation with the appropriate 

congressional committees. 

(B) USES.—Funds appropriated under title III of this 

Act for assistance for Burma— 
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(i) shall be made available to strengthen civil 

society organizations in Burma and for programs to 

strengthen independent media; 

(ii) shall be made available for community-based 

organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, 

medical, and other humanitarian assistance to 

internally displaced persons in eastern Burma, in addition to assistance for Burmese refugees from funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration 

and Refugee Assistance’’; 

(iii) shall be made available for programs to promote ethnic and religious tolerance and to combat 

gender-based violence, including in Rakhine, Shan, 

Kachin, and Karen states; 

(iv) shall be made available to promote rural economic development in Burma, including through microfinance programs; 

(v) shall be made available to increase opportunities for foreign direct investment by strengthening the 

rule of law, transparency, and accountability; 

(vi) shall be made available for programs to investigate and document allegations of ethnic cleansing 

and other gross violations of human rights committed 

against the Rohingya people in Rakhine state: Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to funds 

otherwise made available for such purposes; 

(vii) shall be made available for programs to investigate and document allegations of gross violations of 

human rights committed in Burma, particularly in 

areas of conflict; and 

(viii) may be made available for ethnic groups 

and civil society in Burma to help sustain ceasefire 

agreements and further prospects for reconciliation and 

peace, which may include support to representatives 

of ethnic armed groups for this purpose. 

(C) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated under title III 

of this Act for assistance for Burma— 

(i) may not be made available to any individual 

or organization if the Secretary of State has credible 

information that such individual or organization has 

committed a gross violation of human rights, including 

against Rohingya and other minority groups, or that 

advocates violence against ethnic or religious groups 

or individuals in Burma; 

(ii) may not be made available to any organization 

or entity controlled by the armed forces of Burma; 

(iii) may only be made available for programs to 

support the return of Rohingya, Karen, and other refugees and internally displaced persons to their locations 

of origin or preference in Burma if such returns are 

voluntary and consistent with international law; and 

(iv) may only be made available for assistance 

for the Government of Burma to support the 

implementation of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement 

conferences, committees, and other procedures if the 

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sustainable peace and the Government of Burma is 

implementing its commitments under such Agreement. 

(2) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—None of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be made available for assistance 

for Burma: Provided, That the Department of State may continue consultations with the armed forces of Burma only on 

human rights and disaster response in a manner consistent 

with the prior fiscal year, and following consultation with the 

appropriate congressional committees. 

(3) PROGRAMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

(A) Any new program or activity in Burma initiated 

in fiscal year 2019 shall be subject to prior consultation 

with the appropriate congressional committees. 

(B) The United States Chief of Mission in Burma, 

in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 

Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, shall be 

responsible for democracy and human rights programs in 

Burma. 

(b) CAMBODIA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.— 

(A) None of the funds appropriated by this Act that 

are made available for assistance for the Government of 

Cambodia, except for health programs, may be obligated 

or expended unless the Secretary of State certifies and 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

Government is taking effective steps to— 

(i) strengthen regional security and stability, 

particularly regarding territorial disputes in the South 

China Sea and the enforcement of international sanctions with respect to North Korea; and 

(ii) respect the rights and responsibilities 

enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia as enacted in 1993, including through the— 

(I) restoration of the civil and political rights 

of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, 

media, and civil society organizations; 

(II) restoration of all elected officials to elected 

offices held prior to the July 2018 parliamentary 

elections; and 

(III) release of all political prisoners, including 

journalists, civil society activists, and members of 

the opposition political party. 

(B) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 

assistance for Cambodia shall be made available for— 

(i) democracy programs, including research and 

education programs associated with the Khmer Rouge 

in Cambodia, except that no funds for such purposes 

may be made available to the Extraordinary Chambers 

in the Court of Cambodia; and 

(ii) programs in the Khmer language to counter 

the influence of the People’s Republic of China in Cambodia. 

(2) VISA RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated under title I 

of this Act shall be made available to continue to implement 

the policy announced by the Department of State on December 
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6, 2017, to restrict the issuance of visas to enter the United 

States to individuals involved in undermining democracy in 

Cambodia, including the family members of such individuals, 

as appropriate: Provided, That not later than 30 days after 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing 

the implementation of such policy. 

(c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act, not less than $160,000,000 shall be made available to support 

the implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strategy: Provided, That 

such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available 

for such purposes. 

(d) NORTH KOREA.— 

(1) CYBERSECURITY.—None of the funds appropriated by 

this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may 

be made available for assistance for the central government 

of a country the Secretary of State determines and reports 

to the appropriate congressional committees engages in significant transactions contributing materially to the malicious 

cyber-intrusion capabilities of the Government of North Korea: 

Provided, That the Secretary of State shall submit the report 

required by section 209 of the North Korea Sanctions and 

Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 22 

U.S.C. 9229), as amended, to the Committees on Appropriations 

in the manner described in subparagraph (2)(A) of such section: 

Provided further, That the Secretary of State may waive the 

application of the restriction in this paragraph with respect 

to assistance for the central government of a country if the 

Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is important to the national 

security interest of the United States, including a description 

of such interest served. 

(2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be 

made available to maintain broadcasting hours into North 

Korea at levels not less than the prior fiscal year. 

(3) REFUGEES.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ should be made 

available for assistance for refugees from North Korea, 

including protection activities in the People’s Republic of China 

and other countries in Asia. 

(4) HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION, DATABASE, AND LIMITATION

ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

(A) HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION.—Funds appropriated 

by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ shall be made available for the 

promotion of human rights in North Korea: Provided, That 

the authority of section 7032(b) of this Act shall apply 

to such funds. 

(B) DATABASE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

title III shall be made available to maintain a database 

of prisons and gulags in North Korea, in accordance with 

section 7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 

(division K of Public Law 113–76). 
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(C) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

may be made available for assistance for the Government 

of North Korea. 

(e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ in this Act 

may be obligated or expended for processing licenses for the 

export of satellites of United States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s Republic 

of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 

(2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

shall apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of the 

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such 

projects or activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 

by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 

funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 

this Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary 

of State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 

an affiliate of, the PLA. 

(3) AUTHORITY AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

(A) AUTHORITY.—The uses of funds made available by 

this Act for the promotion of democracy in the PRC, except 

for funds made available under subsection (g), shall be 

the responsibility of the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 

Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State. 

(B) NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

that are made available for trilateral programs conducted 

with the PRC shall be subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(f) PHILIPPINES.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

Enforcement’’ may be made available for counternarcotics assistance 

for the Philippines, except for drug demand reduction, maritime 

law enforcement, or transnational interdiction. 

(g) TIBET.— 

(1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—The Secretary of 

the Treasury should instruct the United States executive 

director of each international financial institution to use the 

voice and vote of the United States to support financing of 

projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives 

for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet 

or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and 

natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on a thorough 

needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 

and respect Tibetan culture and traditions, and are subject 

to effective monitoring. 

(2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— (A) TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

than $8,000,000 shall be made available to nongovernmental organizations to support activities which preserve 

cultural traditions and promote sustainable development, 
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education, and environmental conservation in Tibetan 

communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other 

Tibetan communities in China. 

(B) INDIA AND NEPAL.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

less than $6,000,000 shall be made available for programs 

to promote and preserve Tibetan culture, development, and 

the resilience of Tibetan communities in India and Nepal, 

and to assist in the education and development of the 

next generation of Tibetan leaders from such communities: 

Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts made 

available in subparagraph (A) for programs inside Tibet. 

(C) TIBETAN GOVERNANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for programs to strengthen the capacity of Tibetan institutions 

and governance. 

(h) VIETNAM.— 

(1) DIOXIN REMEDIATION.—Notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 

$20,000,000 shall be made available for activities related to 

the remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and 

may be made available for assistance for the Government of 

Vietnam, including the military, for such purposes. 

(2) HEALTH AND DISABILITY PROGRAMS.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development 

Assistance’’, not less than $12,500,000 shall be made available 

for health and disability programs in areas sprayed with Agent 

Orange and otherwise contaminated with dioxin, to assist 

individuals with severe upper or lower body mobility impairment or cognitive or developmental disabilities. 

(3) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that 

are made available for assistance for Vietnam shall be made 

available for reconciliation programs to address war legacy 

issues. 

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

(1) FUNDING AND LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are 

made available for assistance for Afghanistan— 

(A) shall be made available to implement the South 

Asia Strategy, the Revised Strategy for United States 

Engagement in Afghanistan, and the United States Agency 

for International Development Country Development 

Cooperation Strategy for Afghanistan; 

(B) shall be made available for programs in support 

of such strategies that protect and strengthen the rights 

of women and girls and promote the political and economic 

empowerment of women, including their meaningful inclusion in political processes: Provided, That such assistance 

to promote the economic empowerment of women shall 
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be made available as grants to Afghan organizations, to 

the maximum extent practicable; and 

(C) may not be made available for any program, project, 

or activity that— 

(i) cannot be sustained, as appropriate, by the 

Government of Afghanistan or another Afghan entity; 

(ii) is not accessible for the purposes of conducting 

effective oversight in accordance with applicable Federal statutes and regulations; 

(iii) initiates any new, major infrastructure 

development; or 

(iv) includes the participation of any Afghan individual, organization, or government entity if the Secretary of State has credible information that such individual, organization, or entity is knowingly involved 

in acts of grand corruption, illicit narcotics production 

or trafficking, or has committed a gross violation of 

human rights. 

(2) AUTHORITIES.— 

(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under title III 

through VI that are made available for assistance for 

Afghanistan may be made available— 

(i) notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act or 

any similar provision of law and section 660 of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

(ii) for reconciliation programs and disarmament, 

demobilization, and reintegration activities for former 

combatants who have renounced violence against the 

Government of Afghanistan, including in accordance 

with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Department of 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112– 

74); and 

(iii) for an endowment to empower women and 

girls. 

(B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of the Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall apply 

to funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Afghanistan. 

(3) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the funds made 

available by this Act may be used by the United States Government to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement 

between the United States and Afghanistan. 

(b) NEPAL.— (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $124,580,000 shall be 

made available for assistance for Nepal, including for earthquake recovery and reconstruction programs. 

(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’ shall only be made available for humanitarian and disaster relief and reconstruction activities in Nepal, 

and in support of international peacekeeping operations: Provided, That such funds may only be made available for any 

additional uses if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 
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of Nepal is investigating and prosecuting violations of human 

rights and the laws of war, and the Nepal Army is cooperating 

fully with civilian judicial authorities in such cases. 

(c) PAKISTAN.— 

(1) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

(A) LIMITATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for 

assistance for Pakistan may be made available only to 

support counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities in Pakistan. 

(B) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

enactment of this Act, and prior to the submission of the 

report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961, the Secretary of State shall consult with the 

Committees on Appropriations on the amount of funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that is anticipated to be subject 

to the January 2018 policy decision of the United States 

to suspend security assistance for Pakistan, or any subsequent policy decision affecting such assistance: Provided, 

That the Secretary shall promptly inform the appropriate 

congressional committees in writing of any changes to such 

policy, the justification for such changes, and the progress 

made by the Government of Pakistan in meeting the 

counterterrorism objectives described under this section in 

Senate Report 115–282. 

(C) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs under 

the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for 

assistance for Pakistan that are withheld from obligation 

or expenditure by the Department of State may be 

reprogrammed by the Secretary of State, except that no 

such funds may be reprogrammed that are required to 

complete payment on existing and previously approved contracts: Provided, That such reprogramming shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(2) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Prior to the 

obligation of funds made available by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for the central 

Government of Pakistan, the Secretary of State shall submit 

a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing— 

(A) the amount of financing and other support, if any, 

provided by the Government of Pakistan to schools supported by, affiliated with, or run by the Taliban or any 

domestic or foreign terrorist organization in Pakistan; 

(B) the extent of cooperation by such government in 

issuing visas in a timely manner for United States visitors, 

including officials and representatives of nongovernmental 

organizations, engaged in assistance and security programs 

in Pakistan; 

(C) the extent to which such government is providing 

humanitarian organizations access to detainees, internally 

displaced persons, and other Pakistani civilians affected 

by conflict in Pakistan and the region; and 
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(D) the extent to which such government is strengthening democracy in Pakistan, including protecting freedom 

of expression, assembly, and religion. 

(3) AUTHORITY AND USES OF FUNDS.— 

(A) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for 

Pakistan may be made available notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, except for section 620M of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961. 

(B) Funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for 

Pakistan that are made available for infrastructure projects 

shall be implemented in a manner consistent with section 

507(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 

(C) The authorities and directives of section 7044(d)(4) 

of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 

Public Law 113–235) regarding scholarships for women 

shall apply to funds appropriated by this Act for assistance 

for Pakistan, following consultation with the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(D) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ that are made 

available for assistance for Pakistan shall be made available to interdict precursor materials from Pakistan to 

Afghanistan that are used to manufacture improvised 

explosive devices and for agriculture extension programs 

that encourage alternative fertilizer use among Pakistani 

farmers to decrease the dual use of fertilizer in the manufacturing of improvised explosive devices. 

(E) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assistance for Pakistan, 

not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for border 

security programs in Pakistan, following consultation with 

the Committees on Appropriations. 

(F) Funds appropriated by title III of this Act shall 

be made available for programs to promote democracy in 

Pakistan. 

(4) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 

III and IV of this Act that are made available for assistance 

for Pakistan, $33,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation 

until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from prison 

and cleared of all charges relating to the assistance provided 

to the United States in locating Osama bin Laden. 

(5) OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of funds made available by this 

subsection for assistance for Pakistan: Provided, That the Secretary shall inform the Committees on Appropriations of such 

steps in a timely manner. 

(d) SRI LANKA.— 

(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated 

under title III of this Act shall be made available for assistance 
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for Sri Lanka for economic development and democracy programs, particularly in areas recovering from ethnic and religious conflict: Provided, That such funds shall be made available for programs to assist in the identification and resolution 

of cases of missing persons. 

(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act for 

assistance for the central Government of Sri Lanka, except 

for funds made available for humanitarian assistance and victims of trauma, may be made available only if the Secretary 

of State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Sri Lanka is— 

(A) repealing laws that do not comply with international standards for arrest and detention by security 

forces, and ensuring that any successor legislation meets 

such standards; 

(B) increasing accountability and transparency in 

governance; 

(C) investigating allegations of arbitrary arrest and 

torture, and supporting a credible justice mechanism in 

compliance with United Nations Human Rights Council 

Resolution (A/HCR/RES/30/1) of October 2015; 

(D) returning military occupied lands in former conflict 

zones to their rightful owners or compensating those whose 

land was confiscated without due process, and which is 

in addition to steps taken during the previous calendar 

year; 

(E) establishing a functioning office of missing persons 

and assisting its investigations of cases of missing persons 

from Sri Lanka’s internal armed conflicts with the cooperation of the armed forces of Sri Lanka; and 

(F) substantially reducing the presence of the armed 

forces in former conflict zones and implementing a plan 

for restructuring the armed forces to adopt a peacetime 

role that contributes to post-conflict reconciliation and 

regional security. 

(3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under title IV of this Act that are available for assistance for Sri Lanka shall be subject to the following conditions— 

(A) not to exceed $500,000 under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

Military Financing Program’’ may only be made available 

for programs to support humanitarian and disaster 

response preparedness and maritime security, including 

professionalization and training for the navy and coast 

guard; and 

(B) funds under the heading ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ may only be made available for training and equipment related to international peacekeeping operations and 

improvements to peacekeeping-related facilities, and only 

if the Government of Sri Lanka is taking effective steps 

to bring to justice Sri Lankan peacekeeping troops who 

have engaged in sexual exploitation and abuse. 

(e) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.— 

(1) CROSS BORDER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance 

for Afghanistan and Pakistan may be provided, notwithstanding 

any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign 
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countries, for cross border stabilization and development programs between Afghanistan and Pakistan, or between either 

country and the Central Asian countries. 

(2) SECURITY AND JUSTICE PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated 

by this Act that are made available for assistance for countries 

in South and Central Asia shall be made available to accelerate 

the recruitment and enhance the retention and professionalism 

of women in the judiciary, police, and other security forces. 

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 

(1) CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS OF EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AND HONDURAS.—Of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV that 

are made available for assistance for each of the central governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, 50 percent 

may only be obligated after the Secretary of State certifies 

and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that 

such government is— 

(A) informing its citizens of the dangers of the journey 

to the southwest border of the United States; 

(B) combating human smuggling and trafficking; 

(C) improving border security, including preventing 

illegal migration, human smuggling and trafficking, and 

trafficking of illicit drugs and other contraband; 

(D) cooperating with United States Government agencies and other governments in the region to facilitate the 

return, repatriation, and reintegration of illegal migrants 

arriving at the southwest border of the United States who 

do not qualify for asylum, consistent with international 

law; 

(E) working cooperatively with an autonomous, publicly 

accountable entity to provide oversight of the Plan of the 

Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle in Central 

America (the Plan); 

(F) combating corruption, including investigating and 

prosecuting current and former government officials 

credibly alleged to be corrupt; 

(G) implementing reforms, policies, and programs to 

increase transparency and strengthen public institutions 

and the rule of law; 

(H) working with local communities, civil society 

organizations (including indigenous and other marginalized 

groups), and local governments in the implementation and 

evaluation of activities of the Plan; 

(I) countering the activities of criminal gangs, drug 

traffickers, and transnational criminal organizations; 

(J) investigating and prosecuting in the civilian justice 

system government personnel who are credibly alleged to 

have violated human rights; 

(K) cooperating with commissions against corruption 

and impunity and with regional human rights entities; 

(L) supporting programs to reduce poverty, expand education and vocational training for at-risk youth, create 

jobs, and promote equitable economic growth, particularly 

in areas contributing to large numbers of migrants; 
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(M) creating a professional, accountable civilian police 

force and ending the role of the military in internal policing; 

(N) protecting the right of political opposition parties 

and other members of civil society to operate without interference; 

(O) implementing tax reforms; and 

(P) resolving commercial disputes. 

(2) DETERMINATIONS AND IMPACT ON ASSISTANCE.— 

(A) INSUFFICIENT PROGRESS.—The Secretary of State 

shall periodically review the progress of each of the central 

governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras 

in meeting the requirements of paragraph (1): Provided, 

That if the Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that sufficient progress has 

not been made by such government in meeting such 

requirements, the Secretary shall suspend, in whole or 

in part, assistance for such government for programs supporting such requirement, and shall notify the appropriate 

congressional committees in writing of such action: Provided further, That the Secretary may resume such assistance if the Secretary determines and reports to such 

committees that corrective measures have been taken by 

such government. 

(B) CHANGE IN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.—Not later 

than 90 days following a change of national government 

in El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras, the Secretary 

of State shall determine whether or not such government 

is meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) and submit 

a report to the appropriate congressional committees 

detailing the reasons for such determination: Provided, 

That if the Secretary determines that such government 

is not meeting such requirements, then the Secretary shall 

suspend, in whole or in part, assistance for such country 

until such time as such determination and report can be 

made. 

(C) REPROGRAMMING.—Assistance suspended pursuant 

to subparagraphs (A) or (B) may be reprogrammed if the 

Secretary of State determines that corrective measures 

have not been taken: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall only be made available for assistance for other 

countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and shall 

be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall consult 

with the Committees on Appropriations not less than 14 days 

prior to submitting any certification made pursuant to subsection (a)(1) and any suspension or reprogramming made 

pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 

(4) EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS.— (A) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of paragraph (1) shall 

not apply to funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

available for the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, the Mission to Support the Fight 

against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras, humanitarian assistance, and food security programs. 

(B) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated by 

this Act that are made available for assistance for countries 
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in Central America may be made available for direct 

government-to-government assistance or for major infrastructure projects. 

(b) COLOMBIA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under titles III and IV, not less than $418,253,000 shall be 

made available for assistance for Colombia, including to support 

the efforts of the Government of Colombia to— 

(A) conduct a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, organizations designated as foreign terrorist 

organizations pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), and other criminal 

or illegal armed groups: Provided, That aircraft supported 

by funds made available by this Act and prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be used to transport 

personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication and 

interdiction, including security for such activities, and to 

provide transport in support of alternative development 

programs and investigations by civilian judicial authorities; 

(B) enhance security and stability in Colombia and 

the region; 

(C) strengthen and expand governance, the rule of 

law, and access to justice throughout Colombia; 

(D) promote economic and social development, 

including by improving access to areas impacted by conflict 

through demining programs; 

(E) assist communities impacted by significant refugee 

or migrant populations; and 

(F) implement a peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and illegal armed groups, in accordance 

with constitutional and legal requirements in Colombia. 

(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 

made available for assistance for Colombia may be made available for payment of reparations to conflict victims or compensation to demobilized combatants associated with a peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and illegal armed 

groups. 

(3) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ and made 

available for counternarcotics assistance for Colombia, 20 percent may be obligated only after the Secretary of State certifies 

and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

Government of Colombia has reduced overall illicit drug cultivation, production, and trafficking. 

(4) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

and made available for assistance for Colombia, 20 percent 

may be obligated only after the Secretary of State certifies 

and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 

(A) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and other judicial 

authorities are taking effective steps to hold accountable 

perpetrators of gross violations of human rights in a 

manner consistent with international law, including for 
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command responsibility, and sentence them to deprivation 

of liberty; 

(B) the Government of Colombia is taking effective 

steps to reduce attacks against human rights defenders 

and other civil society activists, trade unionists, and 

journalists, and judicial authorities are prosecuting those 

responsible for such attacks; and 

(C) senior military officers responsible for ordering, 

committing, and covering up cases of false positives are 

being held accountable, including removal from active duty 

if found guilty through criminal or disciplinary proceedings. 

(5) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraphs (3) and 

(4) shall not apply to funds made available for aviation instruction and maintenance, and maritime and riverine security programs. 

(c) HAITI.— 

(1) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’ that are made available for assistance for Haiti may 

not be made available for assistance for the central Government 

of Haiti unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

to the Committees on Appropriations that such government 

is taking effective steps, which are steps taken since the certification and report submitted during the prior year, if applicable, 

to— 

(A) strengthen the rule of law in Haiti, including by— 

(i) selecting judges in a transparent manner based 

on merit; 

(ii) reducing pre-trial detention; 

(iii) respecting the independence of the judiciary; 

and 

(iv) improving governance by implementing 

reforms to increase transparency and accountability, 

including through the penal and criminal codes; 

(B) combat corruption, including by implementing the 

anti-corruption law enacted in 2014 and prosecuting corrupt officials; 

(C) increase government revenues, including by implementing tax reforms, and increasing expenditures on public 

services; and 

(D) resolve commercial disputes between United States 

entities and the Government of Haiti. 

(2) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government of Haiti shall 

be eligible to purchase defense articles and services under 

the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the 

Coast Guard. 

(d) VENEZUELA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $17,500,000 

shall be made available for programs to promote democracy and 

the rule of law in Venezuela. 

EUROPE AND EURASIA

SEC. 7046. (a) ASSISTANCE.— (1) GEORGIA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $127,025,000 shall be made 

available for assistance for Georgia. 
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(2) UKRAINE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

titles III and IV, not less than $445,700,000 shall be made 

available for assistance for Ukraine. 

(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

may be made available for assistance for a government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if such government directs 

any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, 

such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That except as otherwise provided in section 7047(a) of 

this Act, funds may be made available without regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President determines that to do so 

is in the national security interest of the United States: Provided 

further, That prior to executing the authority contained in the 

previous proviso, the Secretary of State shall consult with the 

Committees on Appropriations on how such assistance supports 

the national security interest of the United States. 

(c) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT.—Section 907 

of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not 

apply to— 

(1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 

title V of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) 

and section 1424 of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass 

Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation 

assistance; 

(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 

Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 

(3) any activity carried out by a member of the United 

States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within 

his or her official capacity; 

(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 

under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.); 

(5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank 

Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 

(6) humanitarian assistance. 

(d) TURKEY.— 

(1) TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTION DIRECTORATE.— 

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

to facilitate or support the sale of defense articles or defense 

services to the Turkish Presidential Protection Directorate 

(TPPD) under chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

U.S.C. 2761 et seq.), unless the Secretary of State determines 

and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that 

members of the TPPD that are named in the July 17, 2017 

indictment by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 

and against whom charges are pending, have returned to the 

United States to stand trial in connection with the offenses 

contained in such indictment or have otherwise been brought 

to justice: Provided, That the limitation in this paragraph shall 

not apply to the use of funds made available by this Act 

for border security purposes, for North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization or coalition operations, or to enhance the protection of United States officials and facilities in Turkey. 

(2) RESTRICTION ON FUNDS.— 
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(A) Not later than November 1, 2019, but no sooner 

than six months after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 

shall submit an update to the report required by section 

1282 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232) regarding 

the purchase by the Republic of Turkey of the S–400 missile 

defense system from the Russian Federation: Provided, 

That such report shall also include a detailed description 

of plans for the imposition of sanctions, if appropriate, 

for such purchase pursuant to section 231 of the Countering 

Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 

(Public Law 115–44). 

(B) None of the funds appropriated by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations, and related programs may be 

made available to deliver F–35 aircraft to the territory 

of the Republic of Turkey until the report in subparagraph 

(A) is submitted to the Congress. 

COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION

SEC. 7047. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 

by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central 

Government of the Russian Federation. 

(b) ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.— 

(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

made available for assistance for the central government of 

a country that the Secretary of State determines and reports 

to the Committees on Appropriations has taken affirmative 

steps intended to support or be supportive of the Russian 

Federation annexation of Crimea or other territory in Ukraine: 

Provided, That except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), 

the Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance required 

by this paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports 

to such Committees that to do so is in the national interest 

of the United States, and includes a justification for such 

interest. 

(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

made available for— 

(A) the implementation of any action or policy that 

recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over 

Crimea or other territory in Ukraine; 

(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United 

States Government investments in Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the control of Russian-backed separatists, if such activity includes the participation of Russian 

Government officials, or other Russian owned or controlled 

financial entities; or 

(C) assistance for Crimea or other territory in Ukraine 

under the control of Russian-backed separatists, if such 

assistance includes the participation of Russian Government officials, or other Russian owned or controlled financial entities. 

(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 

States executive directors of each international financial institution to vote against any assistance by such institution (including 
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any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 

the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. 

(4) The requirements and limitations of this subsection 

shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of State determines 

and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the 

Government of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over 

Crimea and other territory in Ukraine under the control of 

Russian-backed separatists. 

(c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF ABKHAZIA

AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 

(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

made available for assistance for the central government of 

a country that the Secretary of State determines and reports 

to the Committees on Appropriations has recognized the 

independence of, or has established diplomatic relations with, 

the Russian occupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 

Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That the Secretary 

shall publish on the Department of State website a list of 

any such central governments in a timely manner: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance required by this paragraph if the Secretary determines 

and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do 

so is in the national interest of the United States, and includes 

a justification for such interest. 

(2) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

made available to support the Russian occupation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South 

Ossetia. 

(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 

States executive directors of each international financial institution to vote against any assistance by such institution (including 

any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 

the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. 

(d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.— 

(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 

‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less than $275,000,000 shall be 

made available to carry out the purposes of the Countering 

Russian Influence Fund, as authorized by section 254 of the 

Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 

2017 (Public Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543) and notwithstanding 

the country limitation in subsection (b) of such section, and 

programs to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and security forces in countries in Europe and Eurasia and strengthen 

security cooperation between such countries and the United 

States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as appropriate. 

(2) Funds appropriated by this Act and made available 

for assistance for the Eastern Partnership countries shall be 

made available to advance the implementation of Association 

Agreements and trade agreements with the European Union, 

and to reduce their vulnerability to external economic and 

political pressure from the Russian Federation. 

(e) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

shall be made available to support democracy programs in the 
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Russian Federation, including to promote Internet freedom, and 

shall also be made available to support the democracy and rule 

of law strategy required by section 7071(d) of the Department 

of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 

UNITED NATIONS

SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

(1) RESTRICTIONS.—Of the funds appropriated under title 

I and under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ in title V of this Act that are available for contributions 

to the United Nations (including the Department of Peacekeeping Operations), any United Nations agency, or the 

Organization of American States, 15 percent may not be obligated for such organization, department, or agency until the 

Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations that the organization, department, or agency 

is— 

(A) posting on a publicly available website, consistent 

with privacy regulations and due process, regular financial 

and programmatic audits of such organization, department, 

or agency, and providing the United States Government 

with necessary access to such financial and performance 

audits; 

(B) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 

procedures which reflect best practices for the protection 

of whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices 

for— 

(i) protection against retaliation for internal and 

lawful public disclosures; 

(ii) legal burdens of proof; 

(iii) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation; 

(iv) access to independent adjudicative bodies, 

including external arbitration; and 

(v) results that eliminate the effects of proven 

retaliation; and 

(C) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 

procedures on the appropriate use of travel funds, including 

restrictions on first class and business class travel. 

(2) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or pursuant to 

paragraph (1) may be waived on a case-by-case basis if the 

Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations that such waiver is necessary to avert or 

respond to a humanitarian crisis. 

(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS AND

ORGANIZATIONS.— 

(1) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES DELEGATIONS.—None 

of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay 

expenses for any United States delegation to any specialized 

agency, body, or commission of the United Nations if such 

agency, body, or commission is chaired or presided over by 

a country, the government of which the Secretary of State 

has determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Export 

Administration Act of 1979 as continued in effect pursuant 

to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

App. 2405(j)(1)), supports international terrorism. 
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(2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None of the funds 

made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary 

of State as a contribution to any organization, agency, commission, or program within the United Nations system if such 

organization, agency, commission, or program is chaired or 

presided over by a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 620A 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms 

Export Control Act, section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration 

Act of 1979, or any other provision of law, is a government 

that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international 

terrorism. 

(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in this subsection if the Secretary determines and reports 

to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is important 

to the national interest of the United States, including a 

description of the national interest served. 

(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.—None of the 

funds appropriated by this Act may be made available in support 

of the United Nations Human Rights Council unless the Secretary 

of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that participation in the Council is important to the national 

interest of the United States and that such Council is taking significant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and ensure 

integrity in the election of members to such Council: Provided, 

That such report shall include a description of the national interest 

served and the steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda 

item and ensure integrity in the election of members to such 

Council: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall report 

to the Committees on Appropriations not later than September 

30, 2019, on the resolutions considered in the United Nations 

Human Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and on 

steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and 

ensure integrity in the election of members to such Council. 

(d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY.—Prior to 

the initial obligation of funds for the United Nations Relief and 

Works Agency (UNRWA), the Secretary of State shall report to 

the Committees on Appropriations, in writing, on whether UNRWA 

is— 

(1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the West Bank, 

Gaza, and other fields of operation to inspect UNRWA installations and reporting any inappropriate use; 

(2) acting promptly to address any staff or beneficiary 

violation of its own policies (including the policies on neutrality 

and impartiality of employees) and the legal requirements 

under section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

(3) implementing procedures to maintain the neutrality 

of its facilities, including implementing a no-weapons policy, 

and conducting regular inspections of its installations, to ensure 

they are only used for humanitarian or other appropriate purposes; 

(4) taking necessary and appropriate measures to ensure 

it is operating in compliance with the conditions of section 

301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and continuing 

regular reporting to the Department of State on actions it 

has taken to ensure conformance with such conditions; 
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(5) taking steps to ensure the content of all educational 

materials currently taught in UNRWA-administered schools 

and summer camps is consistent with the values of human 

rights, dignity, and tolerance and does not induce incitement; 

(6) not engaging in operations with financial institutions 

or related entities in violation of relevant United States law, 

and is taking steps to improve the financial transparency of 

the organization; and 

(7) in compliance with the United Nations Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and is implementing in a 

timely fashion the Board’s recommendations. 

(e) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS.— 

None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to 

titles III through VI of this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any 

assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United 

Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 

1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for 

participation of another country’s delegation at international conferences held under the auspices of multilateral or international 

organizations. 

(f) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—Any operating plan submitted pursuant 

to this Act for funds made available under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’ shall include information on 

capital projects, as described under such heading in House Report 

115–253. 

(g) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees 

on Appropriations detailing the amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019 for contributions to any 

organization, department, agency, or program within the United 

Nations system or any international program that are withheld 

from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: Provided, 

That the Secretary shall update such report each time additional 

funds are withheld by operation of any provision of law: Provided 

further, That the reprogramming of any withheld funds identified 

in such report, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior 

consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

(h) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall 

be made available to implement section 301 of the Department 

of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 

323). 

(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of State should 

withhold assistance to any unit of the security forces of a 

foreign country if the Secretary has credible information that 

such unit has engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, including 

while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, until 

the Secretary determines that the government of such country 

is taking effective steps to hold the responsible members of 

such unit accountable and to prevent future incidents: Provided, That the Secretary shall promptly notify the government of 

each country subject to any withholding of assistance pursuant 

to this paragraph, and shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such withholding not later than 10 days 
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after a determination to withhold such assistance is made: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 

extent practicable, assist such government in bringing the 

responsible members of such unit to justice. 

(i) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated by this Act which are returned or not made available 

due to the implementation of subsection (a), the second proviso 

under the heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping 

Activities’’ in title I of this Act, or section 307(a) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall remain available 

for obligation until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the requirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

(j) NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST WITHHOLDING.— 

(1) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of State shall withhold 

5 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’ for a 

specialized agency or other entity of the United Nations if 

the Secretary, in consultation with the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, determines and reports to the 

Committees on Appropriations that such agency or entity has 

taken an official action that is against the national security 

interest of the United States or an ally of the United States, 

including Israel. 

(2) RELEASE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the United States Ambassador to the United 

Nations, may release funds withheld pursuant to paragraph 

(1) if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations that such agency or entity is taking steps 

to address the action that resulted in the withholding of such 

funds. 

(3) REPROGRAMMING.—Should the Secretary of State be 

unable to make a determination pursuant to paragraph (2) 

regarding the release of withheld funds, such funds may be 

reprogrammed for other purposes under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’. 

(4) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following consultation 

with the Committees on Appropriations, may waive the requirements of this subsection if the Secretary determines that to 

do so in the national interest. 

(k) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $25,000,000 shall 

be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the 

heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, of which 

$23,000,000 shall be for a contribution to support the United 

Nations resident coordinator system and $2,000,000 shall be for 

a contribution to the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY

SEC. 7049. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 

(1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.—Funds made 

available under titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the 

provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of 

part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, 
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notwithstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the 

effectiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 

through training and technical assistance in human rights, 

the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through 

assistance to foster civilian police roles that support democratic 

governance, including assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, and 

foster improved police relations with the communities they 

serve. 

(2) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.— 

(A) Consistent with the objectives of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act, funds 

appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping 

Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

shall be made available for combat casualty training and 

equipment. 

(B) The Secretary of State shall offer combat casualty 

care training and equipment as a component of any package 

of lethal assistance funded by this Act with funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and 

‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: Provided, That the 

requirement of this subparagraph shall apply to a country 

in conflict, unless the Secretary determines that such 

country has in place, to the maximum extent practicable, 

functioning combat casualty care treatment and equipment 

that meets or exceeds the standards recommended by the 

Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided 

further, That any such training and equipment for combat 

casualty care shall be made available through an open 

and transparent process. 

(3) COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND.—Funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading Nonproliferation, 

Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs shall be made 

available for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for programs in areas liberated from, under the influence of, or 

adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or 

other terrorist organizations: Provided, That such areas shall 

include the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Provided further, That 

prior to the obligation of funds made available pursuant to 

this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall take all practicable 

steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 

oversight, and control of such funds: Provided further, That 

funds made available pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

committees, and the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

(4) TRAINING RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN

LAW.—The Secretary of State shall offer training related to 

the requirements of international humanitarian law as a component of any package of lethal assistance funded by this Act 

with funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping 

Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: Provided, That the requirement of this paragraph shall not apply 

to a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization (NATO), is a major non-NATO ally designated 

by section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or 

is complying with international humanitarian law: Provided 
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further, That any such training shall be made available through 

an open and transparent process. 

(5) SECURITY FORCE PROFESSIONALIZATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 

Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 

shall be made available to increase the capacity of foreign 

military and law enforcement personnel to operate in accordance with appropriate standards relating to human rights and 

the protection of civilians in the manner specified under this 

section in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this 

Act, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to this 

paragraph shall only be made available on an open and competitive basis. 

(b) AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under 

section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support 

for a nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean 

support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national 

entity emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging 

from instability. 

(2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION.— 

Section 7034(d) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J 

of Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal 

year 2019. 

(3) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 

Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 

shall be made available for assistance to eliminate inhumane 

conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 

Provided, That the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

on the proposed uses of such funds prior to obligation and 

not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 

further, That such funds shall be in addition to funds otherwise 

made available by this Act for such purpose. 

(4) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AUTHORITY.— 

(A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense 

Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 

1011) is amended by striking ‘‘of this section’’ and all 

that follows through the period at the end and inserting 

‘‘of this section after September 30, 2020.’’. 

(B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 

‘‘and 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2019, and 2020’’. 

(5) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 

the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act 

may be used to provide financing to Israel, Egypt, the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO 

allies for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with 

an option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 
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commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment 

(other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President determines that there 

are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for 

those defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather 

than by government-to-government sale under such Act. 

(6) SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND.—Not to exceed 

$900,000,000 may be obligated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) 

of the Arms Export Control Act for the purposes of the Special 

Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), to remain available for 

obligation until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the provision of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries 

or international organizations from the Fund shall be subject 

to the concurrence of the Secretary of State. 

(7) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—For the purposes of funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for assistance for units of foreign 

security forces, the term ‘‘to the maximum extent practicable’’ 

in section 620M(d)(7) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

(22 U.S.C. 2378d) means that the identity of such units shall 

be made publicly available unless the Secretary of State, on 

a case-by-case basis, determines and reports to the appropriate 

congressional committees that disclosure would endanger the 

safety of human sources or reveal sensitive intelligence sources 

and methods, or that non-disclosure is in the national security 

interest of the United States: Provided, That any such determination shall include a detailed justification, and may be 

submitted in classified form. 

(c) LIMITATIONS.— 

(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

should not be used to support any military training or operations that include child soldiers. 

(2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 

(A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, demining equipment available to the United States 

Agency for International Development and the Department 

of State and used in support of the clearance of landmines 

and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may 

be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject 

to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State 

may prescribe. 

(B) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance shall 

be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 

license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 

munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold 

or transferred, unless— 

(i) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, after 

arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 

unexploded ordnance across the range of intended operational environments, and the agreement applicable 

to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies that 

the cluster munitions will only be used against clearly 

defined military targets and will not be used where 

civilians are known to be present or in areas normally 

inhabited by civilians; or 
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(ii) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 

for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently disposing of such cluster munitions. 

(3) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, light weapons, 

ammunition, or other items for crowd control purposes for 

foreign security forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful expression, association, or assembly in countries that the 

Secretary of State determines are undemocratic or are undergoing democratic transitions. 

(d) REPORTS.— 

(1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 

after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations a report on funds obligated and expended during fiscal year 2018, by country and 

purpose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and 

‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 

(2) QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT.—Following the submission 

of the quarterly report required by section 36 of Public Law 

90–629 (22 U.S.C. 2776), the Secretary of State, in coordination 

with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations a status report that contains the information 

described under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ in House Report 115–829. 

(3) VETTING REPORT.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 

report to the appropriate congressional committees on foreign assistance cases submitted for vetting for purposes 

of section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

during the preceding fiscal year, including— 

(i) the total number of cases submitted, approved, 

suspended, or rejected for human rights reasons; and 

(ii) for cases rejected, a description of the steps 

taken to assist the foreign government in taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of 

the security forces to justice, in accordance with section 

620M(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

(B) FORM.—The report required by this paragraph shall 

be submitted in unclassified form, but may be accompanied 

by a classified annex. 

(4) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.—For the 

purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961, the term ‘‘military training provided to foreign 

military personnel by the Department of Defense and the 

Department of State’’ shall be deemed to include all military 

training provided by foreign governments with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense or the Department of 

State, except for training provided by the government of a 

country designated by section 517(b) of such Act as a major 

non-NATO ally. 
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ARMS TRADE TREATY

SEC. 7050. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty 

until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty. 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

SEC. 7051. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 

50 employees of agencies or departments of the United States 

Government who are stationed in the United States, at any single 

international conference occurring outside the United States, unless 

the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

at least 5 days in advance that such attendance is important 

to the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this section 

the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference 

attended by representatives of the United States Government and 

of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. 

AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE

SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law or regulation, aircraft procured with funds 

appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International 

Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 

Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be used for 

any other program and in any region. 

(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided in subsection 

(a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State determines and 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the equipment 

is no longer required to meet programmatic purposes in the designated country or region: Provided, That any such transfer shall 

be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 

(1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft purchased or leased 

by the Department of State and the United States Agency 

for International Development with funds made available in 

this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be 

coordinated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 

Mission: Provided, That notwithstanding section 7006(b) of this 

Act, such aircraft may be used to transport, on a reimbursable 

or non-reimbursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel 

supporting Department of State and USAID programs and 

activities: Provided further, That official travel for other agencies for other purposes may be supported on a reimbursable 

basis, or without reimbursement when traveling on a space 

available basis: Provided further, That funds received by the 

Department of State in connection with the use of aircraft 

owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of State may 

be credited to the Working Capital Fund of the Department 

and shall be available for expenses related to the purchase, 

lease, maintenance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 
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(2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary purpose of 

which is the transportation of personnel. 

(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance, 

including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act shall be borne by 

the recipient country. 

PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN

GOVERNMENTS

SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 of the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall 

apply to this Act: Provided, That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ 

in subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

SEC. 7054. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and conditions of sections 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 

(division F of Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act. 

(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

the United States Executive Director of the International Monetary 

Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan will be repaid to 

the IMF before other private or multilateral creditors. 

PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

SEC. 7055. No part of any appropriation contained in this 

Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 

the United States not authorized before the date of the enactment 

of this Act by Congress: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 

may be made available to carry out the provisions of section 316 

of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act 

of 1980 (Public Law 96–533; 22 U.S.C. 2151a note). 

DISABILITY PROGRAMS

SEC. 7056. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available for programs and activities administered by the United States 

Agency for International Development to address the needs and 

protect and promote the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries, including initiatives that focus on independent 

living, economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employment, 

transportation, sports, and integration of individuals with disabilities, including for the cost of translation. 

(b) MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.—Of 

the funds made available pursuant to this section, 5 percent may 

be used for USAID for management, oversight, and technical support. 
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MANAGEMENT

SEC. 7057. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of the funds 

made available in title III of this Act pursuant to or to carry 

out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 

Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used by the United 

States Agency for International Development to hire and employ 

individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 

of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949). 

(b) RESTRICTIONS.— 

(1) The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year 

pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not 

exceed 175. 

(2) The authority to hire individuals contained in subsection 

(a) shall expire on September 30, 2020. 

(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) should only 

be used to the extent that an equivalent number of positions that 

are filled by personal services contractors or other non-direct hire 

employees of USAID, who are compensated with funds appropriated 

to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including 

funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, are eliminated. 

(d) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account charged for 

the cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority 

of this section shall be the account to which the responsibilities 

of such individual primarily relate: Provided, That funds made 

available to carry out this section may be transferred to, and 

merged with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under 

the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 

(e) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Individuals hired 

and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act 

or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to the authority 

of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), 

may be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 

the limitation set forth in such section. 

(f) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated under title 

III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition 

to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 

(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed 

by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs 

in response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, 

and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title 

II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 

et seq.), may be used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal 

services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support 

for new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed 
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by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 

and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such contractors 

shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided further, That 

such funds appropriated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace 

Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made 

available only for personal services contractors assigned to the 

Office of Food for Peace. 

(h) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, USAID 

may provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing 

task orders under such contracts when the order is placed with 

any category of small or small disadvantaged business. 

(i) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINTMENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority provided by section 7059(o) 

of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111– 

117) may be assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or 

Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by titles III 

and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assistance 

for child survival activities or disease programs including activities 

relating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and control 

of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwithstanding any other 

provision of law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global 

Health Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 

AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 

U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That of the funds 

appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $575,000,000 

should be made available for family planning/reproductive health, 

including in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity 

or endangered species. 

(b) GLOBAL FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act that 

are available for a contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), 10 percent should be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State determines and 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Global Fund 

is— 

(1) maintaining and implementing a policy of transparency, 

including the authority of the Global Fund Office of the 

Inspector General (OIG) to publish OIG reports on a public 

website; 

(2) providing sufficient resources to maintain an independent OIG that— 

(A) reports directly to the Board of the Global Fund; 

(B) maintains a mandate to conduct thorough investigations and programmatic audits, free from undue interference; and 

(C) compiles regular, publicly published audits and 

investigations of financial, programmatic, and reporting 

aspects of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, subrecipients, and Local Fund Agents; 
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(3) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 

procedures which reflect best practices for the protection of 

whistleblowers from retaliation, including best practices for— 

(A) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful public disclosures; 

(B) legal burdens of proof; 

(C) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation; 

(D) access to independent adjudicative bodies, including 

external arbitration; and 

(E) results that eliminate the effects of proven retaliation: 

Provided, That such withholding shall not be in addition to 

funds that are withheld from the Global Fund in fiscal year 

2019 pursuant to the application of any other provision contained in this or any other Act. 

(c) CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 

(1) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Secretary of State 

determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

that an international infectious disease outbreak is sustained, 

severe, and is spreading internationally, or that it is in the 

national interest to respond to a Public Health Emergency 

of International Concern, funds appropriated by this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises 

Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Migration and 

Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ 

may be made available to combat such infectious disease or 

public health emergency, and may be transferred to, and 

merged with, funds appropriated under such headings for the 

purposes of this paragraph. 

(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available by this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 

with the appropriate congressional committees, and the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(d) REPURPOSED FUNDS.— 

(1) USES.—Of the unobligated balances available under 

the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance’’ in title IX of the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 

235)— 

(A) $38,000,000 shall be for programs to accelerate 

the capabilities of targeted countries to prevent, detect, 

and respond to infectious disease outbreaks; and 

(B) $2,000,000 shall be made available for the Emergency Reserve Fund established pursuant to section 

7058(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 

J of Public Law 115–31) and shall be made available under 

the same terms and conditions of such section: Provided, 

That the second proviso of such paragraph is amended 

by striking ‘‘Secretary of State’’ and inserting in lieu thereof 

‘‘Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development’’. 

(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available by this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 
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with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(3) TRANSFER BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—Funds made available 

pursuant to this subsection under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

Programs’’ and ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ may be 

transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under 

such headings: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 

addition to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

(4) CLARIFICATION.—Funds made available pursuant to this 

subsection are in addition to funds otherwise made available 

for such purposes. 

(5) DESIGNATION.—The amounts repurposed under this subsection are designated by the Congress as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall 

be available only if the President subsequently so designates 

all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

GENDER EQUALITY

SEC. 7059. (a) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act shall be made available to promote gender equality in United 

States Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising 

the status, increasing the participation, and protecting the rights 

of women and girls worldwide. 

(b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appropriated by title 

III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 

for programs specifically designed to increase leadership opportunities for women in countries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections 

for women’s political status, expanding women’s participation in 

political parties and elections, and increasing women’s opportunities 

for leadership positions in the public and private sectors at the 

local, provincial, and national levels. 

(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

(1)(A) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV 

of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available 

to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond 

to gender-based violence in countries where it is common in 

conflict and non-conflict settings. 

(B) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 

Act that are available to train foreign police, judicial, and 

military personnel, including for international peacekeeping 

operations, shall address, where appropriate, prevention and 

response to gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, 

and shall promote the integration of women into the police 

and other security forces. 

(2) Department of State and United States Agency for 

International Development gender programs shall incorporate 

coordinated efforts to combat a variety of forms of genderbased violence, including child marriage, rape, female genital 

cutting and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other 

forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non-conflict settings. 

(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 
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Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 

and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should 

be made available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, 

and improve coordination of, United States Government efforts 

to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace 

building, transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transition, and to ensure 

the equitable provision of relief and recovery assistance to women 

and girls. 

(e) WOMEN AND GIRLS AT RISK FROM EXTREMISM.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to support 

women and girls who are at risk from extremism and conflict, 

and for the activities described in section 7059(e)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115–141): Provided, 

That such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such purposes, and shall be made available 

following consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

(1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

(A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

Act, not less than $800,000,000 shall be made available 

for assistance for basic education, and such funds may 

be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 

law that restricts assistance to foreign countries: Provided, 

That such funds shall also be used for secondary education 

activities: Provided further, That notifications submitted 

for basic education programs should, as applicable, describe 

activities conducted in support of non-state schools: Provided further, That the Administrator of the United States 

Agency for International Development, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, may 

reprogram such funds between countries. 

(B) Not later than 30 days after enactment of this 

Act, the USAID Administrator shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of cumulative unobligated balances and obligated, but unexpended, balances 

in each country where USAID provides basic education 

assistance and such report shall also include details on 

the types of contracts and grants provided and the goals 

and objectives of such assistance: Provided, That the 

USAID Administrator shall update such report on a quarterly basis until September 30, 2020: Provided further, 

That if the USAID Administrator determines that any 

unobligated balances of funds specifically designated for 

assistance for basic education in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

and related programs are in excess of the absorptive 

capacity of recipient countries, such funds may be made 

available for other programs authorized under chapter 1 

of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding such funding designation: Provided further, That 
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the authority of the previous proviso shall be subject to 

prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

(C) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

Act for assistance for basic education programs, not less 

than $90,000,000 shall be made available for a contribution 

to multilateral partnerships that support education. 

(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appropriated by title 

III of this Act, not less than $235,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for higher education: Provided, That such 

funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of such 

amount, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available 

for human and institutional capacity building partnerships 

between higher education institutions in the United States 

and developing countries, of which not less than $15,000,000 

shall be for new partnerships: Provided further, That not later 

than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

on the proposed uses of funds for such partnerships. 

(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 

than $12,000,000 shall be made available for cooperative development programs of USAID, and not less than $30,000,000 shall 

be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 

program: Provided, That any substantive modifications from the 

prior fiscal year to the evaluation methodology or criteria for 

selecting grantees for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 

program shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 

(1) AUTHORITY AND NOTIFICATION.— 

(A) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 

provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of 

part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be 

used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 

for the provisions of this subsection, to support environment 

programs. 

(B) Funds made available pursuant to this subsection 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

the Committees on Appropriations. 

(C) None of the funds in this Act are appropriated 

or otherwise made available for a contribution, grant, or 

any other payment for the Green Climate Fund. 

(2) CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND LIMITATIONS.— (A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $285,000,000 shall be made available 

for biodiversity conservation programs. (B) Not less than $90,664,000 of the funds appropriated 

under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching 

and trafficking. 

(C) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of 

this Act may be made available for training or other assistance for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary 
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of State determines has been credibly alleged to have 

participated in wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the 

Secretary reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is in the national security interest of 

the United States. 

(D) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity 

programs shall not be used to support the expansion of 

industrial scale logging or any other industrial scale extractive activity into areas that were primary/intact tropical 

forests as of December 30, 2013, and the Secretary of 

the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 

directors of each international financial institutions (IFI) 

to vote against any financing of any such activity. 

(3) LARGE DAMS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

instruct the United States executive director of each IFI that 

it is the policy of the United States to vote in relation to 

any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of such institution to support 

the construction of any large dam consistent with the criteria 

set forth in Senate Report 114–79, while also considering 

whether the project involves important foreign policy objectives. 

(4) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES.—Of the funds appropriated 

under title III of this Act, not less than $125,000,000 shall 

be made available for sustainable landscapes programs. 

(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.—Of the 

funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than 

$1,000,600,000 shall be made available for food security and agricultural development programs to carry out the purposes of the Global 

Food Security Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–195), of which not 

less than $315,960,000 shall be made available for the Bureau 

for Food Security, USAID, including not less than $55,000,000 

for the Feed the Future Innovation Labs: Provided, That funds 

may be made available for a contribution as authorized by section 

3202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 

Law 110–246), as amended by section 3206 of the Agricultural 

Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

(e) MICRO- AND SMALL ENTERPRISES.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 shall be made 

available to support the development of, and access to financing 

for, micro- and small enterprises that benefit the poor, especially 

women. 

(f) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 

Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

Law Enforcement’’, not less than $67,000,000 shall be made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally, 

of which not less than $45,000,000 shall be from funds made available under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

Enforcement’’: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act that 

are made available for programs to end modern slavery shall be 

in addition to funds made available by this subsection to combat 

trafficking in persons. 

(g) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall be made available to support people-topeople reconciliation programs which bring together individuals 

of different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas 
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of civil strife and war: Provided, That the USAID Administrator 

shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior to the 

initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds, and such 

funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That to the 

maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be matched by 

sources other than the United States Government: Provided further, 

That such funds shall be administered by the Office of Conflict 

Management and Mitigation, USAID. 

(h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act, not less than $435,000,000 shall be made available for 

water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to section 136 of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which not less than 

$195,000,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and 

of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to 

support initiatives by local communities in developing countries 

to build and maintain safe latrines. 

ENTERPRISE FUNDS

SEC. 7061. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made available 

under titles III through VI of this Act may be made available 

for Enterprise Funds unless the appropriate congressional committees are notified at least 15 days in advance. 

(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the distribution 

of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding 

up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 

for the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

(c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a transition to 

and operation of any private equity fund or other parallel investment fund under an existing Enterprise Fund, the President shall 

submit such transition or operating plan to the appropriate congressional committees. 

IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

SEC. 7062. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated 

or expended to provide— 

(1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise currently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing 

such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if 

such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number 

of employees of such business enterprise in the United States 

because United States production is being replaced by such 

enterprise outside the United States; 

(2) assistance for any program, project, or activity that 

contributes to the violation of internationally recognized 

workers’ rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act 

of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 

designated zone or area in that country: Provided, That the 

application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should 

be commensurate with the level of development of the recipient 

country and sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the 

informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agriculture; 
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(3) any assistance to an entity outside the United States 

if such assistance is for the purpose of directly relocating or 

transferring jobs from the United States to other countries 

and adversely impacts the labor force in the United States; 

or 

(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or 

guidelines implemented pursuant to— 

(A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) of the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 

111–117); 

(B) the modification proposed by the Overseas Private 

Investment Corporation in November 2013 to the Corporation’s Environmental and Social Policy Statement relating 

to coal; or 

(C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon 

Intensity Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank 

of the United States on December 12, 2013, 

when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines 

would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any coalfired or other power-generation project the purpose of which 

is to: (i) provide affordable electricity in International Development Association (IDA)-eligible countries and IDA-blend countries; and (ii) increase exports of goods and services from the 

United States or prevent the loss of jobs from the United 

States. 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

SEC. 7063. (a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Whenever the President 

determines that it is in furtherance of the purposes of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, up to a total of $20,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated under title III of this Act may be transferred to, 

and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act for the Overseas 

Private Investment Corporation Program Account, to be subject 

to the terms and conditions of that account: Provided, That such 

funds shall not be available for administrative expenses of the 

Overseas Private Investment Corporation: Provided further, That 

designated funding levels in this Act shall not be transferred pursuant to this section: Provided further, That the exercise of such 

authority shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the authority of subsections (a) through 

(c) of section 234 of such Act shall remain in effect until September 

30, 2019. 

INSPECTORS GENERAL

SEC. 7064. (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 

funds appropriated by this Act may be used to deny an Inspector 

General funded under this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other materials available to the department or agency 

of the United States Government over which such Inspector General 

has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such Inspector 

General to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 

provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers 
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to such Inspector General and expressly limits the right of access 

of such Inspector General. 

(b) TIMELY ACCESS.—A department or agency of the United 

States Government covered by this section shall provide its 

Inspector General access to all records, documents, and other materials in a timely manner. 

(c) COMPLIANCE.—Each Inspector General covered by this section shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure 

relevant to the information provided by the department or agency 

over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 

Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

(d) REPORT.—Each Inspector General covered by this section 

shall report to the Committees on Appropriations within 5 calendar 

days of any failure by any department or agency of the United 

States Government to provide its Inspector General access to all 

requested records, documents, and other materials. 

GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

SEC. 7065. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for obligation 

during fiscal year 2019 under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 

and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less 

than $60,500,000 shall be made available for programs to promote 

Internet freedom globally: Provided, That such programs shall be 

prioritized for countries whose governments restrict freedom of 

expression on the Internet, and that are important to the national 

interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds made 

available pursuant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum 

extent practicable, by sources other than the United States Government, including from the private sector. 

(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance 

for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that are made available 

pursuant to subsection (a) shall be— 

(A) coordinated with other democracy programs funded 

by this Act under such headings, and shall be incorporated 

into country assistance and democracy promotion strategies, as appropriate; 

(B) for programs to implement the May 2011, International Strategy for Cyberspace; the Department of State 

International Cyberspace Policy Strategy required by section 402 of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of 

Public Law 114–113); and the comprehensive strategy to 

promote Internet freedom and access to information in 

Iran, as required by section 414 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754); 

(C) made available for programs that support the 

efforts of civil society to counter the development of repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, including countering threats to Internet freedom at international 

organizations; to combat violence against bloggers and 

other users; and to enhance digital security training and 

capacity building for democracy activists; 

(D) made available for research of key threats to Internet freedom; the continued development of technologies 
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that provide or enhance access to the Internet, including 

circumvention tools that bypass Internet blocking, filtering, 

and other censorship techniques used by authoritarian 

governments; and maintenance of the technological advantage of the United States Government over such censorship 

techniques: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), shall coordinate 

any such research and development programs with other 

relevant United States Government departments and agencies in order to share information, technologies, and best 

practices, and to assess the effectiveness of such technologies; and 

(E) made available only after the Assistant Secretary 

for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

State, concurs that such funds are allocated consistent 

with— 

(i) the strategies referenced in subparagraph (B) 

of this paragraph; 

(ii) best practices regarding security for, and oversight of, Internet freedom programs; and 

(iii) sufficient resources and support for the 

development and maintenance of anti-censorship technology and tools. 

(2) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ that are made available pursuant to subsection (a) shall be— 

(A) made available only for tools and techniques to 

securely develop and distribute BBG digital content; facilitate audience access to such content on websites that are 

censored; coordinate the distribution of BBG digital content 

to targeted regional audiences; and to promote and distribute such tools and techniques, including digital security 

techniques; 

(B) coordinated with programs funded by this Act 

under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, and shall be incorporated into country broadcasting 

strategies, as appropriate; 

(C) coordinated by the BBG CEO to provide Internet 

circumvention tools and techniques for audiences in countries that are strategic priorities for the BBG and in a 

manner consistent with the BBG Internet freedom strategy; 

and 

(D) made available for the research and development 

of new tools or techniques authorized in paragraph (A) 

only after the BBG CEO, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State and other relevant United States Government 

departments and agencies, evaluates the risks and benefits 

of such new tools or techniques, and establishes safeguards 

to minimize the use of such new tools or techniques for 

illicit purposes. 

(c) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After consultation 

among the relevant agency heads to coordinate and de-conflict 

planned activities, but not later than 90 days after enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of State and the BBG CEO shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds made 

available by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom 
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globally, which shall include a description of safeguards established 

by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs are not used 

for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Department of State spend 

plan shall include funding for all such programs for all relevant 

Department of State and the United States Agency for International 

Development offices and bureaus. 

(d) SECURITY AUDITS.—Funds made available pursuant to this 

section to promote Internet freedom globally may only be made 

available to support technologies that undergo comprehensive security audits conducted by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 

and Labor, Department of State to ensure that such technology 

is secure and has not been compromised in a manner detrimental 

to the interest of the United States or to individuals and organizations benefiting from programs supported by such funds: Provided, That the security auditing procedures used by such Bureau shall 

be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect current industry 

security standards. 

(e) SURGE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up to $2,500,000 may be made 

available to surge Internet freedom programs in closed societies 

if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate 

congressional committees that such use of funds is in the national 

interest: Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts 

made available for such purposes: Provided further, That such 

funds may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ following consultation with, and the regular notification 

procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

SEC. 7066. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to make any pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in titles III through VI of this 

Act unless such pledge was— 

(1) previously justified, including the projected future year 

costs, in a congressional budget justification; 

(2) included in an Act making appropriations for the 

Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 

or previously authorized by an Act of Congress; 

(3) notified in accordance with the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, including the 

projected future year costs; or 

(4) the subject of prior consultation with the Committees 

on Appropriations and such consultation was conducted at least 

7 days in advance of the pledge. 

TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT

OR PUNISHMENT

SEC. 7067. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 

by this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture 

and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment 

by any official or contract employee of the United States Government. 

(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 

of this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 660 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and following consultation 
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with the Committees on Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate 

torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by foreign police, military or other security forces in countries 

receiving assistance from funds appropriated by this Act. 

EXTRADITION

SEC. 7068. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 

in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 

provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 

‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States 

Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance’’) 

for the central government of a country which has notified the 

Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States 

any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole 

or for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 

States extradition request. 

(b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central government of a country with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations and with which the United States has 

an extradition treaty and the government of that country is in 

violation of the terms and conditions of the treaty. 

(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies 

to the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is important 

to the national interest of the United States. 

WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS

SEC. 7069. If the President determines that doing so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other 

violations of international humanitarian law, the President may 

direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and services 

for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with 

regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council 

may establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 

regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: 

Provided, That the determination required under this section shall 

be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under section 

552(c): Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 

this section shall be made available subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

BUDGET DOCUMENTS

SEC. 7070. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 45 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act, each department, agency, or 

organization funded in titles I, II, and VI of this Act, and the 

Department of the Treasury and Independent Agencies funded in 

title III of this Act, including the Inter-American Foundation and 

the United States African Development Foundation, shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for funds 

appropriated to such department, agency, or organization in such 
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titles of this Act, or funds otherwise available for obligation in 

fiscal year 2019, that provides details of the uses of such funds 

at the program, project, and activity level: Provided, That such 

plans shall include, as applicable, a comparison between the 

congressional budget justification funding levels, the most recent 

congressional directives or approved funding levels, and the funding 

levels proposed by the department or agency; and a clear, concise, 

and informative description/justification: Provided further, That if 

such department, agency, or organization receives an additional 

amount under the same heading in title VIII of this Act, operating 

plans required by this subsection shall include consolidated information on all such funds: Provided further, That operating plans 

that include changes in levels of funding for programs, projects, 

and activities specified in the congressional budget justification, 

in this Act, or amounts specifically designated in the respective 

tables included in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

this Act, as applicable, shall be subject to the notification and 

reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of this Act. 

(b) SPEND PLANS.— 

(1) Prior to the initial obligation of funds but not later 

than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

State or Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations a spend plan for funds made 

available by this Act, for— 

(A) assistance for Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, the West Bank and Gaza, Colombia, and countries 

in Central America; 

(B) assistance made available pursuant to section 

7047(d) of this Act to counter Russian influence and aggression, except that such plan shall be on a country-by-country 

basis; 

(C) assistance made available pursuant to section 7059 

of this Act; 

(D) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 

(E) democracy programs, Power Africa, programs to 

support section 7071(a) of this Act, and sectors enumerated 

in subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of section 

7060 of this Act; and 

(F) funds provided under the heading ‘‘International 

Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ for International 

Organized Crime and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights: Provided, That the spend plans shall include 

bilateral and global programs funded under such heading 

along with a brief description of the activities planned 

for each country. 

(2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of the 

Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in title 

III. 

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), up to 10 percent of 

the funds contained in a spend plan required by this subsection 

may be obligated prior to the submission of such spend plan 

if the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as appropriate, determines that the obligation of such funds is necessary 
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to avoid significant programmatic disruption: Provided, That 

not less than seven days prior to such obligation, the Secretary 

or Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the 

Committees on Appropriations on the justification for such 

obligation and the proposed uses of such funds. 

(c) SPENDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment 

of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed report on spending of funds made 

available during fiscal year 2018 under the heading ‘‘Development 

Credit Authority’’. 

(d) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in subsection 

(b) shall not be considered as meeting the notification requirements 

in this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961. 

(e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.— 

(1) The congressional budget justification for Department 

of State operations and foreign operations shall be provided 

to the Committees on Appropriations concurrent with the date 

of submission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2020: 

Provided, That the appendices for such justification shall be 

provided to the Committees on Appropriations not later than 

10 calendar days thereafter. 

(2) The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 

shall include in the congressional budget justification a detailed 

justification for multi-year availability for any funds requested 

under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating 

Expenses’’. 

STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS IMPACTED BY

EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT

SEC. 7071. (a) COUNTERING FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND EXTREMIST

ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 

this Act shall be made available for programs and activities to 

counter and defeat violent extremism and foreign fighters abroad, 

consistent with the strategy required by section 7073(a)(1) of the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31): Provided, That the Secretary of State shall ensure such programs 

are coordinated with and complement the efforts of other United 

States Government agencies and international partners, and that 

information gained through the conduct of such programs is shared 

in a timely manner with relevant departments and agencies of 

the United States Government, other international partners, and 

the appropriate congressional committees, as appropriate. 

(b) RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND.— 

(1) FUNDS AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’, not less than $200,000,000 shall be made 

available for the Relief and Recovery Fund for assistance for 

areas liberated or at risk from, or under the control of, the 

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, other terrorist organizations, 

or violent extremist organizations, including for stabilization 
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assistance for vulnerable ethnic and religious minority communities affected by conflict: Provided, That such funds are in 

addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes 

and to amounts specifically designated in this Act or in the 

joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act for assistance for countries: Provided further, That such funds appropriated under such headings may be transferred to, and merged 

with, funds appropriated under such headings: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition to any other 

transfer authority provided by this Act or any other Act, and 

is subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(2) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for the Relief 

and Recovery Fund, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 

available for programs to promote accountability in Iraq and 

Syria for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, 

which shall be in addition to any other funds made available 

by this Act for such purposes: Provided, That such programs 

shall include components to develop local investigative and 

judicial skills, and to collect and preserve evidence and maintain the chain of custody of evidence, including for use in 

prosecutions: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

administered by the Special Coordinator for the Office of Global 

Criminal Justice, Department of State: Provided further, That 

funds made available by this paragraph shall only be made 

available on an open and competitive basis. 

(3) FUNDS FOR JORDAN AND TUNISIA.—Of the funds appropriated in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 

made available for the Relief and Recovery Fund, not less 

than the following amounts shall be made available— 

(A) $50,000,000 for assistance for Jordan; and 

(B) $50,000,000 for assistance for Tunisia: 

Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise 

made available by this Act for such countries. 

(c) PREVENTION OF FAILED STATES THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE

PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

operations, and related programs that are made available for the 

Relief and Recovery Fund, up to $10,000,000 shall be made available 

to implement the program described under this section in the joint 

explanatory statement accompanying this Act, which shall be apportioned to USAID not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

Act: Provided, That such funds shall be in addition to funds made 

available for bilateral assistance for such countries, and shall 

remain available until expended: Provided further, That in addition 

to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, up to $750,000 

of the funds made available by this paragraph may be used by 

USAID for administrative expenses related to the design and 

implementation of such program. 

(d) COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN ASIA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

not less than $2,500,000 shall be made available for programs 

to counter violent extremism in Asia, including within the Buddhist 

community: Provided, That such funds shall be administered by 
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the Mission Director of the Regional Development Mission for Asia, 

USAID: Provided further, That such funds are in addition to funds 

otherwise made available for such purposes. 

(e) FRAGILE STATES AND EXTREMISM.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act shall be made available for the purposes of section 7080 

of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115– 

31), subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(f) GLOBAL CONCESSIONAL FINANCING FACILITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

may be made available for the Global Concessional Financing 

Facility of the World Bank to provide financing to support refugees 

and host communities: Provided, That such funds shall be in addition to funds made available for bilateral assistance in the report 

required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

and may only be made available subject to prior consultation with 

the Committees on Appropriations. 

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

SEC. 7072. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made available 

under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ in 

this Act for fiscal year 2019, $32,500,000 shall be made available 

for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). 

(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of 

the operation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to the 

‘‘Global Health Programs’’ account and shall be made available 

for family planning, maternal, and reproductive health activities, 

subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None of the 

funds made available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for 

a country program in the People’s Republic of China. 

(d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made available unless— 

(1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act 

in an account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and 

does not commingle such funds with other sums; and 

(2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of 

funds that UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the 

report is submitted for a country program in the People’s 

Republic of China. 

(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that UNFPA 

plans to spend funds for a country program in the People’s 

Republic of China in the year covered by the report, then 

the amount of such funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s 

Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds made 

available to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 

remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 
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REORGANIZATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SEC. 7073. (a) OVERSIGHT.— 

(1) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the 

Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

or any other Act may not be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, or other plan described in paragraph (2) by 

the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, or any other Federal department, 

agency, or organization funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head of such department, agency, or organization with the appropriate congressional committees: Provided, 

That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any such notification submitted to such Committees 

shall include a detailed justification for any proposed action, 

including the information specified under this section in the 

joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided 

further, That congressional notifications submitted during the 

previous fiscal year pursuant to section 7081 of the Department 

of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115–141) may be 

deemed to meet the notification requirements of this section. 

(2) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to paragraph 

(1), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any 

action to— 

(A) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered 

departments, agencies, or organizations, including bureaus 

and offices within or between such departments, agencies, 

or organizations, including the transfer to other agencies 

of the authorities and responsibilities of such bureaus and 

offices; 

(B) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the 

United States official presence overseas including at 

bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic facilities 

and other platforms; or 

(C) expand or reduce the size of the Civil Service, 

Foreign Service, eligible family member, and locally 

employed staff workforce of the Department of State and 

USAID from the on-board levels as of December 31, 2017. 

(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.— 

(1) PERSONNEL LEVELS.—Funds made available by this Act 

are made available to support the agency-wide on-board Foreign 

Service and Civil Service staff levels of the Department of 

State and USAID at not less than the levels as of December 

31, 2017. 

(2) REPORTS.— 

(A) Not later than 30 days after enactment of this 

Act, and quarterly thereafter until September 30, 2020, 

the USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the 

appropriate congressional committees on the status of 

USAID reorganization as described in the joint explanatory 

statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That the 

USAID Administrator shall consult with the appropriate 

congressional committees on the format of such reports. 
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(B) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

Act and every 60 days thereafter until September 30, 2020, 

the Secretary of State, in the case of the Department 

of State, and the USAID Administrator, in the case of 

USAID, shall report to the appropriate congressional 

committees on the on-board personnel levels, hiring, and 

attrition of the Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible 

family member, and locally employed staff workforce of 

the Department of State and USAID, as appropriate, on 

an operating unit-by-operating unit basis: Provided, That 

such report shall also include a hiring plan, including 

timelines, for maintaining the agency-wide, on-board Foreign Service and Civil Service at not less than the 

December 31, 2017 level through fiscal year 2019. 

(3) BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION, 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—None of the funds appropriated by 

this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs, or any other 

Act may be used to downsize, downgrade, consolidate, close, 

move, or relocate the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and 

Migration, Department of State, or any activities of such 

Bureau, to another Federal agency. 

(4) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by 

this Act— 

(A) under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary 

for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of 

State, and this responsibility shall not be delegated; and 

(B) that are made available for the Office of Global 

Women’s Issues shall be administered by the United States 

Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Department of State, and this responsibility shall not be delegated. 

(5) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.— 

(A) None of the funds appropriated in title I of this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ 

may be made available for a new major information technology (IT) investment without the concurrence of the Chief 

Information Officer, Department of State. 

(B) In complying with the requirements of this paragraph, the Chief Information Officer, Department of State, 

shall consider whether a new major information technology 

investment— 

(i) is consistent with the Department Information 

Technology Strategic Plan; 

(ii) maintains consolidated control over enterprise 

IT functions or improves operational maintenance; 

(iii) improves Department of State resiliency to 

a cyber-attack; 

(iv) reduces Department of State IT costs over 

the long-term; and 

(v) is in accordance with the Federal Acquisition 

Regulation (FAR), including FAR Part 6 regarding competition requirements. 

(6) TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND LIMITATION.— (A) None of the funds made available by this Act 

and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs may 
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be used by an agency to submit a project proposal to 

the Technology Modernization Board for funding from the 

Technology Modernization Fund unless, not later than 15 

days in advance of submitting the project proposal to the 

Board, the head of the agency— 

(i) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 

the proposed submission of the project proposal; and 

(ii) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

a copy of the project proposal. 

(B) None of the funds made available by this Act 

and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs may 

be used by an agency to carry out a project that is approved 

by the Board unless the head of the agency— 

(i) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

a copy of the approved project proposal, including the 

terms of reimbursement of funding received for the 

project; and 

(ii) agrees to submit to the Committees on Appropriations a copy of each report relating to the project 

that the head of the agency submits to the Board. 

(7) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REVIEW.—Programmatic, funding, 

and organizational changes resulting from implementation of 

the Foreign Assistance Review shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such notifications may be submitted in classified form, if necessary. 

RESCISSIONS

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

SEC. 7074. (a) Of the unobligated balances available under 

the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, as identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 11 

X 1022, $12,420,000 are rescinded. 

(b) Of the grant balances in the Foreign Military Sales Trust 

Fund, identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 97–11 

X 8242, which are not currently applied to an active FMS case 

and which were appropriated prior to fiscal year 2009, $11,000,000 

shall be deobligated, as appropriate, and shall be permanently 

rescinded. 

JOHN S. MCCAIN SCHOLARS PROGRAM

SEC. 7075. Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs’’ that are made 

available for the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarships Program shall also be made available for the John S. McCain Scholars 

Program, pursuant to section 303 of the International Academic 

Opportunity Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–309), to include the 

dependents of active United States military personnel who are 

receiving any form of Federal Financial Aid under title IV of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965. 
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AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS

SEC. 7076. (a) AFGHAN ALLIES.—Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the 

Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (division F of Public Law 

111–8), as amended, is further amended by substituting ‘‘18,500’’ 

for ‘‘14,500’’ in the matter preceding clause (i). 

(b) CONDITIONS.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

may be made available for the additional special immigrant visas 

made available under subsection (a) until the Secretary of State— 

(1) develops and implements a system to prioritize the 

processing of Afghan applicants for special immigrant visas 

under section 602 of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 

(8 U.S.C. 1101 note); and 

(2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees, 

as defined in section 602(a) of the Afghan Allies Protection 

Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note), the following reports: 

(A) the report required under paragraph (12) of section 

602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 

1101 note), as amended by section 1222 of the John S. 

McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2019 (Public Law 115–232); 

(B) a report on the procedures and processes used 

by the Chief of Mission to determine whether an Afghan 

applicant for a special immigrant visa under section 602 

of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 

note) has experienced, is experiencing, or may reasonably 

be expected to experience an ongoing, serious threat as 

a result of the qualifying service of the applicant; and 

(C) a report on the procedures for background and 

security checks on Afghan applicants for special immigrant 

visas under such section. 

SAUDI ARABIA

SEC. 7077. None of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ may 

be made available for assistance for the Government of Saudi 

Arabia. 

TITLE VIII 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, $3,225,971,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of 

which $2,626,122,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection and shall 

remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
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State may transfer up to $5,000,000 of the total funds made available under this heading to any other appropriation of any department or agency of the United States, upon the concurrence of 

the head of such department or agency, to support operations in, 

and assistance for, Afghanistan and to carry out the provisions 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That any 

such transfer shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such 

amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, 

$54,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, which 

shall be for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 

Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight: Provided, That 

printing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed amounts 

for such costs during fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That such 

amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to International 

Organizations’’, $96,240,000: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions for International 

Peacekeeping Activities’’, $988,656,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated 

by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, $158,067,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985. 
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BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, $584,278,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That such funds shall be apportioned to the United States Agency 

for International Development not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

TRANSITION INITIATIVES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, 

$62,043,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $1,172,336,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ to respond to refugee crises, including in Africa, the Near 

East, South and Central Asia, and Europe and Eurasia, 

$1,404,124,000, to remain available until expended, except that 

such funds shall not be made available for the resettlement costs 

of refugees in the United States: Provided, That such amount 

is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, 

$325,213,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
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Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That funds available for 

obligation under this heading in this Act may be used to pay 

assessed expenses of international peacekeeping activities in 

Somalia under the same terms and conditions, as applicable, as 

funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’ in this Act, subject to the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, $229,372,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 

Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 

Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 

in this title are in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for fiscal year 2019. 

EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS

SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the additional amounts 

appropriated by this title to appropriations accounts in this 

Act shall be available under the authorities and conditions 

applicable to such appropriations accounts. 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS

SEC. 8003.(a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 

(1) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under such headings. 

(2) Funds appropriated by this title in this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, 

funds appropriated by this title under such headings. 

(b) GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.—Notwithstanding 

any other provision of this section, up to $7,500,000 from funds 

appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and 

‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ by this title in this Act 

may be transferred to, and merged with, funds previously made 

available under the heading ‘‘Global Security Contingency Fund’’. 

(c) LIMITATION.—The transfer authority provided in subsection 

(a) may only be exercised to address contingencies. 

(d) NOTIFICATION.—The transfer authority provided by this section shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer 

authority otherwise available under any other provision of law, 
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including section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which 

may be exercised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of 

this title. 

RESCISSION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

SEC. 8004. Of the unobligated balances from amounts available under the 

heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in title II of 

the Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 

B of Public Law 114–254), $301,200,000 are rescinded: Provided, 

That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant 

to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

DIVISION G—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

$113,910,000, of which not to exceed $3,065,000 shall be available 

for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,000,000 

shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 

not to exceed $20,428,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

General Counsel; not to exceed $10,331,000 shall be available for 

the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 

not to exceed $14,300,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 

$2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $29,244,000 shall 

be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall be available for the Office 

of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,859,000 shall be available for 

the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $12,181,000 

shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $16,814,000 shall be available 

for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 

the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 

appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 

other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That 

no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 

by more than 7 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, 

That notice of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall 

be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
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shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception 

and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be 

credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 

in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary 

for Public Affairs. 

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $8,471,000, of which 

$2,218,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 

available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 

municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 

expenses incurred for training: Provided further, That any reference 

in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 

and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue to be 

deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation. 

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

For capital investments in surface transportation infrastruc- ture, $900,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021: 

Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute 

funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to be 

awarded to a State, local government, transit agency, port authority, 

or a collaboration among such entities on a competitive basis for 

projects that will have a significant local or regional impact: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding provided under 

this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway or bridge 

projects eligible under title 23, United States Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 

Code; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; and port 

infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and 

land ports of entry): Provided further, That of the amount made 

available under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount 

not to exceed $15,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design 

of projects eligible for funding under this heading: Provided further, That grants awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject 

to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That the Secretary 

may use up to 20 percent of the funds made available under 

this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under 

chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, or sections 501 through 

504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 

1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, if the Secretary finds that 

such use of the funds would advance the purposes of this paragraph: 

Provided further, That in distributing funds provided under this 

heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure 

an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the 

investment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, 

That a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 

$5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: Provided further, 
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That not more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 

this heading may be awarded to projects in a single State: Provided 

further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure 

is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, 

up to 80 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give 

priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds 

in order to complete an overall financing package: Provided further, 

That of the funds made available under this heading not more 

than 50 percent shall be for projects located in a rural area with 

a population equal to or less than 200,000: Provided further, That 

for projects located in a rural area, the minimum grant size shall 

be $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal share 

of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading not more than 50 percent shall 

be for projects located in an urbanized area with a population 

of more than 200,000: Provided further, That funds for an urbanized 

area under the previous proviso may be obligated to projects in 

the metropolitan area established under section 134 of title 23, 

United States Code, that encompasses such urbanized area: Provided further, That projects conducted using funds provided under 

this heading must comply with the requirements of subchapter 

IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select the 

grants and credit assistance awarded under this heading: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may set aside not more than 3 percent 

of the funds provided under this heading, and may transfer portions 

of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway 

Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal 

Railroad Administration, and the Maritime Administration to fund 

the award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made 

under the National Infrastructure Investments program: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall consider and award projects based 

solely on the selection criteria from the fiscal year 2017 Notice 

of Funding Opportunity: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

the previous proviso, the Secretary shall not use the Federal share 

or an applicant’s ability to generate non-Federal revenue as a 

selection criteria in awarding projects: Provided further, That the 

Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later 

than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

such Notice of Funding Opportunity shall require application 

submissions 90 days after the publishing of such Notice: Provided 

further, That of the applications submitted under the previous 

two provisos, the Secretary shall make grants no later than 270 

days after enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary 

determines: Provided further, That such sums provided for national 

infrastructure investments for passenger rail transportation projects 

under title I of division C of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 

641), shall remain available for expenditure through fiscal year 

2019 for the liquidation of valid obligations of active grants awarded 

with this funding: Provided further, That such sums provided for 

national infrastructure investments for port infrastructure projects 

under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 

432) shall remain available through fiscal year 2020 for the liquidation of valid obligations of active grants awarded with this funding: 
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Provided further, That the 2 preceding provisos shall be applied 

as if they were in effect on September 30, 2018. 

NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE

BUREAU

For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation 

and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, 

$5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations no less than 15 days prior to exercising the transfer 

authority granted under section 116(h) of title 49, United States 

Code. 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 

Department of Transportation’s financial systems and reengineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2020. 

CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 

necessary upgrades to wide area network and information technology infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls 

and identity management, testing and assessment of information 

technology against business, security, and other requirements, 

implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 

infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of enhanced 

security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2020. 

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,470,000. 

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 

research, systems development, development activities, and making 

grants, $7,879,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, $1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 

of the Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 

(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred to this 

appropriation, to remain available until expended, amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under 

this heading for IIPIC activities not related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, That the tools and analysis developed 

by the IIPIC shall be available to other Federal agencies for the 

permitting and review of major infrastructure projects not related 

to transportation only to the extent that other Federal agencies 

provide funding to the Department as provided for under the previous proviso. 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 

of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $319,793,000, shall 
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be paid from appropriations made available to the Department 

of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided 

on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of 

Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the 

Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 

assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, 

subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such 

assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by 

such Committees. 

MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Resource 

Center, the provision of financial education outreach activities to 

eligible transportation-related small businesses, the monitoring of 

existing loans in the guaranteed loan program, and the modification 

of such loans of the Minority Business Resource Center, $500,000, 

as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332; Provided, That notwithstanding 

that section, these funds may be for business opportunities related 

to any mode of transportation. 

SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND OUTREACH

For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business 

utilization and outreach activities, $3,488,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 

332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related 

to any mode of transportation. 

PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

In addition to funds made available from any other source 

to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 

41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be derived from the Airport 

and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in determining between or among carriers competing 

to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider 

the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

That basic essential air service minimum requirements shall not 

include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 

41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

none of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used 

to enter into a new contract with a community located less than 

40 miles from the nearest small hub airport before the Secretary 

has negotiated with the community over a local cost share: Provided 

further, That amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential 

air service program under subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United 

States Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts 

otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator may 
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reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the account established under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF

TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this Act to 

the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office 

of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or 

reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the 

modal administrations in this Act, except for activities underway 

on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 

or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 

for Congressional notification. 

SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 

Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the 

Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each 

meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance to record 

the decisions and actions of each meeting. 

SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 327 

of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Working Capital 

Fund is hereby authorized to provide partial or full payments 

in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from all Federal 

agencies from available funds for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass 

transportation fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 

13150 and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That 

the Department shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in 

the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide 

uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees: Provided 

further, That such reserve will not exceed one month of benefits 

payable and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 

the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That the 

Working Capital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer 

agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 

not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities related to commercial space transportation, administrative 

expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance 

of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps 

sold to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 

for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by 

Public Law 112–95, $10,410,758,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of which $9,833,400,000 shall be derived from 

the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 

$7,841,720,000 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not to exceed $1,336,969,000 shall be available for aviation 

safety activities; not to exceed $24,949,000 shall be available for 

commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
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$816,398,000 shall be available for finance and management activities; not to exceed $61,258,000 shall be available for NextGen 

and operations planning activities; not to exceed $114,165,000 shall 

be available for security and hazardous materials safety; and not 

to exceed $215,299,000 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, 

That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget activity, except for 

aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 

activity under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer 

may increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 5 percent: 

Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 percent shall 

be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 

Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 

further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 

the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 

transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted 

to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public 

Law 108–176: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 

31 that such report has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year 

hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, 

hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certification staff 

in a format similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing 

plan, including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals 

by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 

March 31 that such report has not been submitted to Congress: 

Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant 

agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist 

in the development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 

That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new 

applicants for the second career training program: Provided further, 

That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 

Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 

authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: 

Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, 

as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 

municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and 

private sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 

services, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of 

air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification 

of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair 

or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

under this heading, not less than $168,000,000 shall be used to 

fund direct operations of the current 254 air traffic control towers 

in the contract tower program, including the contract tower cost 

share program, and any airport that is currently qualified or that 

will qualify for the program during the fiscal year: Provided further, 

That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and 

cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 

through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That none 

of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

Act or any other Act may be used to eliminate the Contract Weather 
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Observers program at any airport: Provided further, That of the 

amount appropriated under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall 

be used for providing matching funds to qualified commercial entities seeking to demonstrate or validate technologies that the Federal 

Aviation Administration considers essential to the safe integration 

of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace 

System at Federal Aviation Administration designated UAS test 

sites: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration shall identify essential integration technologies that 

could be demonstrated or validated at test sites designated in 

accordance with the preceding proviso. 

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 

contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 

experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part 

A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 

acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 

service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 

of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees 

of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities 

where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 

lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this 

heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; 

to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

$3,000,000,000, of which $512,823,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2020, $2,372,127,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2021, and $115,050,000 shall remain available until 

expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 

public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 

the establishment, improvement, and modernization of national 

airspace systems: Provided further, That no later than March 31, 

the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress 

an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 

includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2020 

through 2024, with total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated and 

approved by the Office of Management and Budget. 

RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part 

A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites 

by lease or grant, $191,100,000, to be derived from the Airport 

and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 

30, 2021: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 

as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
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municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which 

shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, 

and development: Provided further, That funds made available 

under this heading shall be used in accordance with the joint 

explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified under 

this heading in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this 

Act may be transferred to any other funding level specified under 

this heading in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this 

Act: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 

any funding level by more than 10 percent: Provided further, That 

any transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be 

available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 

the procedures set forth in that section. 

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning 

and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 

and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 

and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, 

installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 

devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 

under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and administration of airport safety programs, 

including those related to airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,000,000,000, to be 

derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under 

this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 

programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 

in fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 

United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under 

this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 

conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or 

other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Government’s 

share of allowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants 

or paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a project 

at other than a large or medium hub airport that is a successive 

phase of a multi-phased construction project for which the project 

sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 

project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than 

$112,600,000 shall be available for administration, not less than 

$15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research 

Program, not less than $33,210,000 shall be available for Airport 
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Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community 

Air Service Development Program: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 

States Code, such program may include the participation of an 

airport that serves a community or consortium that is not larger 

than a small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifications 

effective at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a request 

for proposals. 

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Airports’’, to 

enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for projects 

as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and subchapter 1 

of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, $500,000,000, to 

remain available through September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

amounts made available under this heading shall be derived from 

the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 

percentages under chapter 471: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary 

grants to airports: Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation 

on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth 

in any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 

Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of the funds 

provided under this heading to fund the award and oversight by 

the Administrator of grants made under this heading. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally 

funded research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 

Systems Development during fiscal year 2019. 

SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 

pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors 

to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 

building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space 

in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic 

control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the 

prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 

between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement 

on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances 

that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 

Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control facilities. 

SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 

41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any 

amount remaining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 

may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 

SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 

49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation 
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current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available 

for the same purposes of such appropriation. 

SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 

for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United 

States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 

unless such employee actually performed work during the time 

corresponding to such premium pay. 

SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 

or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration 

to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of 

a Government-issued credit card. 

SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 

or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal 

Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of the 

Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of 

Transportation. 

SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may 

be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation 

on the ability of any owner or operator of a private aircraft to 

obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft 

registration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 

Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data that 

is made available to the public, except data made available to 

a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner 

or operator. 

SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 

for salaries and expenses of more than eight political and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration. 

SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under this Act 

may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 

49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation Administration 

provides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical navigation 

products and explains how such fees are consistent with Executive 

Order 13642. 

SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 

close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 

90 full business days in advance. 

SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this 

Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission 

rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. 

SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under this Act may 

be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 

to withhold from consideration and approval any new application 

for participation in the Contract Tower Program, or for reevaluation 

of Cost-share Program participants as long as the Federal Aviation 

Administration has received an application from the airport, and 

as long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligible 

using the factors set forth in the Federal Aviation Administration 

report, Establishment and Discontinuance Criteria for Airport 

Traffic Control Towers (FAA–APO–90–7 as of August, 1990). 

SEC. 119D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended 
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to limit the use of an Organization Designation Authorization’s 

(ODA) delegated functions documented in its procedures manual 

on a type certification project unless the Administrator documents 

a systemic airworthiness noncompliance performance issue as a 

result of inspection or oversight that the safety of air commerce 

requires a limitation with regard to a specific authorization or 

where an ODA’s capability has not been previously established 

in terms of a new compliance method or design feature: Provided, 

That in such cases FAA shall work with the ODA holder if requested 

to develop the capability to execute that function safely, efficiently 

and effectively: Provided further, That this section does not limit 

the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration to pursue 

emergency actions on ODAs where specific safety issues are noted. 

SEC. 119E. None of the funds made available by this Act 

and apportioned under section 47114(d) of title 49, United States 

Code, shall be made available for construction of a storage building, 

or a portion of such building, to shelter snow equipment in excess 

of equipment needs established by standards issued by the Secretary of Transportation that is owned by an airport categorized 

as a local general aviation airport as indicated in Federal Aviation 

Administration 2017- 2021 National Plan of Integrated Airport 

Systems (NPIAS) report unless such airport sponsor certifies conformity with the following: 

(1) The storage building, or portion thereof, to be constructed will be used to store snow removal equipment exclusively used for clearing airfield pavement of snow and ice 

following a weather event. 

(2) The 30-year annual snowfall normal of the nearest 

weather station based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration Summary of Monthly Normals 1981-2010 

exceeds 26 inches. 

(3) The airport serves as a base for a medical air ambulance 

transport aircraft; (d)that the airport master record (Form 5010- 

1) effective on September 14, 2017 for the airport indicates 

45 based aircraft consisting of single engine, multiple engine, 

and jet engine aircraft. 

(4) The airport sponsor will complete design of the storage 

building not later than fiscal year 2018 and initiate construction 

of the storage building not later than fiscal year 2019. 

(5) The area of the storage building, or portion thereof, 

to be funded under this section shall not exceed 6,000 square 

feet. 

SEC. 119F. (a) TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST.—The Administrator shall permit an air carrier operation under part 121 of 

title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to operate to a destination 

determined to be under visual flight rules without a Terminal 

Aerodrome Forecast or Meteorological Aerodrome Report if a current 

Area Forecast, supplemented by other local weather observations 

or reports, is available, and an alternate airport that has an available Terminal Aerodrome Forecast and weather report is specified. 

The air carrier shall have approved procedures for dispatch and 

en route weather evaluation and shall operate under instrument 

flight rules en route to the destination. 

(b) LIMITATION.—Without a written finding of necessity, based 

on objective and historical evidence of imminent threat to safety, 

the Administrator shall not promulgate any operation specification, 
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policy, or guidance document that is more restrictive than, or 

requires procedures that are not expressly stated in, the regulations. 

SEC. 119G. Of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘Grants- in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be for necessary 

expenses, including an independent verification regime, to provide 

reimbursement to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway 

operations and providers of general aviation ground support services 

located at those airports closed during a temporary flight restriction 

(TFR) for any residence of the President that is designated or 

identified to be secured by the United States Secret Service, and 

for direct and incremental financial losses incurred while such 

airports are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal Government: Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or distributed 

to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and 

providers of general aviation ground support services until an independent audit is completed: Provided further, That losses incurred 

as a result of violations of law, or through fault or negligence, 

of such operators and service providers or of third parties (including 

airports) are not eligible for reimbursements: Provided further, That 

obligation and expenditure of funds are conditional upon full release 

of the United States Government for all claims for financial losses 

resulting from such actions. 

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Not to exceed $446,444,304, together with advances and 

reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, 

shall be obligated for necessary expenses for administration and 

operation of the Federal Highway Administration. In addition, 

$3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian Regional 

Commission in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United 

States Code. 

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

Funds available for the implementation or execution of Federalaid highway and highway safety construction programs authorized 

under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and the provisions 

of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act shall not exceed 

total obligations of $45,268,596,000 for fiscal year 2019: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by 

title 23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of expert 

firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 

to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit 

instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 

such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to administrative 
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expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are not 

subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federalaid highway and highway safety construction programs authorized 

under title 23, United States Code, $46,007,596,000 derived from 

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 

to remain available until expended. 

HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $3,250,000,000: Provided, That the amounts made available under 

this heading shall be derived from the general fund, shall be in 

addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 2019 in this or 

any other Act for ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 

23, United States Code, and shall not affect the distribution or 

amount of funds provided in any other Act: Provided further, That 

section 1101(b) of Public Law 114–94 shall apply to funds made 

available under this heading: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading, $2,729,000,000 shall be set 

aside for activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, 

United States Code, and for the elimination of hazards and the 

installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings, 

$16,000,000 shall be set aside for activities eligible under the Puerto 

Rico Highway Program as described in section 165(b)(2)(C) of such 

title, $5,000,000 shall be set aside for activities eligible under the 

Territorial Highway Program, as described in section 165(c)(6) of 

such title, $25,000,000 shall be set aside for the nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program under section 1123 

of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Public 

Law 114–94), and $475,000,000 shall be set aside for a bridge 

replacement and rehabilitation program for qualifying States: Provided further, That for purposes of this heading, (1) the term ‘‘State’’ 

means any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia and (2) 

the term ‘‘qualifying State’’ means a State for which the percentage 

of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition in 

such State is at least 7.5 percent: Provided further, That the funds 

made available under this heading for activities eligible under 

section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, and for the 

elimination of hazards and the installation of protective devices 

at railway-highway crossings, shall be suballocated in the manner 

described in section 133(d) of such title, except that the set-aside 

described in section 133(h) of such title shall not apply to funds 

made available under this heading: Provided further, That the 

funds made available under this heading for (1) activities eligible 

under section 133(b)(1)(A) of such title and for the elimination 

of hazards and the installation of protective devices at railwayshighway crossings, and (2) a bridge replacement and rehabilitation 

program shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 

1 of such title and shall remain available through September 30, 

2022: Provided further, That the funds made available under this 

heading for activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 
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23, United States Code, and for the elimination of hazards and 

the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings, 

shall be apportioned to the States in the same ratio as the obligation 

limitation for fiscal year 2019 is distributed among the States 

in section 120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided further, That, except as 

provided in the following proviso, the funds made available under 

this heading for activities eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway 

Program and activities eligible under the Territorial Highway Program shall be administered as if allocated under sections 165(b) 

and 165(c), respectively, of such title and shall remain available 

through September 30, 2022: Provided further, That the funds 

made available under this heading for activities eligible under 

the Puerto Rico Highway Program shall not be subject to the 

requirements of sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such title: 

Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading 

for the nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program under section 1123 of the FAST Act shall remain available 

through September 30, 2022: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall distribute funds made available under this heading for a 

bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to each qualifying 

State by the proportion that the percentage of total deck area 

of bridges classified as in poor condition in each qualifying State 

bears to the sum of the percentages of total deck area of bridges 

classified as in poor condition in all qualifying States: Provided 

further, That the funds made available under this heading for 

a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program shall be used 

for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public 

roads: Provided further, That except as provided in the following 

proviso the funds made available under this heading for a bridge 

replacement and rehabilitation program shall be used in areas 

of a qualifying State that have a population of 200,000 or fewer 

individuals: Provided further, That if a qualifying State has no 

bridges located in areas with a population of 200,000 or fewer 

individuals, or if a qualifying State has insufficient bridge replacement or rehabilitation needs in areas of the State with a population 

of 200,000 or fewer individuals, the funds made available under 

this heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program 

may be used for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation 

projects on public roads in any area of the State: Provided further, 

That for purposes of this heading for a bridge replacement and 

rehabilitation program, the Secretary shall (1) calculate population 

based on the latest available data from the decennial census conducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code, and 

(2) calculate the percentages of total deck area of bridges classified 

as in poor condition based on the National Bridge Inventory as 

of December 31, 2017. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Transportation shall— 

(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federalaid highways— 

(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 

and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States 

Code; and 
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(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; 

(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 

for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts— 

(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 

(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for previous 

fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 

or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 

(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 

a previous fiscal year; 

(3) determine the proportion that— 

(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 

less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to 

(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 

for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

through (11) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 

appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 

equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 

such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 

distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 

(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 

the Secretary under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned 

by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 

multiplying— 

(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 

by 

(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each 

such program for such fiscal year; and 

(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under 

title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program in section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from 

the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the proportion 

that— 

(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United States 

Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears to 

(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 

23, United States Code, to all States for such fiscal year. 
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(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 

limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations 

under or for— 

(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 

(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 

Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714); 

(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 

Stat. 1701); 

(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 

Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119); 

(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 

Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 

(101 Stat. 198); 

(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 

on June 8, 1998); 

(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 

for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount 

equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 

(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 

authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 

for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 

only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed 

or been used; 

(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 

effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount 

equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 

(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 

119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 

with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations 

at the time at which the funds were initially made available 

for obligation; and 

(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 

each of fiscal years 2013 through 2019, only in an amount 

equal to $639,000,000). 

(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 

of such fiscal year— 

(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 

available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 

be obligated during that fiscal year; and 

(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able 

to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 

during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 

large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 

144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

of Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 

Code. 

(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR- TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 

contract authority for transportation research programs carried 

out under— 

(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and 
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(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act. 

(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made available under 

paragraph (1) shall— 

(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; 

and 

(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 

imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years. 

(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

of distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 

the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 

funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 

23, United States Code) that— 

(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal 

year for Federal-aid highway programs; and 

(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to 

the States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 

section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not 

be available for obligation, for such fiscal year because 

of the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal 

year. 

(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 

(1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 

authority under subsection (a)(5). 

(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each State under 

paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described 

in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code. 

SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 

the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of 

title 49, United States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid 

highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for 

such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the 

obligation limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

construction programs. 

SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his 

or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the 

intent to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted 

under the Buy America requirements. 

SEC. 123. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance 

unless not less than 3 days before any application approval to 

provide credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, 

United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation provides 

notification in writing to the following committees: the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing 

and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but not be limited to, the 

name of the project sponsor; a description of the project; whether 
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credit assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, 

or line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 

SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make 

a grant for a project under section 117 of title 23, United States 

Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 days before making a grant 

under that section, provides written notification to the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, 

including an evaluation and justification for the project and the 

amount of the proposed grant award: Provided, That the written 

notification required in the previous proviso shall be made no 

later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 165 

of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project eligible 

under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of title 23 and 

located within the boundary of the State or territory any earmarked 

amount, and any associated obligation limitation: Provided, That 

the Department of Transportation for the State or territory for 

which the earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 

notifies the Secretary of Transportation of its intent to use its 

authority under this section and submits a quarterly report to 

the Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding would 

be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of availability of 

funds to be obligated under this section, such funds and associated 

obligation limitation shall remain available for obligation for a 

period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the Secretary 

of Transportation is notified. The Federal share of the cost of 

a project carried out with funds made available under this section 

shall be the same as associated with the earmark. 

(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ means— 

(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 

XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a 

prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 

authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 

fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered 

by the Federal Highway Administration; or 

(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of 

the Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior 

law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal 

years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 

the Federal Highway Administration. 

(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised only 

for those projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 

percent of the amount made available for obligation as of October 

1 of the current fiscal year, and shall be applied to projects within 

the same general geographic area within 50 miles for which the 

funding was designated, except that a State or territory may apply 

such authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or 

activities the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 

which payments have been made under a final voucher. 

(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 

information provided by the States and territories each quarter 

to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
H. J. Res. 31—402 

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 

execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations 

and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 49, United States 

Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

Act, $284,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

(other than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances 

and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until 

expended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 

execution or administration of motor carrier safety operations and 

programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall not 

exceed total obligations of $284,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2019, of which $9,073,000, 

to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021, is 

for the research and technology program, and of which $34,824,000, 

to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021, is 

for information management. 

MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 

31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, 

as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 

$382,800,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 

than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementation 

or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 

total obligations of $382,800,000 in fiscal year 2019 for ‘‘Motor 

Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $304,300,000 shall be available 

for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,500,000 shall 

be available for the commercial driver’s license program 

implementation program, $44,000,000 shall be available for the 

high priority activities program, and $2,000,000 shall be made 

available for commercial motor vehicle operators grants, of which 

$1,000,000 is to be made available from prior year unobligated 

contract authority provided for Motor Carrier Safety grants in the 

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105– 

178), SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), or other appropriations 

or authorization acts. 
H. J. Res. 31—403 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations by certified 

mail, registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records 

the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violations. 

SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or any 

other Act may be obligated or expended to implement, administer, 

or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United 

States Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant 

to such section, with respect to the use of electronic logging devices 

by operators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 

31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 

602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 

U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 

SEC. 132. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act or any other Act may be used to implement, 

enforce or in any other way make effective the final rule published 

by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on May 27, 

2015, entitled ‘‘Lease and Interchange of Vehicles; Motor Carriers 

of Passengers’’. 

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under 

chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 

Code, $190,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall remain available 

through September 30, 2020. 

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, section 4011 of the Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94), and chapter 303 of title 

49, United States Code, $152,100,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 

in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 

programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2019, are 

in excess of $152,100,000, of which $146,700,000 shall be for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 4011 of the 

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94) 

and $5,400,000 shall be for the National Driver Register authorized 

under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 

That within the $152,100,000 obligation limitation for operations 

and research, $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 
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30, 2020, and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation 

imposed on obligations for future years. 

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions 

of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation Act, to remain available until 

expended, $610,208,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none 

of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 

execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal 

year 2019, are in excess of $610,208,000 for programs authorized 

under 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the 

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, of which $270,400,000 

shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 

$283,000,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 

23 U.S.C. 405; $30,200,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; $26,608,000 shall be for 

‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That none 

of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or 

remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, 

local or private buildings or structures: Provided further, That 

not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National 

Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired 

Driving Countermeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that 

section) shall be available for technical assistance to the States: 

Provided further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision 

under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8), any amounts transferred to increase 

the amounts made available under section 402 shall include the 

obligation authority for such amounts: Provided further, That the 

Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted under the 

previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8) within 5 days. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made available to 

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the 

amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 

to pay for travel and related expenses for State management reviews 

and to pay for core competency development training and related 

expenses for highway safety staff. 

SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this 

Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation authority 

was made available in previous public laws but only to the extent 

that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used. 

SEC. 142. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to mandate global positioning system (GPS) tracking in 
H. J. Res. 31—405 

private passenger motor vehicles without providing full and appropriate consideration of privacy concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 

5, subchapter II. 

SEC. 143. In addition to the amounts made available under 

the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquidation of Contract 

Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ 

for carrying out the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United 

States Code, $14,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2020, shall be made available to the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration from the general fund, of which not to exceed 

$7,000,000 shall be available to provide funding for grants, pilot 

program activities, and innovative solutions to reduce impaireddriving fatalities in collaboration with eligible entities under section 

403 of title 23, United States Code, and not to exceed $7,000,000 

shall be available to continue a high visibility enforcement paidmedia campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing safety in 

collaboration with the Federal Railroad Administration. 

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for, $221,698,000, of which $18,000,000 shall 

remain available until expended. 

RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 

$40,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING PROGRAM

The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue direct 

loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 

of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 

(Public Law 94–210), as amended, such authority shall exist as 

long as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 

FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR

For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership 

for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by section 24911 

of title 49, United States Code, $400,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up 

to one percent of the amount provided under this heading for 

the costs of award and project management oversight of grants 

carried out under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity that encompasses funds provided under this 

heading in this Act and previously unawarded funds provided under 

this heading in fiscal year 2017 by Public Law 115–31 and fiscal 

year 2018 by Public Law 115–141, no later than 30 days after 

enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

announce the selection of projects to receive awards for the funds 

in the previous proviso no later than 180 days after enactment 

of this Act. 
H. J. Res. 31—406 

CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as authorized by section 

24407 of title 49, United States Code, $255,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That section 24405(f) of title 

49, United States Code, shall not apply to projects for the 

implementation of positive train control systems otherwise eligible 

under section 24407(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

further, That amounts available under this heading for projects 

selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the appropriate agencies 

to be administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United 

States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not limit 

eligible projects from consideration for funding for planning, 

engineering, environmental, construction, and design elements of 

the same project in the same application: Provided further, That 

unobligated balances remaining after 4 years from the date of 

enactment may be used for any eligible project under section 

24407(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the amount provided under this heading for the costs of award and project management oversight of grants carried out under section 24407 of title 

49, United States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity that encompasses previously unawarded funds provided under this heading in fiscal 

year 2018 by Public Law 115–141 and funds provided under this 

heading in this Act no later than 30 days after enactment of 

this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall announce the 

selection of projects to receive awards for the funds in the previous 

proviso no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act. 

RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT

For necessary expenses related to Restoration and Enhancement Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 49, United 

States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the 

funds provided under this heading to fund the costs of award 

and project management and oversight: Provided further, That the 

Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity for funds 

provided under this heading no later than 30 days after enactment 

of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall announce 

the selection of projects to receive awards for the funds in the 

previous proviso no later than 120 days after enactment of this 

Act. 

MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM

For necessary expenses related to the deployment of magnetic 

levitation transportation projects, consistent with language in 

1307(a) through (c) of Public Law 109–59, as amended by section 

102 of Public Law 110–244 (section 322 of title 23, United States 

Code), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
H. J. Res. 31—407 

NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

PASSENGER CORPORATION

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 11101(a) 

of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A 

of Public Law 114–94), $650,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to onehalf of 1 percent of the funds provided under both this heading 

and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs of project management and oversight of activities authorized by section 11101(c) 

of division A of Public Law 114–94: Provided further, That in 

addition to the project management oversight funds authorized 

under section 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94, the 

Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the funds 

provided under this heading to fund expenses associated with the 

Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 24905 

of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 

amounts made available under this heading and the ‘‘National 

Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ 

heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to 

bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into compliance with 

the Americans with Disabilities Act. 

NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

CORPORATION

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with the National Network as authorized by section 11101(b) 

of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A 

of Public Law 114–94), $1,291,600,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to an addi- tional $2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 

expenses associated with the State-Supported Route Committee 

established under section 24712 of title 49, United States Code: 

Provided further, That at least $50,000,000 of the amount provided 

under this heading shall be available for the development, installation and operation of railroad safety technology, including the 

implementation of a positive train control system, on State-supported routes as defined under section 24102(13) of title 49, United 

States Code, on which positive train control systems are not 

required by law or regulation: Provided further, That not less than 

$50,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall be 

for capital expenses related to safety improvements, maintenance, 

and the non-Federal match for discretionary Federal grant programs 

to enable continued passenger rail operations on long-distance 

routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) 

on which Amtrak is the sole operator on a host railroad’s line 

and a positive train control system is not required by law or 

regulation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 

this heading shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection 

(a) or (b) of section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, with 

respect to long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 

49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator 

on a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system is 
H. J. Res. 31—408 

not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emergency 

or during maintenance or construction outages impacting such 

routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, 

or substantially alter the route of rail service on any portion of 

such route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementation 

of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United 

States Code, in lieu of rail service. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National Railroad 

Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs 

in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee: Provided, That 

the President of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous 

proviso for specific employees when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 

of the system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 

shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a summary of all overtime 

payments incurred by the Corporation for 2018 and the three prior 

calendar years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 

the total number of employees that received waivers and the total 

overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees 

receiving waivers for each month for 2018 and for the three prior 

calendar years. 

SEC. 151. It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed 

transportation access for 4,700,000 riders in 325 communities 

in 40 States and are particularly important in rural areas; 

and 

(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should 

be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National 

Network (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States 

Code). 

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 

Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, 

United States Code, $113,165,000, of which up to $1,000,000 shall 

be available to carry out the provisions of section 5326 of such 

title: Provided, That none of the funds provided or limited in this 

Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit security 

under this heading: Provided further, That upon submission to 

the Congress of the fiscal year 2020 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual 

report on New Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 

2020. 
H. J. Res. 31—409 

TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 

Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment 

of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 

5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 

5339, and 5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and 

section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 

$9,900,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of 

the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That funds available for the implementation or execution 

of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 

5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 

amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of the 

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total 

obligations of $9,939,380,030 in fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under 

49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall not exceed 80 percent, except that 

if there is substantial public interest or benefit, the Secretary 

may approve a greater Federal share. 

TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities grants 

under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, state of good 

repair grants under section 5337 of such title, formula grants for 

rural areas under section 5311 of such title, high density state 

apportionments under section 5340(d) of such title, and the bus 

testing facilities under sections 5312 and 5318 of such title, 

$700,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

$350,000,000 shall be available for grants as authorized under 

section 5339 of such title, of which $160,000,000 shall be available 

for the buses and bus facilities formula grants as authorized under 

section 5339(a) of such title, $160,000,000 shall be available for 

the buses and bus facilities competitive grants as authorized under 

section 5339(b) of such title, and $30,000,000 shall be available 

for the low or no emission grants as authorized under section 

5339(c) of such title: Provided further, That $263,000,000 shall 

be available for the state of good repair grants as authorized under 

section 5337 of such title: Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall 

be available for formula grants for rural areas as authorized under 

section 5311 of such title: Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall 

be available for the high density state apportionments as authorized 

under section 5340(d) of such title: Provided further, That 

$1,000,000 shall be available for the bus testing facility as authorized under section 5318 of such title: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 5318(a) of such title, $6,000,000 shall be available 

for the operation and maintenance of bus testing facilities by institutions of higher education selected pursuant to section 5312(h) of 

such title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall enter into 
H. J. Res. 31—410 

a contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, 

each institution of higher education selected pursuant to section 

5312(h) of such title, to operate and maintain a facility to conduct 

the testing of low or no emission vehicle new bus models using 

the standards established pursuant to section 5318(e)(2) of such 

title: Provided further, That the term ‘‘low or no emission vehicle’’ 

has the meaning given the term in section 5312(e)(6) of such title: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the 

cost of testing a low or no emission vehicle new bus model at 

each selected institution of higher education: Provided further, That 

the entity having the vehicle tested shall pay 20 percent of the 

cost of testing: Provided further, That a low or no emission vehicle 

new bus model tested that receives a passing aggregate test score 

in accordance with the standards established under section 

5318(e)(2) of such title, shall be deemed to be in compliance with 

the requirements of section 5318(e) of such title: Provided further, That amounts made available by this heading shall be derived 

from the general fund: Provided further, That the amounts made 

available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation 

on obligations for transit programs set forth in any Act. 

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, $5,000,000, 

of which not less than $1,500,000 shall be for a cooperative agreement through which the Federal Transit Administration assists 

small-urban, rural and tribal public transit recipients and planning 

organizations with applied innovation and capacity-building: Provided, That the assistance provided under this heading not duplicate 

the activities of 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) or 49 U.S.C. 5312. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital 

investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United States 

Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, $2,552,687,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2022: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

this heading, $2,169,783,950 shall be obligated by December 31, 

2020: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 

this heading, $1,265,670,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States Code, 

$635,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section 

5309(e) of title 49, United States Code, $526,500,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United 

States Code, and $100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue 

to administer the capital investment grants program in accordance 

with the procedural and substantive requirements of section 5309 

of title 49, United States Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation Act. 

GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

AUTHORITY

For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 

Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of Public 
H. J. Res. 31—411 

Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve grants 

for capital and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 

and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 

that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is making 

progress to improve its safety management system in response 

to the Federal Transit Administration’s 2015 safety management 

inspection: Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine 

that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 

placed the highest priority on those investments that will improve 

the safety of the system before approving such grants: Provided 

further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout 

the rail system, may waive the requirements of section 601(e)(1) 

of division B of Public Law 110–432. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION)

SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 

the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 

under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, 

or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. 

SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Transit Administration 

for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2022, and other 

recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 

for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 

SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

funds appropriated before October 1, 2018, under any section of 

chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available 

for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under 

the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. 

SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to enter 

into a full funding grant agreement for a project with a New 

Starts share greater than 51 percent. 

SEC. 164. Of the unobligated amounts made available for fiscal 

years 2005 or prior fiscal years to ‘‘Transit Formula Grants’’, a 

total of $46,560,000 is hereby permanently rescinded. 

SEC. 165. None of the funds made available under this Act 

may be used for the implementation or furtherance of new policies 

detailed in the ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ letter distributed by the Federal 

Transit Administration to capital investment grant program project 

sponsors on June 29, 2018. 

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 

hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 

and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 

section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
H. J. Res. 31—412 

amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, 

and capital asset renewal activities on those portions of the Saint 

Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint 

Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $36,000,000, to be 

derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 

Public Law 99–662: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

under this heading, not less than $16,000,000 shall be used on 

capital asset renewal activities. 

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 

merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 

States, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 

authorized by law, $149,442,000, of which $70,593,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2020 for the operations of the United 

States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which $18,000,000 shall 

remain available until expended for the maintenance and repair, 

equipment, and capital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Academy: Provided, That not later than January 

12, 2019, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall 

transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

the annual report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at 

the United States Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant 

to section 3507 of Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That 

of the amounts made available under this heading, $3,000,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2020 for the Maritime 

Environment and Technology Assistance program authorized under 

section 50307 of title 46, United States Code: Provided further, 

That of the amounts made available under this heading, $7,000,000, 

shall remain available until expended for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for 

the purposes authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 

46, United States Code: Provided further, That available balances 

under this heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program 

(America’s Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries shall be 

available to carry out activities authorized under sections 

55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: Provided further, 

That from funds provided under the previous two provisos, the 

Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 180 

days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary 
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determines: Provided further, That any unobligated balances available from previous appropriations for programs and activities supporting State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to and 

merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration, State 

Maritime Academy Operations’’ and shall be made available for 

the same purposes. 

STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses of operations, support and training 

activities for State Maritime Academies, $345,200,000, of which 

$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life extension, and capacity improvement of National 

Defense Reserve Fleet training ships in support of State Maritime 

Academies, of which $8,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be for expenses related to training mariners for costs associated with training vessel sharing pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 51504(g)(3) 

for costs associated with mobilizing, operating and demobilizing 

the vessel, including travel costs for students, faculty and crew, 

the costs of the general agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Secretary, 

of which $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

be for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, 

including funds for construction, planning, administration, and 

design of school ships, of which $2,400,000 shall remain available 

through September 30, 2020, for the Student Incentive Program, 

of which $3,800,000 shall remain available until expended for 

training ship fuel assistance, and of which $6,000,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2020, for direct payments for State 

Maritime Academies. 

ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 

section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by Public 

Law 113–281, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

SHIP DISPOSAL

For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime 

Administration. 

PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, $200,000,000 to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That projects eligible 

for funding provided under this heading shall be projects for coastal 
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seaports: Provided further, That in addition, $92,730,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be for grants to the 15 coastal 

seaports that handled the greatest number of loaded foreign and 

domestic twenty-foot equivalent units of containerized cargo in 2016, 

as identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Provided further, 

That the Maritime Administration shall distribute funds provided 

under this heading as discretionary grants to port authorities or 

commissions or their subdivisions and agents under existing 

authority, as well as to a State or political subdivision of a State 

or local government, a tribal government, a public agency or publicly 

chartered authority established by one or more States, a special 

purpose district with a transportation function, a multistate or 

multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity described above 

jointly with a private entity or group of private entities: Provided 

further, That projects eligible for funding provided under this 

heading shall be either within the boundary of a port, or outside 

the boundary of a port, and directly related to port operations 

or to an intermodal connection to a port that will improve the 

safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out 

of, around, or within a port, as well as the unloading and loading 

of cargo at a port: Provided further, That in awarding grants from 

funds made available by the second proviso under this heading 

for the 15 coastal seaports referred to, the Maritime Administration 

shall give priority consideration for proposed projects that construct 

treatment facilities defined in section 305.1 of title 7, Code of 

Federal Regulations, to meet the phytosanitary treatment requirements of sections 305.5 through 305.8 of title 7, Code of Federal 

Regulations: Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs 

for which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be 

up to 80 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent 

of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

for necessary costs of grant administration: Provided further, That 

the proceeds of Federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 

23, United States Code or sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad 

and Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 

94–210), as amended, shall be considered to be part of the nonFederal share of project costs if the loan is repayable from nonFederal funds, unless otherwise requested by the project sponsor. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Administration 

is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary 

repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy 

involving Government property under control of the Maritime 

Administration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall 

be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof 

and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for 

items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered 

into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $23,710,000: Provided, 

That the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule to 

expand the applicability of comprehensive oil spill response plans 

within 90 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

the amounts appropriated under this heading shall be reduced 

by $10,000 per day for each day that such rule has not been 

issued following the expiration of the period set forth in the previous 

proviso. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 

safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, $58,000,000, of which $7,570,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That up to $800,000 

in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in 

the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 

further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 

available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 

municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 

expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 

PIPELINE SAFETY

(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety program, 

as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the pipeline 

program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

$165,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, of 

which $23,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

Trust Fund; of which $134,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from 

fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose 

of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141: Provided, That not less than 

$1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 

the One-Call State grant program. 

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Prepared- ness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2021, from amounts made available 

by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) and (c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the 

amounts made available from this account shall be available to 
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pay administrative costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, 

prior year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be available to develop a hazardous materials response training curriculum 

for emergency responders, including response activities for the 

transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids 

by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such training available through an electronic 

format: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made available under this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 

U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 

to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

as amended, $92,600,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 

shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 

3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 

to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 

is subject to regulation by the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading 

may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 

49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair 

methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and 

ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air 

carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 

for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 

vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 

vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 

(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 

to the Department and its operating administrations shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment 

of unmanned aircraft systems that advance the Department’s, or 

its operating administrations’, missions. 

(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or procured by 

the Department prior to the enactment of this Act shall be deemed 

authorized. 

SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 

per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 

Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 

2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), 

except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 

18 U.S.C. 2721. 
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(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 

noncompliance with this provision. 

SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 

for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political and Presidential 

appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 

none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned 

on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 

SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, 

municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 

expenses incurred for training may be credited respectively to the 

Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account 

and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 

in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act to the 

Department of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 

guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary 

of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project 

competitively selected to receive any discretionary grant award, 

letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, 

line of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement is 

announced by the Department or its modal administrations: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ 

of funds from the emergency relief program: Provided further, That 

no notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 

(b) In addition to the notification required in subsection (a), 

none of the funds made available in this Act to the Department 

of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, 

line of credit, cooperative agreement or discretionary grant unless 

the Secretary of Transportation provides the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such 

loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or 

discretionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 full 

business days before such announcement: Provided, That the 

requirement to provide a list in this subsection does not apply 

to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief program: 

Provided further, That no list shall involve funds that are not 

available for obligation. 

SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 

and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 

from travel management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 

credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 

and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation 

using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available 

until expended. 

SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any prior Act 

that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by 

the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor under 

a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, 

shall be available— 
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(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 

Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments: Provided, That amounts made available in this Act 

shall be available until expended; and 

(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 

improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 

of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, as amended 

by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 

2010 and Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 

Improvement Act of 2012, and Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015: Provided, That amounts in excess of that 

required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

(A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropriation from which the improper payments were made, and 

shall be available for the purposes and period for which 

such appropriations are available: Provided further, That 

where specific project or accounting information associated 

with the improper payment or payments is not readily 

available, the Secretary may credit an appropriate account, 

which shall be available for the purposes and period associated with the account so credited; or 

(B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall 

be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

Provided further, That prior to depositing such recovery 

in the Treasury, the Secretary shall notify the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations of the amount and 

reasons for such transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has 

the same meaning as that provided in section 2(e)(2) of 

Public Law 111–204. 

SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any 

funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be provided solely to the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations, and said reprogramming 

action shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

Transportation may provide notice to other congressional committees of the action of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 

following the date on which the reprogramming action has been 

approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for the 

costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when 

such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are 

purchased to provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal 

administration or administrations. 

SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits 

authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, 

including distribution of transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
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SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may use funds 

provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under 

title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing geographic, economic, 

or any other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, 

or to amend a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids 

a recipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit 

Administration grant from imposing such hiring preference on a 

contract or construction project with which the Department of 

Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient certifies 

the following: 

(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, 

a pool of readily available but unemployed individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work 

that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction; 

(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor does 

not displace any of its existing employees in order to satisfy 

such hiring preference; and 

(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 

delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 

not delay or displace any transportation project in the 

applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 

Transportation Improvement Program. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 

Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICES

For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 

which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy 

Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2020: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 

available under this heading shall be available to the Secretary 

for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary 

may determine. 

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support Offices, $541,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

of which $70,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer, (and of which $20,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021, shall be for the financial transformation 

initiative); $97,800,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be for the 

Departmental Enforcement Center; $206,300,000 shall be available 

for the Office of Administration; $40,400,000 shall be available 

for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; $54,300,000 

shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
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$19,100,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; $3,800,000 shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; $4,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Business Transformation; and $44,700,000 

shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: 

Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be used 

for necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of 

the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise 

provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 

as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor 

vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 

further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising and 

promotional activities that directly support program activities 

funded in this title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 

in electronic form all signed reports required by Congress: Provided 

further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made available 

under this heading for the Office of Chief Financial Officer for 

the financial transformation initiative may be obligated until the 

Secretary submits to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a plan for expenditure that includes the 

financial and internal control capabilities to be delivered and the 

mission benefits to be realized, key milestones to be met, and 

the relationship between the proposed use of funds made available 

under this heading and the projected total cost and scope of the 

initiative. 

PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public 

and Indian Housing, $219,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Development, $112,344,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020. 

HOUSING

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, $382,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of 

which not less than $12,000,000 shall be for the Office of Recapitalization. 

POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 

Development and Research, $26,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020. 
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FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 

Housing and Equal Opportunity, $72,900,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020. 

OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $8,600,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020. 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the 

‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts 

transferred, including reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to 

the Fund under this heading shall be available for Federal shared 

services used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for 

such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records management, 

space renovation, furniture, or supply services as the Secretary 

determines shall be derived from centralized sources made available 

by the Department to all offices and agencies and funded through 

the Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made available in this 

title for salaries and expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive 

Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Office Salaries 

and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, 

the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such amounts, to remain 

available until expended, as are necessary to fund services, specified 

in the matter preceding the first proviso, for which the appropriation 

would otherwise have been available, and may transfer not to 

exceed an additional $5,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, to be merged with the Fund and to remain available 

until expended for any purpose under this heading: Provided further, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts available 

to each office or agency of the Department for the services, or 

portion of services, specified in the matter preceding the first proviso: Provided further, That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and conditions under this heading shall supplement the authorities and conditions provided under section 7(f). 

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 

rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act 

of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), 

not otherwise provided for, $18,598,000,000, to remain available 

until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition 

to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 

that shall be available on October 1, 2018), and $4,000,000,000, 

to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 
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1, 2019: Provided, That the amounts made available under this 

heading are provided as follows: 

(1) $20,313,000,000 shall be available for renewals of 

expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 

(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 

of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 

Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 

vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 

carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2019 funding 

cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 

agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 

leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 

applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 

by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making 

any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 

first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 

tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided 

further, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph 

may be used to fund a total number of unit months under 

lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level 

of units under contract, except for public housing agencies 

participating in the MTW demonstration, which are instead 

governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this paragraph 

(except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), prorate 

each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 

pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 

provided in the following provisos, the entire amount specified 

under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 

paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing agencies 

based on the allocation and pro rata method described above, 

and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their 

annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment of 

this Act or March 1, 2019: Provided further, That the Secretary 

may extend the notification period with the prior written 

approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 

to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same 

pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ 

calendar year 2019 allocations based on the excess amounts 

of public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, 

including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 

VMS data in calendar year 2018 that is verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 

public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 

Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single fund budget 

authority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2019 MTW funding allocation: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred to 

in the previous two provisos throughout the calendar year 

to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families 

as the result of insufficient funding, as determined by the 
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Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of renewal 

funding allocations: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 

shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations 

for public housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 

by a public housing agency that experienced a significant 

increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs 

of vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 

portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that 

were not in use during the previous 12-month period in order 

to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 

8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated 

with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) 

vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that despite taking 

reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 

previous proviso based on need, as determined by the Secretary; 

(2) $85,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 

for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion 

of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation 

of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 

public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 

enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under 

any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 

8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and 

voluntary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

including replacement and relocation assistance or for projectbased assistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted 

elderly tenants currently residing in section 202 properties 

financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant 

to Public Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority 

as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a public 

housing development is submitted for demolition or disposition 

under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 

8 rental assistance when the units pose an imminent health 

and safety risk to residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for units that 

were occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to 

be available as assisted housing, subject only to the availability 

of funds: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be available to provide 

tenant protection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 

paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas and who 

may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household 

income, as the result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, 

HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the permission 

of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration 

of a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not 

eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance 

under existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation program 

administered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 

tenant protection assistance made available under the previous 

proviso may be provided under the authority of section 8(t) 
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or section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

(42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, including, 

but not limited to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk 

households within 60 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any tenant protection voucher made available from amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 

by any public housing agency, except the replacement vouchers 

as defined by the Secretary by notice, when the initial family 

that received any such voucher no longer receives such voucher, 

and the authority for any public housing agency to issue any 

such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, That the 

Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 

made available under this paragraph for units assisted under 

a project-based subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘ProjectBased Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where the 

owner has received a Notice of Default and the units pose 

an imminent health and safety risk to residents: Provided 

further, That to the extent that the Secretary determines that 

such units are not feasible for continued rental assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy contract associated with such 

units to another project or projects and owner or owners, any 

remaining amounts associated with such units under such contract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse amounts used 

under this paragraph for rental assistance under the preceding 

proviso; 

(3) $1,886,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 

expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 

8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 

$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 

public housing agencies that need additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, including fees associated with 

section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 

of disaster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and other 

special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 

than $1,856,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph 

shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar 

year 2019 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and 

related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately 

before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 

That if the amounts made available under this paragraph are 

insufficient to pay the amounts determined under the previous 

proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated 

to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies 

receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent 

necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under 

the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including 

recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 

to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under 

this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 

vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

were appropriated: Provided further, That all public housing 

agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 

funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject 

to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the previous 

proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
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paragraph shall be only for activities related to the provision 

of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, 

including related development activities; 

(4) $225,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 

contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 

administrative expenses: Provided, That administrative and 

other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 

the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded 

under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata 

reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other 

expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 

this heading: Provided further, That any amounts provided 

under this paragraph in this Act or prior Acts, remaining 

available after funding renewals and administrative expenses 

under this paragraph, shall be available only for incremental 

tenant-based rental assistance contracts under such section 

811 for non-elderly persons with disabilities, including necessary administrative expenses: Provided further, That upon 

turnover, section 811 special purpose vouchers funded under 

this heading in this or prior Acts, or under any other heading 

in prior Acts, shall be provided to non-elderly persons with 

disabilities; 

(5) $4,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and associated 

administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VASH to serve Native 

American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 

living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, 

That such amount shall be made available for renewal grants 

to recipients that received assistance under prior Acts under 

the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided further, That the 

Secretary shall be authorized to specify criteria for renewal 

grants, including data on the utilization of assistance reported 

by grant recipients: Provided further, That such assistance 

shall be administered in accordance with program requirements 

under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be authorized 

to waive, or specify alternative requirements for any provision 

of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 

in connection with the use of funds made available under 

this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 

nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon 

a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 

requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 

administration of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 

recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization of such 

rental assistance and other program data, as prescribed by 

the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned or 

recaptured from awards under prior acts; 

(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 

for use through a supported housing program administered 

in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 

authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development shall make such funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (competition provision) of this title, 
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to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical 

Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical 

need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency administrative performance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 

further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 

any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 

of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection 

with the use of funds made available under this paragraph 

(except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding 

by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 

remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 

(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new incremental 

voucher assistance through the family unification program as 

authorized by section 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 

remain available for family unification upon turnover: Provided 

further, That for any public housing agency administering 

voucher assistance appropriated in a prior Act under the family 

unification program that determines that it no longer has an 

identified need for such assistance upon turnover, such agency 

shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture 

such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to any other 

public housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher 

assistance in connection with such program; 

(8) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the mobility 

demonstration authorized under section 235 of this title, of 

which up to $5,000,000 shall be for new incremental voucher 

assistance and the remainder of which shall be available to 

provide mobility-related services to families with children, 

including pre- and post-move counseling and rent deposits, 

and to offset the administrative costs of operating the mobility 

demonstration: Provided, That incremental voucher assistance 

made available under this paragraph shall be for families with 

children participating in the mobility demonstration and shall 

continue to remain available for families with children upon 

turnover: Provided further, That for any public housing agency 

administering voucher assistance under the mobility demonstration that determines that it no longer has an identified 

need for such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall 

notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such 

assistance from the agency and reallocate it to any other public 

housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher assistance 

in connection with such demonstration; and 

(9) the Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 

vouchers funded under this heading. 
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HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 

Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based 

Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2019 and prior years may be 

used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were appropriated: 

Provided, That any obligated balances of contract authority from 

fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be 

rescinded: Provided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, 

or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 projectbased contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 

year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 

budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 

appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the purposes 

set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 

available. 

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 

capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as 

authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,775,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding 

any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2019, 

the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate 

to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and 

the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 

under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the 

time periods under such section: Provided further, That for purposes 

of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to 

amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement 

that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided 

further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, up to $14,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment activities: Provided further, That of 

the total amount made available under this heading, up to 

$1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administrative and 

judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the total amount 

provided under this heading, not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be 

available for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 

203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital 

needs including safety and security measures necessary to address 

crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting from 

unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters 

excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural disasters 

under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided 

further, That of the amount made available under the previous 

proviso, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security 

measures: Provided further, That in addition to the amount in 

the previous proviso for such safety and security measures, any 
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amounts that remain available, after all applications received on 

or before September 30, 2020, for emergency capital needs have 

been processed, shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 

such safety and security measures: Provided further, That of the 

total amount provided under this heading, up to $35,000,000 shall 

be for supportive services, service coordinators and congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z– 

6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, 

That of the total amount made available under this heading, 

$15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the 

Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That funding provided 

under the previous proviso shall be available for competitive grants 

to partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce 

investment boards established under section 107 of the Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and 

other agencies and organizations that provide support to help public 

housing residents obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided further, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to 

provide services to residents, partner with workforce investment 

boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided further, That the 

Secretary may allow public housing agencies to request exemptions 

from rent and income limitation requirements under sections 3 

and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a 

and 1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, 

on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon 

a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 

requirements are necessary for the effective implementation of the 

Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal 

Register any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the 

preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date 

of such notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under 

this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 

25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 

limitation in the previous proviso to allow public housing agencies 

to fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing 

agencies requesting waivers under the previous proviso if the 

request is approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the 

request: Provided further, That from the funds made available 

under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in 

fiscal year 2019 to public housing agencies that are designated 

high performers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 

public housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days 

of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the total amount 

provided under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available for 

competitive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 

lead-based paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the 

activities of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls (as 

those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential LeadBased Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)): 

Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 

grant under the previous proviso shall be considered funds for 

projects or activities under title I of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 
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of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations 

implementing such section. 

PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

For 2019 payments to public housing agencies for the operation 

and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) 

of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), 

$4,653,116,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this 

heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement 

housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to 

transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable 

mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, 

public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $150,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That grant 

funds may be used for resident and community services, community 

development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and 

for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 

housing: Provided further, That the use of funds made available 

under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 

grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 

or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may include local 

governments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply 

jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes 

of environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 

housing agency under section 26 of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under this heading 

shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not less than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create partnerships 

with other local organizations including assisted housing owners, 

service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 

the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 

Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That no more than 

$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be 

provided as grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 

input from residents and the community: Provided further, That 

unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds 

appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior 

fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of 

Funding Availability for funds made available under this heading 
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no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall make grant awards no later than one 

year from the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts 

that the Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

(42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until September 30, 2019, 

obligate any available unobligated balances made available under 

this heading in this, or any prior Act. 

FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family selfsufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States 

Housing Act of 1937, to promote the development of local strategies 

to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8(o) and 9 of 

such Act with public and private resources, and enable eligible 

families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 

$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive 

or specify alternative requirements under subsections b(3), b(4), 

b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate the 

operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for individuals 

receiving assistance under different provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a privately 

owned multifamily property with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the 

assisted tenants of such property in accordance with procedures 

established by the Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures 

established pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 

23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from residual receipt 

accounts to hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency 

program. 

NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 

authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance 

and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 

et seq.), $655,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2023: Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine 

the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 

Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 

302 of such Act with the need component based on single-race 

census data and with the need component based on multi-race 

census data, and the amount of the allocation for each Indian 

tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation amounts: 

Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 

heading, $7,000,000 shall be for providing training and technical 

assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally designated 

housing entities, to support the inspection of Indian housing units, 

contract expertise, and for training and technical assistance related 

to funding provided under this heading and other headings under 

this Act for the needs of Native American families and Indian 

country: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
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the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for a national organization as authorized under section 703 

of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts 

made available under the previous two provisos may be used, contracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 

shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 

obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such notes 

and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total principal 

amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 

is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,761,989: Provided further, That the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation 

within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 

further, That for an additional amount for the Native American 

Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of 

NAHASDA, $100,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 

2023: Provided further, That the Secretary shall obligate this additional amount for competitive grants to eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply for funds: Provided further, That 

in awarding this additional amount, the Secretary shall consider 

need and administrative capacity, and shall give priority to projects 

that will spur construction and rehabilitation: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of this additional amount may be transferred, 

in aggregate, to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Public 

and Indian Housing’’ for necessary costs of administering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of this additional amount: 

Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 

INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 

184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 

U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,440,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 

loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

up to $553,846,154, to remain available until expended: Provided 

further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administrative contract expenses including management processes and systems 

to carry out the loan guarantee program. 

NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as 

authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 

$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 

That notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 

of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts provided 

under this heading in investment securities and other obligations: 

Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading 

in this and prior fiscal years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families both on and off the 
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Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of 

law. 

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 

AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 

Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $393,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020, except that amounts allocated pursuant 

to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all 

expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that initially 

were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made 

available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 

years that meet all program requirements before awarding funds 

for new contracts under such section: Provided further, That the 

Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 

60 days of enactment of this Act. 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

For assistance to units of State and local government, and 

to other entities, for economic and community development activities, and for other purposes, $3,365,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021, unless otherwise specified: Provided, 

That of the total amount provided, $3,300,000,000 is for carrying 

out the community development block grant program under title 

I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 

amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not 

to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 

under this heading shall be expended for planning and management 

development and administration: Provided further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local government, Indian 

tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives funds 

under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 

or any portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange 

for any other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must 

use such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 

further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 

provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity 

for an economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless 

such project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with 

guidelines required under subsection (e)(2): Provided further, That 

the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 

within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

of the total amount provided under this heading, $65,000,000 shall 

be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) 

of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 

(including section 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used 

for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 

safety. 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

during fiscal year 2019, commitments to guarantee loans under 

section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall 

not exceed a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations 

guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 

the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding 

subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy 

cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 

be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974. 

HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

Housing Act, as amended, $1,250,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount 

made available under this heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply 

to allocations of such amount: Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 

days of enactment of this Act. 

SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 

Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 

Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $54,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the total 

amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

available to the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program 

as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 

Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, That of the 

total amount provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be 

made available for the second, third, and fourth capacity building 

activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 

Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 

shall be made available for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 

$5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building by national 

rural housing organizations with experience assessing national 

rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical assistance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local governments, and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities: 

Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this 

heading, $4,000,000, shall be made available for a program to 

rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or low-income veterans, as authorized under section 1079 of Public Law 113–291: 

Provided further, That funds provided under the previous proviso 

shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

further, That funds provided for such program in fiscal years 2016, 

2017, and 2018 shall be awarded within 60 days of enactment 

of this Act. 
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HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized 

under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Continuum of Care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing 

Stability Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of 

title IV of such Act, $2,636,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts 

that are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program shall 

remain available until expended: Provided further, That not less 

than $280,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

shall be available for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: 

Provided further, That not less than $2,219,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated under this heading shall be available for such Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: 

Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 

heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for grants 

for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible activities the Secretary 

determines to be critical in order to assist survivors of domestic 

violence, dating violence, and stalking: Provided further, That such 

projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of care 

program subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 

applicants: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated under this heading shall be available for the national 

homeless data analysis project: Provided further, That all funds 

awarded for supportive services under the Continuum of Care program and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall 

be matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by 

each grantee: Provided further, That for all match requirements 

applicable to funds made available under this heading for this 

fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could 

have used) as a source of match funds other funds administered 

by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or 

was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such 

funds: Provided further, That the Secretary shall collect system 

performance measures for each continuum of care, and that relative 

to fiscal year 2015, under the Continuum of Care competition with 

respect to funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 

shall base an increasing share of the score on performance criteria: 

Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 

heading shall be available to provide funding for new projects, 

except for projects created through reallocation, unless the Secretary 

determines that the continuum of care has demonstrated that 

projects are evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which 

they improve the continuum of care’s system performance: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding under the Continuum of Care program to continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower performing 

projects to higher performing projects: Provided further, That all 

awards of assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream 

health, social services, and employment programs for which homeless populations may be eligible: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds appropriated under this 

heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 
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assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may 

be used for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were appropriated: Provided further, 

That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 

from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to 

this account shall be available, if recaptured, for Continuum of 

Care renewals in fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That the 

Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from 

amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts 

allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program within 60 

days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That up to 

$80,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 

be to implement projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive 

approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up 

to 25 communities, including at least eight communities with 

substantial rural populations, can dramatically reduce youth 

homelessness: Provided further, That of the amount made available 

under the previous proviso, up to $5,000,000 shall be available 

to provide technical assistance on youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, and reporting of data and performance measures 

under the comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in 

addition to and in coordination with other technical assistance 

funds provided under this title: Provided further, That such projects 

shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of care program 

subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 

applicants: Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 

assistance under this heading shall not be required to provide 

third party documentation to establish their eligibility under 42 

U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That 

unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by 

youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may 

be served by youth-serving providers funded under this heading. 

HOUSING PROGRAMS

PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 

subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 

(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 

$11,347,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

appropriated under this heading that became available October 

1, 2018), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That the amounts 

made available under this heading shall be available for expiring 

or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to 

section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant 

to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 

in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 

the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 

the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance funded under this 
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paragraph: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 

under this heading, not to exceed $245,000,000 shall be available 

for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 projectbased assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the previous 

proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the 

administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to section 

236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent 

supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) 

rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental 

assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 

Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance 

contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 

section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts 

pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 

Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the 

Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided 

further, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading 

‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading 

‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based 

contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which 

such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 

for any project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance 

Agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 

interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in excess 

of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted 

to the Department and deposited in this account, to be available 

until expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant 

to the previous proviso shall be available in addition to the amount 

otherwise provided by this heading for uses authorized under this 

heading. 

HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 

contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 

202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, for project rental 

assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, 

including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 

of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 

for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, including 

renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing 

and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services associated with the housing, $678,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the 

amount provided under this heading, up to $90,000,000 shall be 

for service coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate 

service grants for residents of assisted housing projects: Provided 

further, That amounts under this heading shall be available for 

Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related 

activities associated with section 202 projects: Provided further, 
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That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 

that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 

5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon request of the 

Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 

for any project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance 

contract and, upon termination of such contract, are in excess 

of an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted 

to the Department and deposited in this account, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided further, That amounts 

deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso shall 

be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by 

this heading, for amendments and renewals: Provided further, That 

unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 

heading shall be available for amendments and renewals in addition 

to the purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated: 

Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this 

heading, $10,000,000, shall be for a program to be established 

by the Secretary to make grants to experienced non-profit organizations, States, local governments, or public housing agencies for 

safety and functional home modification repairs to meet the needs 

of low-income elderly persons to enable them to remain in their 

primary residence: Provided further, That of the total amount made 

available under the previous proviso, no less than $5,000,000 shall 

be available to meet such needs in communities with substantial 

rural populations. 

HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 

contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as 

authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), as amended, for project rental 

assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 

section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 

86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to contracts for such 

assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

for up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 

housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with the housing 

for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of 

such Act, $184,155,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2022, of which $30,155,000 shall be for capital advance and project 

rental assistance awards: Provided, That amounts made available 

under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

Center inspections and inspection-related activities associated with 

section 811 projects: Provided further, That, upon the request of 

the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts 

accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project rental 

assistance contract and, upon termination of such contract, are 

in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall 

be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 

remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided further, That 

amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
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shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 

by this heading for amendments and renewals: Provided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 

heading shall be used for amendments and renewals in addition 

to the purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated. 

HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, 

as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Provided, That grants made available from 

amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 

180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds 

shall be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 

homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to property 

maintenance, financial management or literacy, and such other 

matters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their 

housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling 

the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 

administration; and for housing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes of providing such grants from amounts 

provided under this heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear 

agreements, as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 

appropriations. 

RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing 

and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 

236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in Stateaided, noninsured rental housing projects, $5,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That such amount, together 

with unobligated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 

prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under such 

sections of law, and any unobligated balances, including recaptures 

and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under this 

heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions 

of up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections of 

law. 

PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 

U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $12,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which $12,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 

the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 

from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 

to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt 

of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 

Provided further, That the amount made available under this 

heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 

are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final 

fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
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at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified 

as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation: 

Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and installation 

programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 

assess and collect fees from any program participant: Provided 

further, That such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, 

and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 

as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary expenses 

of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out 

responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the use 

of approved service providers that are paid directly by the recipients 

of their services. 

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured 

under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed 

$400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 

Provided, That during fiscal year 2019, obligations to make direct 

loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 

Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided 

further, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso shall 

be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection 

with sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 

and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: 

Provided further, That for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That to the extent 

guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before 

April 1, 2019, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 

expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 

any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 

available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) 

of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal 

year 2019 the Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 of the National 

Housing Act only to the extent that the net credit subsidy cost 

for such insurance does not exceed zero: Provided further, That 

for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall not take any action against 

a lender solely on the basis of compare ratios that have been 

adversely affected by defaults on mortgages secured by properties 

in areas where a major disaster was declared in 2017 or 2018 

pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 

238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 

1735c), shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, 

any part of which is to be guaranteed, to remain available until 

September 30, 2020: Provided, That during fiscal year 2019, gross 
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obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing 

Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale of 

single family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 

insured under such Act. 

GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes 

of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 

1721(g)), shall not exceed $550,000,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2020: Provided, That $27,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2020, shall be for necessary salaries 

and expenses of the Office of Government National Mortgage 

Association: Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 

2019, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall 

be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional 

guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 

any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 

available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That 

receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant 

to title III of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be 

credited as offsetting collections to this account. 

POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 

research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 

otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing 

and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), 

including carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $96,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That with 

respect to amounts made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, the Secretary may enter into 

cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic entities, other 

Federal agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, 

or colleges or universities for research projects: Provided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, such partners to the 

cooperative agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match 

toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for noncompetitive agreements entered into in accordance with the previous 

two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability 

and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. 

note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect 

to documentation of award decisions: Provided further, That prior 

to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall 

submit a plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this activity: 
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Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 

heading may be available for the doctoral dissertation research 

grant program. 

FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 

1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 

and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

of 1987, as amended, $65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of 

the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds 

to develop on-line courses and provide such training: Provided further, That no funds made available under this heading shall be 

used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 

Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan: 

Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 

heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development for the creation and promotion of translated materials and other programs that support the assistance 

of persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the services 

provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES

LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 

section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 

Act of 1992, $279,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2020, of which $45,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes 

Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1970, which shall include research, 

studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 

outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housingrelated diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes of 

environmental review, pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions 

of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 

Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies program 

under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such 

purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 

a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 

Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, 

That not less than $95,000,000 of the amounts made available 

under this heading for the award of grants pursuant to section 

1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 

of 1992 shall be provided to areas with the highest lead-based 

paint abatement needs: Provided further, That $64,000,000 of the 

funds appropriated under this heading shall be for the implementation of projects to demonstrate how intensive, extended multi-year 

interventions can dramatically reduce the presence of lead-based 

paint hazards in communities containing high concentrations of 
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both pre-1940 housing and low-income families by achieving economies of scale that substantially reduce the cost of lead-based paint 

remediation activities and administrative costs for grantees: Provided further, That such projects in each of seven communities 

shall be for five years and serve no more than four contiguous 

census tracts in which there are high concentrations of housing 

stock built before 1940, in which low-income families with children 

make up a significantly higher proportion of the population as 

compared to the State average, and that are located in jurisdictions 

in which instances of elevated blood lead levels reported to the 

State are significantly higher than the State average: Provided 

further, That funding awarded for such projects shall be made 

available for draw down contingent upon the grantee meeting costsavings, productivity, and grant compliance benchmarks established 

by the Secretary: Provided further, That each recipient of funds 

for such projects shall contribute an amount not less than 10 

percent of the total award, and that the Secretary shall give priority 

to applicants that secure commitments for additional contributions 

from public and private sources: Provided further, That grantees 

currently receiving grants made under this heading shall be eligible 

to apply for such projects, provided that they are deemed to be 

in compliance with program requirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, That each applicant shall certify adequate 

capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed 

use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability: Provided 

further, That amounts made available under this heading in this 

or prior appropriations Acts, still remaining available, may be used 

for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose 

for which such amounts were appropriated if a program competition 

is undersubscribed and there are other program competitions under 

this heading that are oversubscribed. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

For the development, modernization, and enhancement of, 

modifications to, and infrastructure for Department-wide and program-specific information technology systems, for the continuing 

operation and maintenance of both Department-wide and programspecific information systems, and for program-related maintenance 

activities, $280,000,000, of which $260,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, and of which $20,000,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That any 

amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously 

enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified 

under this Fund, in addition to any other information technology 

purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made available 

under this heading for development, modernization and enhancement may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a plan 

for expenditure that—(A) identifies for each modernization project: 

(i) the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and 

the mission benefits to be realized, (ii) the estimated life-cycle 

cost, and (iii) key milestones to be met; and (B) demonstrates 
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that each modernization project is: (i) compliant with the Department’s enterprise architecture, (ii) being managed in accordance 

with applicable life-cycle management policies and guidance, (iii) 

subject to the Department’s capital planning and investment control 

requirements, and (iv) supported by an adequately staffed project 

office. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 

amended, $128,082,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 

have independent authority over all personnel issues within this 

office. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

DEVELOPMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 

or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 

such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 

in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 

Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded 

or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and 

such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 

finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies 

with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 

in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 

the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance 

their project at a lower interest rate. 

SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under this 

Act may be used during fiscal year 2019 to investigate or prosecute 

under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 

in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 

of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 

purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official 

or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 

cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title 

II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance 

with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 

or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 

regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 

for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 

Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal 
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Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, 

and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through 

a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the 

Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available 

for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth 

in the budget estimates submitted to Congress. 

SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to make such 

expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance 

with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 

regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 

such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

forth in the budget for 2019 for such corporation or agency except 

as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 

commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 

Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 

provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 

proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 

States Government. 

SEC. 207. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within the 

jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated 

budget information to these Committees upon request. 

SEC. 208. The President’s formal budget request for fiscal year 

2020, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate, shall use the identical account and sub-account structure provided under this Act. 

SEC. 209. No funds provided under this title may be used 

for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association 

that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit 

Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 

2019 and 2020, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

may authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, 

debt held or insured by the Secretary and statutorily required 

low-income and very low-income use restrictions if any, associated 

with one or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

multifamily housing project or projects. 

(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based assistance 

under this section may be done in phases to accommodate the 

financing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such project or projects meet the standards 

under subsection (c). 
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(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the 

following conditions: 

(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

(A) For occupied units in the transferring project: The 

number of low-income and very low-income units and the 

configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the transferring project shall be no less than when transferred to 

the receiving project or projects and the net dollar amount 

of Federal assistance provided to the transferring project 

shall remain the same in the receiving project or projects. 

(B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: 

The Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number 

of dwelling units in the receiving project or projects to 

allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

market demands, as determined by the Secretary and provided there is no increase in the project-based assistance 

budget authority. 

(2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 

Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically nonviable. 

(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 

applicable physical standards established by the Secretary. 

(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 

shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 

transferring project and provide a certification of approval by 

all appropriate local governmental officials. 

(5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 

eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project 

or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the 

transferring project or projects until new units in the receiving 

project are available for occupancy. 

(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 

best interest of the tenants. 

(7) If either the transferring project or the receiving project 

or projects meets the condition specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), 

any lien on the receiving project resulting from additional 

financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 

project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive 

this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 

necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, construction, 

and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

(8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 

subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 

project or projects shall execute and record either a continuation 

of the existing use agreement or a new use agreement for 

the project where, in either case, any use restrictions in such 

agreement are of no lesser duration than the existing use 

restrictions. 

(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent 

that appropriations are provided in advance for the amount 

of any such increased cost. 

(d) For purposes of this section— 

(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-income’’ shall 

have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
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governing the program under which the project is insured or 

assisted; 

(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ means housing 

that meets one of the following conditions— 

(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under 

the National Housing Act; 

(B) housing that has project-based assistance attached 

to the structure including projects undergoing mark to 

market debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

(C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 

Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of the 

Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

(D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 

Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the 

enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable 

Housing Act; 

(E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 

Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or 

(F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 

agreement; 

(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 

(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937; 

(B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 

rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 

8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately 

before October 1, 1983); 

(C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of 

the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965; 

(D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/ 

or additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) 

of the National Housing Act; 

(E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) 

of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

(F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) 

of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; 

(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ means the multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of 

the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required lowincome and very low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the multifamily 

housing project which is transferring some or all of the projectbased assistance, debt, and the statutorily required low-income 

and very low-income use restrictions to the receiving project 

or projects; and 

(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development. 

(e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, including the 

effect of such transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, 

physical and financial conditions, and long-term preservation of 

the affected properties. 

SEC. 211. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 

8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 

to any individual who— 
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(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 

education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 

(2) is under 24 years of age; 

(3) is not a veteran; 

(4) is unmarried; 

(5) does not have a dependent child; 

(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is defined 

in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

(42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 

(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older 

and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 

(8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 

who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person 

to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess 

of amounts received for tuition and any other required fees and 

charges) that an individual receives under the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or 

an institution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income 

to that individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with 

dependent children. 

SEC. 212. The funds made available for Native Alaskans under 

the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block Grants’’ in title II 

of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing 

block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 

year 2019, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property 

that is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development, and during the process of foreclosure 

on any property with a contract for rental assistance payments 

under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other 

Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 

of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwelling 

units in the property. To the extent the Secretary determines, 

in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that 

such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is 

not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such 

section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the 

costs of rehabilitating and operating the property and all available 

Federal, State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental 

conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 

Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 

contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner 

or owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other 

rental assistance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 

to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to 

foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 
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to health and safety after written notice to and informed consent 

of the affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 

as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of any multifamily property described under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA. 

SEC. 214. The commitment authority funded by fees as provided 

under the heading ‘‘Community Development Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guarantee, or make commitments 

to guarantee, notes, or other obligations issued by any State on 

behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in accordance 

with the requirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 

Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving such 

a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds subject to 

such guarantee to the units of general local government in nonentitlement areas that received the commitment. 

SEC. 215. Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 

or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any 

asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of 

Housing and Urban Development in connection with the operating 

fund rule: Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of 

a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall 

not be exempt from asset management requirements. 

SEC. 216. With respect to the use of amounts provided in 

this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement 

and management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) 

and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any requirement 

or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits 

in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant 

to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a public housing 

agency may not use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) 

for activities that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance 

with amounts from the operating fund in excess of the amounts 

permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

SEC. 217. No official or employee of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder 

unless the Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined 

that such allotment holder has implemented an adequate system 

of funds control and has received training in funds control procedures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation 

under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Administrative Support 

Offices,’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations under 

the general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, 

‘‘Government National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and 

‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development. 

SEC. 218. The Secretary of the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2019, notify the public 

through the Federal Register and other means, as determined 

appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program 

or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to 

be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
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law, for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate Government web site 

or through other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary. 

SEC. 219. Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 

shall be paid from the individual program office and Office of 

General Counsel salaries and expenses appropriations. The annual 

budget submission for the program offices and the Office of General 

Counsel shall include any such projected litigation costs for attorney 

fees as a separate line item request. No funds provided in this 

title may be used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney 

fees until the Department submits for review a spending plan 

for such costs to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

SEC. 220. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 

percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated 

for any office under the heading ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’ 

or for any account under the general heading ‘‘Program Office 

Salaries and Expenses’’ to any other such office or account: Provided, That no appropriation for any such office or account shall 

be increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, 

whichever is less, without prior written approval of the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

the Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees three 

business days in advance of any such transfers under this section 

up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 

SEC. 221. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance payments 

shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined 

by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section 

referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), and comply with any standards 

under applicable State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condition of any property covered 

under a housing assistance payment contract. 

(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) when 

a multifamily housing project with a section 8 contract or contract 

for similar project-based assistance— 

(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition Standards 

(UPCS) score of 60 or less; or 

(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3 

days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies identified 

by the inspector at the project have been corrected. 

Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects 

with assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply 

to such units assisted under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) 

or to public housing units assisted with capital or operating funds 

under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

U.S.C. 1437g). 

(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC inspection, 

the Secretary must provide the owner with a Notice of Default 

with a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary must also provide a copy 

of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local government, 

any mortgagees, and any contract administrator. If the owner’s 

appeal results in a UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary 

may withdraw the Notice of Default. 
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(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all deficiencies 

specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails to fully correct 

such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 

(A) require immediate replacement of project management 

with a management agent approved by the Secretary; 

(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used solely 

for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary conditions at 

applicable properties, as designated by the Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 

(C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all deficiencies 

have been corrected; 

(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved 

by the Secretary under established procedures, which will be 

obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept 

renewal of the assistance contract as long as such renewal 

is offered; 

(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another 

project or projects and owner or owners; 

(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions 

or debarments from Federal programs; 

(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the 

property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial 

order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all 

project deficiencies; 

(H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party 

to stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the property 

through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of 

capital provided by a third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 

(I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary. 

(d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 

that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise 

of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants 

for major threats to health and safety after written notice to the 

affected tenants. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that the 

property is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments 

under such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration 

of— 

(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 

and all available Federal, State, and local resources, including 

rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); 

and 

(2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for projectbased rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

of other existing housing properties, or provide other rental 

assistance. 

(e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all properties covered by this section that are assessed through the Real Estate 

Assessment Center and have UPCS physical inspection scores of 

less than 60 or have received an unsatisfactory management and 
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occupancy review within the past 36 months. The report shall 

include— 

(1) the enforcement actions being taken to address such 

conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and 

termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have such 

conditions multiple times; 

(2) actions that the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 

properties; and 

(3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to 

further improve the living conditions at properties covered 

under a housing assistance payment contract. 

This report shall be due to the Senate and House Committees 

on Appropriations no later than 30 days after the enactment of 

this Act, and on the first business day of each Federal fiscal year 

quarter thereafter while this section remains in effect. 

SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this Act, or 

any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with 

respect to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 

9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 

seq.), may be used by any public housing agency for any amount 

of salary, including bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 

or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual 

rate of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive 

Schedule at any time during any public housing agency fiscal year 

2019. 

SEC. 223. None of the funds in this Act provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used to make 

a grant award unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days 

before any project, State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit 

organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 

is announced by the Department or its offices. 

SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA). 

SEC. 225. None of the funds made available in this Act shall 

be used by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government 

National Mortgage Administration, or the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development to insure, securitize, or establish a Federal 

guarantee of any mortgage or mortgage backed security that 

refinances or otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject 

to eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 

SEC. 226. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to terminate the status of a unit of general local government 

as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 of the Housing 

and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with 

respect to grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

SEC. 227. Amounts made available under this Act which are 

either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, 

or transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research 

in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and 

which are unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, 

grant, or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 

immediately become available and may be reobligated in that fiscal 

year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 
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or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made available 

to that Office subject to reprogramming requirements in section 

405 of this Act. 

SEC. 228. None of the funds provided in this Act or any other 

act may be used for awards, including performance, special act, 

or spot, for any employee of the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development subject to administrative discipline (including suspension from work), in this or the prior fiscal year, but this prohibition 

shall not be effective prior to the effective date of any such administrative discipline or after any final decision over-turning such discipline. 

SEC. 229. Funds made available in this title under the heading 

‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used by the Secretary to 

participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of division 

G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division H of Public 

Law 114–113, and such authorities as are enacted for Performance 

Partnership Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019: 

Provided, That such participation shall be limited to no more than 

10 continuums of care and housing activities to improve outcomes 

for disconnected youth. 

SEC. 230. With respect to grant amounts awarded under the 

heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal years 2015, 2016, 

2017, 2018 and 2019 for the continuum of care (CoC) program 

as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by program income of grant 

recipients may count toward meeting the recipient’s matching 

requirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient’s CoC program. 

SEC. 231. (a) From amounts made available under this title 

under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary 

may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one Continuum 

of Care program component to another. 

(b) No more than 50 percent of each transition grant may 

be used for costs of eligible activities of the program component 

originally funded. 

(c) Transition grants made under this section are eligible for 

renewal in subsequent fiscal years for the eligible activities of 

the new program component. 

(d) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, the 

funding recipient must have the consent of the Continuum of Care 

and meet standards determined by the Secretary. 

SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

to direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing zoning 

laws as part of carrying out the final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively 

Furthering Fair Housing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) 

or the notice entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 

Assessment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). 

SEC. 233. Section 218(g) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with 

respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME 

Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire 

in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, or 2021 under that section. Section 

231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply to any 
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uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or would be 

deducted from the line of credit in the participating jurisdiction’s 

HOME Investment Trust Fund in 2018, 2019, 2020, or 2021 under 

that section. 

SEC. 234. Amounts made available in title II of division K 

of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 

108–7) under the heading ‘‘Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund 

Program Account’’ for necessary expenses of the Land Title Report 

Commission are rescinded. 

SEC. 235. (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may 

carry out a mobility demonstration program to enable public 

housing agencies to administer housing choice voucher assistance 

under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in a manner designed to encourage families 

receiving such voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas 

and expand access to opportunity areas. 

(b) SELECTION OF PHAS.— 

(1) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall establish requirements for public housing agencies to participate in the demonstration program under this section, which shall provide 

that the following public housing agencies may participate: 

(A) Public housing agencies that together— 

(i) serve areas with high concentrations of holders 

of rental assistance vouchers under section 8(o) of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 

in poor, low-opportunity neighborhoods; and 

(ii) have an adequate number of moderately priced 

rental units in higher-opportunity areas. 

(B) Planned consortia or partial consortia of public 

housing agencies that— 

(i) include at least one agency with a high-performing Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program; and 

(ii) will enable participating families to continue 

in such program if they relocate to the jurisdiction 

served by any other agency of the consortium. 

(C) Planned consortia or partial consortia of public 

housing agencies that— 

(i) serve jurisdictions within a single region; 

(ii) include one or more small agencies; and 

(iii) will consolidate mobility focused operations. 

(D) Such other public housing agencies as the Secretary 

considers appropriate. 

(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish 

competitive selection criteria for public housing agencies eligible 

under paragraph (1) to participate in the demonstration program under this section. 

(3) RANDOM SELECTION OF FAMILIES.—The Secretary may 

require participating agencies to use a randomized selection 

process to select among the families eligible to receive mobility 

assistance under the demonstration program. 

(c) REGIONAL HOUSING MOBILITY PLAN.—The Secretary shall 

require each public housing agency applying to participate in the 

demonstration program under this section to submit a Regional 

Housing Mobility Plan (in this section referred to as a ‘‘Plan’’), 

which shall— 
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(1) identify the public housing agencies that will participate 

under the Plan and the number of vouchers each participating 

agency will make available out of their existing programs in 

connection with the demonstration; 

(2) identify any community-based organizations, nonprofit 

organizations, businesses, and other entities that will participate under the Plan and describe the commitments for such 

participation made by each such entity; 

(3) identify any waivers or alternative requirements under 

subparagraph (e) requested for the execution of the Plan; 

(4) identify any specific actions that the public housing 

agencies and other entities will undertake to accomplish the 

goals of the demonstration, which shall include a comprehensive 

approach to enable a successful transition to opportunity areas 

and may include counseling and continued support for families; 

(5) specify the criteria that the public housing agencies 

would use to identify opportunity areas under the plan; 

(6) provide for establishment of priority and preferences 

for participating families, including a preference for families 

with young children, as such term is defined by the Secretary, 

based on regional housing needs and priorities; and 

(7) comply with any other requirements established by 

the Secretary. 

(d) FUNDING FOR MOBILITY-RELATED SERVICES.— 

(1) USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.—Public housing agencies 

participating in the demonstration program under this section 

may use administrative fees under section 8(q) of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)), their administrative fee reserves, and funding from private entities to provide 

mobility-related services in connection with the demonstration 

program, including services such as counseling, portability 

coordination, landlord outreach, security deposits, and administrative activities associated with establishing and operating 

regional mobility programs. 

(2) USE OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUNDS.—Public housing 

agencies participating in the demonstration under this section 

may use housing assistance payments funds under section 8(o) 

of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 

for security deposits if necessary to enable families to lease 

units with vouchers in designated opportunity areas. 

(e) WAIVERS; ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) WAIVERS.—To allow for public housing agencies to 

implement and administer their Regional Housing Mobility 

Plans, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements for the following provisions of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937: 

(A) Sections 8(o)(7)(A) and 8(o)(13)(E)(i) (relating to 

the term of a lease and mobility requirements). 

(B) Section 8(o)(13)(C)(i) (relating to the public housing 

plan for an agency). 

(C) Section 8(r)(2) (relating to the responsibility of 

a public housing agency to administer ported assistance). 

(2) ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSORTIA.—The Secretary shall provide alternative administrative requirements 

for public housing agencies in a selected region to— 

(A) form a consortium that has a single housing choice 

voucher funding contract; or 
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(B) enter into a partial consortium to operate all or 

portions of the Regional Housing Mobility Plan, which may 

include agencies participating in the Moving To Work Demonstration program. 

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Any waiver or alternative requirements pursuant to this subsection shall not take effect before 

the expiration of the 10-day period beginning upon publication 

of notice of such waiver or alternative requirement in the 

Federal Register. 

(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary may implement the demonstration, including its terms, procedures, requirements, and conditions, by notice. 

(g) EVALUATION.—Not later than five years after implementation of the regional housing mobility programs under the demonstration program under this section, the Secretary shall submit to 

the Congress and publish in the Federal Register a report evaluating the effectiveness of the strategies pursued under the demonstration, subject to the availability of funding to conduct the 

evaluation. Through official websites and other methods, the Secretary shall disseminate interim findings as they become available, 

and shall, if promising strategies are identified, notify the Congress 

of the amount of funds that would be required to expand the 

testing of these strategies in additional types of public housing 

agencies and housing markets. 

(h) TERMINATION.—The demonstration program under this section shall terminate on October 1, 2028. 

SEC. 236. Section 221 of the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Appropriations Act, 2015 (42 U.S.C. 1437f–1; Public 

Law 113–235; 128 Stat 2754) is repealed. 

SEC. 237. The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone 

Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such designations, 

made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 

prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the 

terms and conditions of such agreements. 

SEC. 238. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to establish and apply review criteria, including rating 

factors or preference points, for participation in or coordination 

with EnVision Centers, in the evaluation, selection, and award 

of any funds made available and requiring competitive selection 

under this Act, except with respect to any such funds otherwise 

authorized for EnVision Center purposes under this Act. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing and 

Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

ACCESS BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized 

by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 

$8,400,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received 

for publications and training expenses. 
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 

as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 

as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 

5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 

31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $27,490,000: Provided, That not to 

exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for 

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $23,274,000: 

Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 

authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector 

General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 

1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the Inspector General may enter into contracts and other 

arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with 

public agencies and with private persons, subject to the applicable 

laws and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 

within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ 

such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out 

the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, 

subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern such 

selections, appointments, and employment within the Corporation: 

Provided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 

request for fiscal year 2020, the Inspector General shall submit 

to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 

request for fiscal year 2020 in similar format and substance to 

those submitted by executive agencies of the Federal Government. 

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 

Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS– 

15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

5901–5902), $110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be 

used for official reception and representation expenses. The amounts 

made available to the National Transportation Safety Board in 

this Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments on 

an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
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NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 

the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101– 

8107), $150,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family 

rental housing program: Provided, That an additional $2,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2023, shall be for the 

promotion and development of shared equity housing models. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,100,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 

Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 

as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 

appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollarfor-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 

fiscal year 2019, to result in a final appropriation from the general 

fund estimated at no more than $35,850,000. 

UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 

rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 

3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency 

Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant 

to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 

amended, $3,600,000: Provided, That the first proviso in Public 

Law 115–141 under the heading ‘‘United States Interagency Council 

on Homelessness—Operating Expenses’’ is amended by striking 

‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 

TITLE IV 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 

the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 

of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 

regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 

SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 

may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 

so provided herein. 

SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 

Act for any consulting service through a procurement contract 

pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
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limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

of public record and available for public inspection, except where 

otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive 

order issued pursuant to existing law. 

SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 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. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 

the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 

Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 

available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 

of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 

of funds that— 

(1) creates a new program; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 

or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 

by the Congress; 

(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 

by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 

for a different purpose; 

(5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 

excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 

(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 

$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 

(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, 

office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or 

department different from the budget justifications submitted 

to the Committees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 

the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 

this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of 

the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for 

application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report shall 

include— 
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(A) a table for each appropriation with a separate 

column to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 

adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and 

the fiscal year enacted level; 

(B) a delineation in the table for each appropriation 

and its respective prior year enacted level by object class 

and program, project, and activity as detailed in this Act, 

the table accompanying the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, accompanying reports of the House and 

Senate Committee on Appropriations, or in the budget 

appendix for the respective appropriations, whichever is 

more detailed, and shall apply to all items for which a 

dollar amount is specified and to all programs for which 

new budget (obligational) authority is provided, as well 

as to discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; and 

(C) an identification of items of special congressional 

interest. 

SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 

at the end of fiscal year 2019 from appropriations made available 

for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall 

remain available through September 30, 2020, for each such account 

for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 

submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this Act. 

SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support any 

Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of 

eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a 

public use: Provided, That for purposes of this section, public use 

shall not be construed to include economic development that primarily benefits private entities: Provided further, That any use 

of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the general 

public (including energy-related, communication-related, waterrelated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other structures 

designated for use by the general public or which have other 

common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve the general 

public and are subject to regulation and oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an immediate threat to 

public health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 

Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public 

Law 107–118) shall be considered a public use for purposes of 

eminent domain. 

SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 

the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, 

other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee 

who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and 

has satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military 
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or naval service, and has within 90 days after his or her release 

from such service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

for a period of not more than 1 year, made application for restoration 

to his or her former position and has been certified by the Office 

of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 

of his or her former position and has not been restored thereto. 

SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 

be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 

the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 

of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known 

as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 

that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 

U.S.C. 8301–8305). 

SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of 

sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 

may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under 

sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or 

exemption application under section 40109 of that title of an air 

carrier already holding an air operators certificate issued by a 

country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

Agreement where such approval would contravene United States 

law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

Agreement. 

(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise 

preclude the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign 

air carrier permit or an exemption to such an air carrier where 

such authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway 

Air Transport Agreement and United States law. 

SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 

50 employees of a single agency or department of the United States 

Government, who are stationed in the United States, at any single 

international conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 

days in advance that such attendance is important to the national 

interest: Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of 

the United States attended by representatives of the United States 

Government and of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. 

SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 

Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount 

authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 

1914 of title 28, United States Code. 

SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Department of Transportation, the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, or any other Federal agency 

to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive 

fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with 
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Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

24, 2011. 

SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this 

Act timely access to any records, documents, or other materials 

available to the department or agency over which that Inspector 

General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 

1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 

any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 

refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector 

General’s right of access. 

(b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

its Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, 

and other materials in a timely manner. 

(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided 

by the establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to comply 

with this requirement. 

SEC. 419. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees 

for contractors whose performance has been judged to be below 

satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet 

the basic requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines 

that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 

scope of the project and/or program unless such awards or incentive 

fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 

SEC. 420. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Railroad 

Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program’’ account for 

the cost of modifications, as defined by section 502 of the Federal 

Credit Reform Act of 1990, of direct loans issued pursuant to 

sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, and 

included in cohort 1, as defined by the Department of Transportation’s memorandum to the Office of Management and Budget 

dated November 5, 2018, $17,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That, for a direct loan included in cohort 1, 

as defined in the memorandum described in the previous proviso, 

that has satisfied all obligations attached to such loan, the Secretary 

shall repay the credit risk premiums of such loan, with interest 

accrued thereon, not later than 60 days after the enactment of 

this Act or, for a direct loan included in cohort 1 with obligations 

that have not yet been satisfied, not later than 60 days after 
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the date on which all obligations attached to such loan have been 

satisfied. 

SEC. 421. Section 127(l) of title 23, United States Code, is 

amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY SEGMENTS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If any segment of highway described 

in clause (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph is designated 

as a route of the Interstate System, a vehicle that could 

operate legally on that segment before the date of such 

designation may continue to operate on that segment, without regard to any requirement under subsection (a), except 

that such vehicle shall not exceed a gross vehicle weight 

of 120,000 pounds. The highway segments referred to in 

this paragraph are as follows: 

‘‘(i) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be designated as a spur of Interstate Route 65) from Interstate Route 65 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to United 

States Route 60 in Owensboro, Kentucky. 

‘‘(ii) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway 

(to be designated as Interstate Route 69) in Kentucky 

from the Tennessee state line to the interchange with 

Interstate Route 24, near Calvert City. 

‘‘(B) NONDIVISIBLE LOAD OR VEHICLE.—Nothing in this 

paragraph shall prohibit the State from issuing a permit 

for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a gross vehicle weight 

that exceeds 120,000 pounds.’’. 

SEC. 422. Section 127(s) of title 23, United States Code, is 

amended— 

(1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting the 

following: ‘‘(s) NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC BATTERY VEHICLES’’; 

(2) by inserting ‘‘or powered primarily by means of electric 

battery power’’ after the first time ‘‘natural gas’’ appears; 

(3) by striking ‘‘any vehicle weight limit’’ and inserting 

‘‘the weight limit on the power unit by up to 2,000 pounds’’; 

and 

(4) by striking all that follows after ‘‘under this section’’ 

and inserting a period after ‘‘section’’. 

SEC. 423. Section 31112(c) of title 49, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AND KANSAS’’ 

and inserting ‘‘KANSAS, AND OREGON’’; 

(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(3) in paragraph (5) by striking the period at the end 

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(6) Oregon may allow the operation of a truck tractor 

and 2 property-carrying units not in actual lawful operation 

on a regular or periodic basis on June 1, 1991, if— 

‘‘(A) the length of the property-carrying units does 

not exceed 82 feet 8 inches; 

‘‘(B) the combination is used only to transport sugar 

beets; and 

‘‘(C) the operation occurs on United States Route 20, 

United States Route 26, United States Route 30, or Oregon 

Route 201 in the vicinity, or between any, of— 

‘‘(i) Vale, Oregon; 

‘‘(ii) Ontario, Oregon; or 
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‘‘(iii) Nyssa, Oregon.’’. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Housing 

and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2019’’. 

DIVISION H—EXTENSIONS, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, 

AND OTHER MATTERS 

TITLE I 

IMMIGRATION EXTENSIONS 

SEC. 101. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 

shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 102. Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and 

(III)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ for 

‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 103. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be 

applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

2015’’. 

SEC. 104. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, 

Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall be applied by substituting 

‘‘September 30, 2019’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 105. Notwithstanding the numerical limitation set forth 

in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 

consultation with the Secretary of Labor, and upon the determination that the needs of American businesses cannot be satisfied 

in fiscal year 2019 with United States workers who are willing, 

qualified, and able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, 

may increase the total number of aliens who may receive a visa 

under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year above such limitation by 

not more than the highest number of H–2B nonimmigrants who 

participated in the H–2B returning worker program in any fiscal 

year in which returning workers were exempt from such numerical 

limitation. 

TITLE II 

TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 

SEC. 201. (a) Section 3(20)(B) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(20)(B)), as 

amended by section 7 of the Strengthening Career and Technical 

Education for the 21st Century Act (Public Law 115–224), is 

amended by inserting ‘‘, except that, for the purpose of section 

132, the term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ as used in this 

subparagraph shall not include a baccalaureate degree’’ after ‘‘associate degree’’. 

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 

on July 1, 2019, as if included in the Strengthening Career and 
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Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Public Law 115– 

224). 

SEC. 202. Section 243 of title II of division C of Public Law 

115–244 is amended by inserting ‘‘248’’ after ‘‘section’’. 

SEC. 203. Section 177 of division C of Public Law 114–223, 

as amended by Public Law 114–254, is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

the 116th Congress’’ after ‘‘the 115th Congress’’ in each instance 

it appears. 

SEC. 204. (a) During fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding 

fiscal year, amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for 

the Architect of the Capitol under the heading ‘‘House Office 

Buildings’’ may be transferred to the House of Representatives 

and merged with and made available under the heading ‘‘Allowances 

and Expenses’’, subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

(b) The period of availability of any amounts transferred to 

the House of Representatives under this section shall be the same 

period of availability applicable to such amounts as appropriated 

for the Architect of the Capitol. 

(c) The aggregate amount transferred under this section in 

any fiscal year may not exceed $30,000,000. 

SEC. 205. (a) Section 1781 of the Export Control Reform Act 

of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4851) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), and (c) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively; 

(2) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, in the subsection 

heading, by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘REFERENCE’’; 

and 

(3) by inserting before subsection (b), as so redesignated, 

the following: 

‘‘(a) UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INDUSTRY AND SECURITY.—The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 

consent of the Senate, an Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry 

and Security, who shall carry out— 

‘‘(1) all functions of the Secretary under this subtitle; and 

‘‘(2) all functions delegated to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration on the day before the date 

of the enactment of this Act.’’. 

(b) Part III of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 

U.S.C. 4851) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 1782. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF COMMERCE. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by and with 

the advice and consent of the Senate, two Assistant Secretaries 

of Commerce to assist the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Industry and Security in carrying out the functions described in 

paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1781(a). 

‘‘(b) CONTINUATION IN OFFICE OF ONE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.— 

An individual appointed as an Assistant Secretary of Commerce 

under section 15(a) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as 

continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) and serving in that 

position on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act 

may serve in one of the Assistant Secretary positions established 

under subsection (a) on and after that date without the need for 

renomination or reappointment.’’. 
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(c) The table of contents for title XVII of the John S. McCain 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 

Law 115–232) is amended by inserting after the item relating 

to section 1781 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1782. Assistant Secretaries of Commerce.’’. 

(d) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 

as if included in the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 

TITLE III 

BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

SEC. 301. (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 

effects of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory PayAs-You-Go Act of 2010. 

(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this 

division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained 

for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Notwithstanding 

Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 

joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 

budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 

(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and 

(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 

appropriation Act. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.