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Calendar No. 186 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1662 

[Report No. 115–139] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2018, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2017 

Mr. SHELBY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Re6 lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

7 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses for international trade activi6 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

7 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

8 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

9 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

10 firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 

11 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for depend12 ent members of immediate families of employees stationed 

13 overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 

14 and transportation of employees of the International 

15 Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 

16 regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; 

17 employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

18 contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 

19 not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, 

20 or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 

21 demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pay22 ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 

23 paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 

24 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 

25 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
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1 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 

2 not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on 

3 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

4 $495,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2019, of which $13,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 

6 be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis7 tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

8 States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided under 

9 this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China 

10 antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 

11 compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 

12 of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 

13 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

14 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply 

15 in carrying out these activities; and that for the purpose 

16 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu17 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 

18 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

19 part of these activities. 

20 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

21 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

22 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

23 national security activities of the Department of Com24 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

25 export administration field activities both domestically and 
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1 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

2 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em3 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

4 contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 

5 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

6 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

7 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi8 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa9 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

10 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

11 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

12 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi13 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi14 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi15 tation otherwise established by law, $112,500,000, to re16 main available until expended: Provided, That the provi17 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec18 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex19 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 

20 apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 

21 That payments and contributions collected and accepted 

22 for materials or services provided as part of such activities 

23 may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi24 ties, and for providing information to the public with re25 spect to the export administration and national security 
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1 activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex2 port control programs of the United States and other gov3 ernments. 

4 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

6 For grants for economic development assistance as 

7 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

8 Act of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for 

9 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

10 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), 

11 $215,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

12 which $21,000,000 shall be for grants under such section 

13 27. 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of administering the eco16 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

17 law, $39,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 

18 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

19 Public Works Employment Act of 1976, title II of the 

20 Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

21 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and 

22 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
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1 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

2 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com4 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

5 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con6 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi7 zations, $34,000,000. 

8 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco11 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

12 of Commerce, $99,000,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2019. 

14 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

15 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

16 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana17 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 

18 law, $270,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro19 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

20 and marketing activities. 

21 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana24 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen25 suses and programs provided for by law, $1,251,000,000, 
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1 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 

2 That, from amounts provided herein, funds may be used 

3 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro4 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

5 $2,580,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

6 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 

7 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

8 Census: Provided further, That not more than 50 percent 

9 of the amounts made available under this heading for in10 formation technology related to 2020 census delivery, in11 cluding the Census Enterprise Data Collection and Proc12 essing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 

13 Secretary updates the previous expenditure plan and re14 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate a plan for ex16 penditure that: (1) identifies for each CEDCaP project/ 

17 investment over $25,000: (A) the functional and perform18 ance capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits 

19 to be realized; (B) an updated estimated lifecycle cost, in20 cluding cumulative expenditures to date by fiscal year, and 

21 all revised estimates for development, maintenance, and 

22 operations; (C) key milestones to be met; and (D) impacts 

23 of cost variances on other Census programs; (2) details 

24 for each project/investment: (A) reasons for any cost and 

25 schedule variances and (B) top risks and mitigation strat-
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1 egies; and (3) has been submitted to the Government Ac2 countability Office. 

3 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 

7 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad8 ministration (NTIA), $32,000,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2019: Provided, That, notwith10 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

11 shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec12 trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv13 ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 

14 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec16 retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off17 setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

18 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

19 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

20 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

21 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

22 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

23 Government agencies shall remain available until ex24 pended. 
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1 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

2 AND CONSTRUCTION

3 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov4 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro5 priated are available for the administration of all open 

6 grants until their expiration. 

7 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

11 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in12 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec13 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

14 of the USPTO, $3,500,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

16 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec17 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

18 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

19 2018, so as to result in a fiscal year 2018 appropriation 

20 from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 

21 That during fiscal year 2018, should the total amount of 

22 such offsetting collections be less than $3,500,000,000 

23 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur24 ther, That any amount received in excess of 

25 $3,500,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and deposited in the 
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1 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

2 available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc3 tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

6 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

7 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

8 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

9 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

10 Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac11 cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 

12 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala13 ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That from 

14 amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be 

15 made available in fiscal year 2018 for official reception 

16 and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis17 cal year 2018 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala18 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec19 essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 

20 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

21 under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and 

22 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

23 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per24 sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 

25 basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chap-
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1 ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other2 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

3 USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 

4 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

5 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

6 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

7 Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 

8 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

9 Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be 

10 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

11 Provided further, That any differences between the present 

12 value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit 

13 letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s 

14 specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 

15 USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 

16 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 

18 are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 

19 of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 

20 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 

21 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts ap22 propriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 

23 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 

24 with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 

25 USPTO. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

2 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

5 Standards and Technology (NIST), $695,000,000, to re6 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

7 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

8 Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 

9 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

10 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

11 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par12 ticipants. 

13 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

14 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

15 services, $145,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, of which $130,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

17 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

18 $15,000,000 shall be for the National Network for Manu19 facturing Innovation (also known as ‘‘Manufacturing 

20 USA’’). 

21 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

22 For construction of new research facilities, including 

23 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

24 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro25 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
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1 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

2 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

3 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $104,000,000, to remain available 

4 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 

5 shall include in the budget justification materials that the 

6 Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Depart7 ment of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 

8 of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

9 States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of 

10 Standards and Technology construction project having a 

11 total multi-year program cost of more than $5,000,000, 

12 and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall 

13 include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for 

14 each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

15 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

20 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

21 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

22 vessels; pilot programs for state-led fisheries management, 

23 notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, con24 tracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for 

25 the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to coopera-
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1 tive agreements; and relocation of facilities, 

2 $3,416,401,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2019, except that funds provided for cooperative enforce4 ment shall remain available until September 30, 2020: 

5 Provided, That fees and donations received by the Na6 tional Ocean Service for the management of national ma7 rine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries 

8 and expenses associated with those activities, notwith9 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro10 vided further, That in addition, $144,000,000 shall be de11 rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De12 velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer13 ican Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for fishery activi14 ties related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, 

15 Cooperative Research, Annual Stock Assessments, Survey 

16 and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdictional Fisheries 

17 Grants, and Fish Information Networks: Provided further, 

18 That of the $3,577,901,000 provided for in direct obliga19 tions under this heading, $3,416,401,000 is appropriated 

20 from the general fund, $144,000,000 is provided by trans21 fer, and $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries of prior 

22 year obligations: Provided further, That the total amount 

23 available for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis24 tration corporate services administrative support costs 

25 shall not exceed $238,032,000: Provided further, That any 
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1 deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi2 ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

3 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

4 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 

5 forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 

6 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 

7 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

8 Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 

9 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend10 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

11 may be necessary. 

12 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

15 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

16 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

17 $2,111,534,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2020, except that funds provided for acquisition and con19 struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re20 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

21 $2,129,034,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

22 this heading, $2,111,534,000 is appropriated from the 

23 general fund and $17,500,000 is provided from recoveries 

24 of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi25 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 
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1 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

2 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

3 in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 

4 forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 

5 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus6 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

7 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

8 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

9 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

10 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

11 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

12 total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 

13 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg14 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

15 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 

16 the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall be transferred 

17 to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities 

18 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re19 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc20 tion. 

21 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

22 For necessary expenses associated with the restora23 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That, 

25 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 
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1 may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 

2 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder3 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

4 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con5 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

6 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

7 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu8 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

9 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

10 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

11 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

12 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci13 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

14 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis15 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require16 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

17 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

18 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

19 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

20 Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from 

21 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

22 until expended. 

23 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

25 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2018, obligations of direct 
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1 loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 

2 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi3 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

4 Act of 1936. 

5 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

8 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

9 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa10 tion, $58,000,000. 

11 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod14 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, including 

15 security-related costs, $1,000,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 

17 may transfer up to $8,224,000 to this account from funds 

18 available to the Department of Commerce: Provided fur19 ther, That the transfer authority provided in the first pro20 viso is in addition to any other transfer authority con21 tained in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer 

22 pursuant to the authority provided under this heading 

23 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

24 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
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1 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

2 forth in that section. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $32,744,000. 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

10 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart11 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

12 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 

13 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 

14 by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 

15 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

16 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

17 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

18 public interest. 

19 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria20 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

21 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

22 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

23 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

24 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

25 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
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1 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria2 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De3 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be4 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

5 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans6 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

7 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec8 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga9 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce10 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

11 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap12 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

13 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 

14 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

15 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

16 of Commerce. 

17 SEC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 

18 of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 

19 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 

20 amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 

21 Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 

22 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2018: Provided, That 

23 the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 

24 $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo-
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1 stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 

2 Program is $10,828,059,000. 

3 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, the Secretary may furnish services (including but not 

5 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv6 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

7 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 

8 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera9 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 

10 in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or 

11 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec12 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

13 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

14 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

15 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re16 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

17 section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

18 of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred19 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

20 costs of such services. 

21 SEC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 

22 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog23 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac24 tivity over its networks. 
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1 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

2 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

3 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim4 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip5 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

6 or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 

7 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

8 possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 

9 any foreign government or international organization, for 

10 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

11 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos12 pheric Administration. 

13 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv14 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

15 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

16 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

17 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

18 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus19 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig20 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

21 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re22 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

23 SEC. 109. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the 

24 requirement for bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect 

25 to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of 
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1 vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to pay2 ment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast 

3 and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.). 

4 SEC. 110. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na5 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

6 the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 

7 into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 

8 a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per9 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex10 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 

11 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern12 ment, tribal government, territory, or possession or any 

13 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

14 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

15 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na16 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper17 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail18 able until September 30, 2020, for such purposes: Pro19 vided further, That all funds within this section and their 

20 corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 

21 SEC. 111. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 

22 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga23 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco24 nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 

25 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 
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1 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 

2 the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 

3 agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed4 eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 

5 higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, 

6 and methodology activities which further the purposes for 

7 which such amounts have been made available. 

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com9 merce Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

3 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

6 Department of Justice, $114,000,000, of which not to ex7 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart8 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech13 nology, including planning, development, deployment and 

14 departmental direction, $30,941,000, to remain available 

15 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

16 transfer up to $35,400,000 to this account, from funds 

17 available to the Department of Justice for information 

18 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter19 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur20 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

21 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

22 in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

23 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 

24 under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
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1 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

2 procedures set forth in that section. 

3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of im6 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im7 migration Review, $500,397,000, of which $4,000,000 

8 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 

9 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 

10 Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That not to exceed 

11 $15,000,000 of the total amount made available under 

12 this heading shall remain available until expended. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

15 General, $96,500,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to 

16 meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

17 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

20 Commission as authorized, $13,308,000: Provided, That, 

21 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi22 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis23 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap24 pointed. 
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1 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

3 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

4 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ5 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi6 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

7 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

8 General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti9 tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 

10 the District of Columbia, $897,500,000, of which not to 

11 exceed $20,000,000 for litigation support contracts shall 

12 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

13 amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues pay14 ments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until 

15 expended: Provided further, That of the total amount ap16 propriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 

17 INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep18 resentation expenses: Provided further, That notwith19 standing section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 

20 by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re21 quire additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil 

22 Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts 

23 to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ from 

24 available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 

25 Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond 
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1 to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 

2 pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a 

3 reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall 

4 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

5 compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

6 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such 

7 sums as may be necessary shall be available to the Civil 

8 Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with 

9 the election monitoring program under section 8 of the 

10 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reim11 burse the Office of Personnel Management for such sala12 ries and expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts 

13 provided under this heading for the election monitoring 

14 program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De17 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

18 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

19 not to exceed $10,000,000, to be appropriated from the 

20 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

22 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti23 trust and kindred laws, $164,977,000, to remain available 

24 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 
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1 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve2 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

3 of collection (and estimated to be $126,000,000 in fiscal 

4 year 2018), shall be retained and used for necessary ex5 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

6 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap7 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

8 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2018, 

9 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation 

10 from the general fund estimated at $38,977,000. 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

12 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

13 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop14 erative agreements, $2,057,252,000: Provided, That of the 

15 total amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,200 shall be 

16 available for official reception and representation ex17 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

18 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

19 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par20 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

21 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

22 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

23 Program, as authorized, $225,908,000, to remain avail24 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

25 other provision of law, deposits to the United States 
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1 Trustee System Fund and amounts herein appropriated 

2 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

3 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not4 withstanding any other provision of law, fees collected pur5 suant to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code, 

6 shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 

7 appropriation and shall remain available until expended: 

8 Provided further, That to the extent that fees collected in 

9 fiscal year 2018, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds 

10 due depositors, exceed $225,908,000, those excess 

11 amounts shall be available in future fiscal years only to 

12 the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 

13 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

14 the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are re15 ceived during fiscal year 2018, net of amounts necessary 

16 to pay refunds due depositors (estimated at 

17 $135,000,000), and (2) to the extent that any remaining 

18 general fund appropriations can be derived from amounts 

19 deposited in the Fund in previous fiscal years that are not 

20 otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

21 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

22 $90,908,000. 
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

2 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

4 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

5 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, $2,409,000. 

7 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

8 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

9 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

10 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad11 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

12 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

13 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

14 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur15 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

16 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $15,000,000 

17 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up18 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se19 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

20 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro21 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

22 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

23 Act. 
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

2 SERVICE

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

5 Service, $15,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec6 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

7 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

8 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac9 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

10 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re11 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur12 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

13 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur14 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

15 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

16 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex17 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

18 forth in that section. 

19 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

20 For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 

21 and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States 

22 Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department 

23 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 
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1 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar4 shals Service, $1,270,000,000, of which not to exceed 

5 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti10 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

11 holding and related support, $14,971,000, to remain avail12 able until expended. 

13 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses related to United States pris16 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

17 as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 

18 Code, $1,536,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

19 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid20 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce21 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

22 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

23 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

24 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 

25 Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 
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1 from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad2 ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to 

3 and merged with the appropriation under this heading. 

4 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

8 the National Security Division, $101,031,000, of which 

9 not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys10 tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

11 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter12 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir13 cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 

14 the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 

15 transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap16 propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 

17 of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir18 cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

19 to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram20 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail21 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

22 with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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1 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

2 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

3 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves4 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

5 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 

6 transnational organized crime, and money laundering or7 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter8 governmental agreements with State and local law en9 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros10 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 

11 crime and drug trafficking, $517,000,000, of which 

12 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 

14 under this heading may be used under authorities avail15 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria16 tion. 

17 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In20 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

21 crimes against the United States, $8,832,201,000, of 

22 which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 

23 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $184,500 

24 shall be available for official reception and representation 

25 expenses. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip3 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

4 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili5 ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

6 law; conversion, modification and extension of federally 

7 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

8 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

9 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

10 $155,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad14 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un15 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

16 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex17 penses for conducting drug education and training pro18 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici19 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

20 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

21 $2,115,777,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

22 remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 

23 shall be available for official reception and representation 

24 expenses. 
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1 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

2 EXPLOSIVES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To5 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

6 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse7 ment, including training in connection with the training 

8 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

9 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as10 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

11 or without reimbursement, $1,273,776,000, of which not 

12 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep13 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

14 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

15 by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 

16 not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex17 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

18 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica19 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

20 section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code: Provided 

21 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

22 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

23 from Federal firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of 

24 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That no 

25 funds made available by this or any other Act may be used 
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1 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu2 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

3 other agencies or Departments. 

4 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

8 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

9 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

10 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

11 related issues to foreign governments, $7,080,248,000: 

12 Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 

13 Department of Health and Human Services such amounts 

14 as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that De15 partment for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal 

16 and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the 

17 Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, 

18 may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal inter19 mediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay20 able to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison Sys21 tem, furnish health services to individuals committed to 

22 the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided fur23 ther, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for offi24 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur25 ther, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail-
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1 able for necessary operations until September 30, 2019: 

2 Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con3 tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 

4 available until expended to make payments in advance for 

5 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

6 expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed7 eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv8 ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 

9 from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro10 gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not11 for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 

12 Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre13 release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili14 ties. 

15 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

17 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re18 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

19 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

20 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 

21 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili22 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ23 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

24 force account, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners 

2 may be used for work performed under this appropriation. 

3 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

4 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here5 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

6 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

7 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit8 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

9 by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 

10 be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 

11 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

12 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

13 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

14 Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 

15 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

16 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

17 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com18 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

19 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys20 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

21 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account22 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

23 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

24 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui25 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
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1 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

2 belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 

3 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

4 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

5 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

6 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

9 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio10 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

11 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 

12 et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and 

13 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

14 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 

15 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu16 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

17 of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the 

18 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

19 (42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

20 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

21 Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Violence Against 

22 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

23 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio24 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 

25 Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and the Rape Survivor 
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1 Child Custody Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 

2 2015 Act’’); and for related victims services, 

3 $483,500,000, to remain available until expended, of 

4 which $379,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from 

5 amounts available for obligation in this Act from the Fund 

6 established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of 

7 Public Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601), notwithstanding 

8 section 1402(d) of such Act of 1984, and merged with the 

9 amounts otherwise made available under this heading: 

10 Provided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not 

11 to exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this 

12 heading may be used for expenses related to evaluation, 

13 training, and technical assistance: Provided further, That 

14 of the amount provided— 

15 (1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat vio16 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

17 1968 Act; 

18 (2) $31,000,000 is for transitional housing as19 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat20 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

21 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

22 (3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of 

23 Justice for research and evaluation of violence 

24 against women and related issues addressed by 

25 grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 
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1 Women, which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, 

2 Evaluation and Statistics’’ for administration by the 

3 Office of Justice Programs; 

4 (4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to pro5 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

6 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

7 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

8 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

9 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as10 sistance to middle and high school students through 

11 education and other services related to such violence: 

12 Provided, That unobligated balances available for 

13 the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

14 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

15 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

16 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

17 the total amount available for this grant program 

18 shall be available for grants under the program au19 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

20 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

21 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

22 program; 

23 (5) $53,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar24 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 
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1 Act, of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction 

2 initiative; 

3 (6) $35,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 

4 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

5 1994 Act; 

6 (7) $36,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

7 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

8 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

9 (8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

10 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

11 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

12 (9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic13 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

14 (10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

15 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

16 in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 

17 1994 Act; 

18 (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami19 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

20 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

21 balances available for the programs authorized by 

22 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

23 the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 

24 Act, shall be available for this program; 
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1 (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 

2 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

3 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

4 2000 Act; 

5 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 

6 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

7 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

8 the 1994 Act; 

9 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

10 violence against Indian women, including as author11 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

12 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval13 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of14 fice of Justice Programs; 

15 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

16 that provides training and technical assistance on 

17 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

18 and Alaska Native women; 

19 (16) $4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal 

20 governments in exercising special domestic violence 

21 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of 

22 the 2013 Act: Provided, That the grant conditions in 

23 section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

24 program; and 
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1 (17) $1,500,000 for the purposes authorized 

2 under the 2015 Act. 

3 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

4 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

7 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

8 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 

9 Act’’); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 

10 Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s As11 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

12 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil13 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 

14 for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence 

15 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza16 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

17 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 

18 647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

19 199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98– 

20 473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act 

21 of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); 

22 the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 

23 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 

24 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the 

25 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 
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1 Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza2 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

3 and other programs, $85,000,000, to remain available 

4 until expended, of which— 

5 (1) $45,500,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

6 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

7 C of title I of the 1968 Act, of which $5,000,000 is 

8 for a nationwide incident-based crime statistics pro9 gram; and 

10 (2) $39,500,000 is for research, development, 

11 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au12 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

13 subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act, of which 

14 $4,000,000 is for research targeted toward devel15 oping a better understanding of the domestic 

16 radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence17 based strategies for effective intervention and pre18 vention. 

19 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

22 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

23 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 

24 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

25 Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 
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1 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 

2 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 

3 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

4 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against 

5 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

6 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 

7 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

8 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic9 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

10 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend11 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 

12 title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 

13 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 

14 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

15 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 

16 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 

17 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat18 ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve19 ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 

20 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

21 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 

22 and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198) 

23 (‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 

24 2016 (Public Law 114-324); and other programs, 
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1 $1,171,000,000, to remain available until expended as fol2 lows— 

3 (1) $404,500,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo4 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

5 by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act 

6 (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules 

7 for Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title I of the 

8 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 

9 of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, 

10 $7,500,000 is for the Officer Robert Wilson III Me11 morial Initiative on Preventing Violence Against 

12 Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Surviv13 ability (VALOR), $5,000,000 is for an initiative to 

14 support evidence-based policing, $2,500,000 is for 

15 an initiative to enhance prosecutorial decision-mak16 ing, $2,400,000 is for the operationalization, mainte17 nance and expansion of the National Missing and 

18 Unidentified Persons System, $2,500,000 is for a 

19 national training initiative to improve police-based 

20 responses to people with mental illness or develop21 mental disabilities, $6,500,000 is for competitive 

22 and evidence-based programs to reduce gun crime 

23 and gang violence, and $2,000,000 is for a student 

24 loan repayment assistance program pursuant to sec25 tion 952 of Public Law 110–315; 
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1 (2) $100,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

2 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

3 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

4 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, That no jurisdiction 

5 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

6 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

7 detainees housed in State and local detention facili8 ties; 

9 (3) $45,000,000 for victim services programs 

10 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

11 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au12 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 

13 authorized under Public Law 113–4; 

14 (4) $2,500,000 for the Capital Litigation Im15 provement Grant Program, as authorized by section 

16 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for 

17 wrongful conviction review; 

18 (5) $14,000,000 for economic, high technology, 

19 white collar and Internet crime prevention grants, 

20 including as authorized by section 401 of Public 

21 Law 110–403; 

22 (6) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

23 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

24 and related activities; 
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1 (7) $22,500,000 for the matching grant pro2 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 

3 by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, 

4 That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the Na5 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Of6 fice of Law Enforcement Standards for research, 

7 testing and evaluation programs; 

8 (8) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

9 Public Website; 

10 (9) $73,000,000 for grants to States to up11 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

12 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys13 tem, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for 

14 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im15 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

16 110–180); 

17 (10) $13,500,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

18 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

19 I of the 1968 Act; 

20 (11) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and foren21 sic programs and activities, of which— 

22 (A) $117,000,000 is for a DNA analysis 

23 and capacity enhancement program and for 

24 other local, State, and Federal forensic activi25 ties, including the purposes authorized under 
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1 section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi2 nation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the 

3 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 

4 Provided, That up to 4 percent of funds made 

5 available under this paragraph may be used for 

6 the purposes described in the DNA Training 

7 and Education for Law Enforcement, Correc8 tional Personnel, and Court Officers program 

9 (Public Law 108–405, section 303); 

10 (B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes de11 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic12 tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 

13 108–405, section 412); and 

14 (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo15 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au16 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

17 (12) $45,000,000 for a grant program for com18 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 

19 (13) $9,000,000 for the court-appointed special 

20 advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of 

21 the 1990 Act; 

22 (14) $70,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

23 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 

24 Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), without regard 

25 to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of 
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1 such Act, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 is for 

2 a program to improve State, local, and tribal proba3 tion or parole supervision efforts and strategies, 

4 $5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Parents 

5 Demonstrations to enhance and maintain parental 

6 and family relationships for incarcerated parents as 

7 a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy, and 

8 $4,000,000 is for additional replication sites employ9 ing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with 

10 Enforcement model implementing swift and certain 

11 sanctions in probation, and for a research project on 

12 the effectiveness of the model: Provided, That up to 

13 $7,500,000 of funds made available in this para14 graph may be used for performance-based awards 

15 for Pay for Success projects, of which up to 

16 $5,000,000 shall be for Pay for Success programs 

17 implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing 

18 Model; 

19 (15) $50,000,000 for the Comprehensive School 

20 Safety Initiative; 

21 (16) $65,000,000 for initiatives to improve po22 lice-community relations, of which $22,500,000 is 

23 for a competitive matching grant program for pur24 chases of body-worn cameras for State, local and 

25 tribal law enforcement, $25,000,000 is for a justice 
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1 reinvestment initiative, for activities related to crimi2 nal justice reform and recidivism reduction, and 

3 $17,500,000 is for an Edward Byrne Memorial 

4 criminal justice innovation program; and 

5 (17) $111,000,000 for comprehensive opioid 

6 abuse reduction activities, including as authorized by 

7 CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 

8 address opioid abuse reduction consistent with un9 derlying program authorities— 

10 (A) $43,000,000 for Drug Courts, as au11 thorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of 

12 the 1968 Act; 

13 (B) $12,000,000 for mental health courts 

14 and adult and juvenile collaboration program 

15 grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of 

16 title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Of17 fender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reau18 thorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub19 lic Law 110–416); 

20 (C) $14,000,000 for grants for Residential 

21 Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris22 oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 

23 1968 Act; 

24 (D) $7,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

25 courts program; and 
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1 (E) $14,000,000 for a program to monitor 

2 prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 

3 products: 

4 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 

5 the funds made available under this heading to increase 

6 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 

7 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 

8 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub9 lic sector safety service. 

10 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

11 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

12 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

13 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the 

14 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

15 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De16 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

17 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s 

18 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

19 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil20 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims 

21 of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 

22 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 

23 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh 

24 Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public 

25 Law 110–401); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza-
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1 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

2 the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public 

3 Law 114-324); and other juvenile justice programs, 

4 $260,000,000, to remain available until expended as fol5 lows— 

6 (1) $60,000,000 for programs authorized by 

7 section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and 

8 technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organi9 zations with the Federal grants process: Provided, 

10 That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

11 $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

12 grant program to support emergency planning 

13 among State, local and tribal juvenile justice resi14 dential facilities; 

15 (2) $80,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

16 (3) $19,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

17 authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, 

18 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 

19 (A) $4,000,000 shall be for gang and 

20 youth violence education, prevention and inter21 vention, and related activities; 

22 (B) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site 

23 providing information and resources on children 

24 of incarcerated parents; 
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1 (C) $2,000,000 shall be for competitive 

2 grants focusing on girls in the juvenile justice 

3 system; and 

4 (D) $8,000,000 shall be for community5 based violence prevention initiatives, including 

6 for public health approaches to reducing shoot7 ings and violence; 

8 (4) $21,000,000 for programs authorized by 

9 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

10 (5) $76,000,000 for missing and exploited chil11 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

12 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that sec13 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 

14 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall not apply 

15 for purposes of this Act); 

16 (6) $2,000,000 for child abuse training pro17 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

18 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; and 

19 (7) $2,000,000 for a program to improve juve20 nile indigent defense: 

21 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

22 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi23 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author24 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of 

25 the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
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1 and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: 

2 Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not 

3 apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to sec4 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and 

5 exploited children programs. 

6 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

9 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

10 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in11 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail12 able until expended; and $16,300,000 for payments au13 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu14 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

15 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not16 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina17 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

18 require additional funding for such disability and edu19 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

20 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail21 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

22 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

23 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro24 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

25 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
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1 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

2 set forth in that section. 

3 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

4 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con7 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

8 322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

9 of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); and the Violence Against 

10 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

11 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’), 

12 $226,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That any balances made available through prior 

14 year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 

15 with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 

16 amount provided under this heading— 

17 (1) $207,500,000 is for grants under section 

18 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) 

19 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

20 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not21 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro22 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 

23 title (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3(c)), funding for hiring or 

24 rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not 

25 exceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 
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1 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 

2 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That of 

3 the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

4 $5,000,000 is for community policing development 

5 activities in furtherance of the purposes in section 

6 1701: Provided further, That within the amounts ap7 propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for 

8 the collaborative reform model of technical assist9 ance in furtherance of the purposes in section 1701: 

10 Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 

11 under this paragraph $36,000,000 is for regional in12 formation sharing activities, as authorized by part M 

13 of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred 

14 to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Sta15 tistics’’ for administration by the Office of Justice 

16 Programs: Provided further, That of the amounts 

17 appropriated under this paragraph, $7,500,000 is 

18 for activities authorized by the POLICE Act of 2016 

19 (Public Law 114–199); 

20 (2) $7,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

21 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 

22 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth23 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei24 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

25 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 
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1 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 

2 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet3 amine traffickers; and 

4 (3) $12,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

5 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

6 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her7 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

8 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

9 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re10 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis11 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

12 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

13 collaboration. 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

17 available in this title for official reception and representa18 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

19 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

20 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re21 ception and representation expenses. 

22 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 

23 title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 

24 the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 

25 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro-
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1 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu2 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

3 shall be null and void. 

4 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 

5 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 

6 facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 

7 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re8 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris9 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in10 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

11 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin12 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil13 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

14 Prisons. 

15 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria16 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De17 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be18 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex19 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

20 by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 

21 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

22 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

23 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com24 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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1 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 

2 this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 

3 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

4 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

5 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

6 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

7 than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 

8 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

9 such a prisoner. 

10 SEC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

11 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele12 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec13 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

14 purposes. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main16 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

17 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

18 programs. 

19 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under 

20 this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 

21 enhanced information technology program having total es22 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un23 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re24 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 
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1 information technology program has appropriate program 

2 management controls and contractor oversight mecha3 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

4 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

5 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

6 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi7 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

8 in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 

9 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

10 this title in previous years. 

11 SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 

13 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

14 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc15 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

16 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

17 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

18 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 

20 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

21 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

22 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

23 from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 

24 United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 

2 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

3 available (or authorized to be made available) by law, with 

4 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head5 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

6 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus7 tice Programs’’— 

8 (1) up to 3 percent of funds made available to 

9 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim10 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

11 provide training and technical assistance; and 

12 (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for 

13 grant or reimbursement programs under such head14 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

15 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis16 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 

17 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

18 and merged with funds provided to the National In19 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis20 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

21 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza22 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 

23 SEC. 213. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 

24 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

25 available (or authorized to be made available) by law, up 
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1 to 7 percent of funds made available for grant or reim2 bursement programs— 

3 (1) under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law 

4 Enforcement Assistance’’; 

5 (2) under the heading ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro6 grams’’ (except for funds made available under para7 graph (5) under such heading) to be transferred to 

8 and merged with funds made available under the 

9 heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assist10 ance’’; and 

11 (3) under the heading ‘‘Community Oriented 

12 Policing Services Programs’’, 

13 shall be available for tribal criminal justice assistance 

14 without regard to the authorizations for such grant or re15 imbursement programs. 

16 SEC. 214. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 

17 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard18 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap19 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 

20 for fiscal years 2015 through 2018 for the following pro21 grams, waive the following requirements: 

22 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 

23 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 

24 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

25 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1)), 
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1 the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 

2 part. 

3 (2) For State, Tribal, and local reentry courts 

4 under part FF of title I of such Act of 1968 (42 

5 U.S.C. 3797w–2(e)(1) and (2)), the requirements 

6 under section 2978(e)(1) and (2) of such part. 

7 (3) For the prosecution drug treatment alter8 natives to prison program under part CC of title I 

9 of such Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797q–3), the re10 quirements under section 2904 of such part. 

11 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 

13 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 

14 U.S.C. 13709(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail15 able by this or any other Act. 

16 SEC. 216. None of the funds made available under 

17 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back18 ground check system established under section 103 of the 

19 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 

20 note), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 

21 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi22 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus23 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un24 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con25 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 
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1 SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made avail2 able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may 

3 be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots 

4 authorized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 

5 113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, 

6 section 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, and 

7 such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partner8 ship Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal years 2017 

9 and 2018. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 

11 Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 SCIENCE 

3 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

5 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na6 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

7 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 

8 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

9 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 

10 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

11 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum12 bia, $5,544,000, of which not more than $1,965,141 shall 

13 be for necessary expenses of the National Space Council, 

14 in carrying out the purposes of Title V of Public Law 100– 

15 685 and Executive Order 13803: Provided, That notwith16 standing any other provision of law, the National Space 

17 Council may accept personnel support from Federal agen18 cies, departments, and offices, and such Federal agencies, 

19 departments, and offices may detail staff without reim20 bursement to the National Space Council for purposes 

21 provided herein. 

22 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

23 SCIENCE

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

25 in the conduct and support of science research and devel-
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1 opment activities, including research, development, oper2 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa3 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

4 and communications activities; program management; per5 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

6 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

7 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

8 of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 

9 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

10 aircraft, $5,571,800,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That the formulation and de12 velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 

13 section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the 

14 James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 

15 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi16 vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 

17 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 

18 the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de19 velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi20 tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin21 istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 

22 the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec23 tion 30104. 
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1 AERONAUTICS

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

4 development activities, including research, development, 

5 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 

6 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con7 trol, and communications activities; program manage8 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

9 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

10 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur11 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

12 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

13 administrative aircraft, $650,000,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2019. 

15 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

17 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

18 and development activities, including research, develop19 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

20 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space21 craft control, and communications activities; program 

22 management; personnel and related costs, including uni23 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

24 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex25 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
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1 purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 

2 mission and administrative aircraft, $700,000,000, to re3 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

4 $130,000,000 shall be for the RESTORE. 

5 EXPLORATION

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

8 development activities, including research, development, 

9 operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 

10 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con11 trol, and communications activities; program manage12 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

13 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

14 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur15 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

16 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 

17 administrative aircraft, $4,395,000,000, to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not less 

19 than $1,350,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

20 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

21 $2,150,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 

22 (SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 

23 less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele24 ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta25 neously: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
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1 for SLS, not less than $300,000,000 shall be for Explo2 ration Upper Stage development: Provided further, That 

3 $545,000,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems: 

4 Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 

5 Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget sub8 mission, a 5-year budget profile for an integrated system 

9 that includes the Space Launch System, the Orion Multi10 Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems that 

11 will ensure an Exploration Mission-2 crewed launch as 

12 early as possible, as well as a system-based funding profile 

13 for a sustained launch cadence beyond the initial crewed 

14 test launch: Provided further, That acquisition of Orion 

15 crew vehicles, SLS launch vehicles, Exploration Ground 

16 Systems, and their associated components may be funded 

17 incrementally in fiscal year 2018 and thereafter: Provided 

18 further, That $350,000,000 shall be for exploration re19 search and development. 

20 SPACE OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

22 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

23 and development activities, including research, develop24 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space25 craft control and communications activities, including op-
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1 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re2 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

3 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow4 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

5 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 

6 and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 

7 charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin8 istrative aircraft, $4,751,500,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2019. 

10 EDUCATION

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

12 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

13 education research and development activities, including 

14 research, development, operations, support, and services; 

15 program management; personnel and related costs, includ16 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec17 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

18 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

19 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

20 of mission and administrative aircraft, $100,000,000, to 

21 remain available until September 30, 2019, of which 

22 $18,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 

23 Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 

24 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro25 gram. 
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1 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 

4 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

5 research and development activities, including research, 

6 development, operations, support, and services; mainte7 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

8 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

9 program management; personnel and related costs, includ10 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec11 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

12 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

13 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen14 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte15 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air16 craft, $2,826,900,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2019. 

18 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

19 RESTORATION

20 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

21 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi22 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad23 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

24 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

25 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-
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1 ance and restoration, $496,100,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2023: Provided, That proceeds from 

3 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

4 period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 

5 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

6 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail7 able for obligation for fiscal year 2018 in an amount not 

8 to exceed $9,470,300: Provided further, That each annual 

9 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

10 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col11 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 

12 Code. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

15 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

16 $38,000,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

17 until September 30, 2019. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

21 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

22 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

23 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

24 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero25 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 
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1 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap2 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

3 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans4 fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

5 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

6 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

7 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram8 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

9 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

10 procedures set forth in that section. 

11 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro12 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ13 ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 

14 change of an amount established in that spending plan 

15 that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 

16 this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec17 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga18 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce19 dures set forth in that section. 

20 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

21 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

22 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

23 Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 

24 and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 

25 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
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1 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

2 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air3 craft; and authorized travel; $5,917,803,000, to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2019, of which not to exceed 

5 $533,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

6 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse7 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

8 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

9 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

10 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

11 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

12 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

13 to this appropriation. 

14 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

15 CONSTRUCTION

16 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc17 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

18 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu19 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

20 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 

21 $182,800,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

23 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math24 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

25 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 
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1 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ2 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con4 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $862,400,000, 

5 to remain available until September 30, 2019. 

6 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

7 For agency operations and award management nec8 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

9 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 

10 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas11 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

12 authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 

13 States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 

14 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

15 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

16 $328,510,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

17 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

18 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

19 heading in fiscal year 2018 for maintenance and operation 

20 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

21 the next fiscal year: Provided further, That of the amount 

22 provided for costs associated with the acquisition, occu23 pancy, and related costs of new headquarters space, not 

24 more than $5,000,000 shall remain available until ex25 pended. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

2 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala3 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

4 the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

5 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec6 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car7 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

8 Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 

9 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 

10 to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 

11 and representation expenses. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

15 1978, $15,200,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail16 able until September 30, 2019. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

20 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

21 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be22 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

23 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans24 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

25 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
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1 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 

2 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria4 tions Act, 2018’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

6 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

7 $9,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro8 priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi9 viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 

10 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe11 cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 

12 That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 

13 shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 

14 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 

15 who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 

16 the Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or dona17 tion to carry out the work of the Commission: Provided 

18 further, That none of the funds appropriated or authorized 

19 in this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense 

20 that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil 

21 Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 

22 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

25 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 
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1 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em2 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

3 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

4 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 

5 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 

6 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend7 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 

8 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in9 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

10 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

11 authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 

12 Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 

13 $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

14 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

15 $364,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author16 ized to make available for official reception and represen17 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 

18 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 

19 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 

20 or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 

23 with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 

24 this Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized 
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1 to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the 

2 work of the Commission. 

3 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

6 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

7 and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 

9 reception and representation expenses, $91,500,000, to re10 main available until expended. 

11 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

12 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

13 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

14 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

15 Act of 1974, $385,000,000, of which $352,000,000 is for 

16 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

17 $5,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

18 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 

19 additional audits of recipients; $19,000,000 is for manage20 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self21 help and information technology; $4,000,000 is for a Pro 

22 Bono Innovation Fund; and $1,000,000 is for loan repay23 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor24 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

25 and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 
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1 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em2 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

3 States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 

4 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996(d)): Provided 

5 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

6 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora7 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

8 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

9 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

11 CORPORATION

12 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

13 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur14 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

15 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

16 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

17 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

18 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

19 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 

20 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2017 and 

21 2018, respectively. 

22 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com25 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 
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1 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 

2 $3,431,000. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

4 REPRESENTATIVE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

8 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas9 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

10 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

11 United States Code, $57,600,000, of which $1,000,000 

12 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

13 the total amount made available under this heading, up 

14 to $10,000,000 may be derived from the Trade Enforce15 ment Trust Fund established in subsection (a) of section 

16 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act 

17 of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405) for activities of the United 

18 States Trade Representative authorized by subsection (d) 

19 of such section, including transfers: Provided further, That 

20 any transfer pursuant to paragraph (1) of such subsection 

21 (d) shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

22 of this Act: Provided further, That of the total amount 

23 made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 

24 shall be available for official reception and representation 

25 expenses. 
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1 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

4 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 

5 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,121,000, of which $500,000 

6 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 

7 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 

8 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

9 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 

10 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

11 United States Government. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

6 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

7 not authorized by the Congress. 

8 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

10 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

11 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

14 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

15 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

16 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

17 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

18 issued pursuant to existing law. 

19 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica20 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

21 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica22 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

23 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af24 fected thereby. 
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1 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

2 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

3 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli4 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from 

5 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

6 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

7 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

8 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini9 tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 

10 a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per11 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

12 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of13 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro14 grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

15 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em16 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac17 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

18 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

19 project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

20 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

21 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

22 change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap23 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com24 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

25 of such reprogramming of funds. 
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1 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 

2 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

3 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

4 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

5 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

6 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re7 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

8 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen9 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

10 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula11 tions. 

12 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au13 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

14 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

15 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

16 States, its territories or possessions. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

18 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

19 Item (1)(f)(3). 

20 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

21 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na22 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta25 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
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1 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com2 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

3 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

4 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

5 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

6 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

7 obligation. 

8 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

9 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

10 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

11 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

12 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

13 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

14 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys15 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re16 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

17 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

18 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre19 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re20 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

21 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

22 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be23 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

24 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

25 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 
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1 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

2 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

3 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

4 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

5 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

6 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

7 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

8 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

9 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

10 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

11 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

12 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

13 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

14 products of the same type. 

15 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab17 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 

18 Law 98–473 (42 U.S.C. 10601) in any fiscal year in ex19 cess of $3,636,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 

20 until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith21 standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 

22 available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 

23 shall remain available until expended to the Department 

24 of Justice Office of Inspector General for oversight and 

25 auditing purposes; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to 
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1 the Office for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with 

2 the requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian 

3 tribes to improve services for victims of crime. 

4 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

5 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi6 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

7 students who participate in programs for which financial 

8 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

9 or legal guardians of such students. 

10 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in12 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

13 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro14 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

15 SEC. 513. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce 

17 shall lift the stay on the effective date of the final rule 

18 for the seafood import monitoring program published by 

19 the Secretary on December 9, 2016, (81 Fed. Reg. 88975 

20 et seq.) for the species described in section 300.324(a)(3) 

21 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, and ensure that 

22 the effective date of such rule with respect to such species 

23 is the same as the effective date for species listed in sec24 tion 300.324(a)(2) of such title. 
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1 SEC. 514. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart2 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na3 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na4 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor5 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

6 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

7 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

8 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

9 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

10 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi11 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

12 any such audit is completed. 

13 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

14 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

15 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis16 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

17 the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter18 net website maintained by the Department, Administra19 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

20 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

21 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

22 title 5, United States Code; and 

23 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi24 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 
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1 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

2 unlawful purposes. 

3 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

4 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state5 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

6 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

7 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

8 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

9 other manner to another person who has a financial inter10 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

11 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

12 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 

13 which the Director of the Office of Management and 

14 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

15 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

16 and requirements, substantially similar to the require17 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 

18 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart19 ments, agencies, and entities. 

20 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth21 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

22 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer23 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

24 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact information 

25 system, as defined for security categorization in the Na-
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1 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) 

2 Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 

3 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 

4 Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency 

5 has— 

6 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor7 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

8 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact infor9 mation systems within the Federal Government and 

10 against international standards and guidelines in11 cluding those developed by NIST; 

12 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre13 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

14 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

15 of Investigation (FBI) and other appropriate agen16 cies; and 

17 (3) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 

18 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

19 mitigation strategy for any identified risks. 

20 (b) During fiscal year 2018— 

21 (1) the FBI, in consultation with NIST, shall 

22 develop best practices for supply chain risk manage23 ment; and 

24 (2) the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

25 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
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1 and the National Science Foundation shall incor2 porate such practices into their information tech3 nology procurement practices to the maximum ex4 tent practicable. 

5 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

7 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em8 ployee of the United States Government. 

9 SEC. 517. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

12 be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in13 strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 

14 expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

15 United States in connection with requiring an export li16 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac17 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

18 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

19 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

20 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

21 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

22 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

23 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

24 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex25 port license— 
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1 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

2 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

3 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

4 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 

5 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub6 section (a); and 

7 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

8 of— 

9 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo10 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

11 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

12 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

13 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

14 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

15 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

16 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu17 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

18 (C) articles for export from Canada to an19 other foreign destination. 

20 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di21 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per22 manent or temporary export without a license of any un23 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

24 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem25 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 
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1 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

2 Canadian citizen. 

3 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

4 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter5 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

6 the Government of Canada has implemented or main7 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

8 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

9 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter10 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an11 other nation. The President shall terminate the require12 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require13 ments have ceased. 

14 SEC. 518. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, no department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

16 United States receiving appropriated funds under this Act 

17 or any other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such 

18 funds to pay administrative expenses or the compensation 

19 of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 

20 any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 

21 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 

22 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United States ori23 gin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 
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1 SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi3 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

4 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

5 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

6 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

7 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

8 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

9 States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

10 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

12 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author13 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

14 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 

15 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 

16 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu17 rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 

18 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

19 SEC. 521. If at any time during any quarter, the pro20 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

21 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero22 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

23 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason24 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in25 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 
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1 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis2 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di3 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

4 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

5 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

6 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

7 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

8 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

9 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

10 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 

11 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti12 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

13 statement validating that the project’s management struc14 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

15 costs. 

16 SEC. 522. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

17 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel18 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

19 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec20 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

21 3094) during fiscal year 2018 until the enactment of the 

22 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. 

23 SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

25 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 
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1 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro2 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

3 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

4 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

5 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

6 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

7 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

8 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi9 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

10 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as11 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

12 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter13 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess14 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

15 judicial proceeding. 

16 (RESCISSIONS)

17 SEC. 524. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 

18 year appropriations available to the Department of Com19 merce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later 

20 than September 30, 2018, from the following accounts in 

21 the specified amounts— 

22 (1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, 

23 Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 

24 $15,000,000; 
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1 (2) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin2 istration, Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, 

3 $20,000,000. 

4 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De5 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re6 scinded, not later than September 30, 2018, from the fol7 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

8 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $399,627,000; 

9 (2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

10 and Expenses’’, $155,390,000 including from, but 

11 not limited to, fees collected to defray expenses for 

12 the automation of fingerprint identification and 

13 criminal justice information services and associated 

14 costs; 

15 (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi16 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

17 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro18 grams’’, $15,000,000; 

19 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi20 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $50,000,000; 

21 (5) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi22 ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 

23 $10,000,000; and 
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1 (6) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

2 $304,000,000, of which $152,000,000 is perma3 nently rescinded. 

4 (c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 

5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 

7 September 1, 2018, specifying the amount of each rescis8 sion made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), and the 

9 Department of Justice shall ensure that sufficient bal10 ances are available in the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’ to re11 scind the amount specified in subsection (b) and shall 

12 transfer unobligated balances from discretionary appro13 priations (except from ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, 

14 Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Fees and Expenses of Wit15 nesses’’, ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’, and amounts 

16 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency or 

17 disaster relief requirement pursuant to a concurrent reso18 lution on the budget or section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced 

19 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) made 

20 available in this Act to the Department into the ‘‘Working 

21 Capital Fund’’ if necessary to meet the amount specified 

22 in subsection (b) and this transfer authority is in addition 

23 to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

24 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 
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1 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

2 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

3 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend5 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart6 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

7 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

8 States unless such conference is a law enforcement train9 ing or operational conference for law enforcement per10 sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend11 ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 

12 United States. 

13 SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer, 

15 release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within 

16 the United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid 

17 Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

18 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

19 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

20 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

21 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

22 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

23 SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth24 erwise made available in this Act may be used to con25 struct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United States, 
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1 its territories, or possessions to house any individual de2 scribed in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 

3 imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 

4 of the Department of Defense. 

5 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

6 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

7 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

8 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

9 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

10 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

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

12 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

13 and 

14 (2) is— 

15 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

16 control of the Department of Defense; or 

17 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

18 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

19 SEC. 529. The Director of the Office of Management 

20 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in21 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro22 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

23 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform24 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

25 following: 
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1 (1) Details on future action the department, 

2 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

3 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

4 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

5 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

6 in expired grant accounts. 

7 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex8 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

9 Treasury of the United States. 

10 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

11 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

12 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

13 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

14 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

15 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

16 SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds made available by 

17 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

18 Space Administration (NASA) or the Office of Science 

19 and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop, design, plan, 

20 promulgate, implement, or execute a bilateral policy, pro21 gram, order, or contract of any kind to participate, col22 laborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with China 

23 or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 

24 specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of 

25 enactment of this Act. 
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1 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

2 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

3 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

4 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

5 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA or OSTP, 

6 after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investiga7 tion, have certified— 

8 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

9 technology, data, or other information with national 

10 security or economic security implications to China 

11 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

12 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

13 officials who have been determined by the United 

14 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

15 human rights. 

16 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

17 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

19 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 

20 the activity in question and shall include a description of 

21 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici22 pants, and its location and timing. 

23 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
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1 sonnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the 

2 importation of any model of shotgun if— 

3 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

4 the proposed importation are met; and 

5 (2) no application for the importation of such 

6 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

7 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu8 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

9 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

10 sporting purposes. 

11 SEC. 532. (a) None of the funds made available in 

12 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

13 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

14 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

15 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

16 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

17 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi18 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 

19 enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

20 SEC. 533. The Departments of Commerce and Jus21 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

22 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

23 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

24 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

25 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 
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1 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

2 Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute 

3 shall submit spending plans, signed by the respective de4 partment or agency head, to the Committees on Appro5 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

6 within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

9 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

10 ratification for the Treaty. 

11 SEC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

14 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

15 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per16 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 

17 contract. 

18 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used by the Attorney General— 

20 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag21 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 

22 (2) in a manner that interferes with any activ23 ity under a State law that authorizes the use, dis24 tribution, possession, or cultivation of industrial 

25 hemp (as defined in subsection (b) of that section). 
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1 SEC. 537. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available in this Act for the National Oceanic and 

3 Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA shall, as 

4 part of fisheries science and management activities, obli5 gate funding for the placement of at sea monitors on ves6 sels before obligating funding for observer-related costs as7 sociated with standardized bycatch reporting methodology 

8 requirements. 

9 MEDICAL MARIJUANA

10 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available under 

11 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 

12 respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 

13 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

14 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken15 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi16 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 

17 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

18 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

19 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

20 Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Vir21 ginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the 

22 District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent 

23 any such State or jurisdiction from implementing a law 

24 that authorizes the use, distribution, possession, or cul25 tivation of medical marijuana. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

2 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 

Calendar No. 186 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1662 

[Report No. 115–139] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

2018, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

JULY 27, 2017 

Read twice and placed on the calendar