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2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

REPORT 

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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 

AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 

30, 2019, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

___________ , 2018.-0rdered to be printed 

~--------, from the committee of conference, 

submitted the following 

CONFERENCE REPORT 

[To accompany H.R. 5895] 

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 

Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5895), 

making appropriations for the energy and water development and 

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 

for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have 

agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses 

as follows: 

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment 

of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate 

amendment, insert the following: 

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

SEN,~ 

2 This Act may be cited as the "Energy and Water, 

3 Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Vet4 erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019". 

5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 8. References. 

Sec. 4. Statement of appropriations. 

DIVISION A-ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

Title I-Corps of Engineers-Civil 

'l'itle II-Department of the Interior 

Title III-Department of Energy 

Title IV-Independent Agencies 

Title V-Gcneral Provisions 

DIVISION B-LEGISLATIVE BRAt~CH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

'ritlc I-Legislative Branch 

Title II-General Provisions 

DIVISION C-MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

Title I-Department of Defense 

Title II-Department of Veterans Affairs 

Title III-Related Ageneies 

Title IV-Overseas Contingency Operations 

Title V-General Provisions 

7 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

8 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

9 to "this Act" contained in any division of this Act shall 

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1 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi2 SlOn. 

3 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 

5 of any money in the rrreasury not otherwise appropriated, 

6 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019. 

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1 DIVISION A-ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL2 OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP3 PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

4 TITLE I 

5 CORPS OF ENGINEERS-CIVIL 

6 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

7 CORPS OF ENGINEERS-CIVIL 

8 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

9 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super10 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func11 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 

12 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro13 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 

14 INVESTIGATIONS 

15 For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 

16 the collection and study of basic information pertaining 

17 to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 

18 shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re19 lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 

20 and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 

21 storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 

22 ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 

23 construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 

24 miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 

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1 surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 

2 of projects prior to construction, $125,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

4 shall initiate six new study starts during fiscal year 2019: 

5 Provided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 

6 the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan 

7 has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of both Houses of Congress. 

9 CONSTRUCTION 

10 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

11 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro12 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 

13 projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 

14 and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 

15 those involving participation by States, local governments, 

16 or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 

17 by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica18 tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern19 ment to. construction); $2,183,000,000, to remain avail20 able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 

21 to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili22 ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro23 gram shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

24 Fund as authorized by Public Law 104-303; and of which 

25 such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs 

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1 of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion 

2 of inland waterways projects, except for Chickamauga 

3 Lock, Tennessee River, Tennessee, which shall be 15 per4 cent during the fiscal year covered by this Act, shall be 

5 derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, except 

6 as otherwise specifically provided for in law: Provided, 

7 That the Secretary shall initiate five new construction 

8 starts during fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That for 

9 new construction projects, project cost sharing agreements 

10 shall be executed as soon as practicable but no later than 

11 September 30, 2019: Provided further, That no allocation 

12 for a new start shall be considered final and no work al13 lowance shall be made until the Secretary provides to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

15 an out-year funding scenario demonstrating the afford16 ability of the selected new starts and the impacts on other 

17 projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may not de18 viate from the new starts proposed in the work plan, once 

19 the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appro20 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

21 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 

22 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

23 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu24 vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 

25 by law, $368,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

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1 of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 

2 share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in3 land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte4 nance Trust Fund. 

5 OPER~TION AND l\,IAINTENA..N"CE 

6 For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte7 nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 

8 storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 

9 and related projects authorized by law; providing security 

10 for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ11 ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 

12 harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 

13 other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 

14 of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 

15 and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con16 necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 

17 removing obstructions to navigation, $3,739,500,000, to 

18 remain available until expended, of which such sums as 

19 are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper20 ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan21 nels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Har22 bor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as be23 come available from the special account for the Corps of 

24 Engineers established by the Land and Water Conserva25 tion Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account 

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1 for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 

2 maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 

3 areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of 

4 which such sums as become available from fees collected 

5 under section 217 of Public Law 104-303 shall be used 

6 to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 

7 dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 

8 have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 

9 amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 

10 projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 

11 be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin12 ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 

13 available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 

14 emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 

15 to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En16 gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any rel 7 maining funds which have not been used for emergency 

18 activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 

19 provided for the programs, projects, or activities. 

20 REGULATORY PROGRAM: 

21 For expenses necessary for administration of laws 

22 pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 

23 $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2020. 

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1 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDLUJ ACTION PROGRAM 

2 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

3 from sites in the United States resulting from work per4 formed as part of the Nation's early atomic energy pro5 gram, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 FLOOD CONTROL Al'JD COAST~'lil EMERGENCIES 

7 J1'or expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri8 cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 

9 operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 

10 such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to re11 main available until expended. 

12 EXPENSES 

13 For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen14 eral administration of the civil works program in the head15 quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 

16 Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op17 eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ18 ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 

19 Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 

20 the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen21 ter allocable to the civil works program, $193,000,000, to 

22 remain available until September 30, 2020, of which not 

23 to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 

24 representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 

25 year: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 

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1 provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 

2 works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 

3 or the civil works executive direction and management ac4 tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 

5 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 

6 may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis7 tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi8 ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 

9 disaster. 

10 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARl\fY 

11 FOR CIVIL WORKS 

12 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

13 for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 

14 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 

15 Provided, That not more than 25 percent of such amount 

16 may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec17 retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at 

19 least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 

20 each heading in this title, as designated under such head21 ing in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this 

22 Act, to specific programs, projects, or activities. 

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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS-CORPS OF 

2 ENGINEERS-CIVIL 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

4 SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 

5 of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 

6 to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 

7 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

8 year 2019, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

9 through a reprogramming of funds that: 

10 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

11 or activity; 

12 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

13 ( 3) increases funds or personnel for any pro14 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

15 denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap16 proval is receive~ from the House and Senate Com17 mittees on Appropriations; 

18 ( 4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

19 activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 

20 is received from the House and Senate Committees 

21 on Appropriations; 

22 ( 5) augments or reduces existing programs, 

23 projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con24 tained in paragraphs ( 6) through ( 10), unless prior 

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1 approval is received from the House and Senate 

2 Committees on Appropriations; 

3 (6) INVESTIGATIONS.-For a base level over 

4 $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 

5 amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 

6 or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 

7 less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 

8 $25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 

9 be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ10 ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 

11 obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

12 (7) CONSTRUCTION.-For a base level over 

13 $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 

14 base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 

15 study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 

16 base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 

17 limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 

18 $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con19 tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de20 ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 

21 $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 

22 study or activity that did not receive an appropria23 tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin24 istrative expenses; 

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1 (8) OPERATION AND M.AINTENANCE.-Unlim2 ited reprogramming authority is granted for the 

3 Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro4 vided, That the Chief of Engineers shall notify the 

5 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 

6 these emergency actions as soon thereafter as prac7 ticable: Provided further, That for a base level over 

8 $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 

9 base amount up to a limit of $5,000,000 per project, 

10 study, or activity is allowed: Provided further, That 

11 for a base level less than $1,000,000, the re12 programming limit is $150,000: Provided further, 

13 That $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any con14 tinuing study or activity that did not receive an ap15 propriation; 

16 (9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.-

17 The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs ( 6), 

18 (7), and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Con19 struction, and Operation and Maintenance portions 

20 of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, re21 spectively; and 

22 (10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC23 TION PROGRAl\lL-Reprogramming of up to 15 per24 cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 

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1 (b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRA1VIMINGS.-In no case 

2 should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub3 mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro4 priations. 

5 ( c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.-Sub6 section (a)(l) shall not apply to any project or activity 

7 funded under the continuing authorities program. 

8 ( d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact9 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

10 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to 

11 establish the baseline for application of reprogramming 

12 and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year which 

13 shall include: 

14 (1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa15 rate column to display the President's budget re16 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

17 due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis18 cal year enacted level; and 

19 (2) A delineation in the table for each appro20 priation both by object class and program, project 

21 and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

22 the respective appropriations; and 

23 (3) An identification of items of special congres24 sional interest. 

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1 SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 

2 available in this Act solely in accordance with the provi3 sions of this Act and the joint explanatory statement ac4 companying this Act, including the determination and des5 ignation of new starts. 

6 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 

7 title may be used to award or modify any contract that 

8 commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 

9 program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex10 cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 

11 been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 

12 section 101. 

13 SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 

14 to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the ]--,ish and Wildlife 

15 Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 

16 provided in this title under the heading "Operation and 

17 Maintenance" to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 

18 of Engineers projects. 

19 SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

20 for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate21 rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac22 ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 

23 dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 

24 thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 

25 certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 

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1 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 

2 until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate3 rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 

4 the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 

5 of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 

6 of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 

7 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 

8 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

9 title may be used for any acquisition of buoy chain that 

10 is not consistent with 48 CFR 225.7007, subsections 

11 (a)(l) and (a)(2). 

12 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 

14 study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken15 tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 

16 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 

17 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge 

19 of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollu20 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 

21 identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 

22 404(f)(l) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(l)(A), (C) ). 

23 SEC. 109. For fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 

24 provided in this Act or available in the revolving fund es25 tablished by the Civil Functions Appropriations Act of 

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1 1954 (33 U.S.C. 576(a)) may be obligated or expended 

2 on a new hopper dredge. 

3 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act or any other Act may be used to reorganize or to 

5 transfer the Civil Works functions or authority of the 

6 Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army to an7 other department or agency. 

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TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 

4 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 

5 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

6 Utah Project Completion Act, $15,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, of which $898,000 shall be de8 posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con9 servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti10 gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 

11 the amount provided under this heading, $1,398,675 shall 

12 be available until September 30, 2020, for expenses nec13 essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec14 retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 

15 year 2019, of the amount made available to the Commis16 sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 

17 use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administra18 tive expenses. 

19 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

20 The following appropriations shall be expended to 

21 execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama22 tion: 

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1 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 

3 For management, development, and restoration of 

4 water and related natural resources and for related activi5 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita6 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

7 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri8 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

9 agreements with, State and local governments, federally 

10 recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,391,992,000, to 

11 remain available until expended, of which $67,393,000 

12 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 

13 Basin Fund and $5,551,000 shall be available for transfer 

14 to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 

15 of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad16 vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 

17 such transfers may be increased or decreased within the 

18 overall appropriation under this heading: Provided further, 

19 That within available funds, $250,000 shall be for grants 

20 and financial assistance for educational activities: Pro21 vided further, That of the total appropriated, the amount 

22 for program activities that can be financed by the Rec23 lamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee 

24 account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived 

25 from that Fund or account: Provided further, That funds 

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1 contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until ex2 pended for the purposes for which the funds were contrib3 uted: Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 

4 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account and are 

5 available until expended for the same purposes as the 

6 sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 

7 That of the amounts provided herein, funds may be used 

8 for high-priority projects which shall be carried out by the 

9 Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 

10 1706. 

11 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 

12 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi13 tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 

14 the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $62,008,000, 

15 to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 

16 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec17 tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 

18 102-575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

19 That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 

20 collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 

21 restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 

22 Public Law 102-575: Provided further, That none of the 

23 funds made available under this heading may be used for 

24 the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 

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1 if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 

2 by a court adopted decree or order. 

3 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 

5 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

6 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 

7 consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 

8 the Interior, $35,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 

10 carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 

11 accounts of other participating ~-,ederal agencies to carry 

12 out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro13 priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 

14 costs of CALFED Program management: Provided furl 5 ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 

16 in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 

17 demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 

18 and objectives of the Program. 

19 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 

20 For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 

21 and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 

22 the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the 

23 Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2020, $61,000,000, to be derived from the 

25 Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 

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1 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appro2 priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func3 tions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 

5 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

6 be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 

7 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF THE 

9 INTERIOR 

10 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 

11 of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 

12 by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen13 cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water 

14 and Related Resources that remain available for obligation 

15 or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, shall be available for 

16 obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of 

17 funds that18 (1) initiates or creates a new program, project, 

19 or activity; 

20 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

21 (3) increases funds for any program, project, or 

22 activity for which funds have been denied or re23 stricted by this Act, unless prior approval is received 

24 from the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate; 

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1 ( 4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 

2 activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 

3 unless prior approval is received from the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa5 tives and the Senate; 

6 ( 5) transfers funds m excess of the following 

7 limits, unless prior approval is received from the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate: 

10 (A) 15 percent for any program, project or 

11 activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail12 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 

13 (B) $400,000 for any program, project or 

14 activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail15 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 

16 (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 

17 the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili18 tation category or the Resources Management and 

19 Development category to any program, project, or 

20 activity in the other category, unless prior approval 

21 is received from the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate; or 

23 (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 

24 obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 

25 $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 

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1 contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 

2 to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de3 ficiency judgments, unless prior approval is received 

4 from the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

6 (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 

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7 of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 

8 Rehabilitation category. 

9 ( c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer 

10 means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 

11 project, or activity. 

12 (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 

13 on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 

15 all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 

16 activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly re17 port shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth20 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter21 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 

22 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 

23 of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 

24 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

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1 vironmental Protection Agency, to mm1m1ze any detri2 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

3 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 

4 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain5 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 

6 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 

7 until fully repaid pursuant to the "Cleanup Program8 Alternative Repayment Plan" and the "SJVDP-Alter9 native Repayment Plan" described in the report entitled 

10 "Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro11 gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb12 ruary 1995", prepared by the Department of the Interior, 

13 Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 

14 by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 

15 service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 

16 be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 

17 such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 

18 law. 

19 SEC. 203. Hereinafter, notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law, during the period from November 1 

21 through April 30, water users may use their diversion 

22 structures for the purpose of recharging the Eastern 

23 Snake Plain Aquifer, when the Secretary, in consultation 

24 with the Advisory Committee and Water District 1 

25 watermaster, determines there is water available in excess 

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1 of that needed to satisfy existing Minidoka Project storage 

2 and hydropower rights and ensure operational flexibility. 

3 SEC. 204. Section 9001(d) of the Omnibus Public 

4 Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11; 123 

5 Stat. 1295) is amended by striking "10" and inserting 

6 "20". 

7 SEC. 205. (a) Section 206(c)(2) of the Energy and 

8 Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 

9 Act, 2015 ( 43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113-235) is 

10 amended by striking "2018." and inserting the following: 

11 "2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall not fund pilot 

12 projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin without the 

13 participation of the Upper Colorado River Division States, 

14 acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission.''. 

15 (b) Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 2009 

16 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) 1s amended by striking 

17 "$450,000,000" and inserting "$480,000,000". 

18 SEC. 206. Section 9 of the Fort Peck Reservation 

19 Rural Water System Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-382; 

20 114 Stat. 1457, 123 Stat. 2856, 128 Stat. 164) is amend21 ed by striking "2020" each place it appears in subsections 

22 (a)(l) and (b) and inserting "2026". 

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1 TITLE III 

2 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

3 ENERGY PROGRA1VIS 

4 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 

5 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

6 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap7 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

8 efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 

9 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

10 Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

11 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

12 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

13 $2,379,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That of such amount, $162,500,000 shall be avail15 able until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

16 CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY 

17 RESPONSE 

18 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

19 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap20 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

21 sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re22 sponse activities in carrying out the purposes of the De23 partment of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

24 seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

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1 tion, construction, or expansion, $120,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

3 $11,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

4 for program direction. 

5 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY 

6 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

7 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap8 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec9 tricity delivery activities in carrying out the purposes of 

10 the Department of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 

11 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 

12 of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 

13 acquisition, construction, or expansion, $156,000,000, to 

14 remain available until expended: Provided, That of such 

15 amount, $17,000,000 shall be available until September 

16 30, 2020, for program direction. 

17 NUCLEAR ENERGY 

18 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

19 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap20 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 

21 energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De22 partment of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

23 seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

24 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi25 tion, construction, or expansion, $1,326,090,000, to reSeptember 9, 2018 (8:39 a.m.) 
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1 mam available until expended: Provided, That of such 

2 amount, $80,000,000 shall be available until September 

3 30, 2020, for program direction. 

4 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPl\IENT 

5 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car6 rying out fossil energy research and development activi7 ties, under the authority of the Department of Energy Or8 ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac9 quisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable inIO terests in any real property or any facility or for plant 

11 or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in12 qmries, technological investigations and research con13 cermng the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 

14 mineral substances without objectionable social and envi15 ronmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 

16 $740,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That of such amount $61,070,000 shall be available 

18 until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

19 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES 

20 For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 

21 carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 

22 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 

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1 available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac2 tivities. 

3 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 

4 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

5 Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op6 erations and program management activities pursuant to 

7 the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6201 

8 et seq.), $235,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

9 Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar10 tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-74; 42 U.S.C. 

11 6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 

12 sell not to exceed $300,000,000 of crude oil from the Stra13 tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2019: Provided fur14 ther, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall 

15 be deposited into the "Energy Security and Infrastructure 

16 Modernization Fund" during fiscal year 2019: Provided 

17 further, That such amounts shall be made available and 

18 shall remain available until expended for necessary ex19 penses to carry out the Life Extension II project for the 

20 Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

21 SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 

22 For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 

23 petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pur24 suant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, 

25 as amended ( 42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 

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1 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 ( 42 U.S.C. 

2 6241, 6239 note), and section 5010 of the 21st Century 

3 Cures Act (Public Law 114-255), $10,000,000, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE 

6 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

7 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 

8 and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 

9 and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 

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

11 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 

12 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car13 rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin14 istration, $125,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 

17 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

18 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap19 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de20 fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 

21 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

22 ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con23 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

24 or facility acquisition, construction, or expans10n, 

25 $310,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

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1 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND 

2 DECOMMISSIONING FUND 

3 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car4 rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 

5 and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi6 ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 

7 title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 

8 $841,129,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich9 ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re10 main available until expended, of which $11,000,000 shall 

11 be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 

12 Energy Policy Act of 1992, including for the purchase of 

13 not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only. 

14 SCIENCE 

15 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

16 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap17 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 

18 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

19 of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in20 eluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop21 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con22 struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 

23 16 passenger motor vehicles including one bus, and one 

24 airplane for replacement only, $6,585,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

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1 $183,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

2 for program direction. 

3 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY-ENERGY 

4 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car5 rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 

6 America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110-69), 

7 $366,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That of such amount, $31,250,000 shall be avail9 able until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

10 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE 

11 PROGRAM 

12 Such sums as are derived from amounts received 

13 from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 

14 Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 

15 be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con16 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec17 essary administrative expenses of the Title 1 7 Innovative 

18 Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 

19 $33,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2020: Provided further, That up to 

21 $33,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2019 pursuant 

22 to section l 702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall 

23 be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and 

24 used for necessary administrative expenses in this appro25 priation and shall remain available until September 30, 

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1 2020: Provided further, That to the extent that fees col2 lected in fiscal year 2019 exceed $33,000,000, those ex3 cess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections 

4 under this heading and available in future fiscal years only 

5 to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: 

6 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

7 the general fund shall be reduced ( 1) as such fees are re8 ceived during fiscal year 2019 (estimated at $15,000,000) 

9 and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund ap10 propriations can be derived from fees collected in previous 

11 fiscal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to 

12 result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the 

13 general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That the 

14 Department of Energy shall not subordinate any loan obli15 gation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 

16 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaran17 teed Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in 

18 violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal 

19 Regulations. 

20 ADV AN CED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING 

21 LOAN PROGRAM 

22 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

23 necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi24 cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2020. 

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1 TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAl\ll 

2 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

3 necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar4 antee Program, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2020. 

6 OFFICE OF lNDLili ENERGY POLICY ,.'\ND PROGRAMS 

7 For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities 

8 in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 

9 Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $18,000,000, 

10 to remain available until expended: Provided, That, of the 

11 amount appropriated under this heading, $4,800,000 shall 

12 be available until September 30, 2020, for program direc13 tion. 

14 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 

15 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En16 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car17 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga18 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $261,858,000, to 

19 remain available until September 30, 2020, including the 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 

21 representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such 

22 additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 

23 estimated amount of cost of work for others notwith24 standing the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 

25 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in 

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1 cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same 

2 or greater amount: Provided further, That moneys received 

3 by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated 

4 to total $96,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 may be retained 

5 and used for operating expenses within this account, as 

6 authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95-238, notwith7 standing the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided fur8 ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

9 as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 

10 result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the 

11 general fund estimated at not more than $165,858,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

13 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

15 General Act of 1978, $51,330,000, to remain available 

16 until September 30, 2020. 

17 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

18 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

19 ADMINISTRATION 

20 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES 

21 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

22 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap23 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

24 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

25 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

2 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

3 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

4 and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for re5 placement only, $11,100,000,000, to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

7 $102,022,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

8 for program direction. 

9 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 

11 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

12 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap13 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

14 defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 

15 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

16 Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

17 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

18 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

19 and the purchase of not to exceed three aircraft, 

20 $1,949,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That of such amount, $25,000,000 shall be made 

22 available for design activities supporting the dilute and 

23 dispose strategy for plutonium disposition: Provided fur24 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

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1 ties or acquisition of equipment for the Surplus Plutonium 

2 Disposition Project: Provided further, That of the unobli3 gated balances from prior year appropriations available 

4 under this heading, $19,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Pro5 vided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

6 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 

7 emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso8 lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 NAVAL REACTORS 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

12 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

13 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 

14 Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ15 ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc16 tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 

17 equipment, facilities, and facility expans10n, 

18 $1,788,618,000, to remain available until expended, of 

19 which, $85,500,000 shall be transferred to "Department 

20 of Energy-Energy Programs-Nuclear Energy", for the 

21 Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, 

22 $48,709,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

23 for program direction. 

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1 FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

2 For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex3 penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 

4 $410,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2020, including official reception and representation ex6 penses not to exceed $12,000. 

7 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

8 ACTIVITIES 

9 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 

10 (INCI,UDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 

11 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

12 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap13 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 

14 energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car15 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga16 nization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui17 sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

18 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan19 sion, and the purchase of not to exceed one passenger 

20 minivan for replacement only, $6,028,600,000, to remain 

21 available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

22 $298,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

23 for program direction: Provided further, That of the unob24 ligated balances from prior year appropriations available 

25 under this heading, $4,600,000 is hereby rescinded: ProSeptember 9, 2018 (8:39 a.m.) 
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l vided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

2 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 

3 emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso4 lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

7 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

8 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-. 

9 ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 

10 energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac11 tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

12 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in13 eluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop14 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con15 struction, or expansion, $860,292,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

17 $295,432,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

18 for program direction. 

19 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

20 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND 

21 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra22 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, 

23 are approved for official reception and representation ex24 penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 

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1 during fiscal year 2019, no new direct loan obligations 

2 may be made. 

3 OPERATION AND MArNTENA1'JCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER 

4 ADl\UNISTRATION 

5 For expenses necessary for operation and mainte6 nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 

7 electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 

8 and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 

9 Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 

10 southeastern power area, $6,500,000, including official re11 ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 

12 exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 

14 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $6,500,000 col15 lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 

16 sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 

17 account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

18 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

19 the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis20 tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro21 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

22 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

23 fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 

24 $0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

25 3302, up to $55,000,000 collected by the Southeastern 

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1 Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

2 of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 

3 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 

4 to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 

5 of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 

6 Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 

7 annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re8 covered in the same year that they are incurred ( excluding 

9 purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

10 0PER.A __ TION AL'-JD MAlNTENAL'-JCE, SOUTHWESTERN 

11 POWER ADMINISTRATION 

12 For expenses necessary for operation and mainte13 nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 

14 electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 

15 of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili16 ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re17 ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 

18 exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con19 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 

20 Southwestern Power Administration, $45,802,000, to re21 main available until expended: Provided, That notwith22 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con23 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $35,402,000 col24 lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 

25 the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 

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1 this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re2 main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 

3 funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 

4 Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap5 propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec6 tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 

7 in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not 

8 more than $10,400,000: Provided further, That notwith9 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $50,000,000 collected by 

10 the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 

11 Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 

12 wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off13 setting collections, to remain available until expended for 

14 the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 

15 expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

16 appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 

17 are generally recovered in the same year that they are in18 curred ( excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

19 CONSTRUCTION, REILIBILITATION, OPERATION AND 

20 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS21 TRATION 

22 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

23 section 302(a)(l)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 

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1 ized, $265,142,000, including official reception and rep2 resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 

3 to remain available until expended, of which $265,142,000 

4 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec5 lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

6 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 

7 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 

8 Appropriation Act, 1939 ( 43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 

9 $175,770,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad10 ministration from the sale of power and related services 

11 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 

12 collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 

13 purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 

14 Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 

15 sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re16 duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 

17 as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation esti18 mated at not more than $89,372,000, of which 

19 $89,372,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro20 vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 

21 to $225,442,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad22 ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 

23 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur24 chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 

25 this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 

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1 until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

2 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 

3 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

4 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

5 that they are incurred ( excluding purchase power and 

6 wheeling expenses). 

7 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 

8 FUND 

9 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 

10 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

11 Dams, $1,568,000, to remain available until expended, 

12 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

13 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad14 ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 

15 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 

16 the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 

17 $1,340,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis18 tration from the sale of power and related services from 

19 the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 

20 account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

21 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

22 the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 

23 Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 

24 activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro25 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

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1 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

2 fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 

3 $228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap4 propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 

5 generally recovered in the same year that they are in6 curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, the 

7 Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 

8 may accept up to $372,000 in funds contributed by United 

9 States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams 

10 for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 

11 Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for 

12 the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said 

13 sums had been specifically appropriated for such purpose: 

14 Provided further, That any such funds shall be available 

15 without further appropriation and without fiscal year limi16 tation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 

17 Section of the International Boundary and Water Com18 mission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, re19 pairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydro20 electric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agree21 ments reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, 

22 and the power customers. 

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1 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULA.TORY COMMISSION 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

3 For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu4 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De5 partment of Energy Organization Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

6 seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

7 official reception and representation expenses not to ex8 ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

9 $369,900,000, to remain available until expended: ProIO vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 not to exceed $369,900,000 of revenues from fees and an12 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

13 year 2019 shall be retained and used for expenses nec14 essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex15 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro16 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 

17 are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a 

18 final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund 

19 estimated at not more than $0. 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS-DEPARTMENT OF 

21 ENERGY 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 

23 SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 

24 made available by this title for the Department of Energy 

25 shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 

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1 or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 

2 or similar arrangements (including Requests for 

3 Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op4 portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac5 tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 

6 funded by Congress. 

7 (b)(l) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

9 at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 

10 made available in this title may be used to11 (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 

12 grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 

13 (B) make a discretionary contract award or 

14 Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 

15 or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 

16 Acquisition Regulation; 

17 (C) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca18 tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 

19 subparagraph (A) or (B); or 

20 (D) announce publicly the intention to make an 

21 allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim22 its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

23 (2) rrhe Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

25 within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 

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1 detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 

2 award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 

3 previous quarter. 

4 ( 3) The notification required by paragraph ( 1) and 

5 the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re6 cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 

7 year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 

8 the account and program, project, or activity from which 

9 the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 

10 a brief description of the activity for which the award is 

11 made. 

12 (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 

13 to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au14 thority made available in this title under the heading "De15 partment of Energy-Energy Programs'', enter into a 

16 multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 

17 a multiyear cooperative agreement unless18 ( 1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree19 ment is funded for the full period of performance as 

20 anticipated at the time of award; or 

21 (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree22 ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov23 ernment's obligation on the availability of future 

24 year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 

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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

2 Congress at least 3 days in advance. 

3 (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 

4 the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 

5 as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac6 tivities specified in the "Conference" column in the "De7 partment of Energy'' table included under the heading 

8 "Title III-Department of Energy" in the joint explana9 tory statement accompanying this Act. 

10 ( e) The amounts made available by this title may be 

11 reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 

12 the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 

13 of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

14 Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 

15 reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 

16 activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 

17 $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the 

18 time period covered by this Act. 

19 (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 

20 available for obligation or expenditure through a re21 programming of funds that22 (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 

23 project, or activity; 

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1 (2) increases funds or personnel for any pro2 gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 

3 or restricted by this Act; or 

4 (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 

5 for a specific program, project, or activity by this 

6 Act. 

7 (g)(l) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re8 quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 

9 use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 

10 if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 

11 pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 

12 welfare, or national security. 

13 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 

15 waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 

16 not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 

17 a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 

18 Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 

19 risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 

20 (h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 

21 provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 

22 same appropriation accounts for such activities established 

23 pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 

24 with funds in the applicable established accounts and 

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1 thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 

2 time period as originally enacted. 

3 SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 

4 Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 

5 Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 

6 authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 

7 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 

8 during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the Intel9 ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 

10 SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 

11 title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi12 fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 

13 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of14 fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 

15 compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 

16 SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 

17 title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 

18 decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 

19 any successive departmental guidance, for construction 

20 projects where the total project cost exceeds 

21 $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 

22 has been developed for the project for that critical deci23 SlOn. 

24 SEC. 305. The Secretary of Energy may not transfer 

25 more than $274,833,000 from the amounts made available 

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1 under this title to the working capital fund established 

2 under section 653 of the Department of Energy Organiza3 tion Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7263): Provided, That the Secretary 

4 may transfer additional amounts to the working capital 

5 fund after the Secretary provides notification in advance 

6 of any such transfer to the Committees on Appropriations 

7 of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That any 

8 such notification shall identify the sources of funds by pro9 gram, project, or activity: Provided further, That the Seel O retary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

11 both Houses of Congress before adding or removing any 

12 activities from the fund. 

13 SEC. 306. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 this or any prior Act under the heading "Defense Nuclear 

15 Nonproliferation" may be made available to enter into new 

16 contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance 

17 to, the Russian Federation. 

18 (b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibi19 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that 

20 such activity is in the national security interests of the 

21 United States. This waiver authority may not be dele22 gated. 

23 ( c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effec24 tive until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 

25 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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1 Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a re2 port on the justification for the waiver. 

3 SEC. 307. (a) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.-The Sec4 retary of Energy may not establish any new regional pe5 troleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed 

6 regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested 

7 in advance in an annual budget submission and approved 

8 by the Congress in an appropriations Act. 

9 (b) The budget request or notification shall include10 (1) the justification for the new reserve; 

11 (2) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper12 ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 

13 funding sources; 

14 (3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 

15 including the conditions upon which the products 

16 may be released; 

17 ( 4) the location of the reserve; and 

18 (5) the estimate of the total inventory of the re19 serve. 

20 SEC. 308. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 

21 Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a 

22 determination by the President in this fiscal year that a 

23 regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of 

24 significant scope and duration exists, that a severe in25 crease in the price of refined petroleum product will likely 

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1 result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale 

2 of refined petroleum product would assist directly and sig3 nificantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, 

4 the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined 

5 petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

6 Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited 

7 into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 

8 167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 

9 624 7), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, 

10 without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 

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TITLE IV 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

APPALA.CHLill REGIONAL COMMISSION 

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au5 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 

6 1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co7 Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional 

8 Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the ad9 ministrative expenses of the Commission, including serv10 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger 

11 motor vehicles, $165,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAB~ETY BOARD 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

15 For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear ]1-,a16 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 

17 by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 

18 Law 100-456, section 1441, $31,000,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That none 

20 of the funds made available by this or any prior Act for 

21 the salaries and expenses of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 

22 Safety Board shall be available to implement any reform 

23 and reorganization plan of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 

24 Safety Board, including the plan announced on August 15, 

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1 2018, unless any such reform and reorganization plan is 

2 specifically authorized by law. 

3 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

5 For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au6 thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 

7 the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith8 standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 

9 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 DENALI COMMISSION 

11 For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 

12 including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 

13 plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex14 penses, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

15 notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 

16 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 

17 That funds shall be available for construction projects in 

18 an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost 

19 for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of 

20 the Denali Commission Act of 1998 ( division C, title III, 

21 Public Law 105-277), as amended by section 701 of ap22 pendix D, title VII, Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 

23 1501A-280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 

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1 ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant2 in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail3 able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for pro4 grams undertaken to carry out the purposes of the Com5 m1ss10n. 

6 NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION 

7 For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re8 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

9 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, 

10 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

11 amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 

12 notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 

13 States Code: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

14 2019, the duties and authority of the Federal Cochair15 person shall be assumed by the Northern Border Regional 

16 Commission Program Director if the position of the Fed17 eral Cochairperson and Alternate Federal Cochairperson 

18 is vacant. 

19 SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION 

20 For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 

21 Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 

22 by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, 

23 to remain available until expended. 

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1 NUCLEAR REGULA.TORY COMMISSION 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

3 For expenses necessary for the Commission in car4 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 

5 of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

6 $898,350,000, including official representation expenses 

7 not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, not 

9 more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 

10 travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Com11 mission, to remain available until September 30, 2020, of 

12 which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy 

13 Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), 

14 the use and expenditure shall only be approved by a major15 ity vote of the Commission: Provided further, That reve16 nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 

17 services and collections estimated at $770,477,000 in fis18 cal year 2019 shall be retained and used for necessary 

19 salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 

20 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended: 

21 Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 

22 this heading, not less than $10,300,000 shall be for activi23 ties related to the development of regulatory infrastruc24 ture for advanced nuclear technologies, and $16,080,000 

25 shall be for international activities, except that the 

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1 amounts provided under this proviso shall not be derived 

2 from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214: Pro3 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 

4 reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 

5 year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appro6 priation estimated at not more than $127,873,000: Pro7 vided further, That of the amounts appropriated under 

8 this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for university research 

9 and development in areas relevant to the Commission's 

10 mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a Nuclear Science 

11 and Engineering Grant Program that will support 

12 multiyear projects that do not align with programmatic 

13 missions but are critical to maintaining the discipline of 

14 nuclear science and engineering. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 

16 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978, $12,609,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That revenues from 

20 licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 

21 collections estimated at $10,355,000 in fiscal year 2019 

22 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 

23 2020, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 

24 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

25 Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

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1 shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur2 ing fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year 

3 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 

4 $2,254,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro5 priated under this heading, $1,103,000 shall be for In6 spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 

7 Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve8 nues. 

9 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD 

10 SAL.ARIES AND EXPENSES 

11 For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech12 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100-

13 203, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nu14 clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2020. 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS-INDEPENDENT 

17 AGENCIES 

18 SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 

19 comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 

20 its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 

21 Congressional requests for information, consistent with 

22 Department of Justice guidance for all federal agencies. 

23 SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 

24 title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re25 programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 

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1 Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria2 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 

3 to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 

4 cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 

5 by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

6 during the time period covered by this Act. 

7 (b) ( 1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 

8 waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 

9 compliance with such requirement would pose a substan10 tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na11 tional security. 

12 (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 

13 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con14 gress of any waiver under paragraph ( 1) as soon as prac15 ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 

16 activity to which a requirement or restriction would other17 wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 

18 of the substantial risk under paragraph ( 1) that permitted 

19 such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 

20 Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 

21 to programs, projects, or activities. 

22 (c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 

23 (d), the amounts made available by this title for "Nuclear 

24 Regulatory Commission-Salaries and Expenses" shall be 

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1 expended as directed in the joint explanatory statement 

2 accompanying this Act. 

3 (d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regn4 latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex5 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in6 creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 

7 activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 

8 Act. 

9 ( e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

11 Congress, which includes the following for each program, 

12 project, or activity, including any prior year appropria13 tions14 

15 

16 

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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PRO-VISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

4 SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

6 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

7 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu8 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

9 1913. 

10 SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 

11 title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 

12 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern13 ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 

14 authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 

15 Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 

16 the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act, or 

17 any authority whereby a department, agency, or instru18 mentality of the United States Government may provide 

19 goods or services to another department, agency, or in20 strumentality. 

21 (b) None of the funds made available for any depart22 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

23 Government rriay be transferred to accounts funded in title 

24 III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 

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1 priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref2 erenced in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

3 this Act, or any authority whereby a department, agency, 

4 or instrumentality of the United States Government may 

5 provide goods or services to another department, agency, 

6 or instrumentality. 

7 ( c) The head of any relevant department or agency 

8 funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 

9 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

10 Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 

11 transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 

12 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

13 States Government may provide goods or services to an14 other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 

15 previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 

16 shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 

17 for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 

18 modify existing notification requirements for each author19 ity. 

20 SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 

22 12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 

23 Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low24 Income Populations). 

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1 SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

3 network unless such network blocks the viewmg, 

4 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

5 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

7 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi8 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

9 SEC. 505. For an additional amount for "Department 

10 of the Interior-Bureau of Reclamation-Water and Re11 lated Resources", $21,400,000, to remain available until 

12 expended, for transfer to Reclamation's Upper Colorado 

13 River Basin Fund to carry out environmental stewardship 

14 and endangered species recovery efforts pursuant to the 

15 Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-

16 575), Public Law 106-392, the Colorado River Basin 

17 Project Act (43 U.S.C. 155l(b)), and the Act of April 11, 

18 1956 (commonly known as the "Colorado River Storage 

19 Project Act") ( 43 U.S.C. 620n). 

20 This division may be cited as the "Energy and Water 

21 Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

22 2019". 

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2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

3 TITLE I 

4 LEGISLATIVE BRAl~CH 

5 SENATE 

6 P AY1\IIEN'l' TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED 

7 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 

8 For payment to Cindy H. McCain, widow of John 

9 Sidney McCain III, late a Senator from the State of Ari10 zona, $174,000. 

11 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 

12 For expense allowances of the Vice President, 

13 $18,760; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 

14 $37,520; Majority Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minor15 ity Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the 

16 Senate, $9,980; Minority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; 

17 President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of 

18 the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 

19 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Mi20 nority Policy Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in 

21 all, $189,840. 

22 For representation allowances of the Majority and 

23 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such 

24 Leader; in all, $28,140. 

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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 

2 For compensation of officers, employees, and others 

3 as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

4 $208,390,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

5 as follows: 

6 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 

7 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,484,248. 

8 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 

9 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 

10 $744,466. 

11 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS 

12 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emer13 itus, $319,000. 

14 OFFICES OF THE :MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 

15 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

16 $5,399,576. 

17 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 

18 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

19 $3,455,424. 

20 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 

21 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

22 $15,496,000. 

23 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 

24 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con25 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 

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1 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 

2 $1,704,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,408,000. 

3 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 

4 THE MAJORITY Ai'.JD THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 

5 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 

6 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 

7 $843,402. 

8 POLICY COl\IMITTEES 

9 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 

10 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,740,905 for each such 

11 committee; in all, $3,481,810. 

12 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 

13 For Office of the Chaplain, $474,886. 

14 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

15 For Office of the Secretary, $26,315,000. 

16 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 

17 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

18 $84,157,000. 

19 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES :B~OR THE MAJORITY Ai'.JD 

20 MINORITY 

21 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

22 Secretary for the Minority, $1,900,000. 

23 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 

24 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 

25 authorized by law, and related expenses, $59,912,000. 

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1 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla3 tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,278,000. 

4 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 

6 Legal Counsel, $1,176,000. 

7 EXPENSE ALLO\V.ANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE 

8 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS A1'JD DOORKEEPER OF 

9 THE SENATE, A.ND SECRETARIES FOR THE MA.JORI O ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE 

11 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen12 ate, $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen13 ate, $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 

14 $7,110; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; 

15 in all, $28,440. 

16 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 

17 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 

18 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

19 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 

20 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 

21 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 

22 1980 (Public Law 96-304), and Senate Resolution 281, 

23 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, 

24 of which $26,650,000 shall remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2021. 

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1 U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 

2 CONTROL 

3 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

4 International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 

5 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 

6 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 

7 Senate, $10,036,000 of which $6,436,000 shall remain 

8 available until September 30, 2023 and of which 

9 $3,600,000 shall remain available until expended. 

10 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 

11 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

12 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $126,595,000, which shall 

13 remain available until September 30, 2023. 

14 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 

15 For miscellaneous items, $18,871,410 which shall re16 main available until September 30, 2021. 

17 SENATORS' OFFICBL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 

18 ACCOUNT 

19 For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense 

20 Account, $429,000,000 of which $20,128,950 shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2021 and of which 

22 $5,000,000 shall be allocated solely for the purpose of pro23 viding financial compensation to Senate interns. 

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1 OFFICIAL lYLUL COSTS 

2 -For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

3 Senate, $300,000. 

4 ADMINIST&~TIVE PRO'VISIONS 

5 REQUIRING A1VI0UNTS RE1VIMNING IN SENATORS' OFFI6 CL~ PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT 

7 TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO RE8 DUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT 

9 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provis10n of 

10 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act under the 

11 heading "SENATE" under the heading "CONTINGENT 

12 EXPENSES OF THE SENATE" under the heading "SEN13 ATORS' OFFICL~ PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE AC14 COUNT" shall be available for obligation only during the 

15 fiscal year or fiscal years for which such amounts are 

16 made available. Any unexpended balances under such al17 lowances remaining after the end of the period of avail18 ability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance 

19 with the undesignated paragraph under the center heading 

20 "GENERAL PROVISION" under chapter XI of the 

21 Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 

22 4107) and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

23 :B--,ederal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

24 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

25 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

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1 FILING BY SENATE CANDIDATES WITH COMMISSION 

2 SEC. 102. Section 302(g) of the Federal Election 

3 Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102(g)) is amended 

4 to read as follows: 

5 "(g) FILING WITH THE COM:MISSION.-All designa6 tions, statements, and reports required to be filed under 

7 this Act shall be filed with the Commission.". 

8 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY 

9 SEC. 103. Section 21(d) of Senate Resolution 64 of 

10 the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 1st session 

11 (agreed to on March 5, 2013), as amended by section 178 

12 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (division C 

13 of Public Law 114-223), is further amended by striking 

14 "December 31, 2018" and inserting "December 31, 

15 2020". 

16 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

18 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent19 atives, $1,232,663,035, as follows: 

20 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 

21 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

22 $25,378,875, including: Office of the Speaker, 

23 $7,123,634, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

24 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,642,739, 

25 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

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1 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,751,946, 

2 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 

3 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 

4 Deputy Majority Whip, $2,197,163, including $5,000 for 

5 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi6 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

7 $1,700,079, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

8 Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,186,819; 

9 Democratic Caucus, $1,776,495: Provided, That such 

10 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

11 from January 3, 2019 until January 2, 2020. 

12 MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWAL'-JCES 

13 INCLUDING MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL 

14 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AL-JD OFFICIAL MAIL 

15 For Members' representational allowances, including 

16 Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 

17 $573,630,000. 

18 INTERN ALLOWANCE 

19 For payments from the allowance established under 

20 section 120 of this Act for the compensation of interns 

21 who serve in the offices of Members of the House of Rep22 resentatives, $8,800,000. 

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1 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 

2 STA..NDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 

3 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

4 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

5 $127,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

6 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

7 31, 2020, except that $4,000,000 of such amount shall 

8 remain available until expended for committee room up9 grading. 

10 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 

11 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap12 propriations, $23,112,971, including studies and examina13 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv14 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

15 section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

16 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

17 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

18 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De19 cember 31, 2020. 

20 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 

21 For compensation and expenses of officers and em22 ployees, as authorized by law, $220,345,000, including: 

23 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ24 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

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1 tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 

2 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

3 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $28,305,000; for 

4 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 

5 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 

6 and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 

7 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re8 ception expenses, $18,773,000 of which $5,524,000 shall 

9 remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses 

10 of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including 

11 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re12 ception expenses, $148,058,000, of which $11,631,000 

13 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex14 penses of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; 

15 for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

16 $1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

17 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 

18 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 

19 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

20 $2,026,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,327,000; for sala22 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

23 of the House, $11,937,000; for salaries and expenses of 

24 the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for 

25 other authorized employees, $584,000. 

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1 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 

2 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

3 resolution or law, $253,493,016, including: supplies, mate4 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

5 $525,016; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 

6 and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Gov7 ernment contributions for health, retirement, Social Secu8 rity, and other applicable employee benefits, 

9 $228,200,000, to remain available until March 31, 2020; 

10 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $16,186,000 

11 of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 

12 transition activities for new members and staff, 

13 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 

14 Warrior Program $3,000,000, to remain available until 

15 expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; and 

16 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte17 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 

18 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 

19 deceased employees of the House, $722,000. 

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

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2 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS' REP3 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWA1'JCES TO BE USED FOR 

4 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 

5 DEBT 

6 SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provis10n 

7 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

8 "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-SALARIES AND 

9 EXPENSES-MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW10 ANCES" shall be available only for fiscal year 2019. Any 

11 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

12 allowances for fiscal year 2019 shall be deposited in the 

13 Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

14 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

15 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

16 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

17 (b) REGULATIONS.-The Committee on House Ad18 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

19 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

20 (c) DEFINITION.-As used in this section, the term 

21 "Member of the House of Representatives" means a Rep22 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

23 to, the Congress. 

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1 DELIVERY OF BILLS A.1"\JD RESOLUTIONS 

2 SEC. 111. (a) None of the funds made available in 

3 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

4 a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to the office of a Mem5 ber of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 

6 or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the 

7 Member requests a copy. 

8 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

9 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

10 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 

11 SEC. 112. (a) None of the funds made available m 

12 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

13 any version of the Congressional Record to the office of 

14 a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 

15 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

16 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

17 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

18 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 

19 SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

21 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

22 any Members' Representational Allowance for the leasing 

23 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre24 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

25 month. 

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1 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO 

2 HOUSE 

3 SEC. 114. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 any fiscal year may be to provide an aggregate number 

5 of more than 50 printed copies of any edition of the 

6 United States Code to all offices of the House of Rep7 resentatives. 

8 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

9 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

10 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS 

11 SEC. 115. (a) None of the funds made available in 

12 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

13 the report of disbursements for the operations of the 

14 House of Representatives under section 106 of the House 

15 of Representatives Administration Reform Technical Cor16 rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member 

17 of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

18 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

19 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

20 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

21 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR 

22 SEC. 116. (a) None of the funds made available in 

23 any fiscal year may be used to deliver to the office of a 

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1 ed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representa2 tives which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Rep3 resentatives. 

4 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

5 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

6 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORLc\.L DIRECTORY 

7 SEC. 117. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

9 the Congressional Pictorial Directory to the office of a 

10 Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del11 egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

12 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

13 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

14 REPKc\.L OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FORMER SPEAKERS 

15 SEC. 118. (a) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OF16 FICE SPACE, OFFICE EXPENSES, FRANKING A1'-TD PRINT17 ING PRIVILEGES, Al"\TD STAFF .-The first section and sec18 tions 2, 4, 5, and 8 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety19 first Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted 

20 into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental 

21 Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 5125(a), 5126, 5127, 

22 5128, and 5129) are repealed. 

23 (b) CONFORlVIING AMENDMENT .-Subsection (b) of 

24 the first section of Public Law 93-532 (2 U.S.C. 5125(b)) 

25 is repealed. 

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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments made by 

2 this section shall apply with respect to any individual who 

3 serves as a Representative in Congress during the One 

4 Hundred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress. 

5 TRANSFER AUTHORITY 

6 SEC. 119. (a) AUTHORITY To MAKE TRANSFERS 

7 AlWONG HOUSE LEADERSHIP 0FFICES.-Section 101 of 

8 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 

9 U.S.C. 5507) is amended by adding at the end the foll O lowing new subsection: 

11 "(f) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the 

12 House of Representatives under the heading 'House Lead13 ership Offices' may be transferred among and merged with 

14 the various offices and activities under such heading, ef15 fective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such 

16 alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee 

17 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which 

18 begins on the date such Committee has been notified of 

19 the transfer.''. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendment made by 

21 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 

22 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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1 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN 

2 MEMBER OFFICES 

3 SEC. 120. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ALLOWAL~CE.-

4 There is established for the House of Representatives an 

5 allowance which shall be available for the compensation 

6 of interns who serve in the offices of Members of the 

7 House of Representatives. 

8 (b) CAP ON AJVIOUNT AVAILABLE PER 0FFICE.-An 

9 office of a Member of the House of Representatives may 

10 not use more than $20,000 of the allowance under this 

11 section during any calendar year. 

12 (c) BENEFIT EXCLUSION.-Section 104(b) of the 

13 House of Representatives Administrative Reform Tech14 nical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 532l(b)) shall apply with 

15 respect to an intern who is compensated under the allow16 ance under this section in the same manner as such sec17 tion applies with respect to an intern who is compensated 

18 under the Members' Representational Allowance. 

19 (d) No EFFECT ON PAY1\1ENT OF INTERNS UNDER 

20 MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE.-Nothing 

21 in this section may be construed to affect the use of the 

22 Members' Representational Allowance for the compensa23 tion of interns, as provided under section 104 of the House 

24 of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Cor25 rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321). 

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1 ( e) DEFINITIONS.-In this section2 (1) the term "intern" has the meamng gwen 

3 such term in section 104(c)(2) of the House of Rep4 resentatives Administrative Reform Technical Cor5 rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)); and 

6 (2) the term "Member of the House of Rep7 resentatives" means a Representative in, or a Dele8 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 

9 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2019. 

12 JOINT ITEMS 

13 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

14 JOINT ECONOMIC COlvI.MITTEE 

15 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

16 Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

17 of the Senate. 

18 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXA_TION 

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

20 Taxation, $11,169,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad21 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

22 For other joint items, as follows: 

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1 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 

2 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex3 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

4 Physician and his assistants, including: 

5 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 

6 Attending Physician; 

7 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 

8 Senior Medical Officer; 

9 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 

10 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

11 the Attending Physician; 

12 ( 4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist13 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as14 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as15 sistants; and 

16 (5) $2,740,000 for reimbursement to the De17 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

18 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend19 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

20 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

21 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex22 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

23 purposes thereof, $3,798,000, to be disbursed by the 

24 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep25 resentatives. 

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1 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres4 sional Accessibility Services, $1,486,000, to be disbursed 

5 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE 

7 SALARIES 

8 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, m9 eluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

10 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro11 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

12 benefits, $374,804,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

13 $43,668,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

14 the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 

15 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

16 GENERAL EXPENSES 

17 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ18 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

19 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

20 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

21 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

22 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro23 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

24 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed25 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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1 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

2 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep3 resentation and reception expenses, $81,504,000, to be 

4 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des5 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

7 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis8 cal year 2019 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

9 Security from funds available to the Department of Home10 land Security. 

11 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

13 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli14 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

15 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $6,332,670, 

16 of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2020: Provided, That not more than $500 may 

18 be expended on the certification of the Executive Director 

19 of the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep20 resentation and reception expenses. 

21 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

22 SALARIES Al"\TD EXPENSES 

23 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

24 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

25 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

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1 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi2 cial representation and reception expenses, $50,737,000: 

3 Provided, that the Director shall use not less than 

4 $500,000 of the amount made available under this head5 ing for ( 1) improving technical systems, processes, and 

6 models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 

7 estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 

8 employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and 

9 (2) to increase the availability of models, economic as10 sumptions, and data for Members of Congress, employees 

11 of Members of Congress, and the public. 

12 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

13 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AL"\fD OPERATIONS 

14 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

15 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 

16 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con17 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup18 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

19 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

20 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

21 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris22 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur23 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

24 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

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1 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper2 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $103,962,000. 

3 CAPITOL BUILDING 

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

5 and operation of the Capitol, $43,992,000, of which 

6 $17,344,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2023. 

8 CAPITOL GROUNDS 

9 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

10 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

11 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

12 $16,761,000, of which $5,519,000 shall remain available 

13 until September 30, 2023. 

14 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

16 and operation of the House office buildings, 

17 $187,098,000, of which $65,552,000 shall remain avail18 able until September 30, 2023, and of which $62,000,000 

19 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 

20 and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building; Pro2 l vided, That of the amount made available under this head22 ing, $7,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

23 House Office Building Fund established under section 

24 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 

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1 priation .Act, 2017 (Public Law 114-254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 

2 note). 

3 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

4 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re5 main available until expended. 

6 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

8 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

9 furnishings to be expended under the control and super10 vision of the .Architect of the Capitol, $93,562,000, of 

11 which $31,162,000 shall remain available until September 

12 30, 2023. 

13 CAPITOL POWER PLANT 

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

15 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat16 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

17 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

18 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

19 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga20 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

21 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

22 Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

23 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su24 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

25 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

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1 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

2 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

3 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

4 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

5 $114,050,000, of which $31,362,000 shall remain avail6 able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That not more 

7 than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

8 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

9 for obligation during fiscal year 2019. 

10 LIBRARY Bun,DINGS AND GROUNDS 

11 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

12 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

13 buildings and grounds, $68,525,000, of which 

14 $40,403,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2023. 

16 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

18 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance19 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo20 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

21 the Capitol security operations, $57,714,000, of which 

22 $31,777,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2023. 

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1 BOTANIC GARDEN 

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $14,759,000, of which $3,559,000 

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 

9 That, of the amount made available under this heading, 

10 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

11 sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 

12 operation of the National Garden established under sec13 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

14 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar15 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

16 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 

17 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

18 Capitol Visitor Center, $23,322,000. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

20 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 

21 OVER BUDGET 

22 SEC. 130. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 

24 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

25 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

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1 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap2 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

3 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern4 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

5 the overall scope of the project and/or program. 

6 SCRIMS 

7 SEC. 131. (a) None of the funds made available by 

8 this Act may be used for scrims containing photographs 

9 of building facades during restoration or construction 

10 projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

11 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

12 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

13 SECURITY PROGRAMS 

14 SEC. 132. (a) PURPOSE OF PROGRAlVIS.-Section 

15 906(b) of the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for 

16 Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist At17 tacks on the United States (2 U.S.C. 1865(b)) is amended 

18 to read as follows: 

19 "(b) Funds in the account shall be used by the Archi20 tect of the Capitol for all necessary expenses for21 '' ( 1) resilience and security programs of the Ar22 chitect of the Capitol; and 

23 "(2) the maintenance, care, and operation of 

24 buildings, grounds, and security enhancements for 

25 facilities of the United States Capitol Police and for 

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1 other facilities associated with such resilience and 

2 security programs at any location.". 

3 (b) TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.-Section 906 of such Act 

4 (2 U.S.C. 1865) is amended5 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (d); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 "(c)(l) For carrying out the purposes of the account, 

10 the Architect of the Capitol may receive transfers of ap11 propriations from any agency of the Legislative Branch 

12 upon the approval of13 "(A) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives, in the case of a transfer 

15 from an office of the House of Representatives; 

16 "(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 Senate, in the case of a transfer from an office of 

18 the Senate; or 

19 "(C) the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate, in the 

21 case of a transfer from any other office of the Gov22 ernment. 

23 "(2) Amounts transferred under this subsection shall 

24 be merged with the account and made available under this 

25 section. 

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1 "(3) This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal 

2 year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.". 

3 INCREASE IN THRESHOLD FOR SMALL PURCHASE 

4 CONTRACTING AUTHORITY 

5 SEC. 133. (a) 2 U.S.C. 1821 is amended by adding 

6 before "Notwithstanding any other provision of law-" 

7 the following text: "To promote efficiency and economy 

8 in contracting and to avoid unnecessary burdens, the Ar9 chitect of the Capitol is granted authority to utilize special 

10 simplified procedures for purchases of property and serv11 ices the aggregate amount of which does not exceed 

12 $250,000.". 

13 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

14 apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding 

15 fiscal year. 

16 INTERAGENCY DETAILS 

17 SEC. 134. (a) AUTHORIZING DETAILS OF EMPLOY18 EES UNDER JOINT AGENCY AGREEM:ENTS.-In addition 

19 to any other authority relating to the detail of employees, 

20 the Architect of the Capitol and the head of any other 

21 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

22 States Government may enter into a joint agency agree23 ment under which24 ( 1) employees of the Office of the Architect of 

25 the Capitol (including employees of the United 

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1 States Botanic Garden) may be detailed to such de2 partment, agency, or instrumentality on a reimburs3 able or non-reimbursable basis; and 

4 (2) employees of such department, agency, or 

5 instrumentality may be detailed to the Office of the 

6 Architect of the Capitol on a reimbursable or non7 reimbursable basis. 

8 (b) DUIL'\TION.-The detail of an employee under a 

9 joint agency agreement under this section shall be for such 

10 duration as may be provided in the agreement, except that 

11 in the case of a detail made on a non-reimbursable basis, 

12 the duration of the detail may not exceed one year unless 

13 the Architect of the Capitol and the head of the depart14 ment, agency, or instrumentality involved each determine 

15 that an extension of the detail of the employee is in the 

16 public interest. 

17 ( c) NO EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS OF RECIPIENT 

18 OF NON-REIMBURSABLE DETAIL.-For purposes of any 

19 law, rule, or regulation, the detail of an employee on a 

20 non-reimbursable basis under a joint agency agreement 

21 under this section for a fiscal year shall not be treated 

22 as an increase or modification of the appropriation for the 

23 fiscal year of the office to whom the employee is detailed. 

24 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.-This section shall apply with 

25 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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1 ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM NON-FEDER.AL 

2 SOURCES 

3 SEC. 135. (a) PERMITTING ACCEPTA1~CE OF Ex4 PENSES.-N otwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

5 Architect of the Capitol may accept payment or authorize 

6 an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

7 to accept payment on the Office's behalf from non-Federal 

8 sources for travel, subsistence, and related expenses with 

9 respect to attendance of the employee ( or the spouse of 

10 such employee) at any meeting or similar function relating 

11 to the employee's official duties. Any cash payment so ac12 cepted shall be credited to the appropriation applicable to 

13 such expenses. In the case of a payment in kind so accept14 ed, a pro rata reduction shall be made in any entitlement 

15 of the employee to payment from the Government for such 

16 expenses. 

17 (b) PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE FROM OTHER 

18 SouRCES.-Except as provided in this section or section 

19 7342 of title 5, United States Code, the Office or an em20 ployee of the Office may not accept payment for expenses 

21 referred to in subsection (a). An employee who accepts any 

22 payment in violation of the preceding sentence23 ( 1) may be required, in addition to any penalty 

24 provided by law, to repay, for deposit in the general 

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1 fund of the Treasury, an amount equal to the 

2 amount of the payment so accepted; and 

3 (2) in the case of a repayment under paragraph 

4 (1), shall not be entitled to any payment from the 

5 Government for such expenses. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.-This section shall apply with 

7 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

8 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

10 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

11 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

12 maintenance of the Library's catalogs; custody and custo13 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean14 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

15 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

16 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

17 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

18 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

19 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li20 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge21 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

22 $480,052,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

23 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

24 during fiscal year 2019, and shall remain available until 

25 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 

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1 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the Library 

2 of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived 

3 from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess 

4 of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 

5 appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total 

6 amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 

7 amount by which collections are less than $6,000,000: 

8 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

9 not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certifi10 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

11 official representation and reception expenses for the 

12 Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

13 amount appropriated, $8,855,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended for the digital collections and educational 

15 curricula program: Provided further, That of the total 

16 amount appropriated, $1,318,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Fi18 nancial Management System: Provided further, That of 

19 the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain 

20 available until expended for the Surplus Books Program 

21 to promote the program and facilitate a greater number 

22 of donations to eligible entities across the United States: 

23 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

24 $2,383,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

25 Veterans History Project to continue digitization efforts 

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1 of already collected materials, reach a greater number of 

2 veterans to record their stories, and promote public access 

3 to the Project. 

4 COPYRIGHT OFFICE 

5 SALARIES ~'ll"JD EXPENSES 

6 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

7 $93,407,000, of which not more than $39,218,000, to re8 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec9 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2019 

10 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro11 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex12 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec13 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

14 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

15 not more than $6,272,000 shall be derived from collections 

16 during fiscal year 2019 under sections lll(d)(2), 

17 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

18 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

19 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

20 less than $45,490,000: Provided further, That $4,328,000 

21 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances: Pro22 videdjurther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 

23 appropriated is available for the maintenance of an "Inter24 national Copyright Institute" in the Copyright Office of 

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1 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws 

2 and policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 

3 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of 

4 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

5 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy6 right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and 

7 seminars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

8 provision of chapter 8 of title 1 7, United States Code, any 

9 amounts made available under this heading which are at10 tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 

11 Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chap12 ter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred 

13 in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges 

14 program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and 

15 benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under 

16 section 802(e). 

17 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

19 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

20 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

21 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno22 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

23 $125,688,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

24 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 

25 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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1 ( except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 

2 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

3 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

4 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

5 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 

6 Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 

7 publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

8 Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con9 fidential CRS product includes any written product con10 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

11 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

12 Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 

13 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 

14 and does not include material prepared in response to 

15 Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re16 search. 

17 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

19 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

20 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 

21 135a), $52,783,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

22 appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 

23 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

24 residents at no cost to the individual. 

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1 ADMINISTR~TIVE PROVISIONS 

2 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 

3 SEC. 140. (a) IN GENER~.-For fiscal year 2019, 

4 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

5 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

6 $194,608,000. 

7 (b) ACTIVITIES.-The activities referred to in sub8 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

9 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

10 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

11 branch. 

12 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

13 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

15 For authorized publishing of congressional informa16 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

17 any format; publishing of Government publications au18 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

19 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica20 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

21 to the recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appro22 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per23 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

24 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au25 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

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l Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

2 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro3 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

4 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita5 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

6 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

7 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 

8 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

9 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 

10 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe11 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

12 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un13 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

14 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

15 further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of ex16 pired discretionary funds made available under this head17 ing in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, 

18 and merged with, funds under the heading '' Government 

19 Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund" 

20 no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last 

21 fiscal year for which such funds are available for the pur22 poses for which appropriated, to be available for carrying 

23 out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval 

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1 withstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 

2 United States Code, this appropriation may be used to 

3 prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a 

4 monthly and session basis. 

5 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAlVIS OF THE 

6 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

9 For expenses of the public information programs of 

10 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

11 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

12 publications and their distribution to the public, Members 

13 of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 

14 depository and international exchange libraries as author15 ized by law, $32,000,000: Provided, That amounts of not 

16 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations 

17 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres18 sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 

19 years 2017 and 2018 to depository and other designated 

20 libraries: Provided further, That unobligated or unex21 pended balances of expired discretionary funds made avail22 able under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may 

23 be transferred to, and merged with, funds under the head24 ing "Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

25 Revolving Fund" no later than the end of the fifth fiscal 

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1 year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are 

2 available for the purposes for which appropriated, to be 

3 available for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

4 subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropria5 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

6 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 

7 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 

8 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

9 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,000,000, to rel O main available until expended, for information technology 

11 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov12 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

13 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

14 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

15 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

16 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 

17 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

18 purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

19 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

20 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

21 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc22 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

23 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro24 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

25 Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

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1 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

2 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

3 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

4 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

5 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

6 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

7 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

8 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

9 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

10 of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 

11 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur12 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper13 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

14 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

15 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

16 "Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

17 Documents" may not be used for contracted security serv18 ices at Government Publishing Office's passport facility in 

19 the District of Columbia. 

20 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

22 For necessary expenses of the Government Account23 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex24 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

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1 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

2 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

3 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 

4 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 

5 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

6 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

7 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

8 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay9 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

10 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 

11 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen12 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for13 eign countries, $589,749,653: Provided, That, in addition, 

14 $35,900,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

15 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

16 be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided furl 7 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad18 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

19 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

20 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

21 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

22 of either Forum's costs as determined by the respective 

23 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

24 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

25 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

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1 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi2 nanced: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

3 available to transfer amounts to the Department of the 

4 Army for the expenses of constructing an Army facility 

5 at Redstone Arsenal for the sole, unlimited use of the Gov6 ernment Accountability Office, and (notwithstanding sec7 tion 1502(a) of title 31, United States Code) shall be 

8 available to transfer such amounts without regard to the 

9 fiscal year in which such expenses are incurred: Provided 

10 further, That hereafter, amounts appropriated for the sal11 aries and expenses of the Government Accountability Of12 fice shall be available to transfer to the Department of 

13 the Army for the maintenance of such facility. 

14 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

15 FUND 

16 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

17 Trust ].,und for financing activities of the Open World 

18 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

19 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

20 $5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to sup21 port Russian participants shall only be used for those en22 gaging in free market development, humanitarian activi23 ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi24 cials of the central government of Russia. 

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1 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

2 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

3 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub4 lie Service Development Trust Fund established under 

5 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv6 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

7 $430,000. 

8 TITLE II 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 

11 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

12 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 

13 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

14 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa15 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

16 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

17 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

18 FISCAL YE.AR LIMITATION 

19 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

20 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

21 2019 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

22 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 

23 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

24 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

25 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

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1 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

2 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab3 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des4 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re5 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

6 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi7 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep8 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

9 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

10 with respect thereto. 

11 CONSULTING SERVICES 

12 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

13 under this Act for any consulting service through procure14 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

15 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex16 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

17 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

18 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

19 under existing law. 

20 COSTS OF LBFMC 

21 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex22 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

23 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

24 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 

25 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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1 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

2 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla3 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

4 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

5 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 

6 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in8 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

9 pursuant to a transfer made by, or. transfer authority pro10 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

11 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 

12 SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

13 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 

14 Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 

15 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

16 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con17 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

18 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

19 section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 

20 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 

21 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

22 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

23 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

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1 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re2 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

3 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

4 the Capitol. 

5 LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 

6 PROCUREMENT 

7 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth8 erwise made available under this Act may be used to ac9 quire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei 

10 Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-im11 pact or moderate-impact information system, as defined 

12 for security categorization in the National Institute of 

13 Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal Information 

14 Processing Standard Publication 199, "Standards for Se15 curity Categorization of Federal Information and Informa16 tion Systems" unless the agency, office, or other entity 

17 acquiring the equipment or system has18 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor19 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

20 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

21 moderate-impact information systems within the 

22 Federal Government; 

23 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre24 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

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1 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

2 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

3 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

4 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

5 conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio6 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

7 such system, including any risk associated with such 

8 system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 

9 by one or more entities identified by the United 

10 States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ11 ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di12 rected, or subsidized by the People's Republic of 

13 China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 

14 People's Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa15 tion. 

16 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available under this Act may be used to acqmre a 

18 high-impact or moderate impact information system re19 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

20 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has21 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

22 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

23 strategy for any identified risks; 

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1 sition of such system is in the vital national security 

2 interest of the United States; and 

3 (3) reported that determination to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa5 tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 

6 system intended for acquisition and a detailed de7 scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 

8 (1), provided that such report may include a classi9 fied annex as necessary. 

10 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPER.A.TIONAij EXPENSES 

11 SEC. 209. (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 VIewmg, 

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, or adjudication activities 

19 or other official government activities. 

20 PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION 

21 SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this divi22 sion that contract with a food service provider or providers 

23 shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider 

24 or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy 

25 groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including 

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1 waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable 

2 items, and increase recycling and composting opportuni3 ties. 

4 AGENCY COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS 

5 SEC. 211. (a) Each agency, office, or other entity 

6 that is provided appropriations under this Division shall 

7 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

8 and Senate, not less than 30 days after enactment of this 

9 Act, specifying the dollar amount estimated for cost-of10 living adjustments that was included in the fiscal year 

11 2019 budget request for each appropriations account. 

12 (b) In the event that Executive Branch agencies do 

13 not receive a cost-of-living adjustment, such dollar amount 

14 reported pursuant to subsection (a) may be obligated and 

15 expended only upon written approval by the Chair and 

16 ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on the 

17 Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations 

18 of the House of Representatives and by the Chair and 

19 ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on the 

20 Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations 

21 of the Senate. 

22 ( c) Pursuant to subsection (b), the agencies, offices, 

23 or other entities of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate require only the written approval of the Committee 

25 on Appropriations of their respective Chamber. 

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1 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION 

2 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 

4 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 

5 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

6 of Congress) during fiscal year 2019. 

7 This division may be cited as the "Legislative Branch 

8 Appropriations Act, 2019". 

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1 DIVISION C-MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 

2 VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 

3 AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

4 TITLE I 

5 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

6 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 

7 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip8 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

9 installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

10 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

11 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec12 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con13 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func14 tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,021,768,000, to re15 main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, 

16 of this amount, not to exceed $110,068,000 shall be avail17 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

18 services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 

19 unless the Secretary of the Army determines that addi20 tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no21 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

22 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

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1 MILIT.ARY CONSTRUCTION, NAvr AND MARINE CORPS 

2 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip3 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in4 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

5 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

6 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

7 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 

8 this appropriation, $2,118,619,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of this amount, 

10 not to exceed $185,542,000 shall be available for study, 

11 planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 

12 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter13 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

14 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

15 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

16 reasons therefor. 

17 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 

18 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip19 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

20 installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

21 as currently authorized by law, $1,440,323,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of 

23 this amount, not to exceed $206,577,000 shall be available 

24 for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 

25 services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 

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1 Air Force determines that additional obligations are nec2 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter4 mination and the reasons therefor. 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

7 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip8 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa9 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen10 cies of the Department of Defense ( other than the military 

11 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

12 $2,550,728,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2023: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

14 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

15 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

16 of Defense available for military construction or family 

17 housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with 

18 and to be available for the same purposes, and for the 

19 same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 

20 transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount, not to 

21 exceed $192,345,000 shall be available for study, plan22 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au23 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter24 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

25 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

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1 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

2 reasons therefor. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

4 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita5 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad6 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu7 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, and Military Constn1etion Authoriza9 tion Acts, $190,122,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 

11 exceed $16,622,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

12 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

13 by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 

14 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

15 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria16 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

17 the reasons therefor. 

18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

19 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita20 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad21 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

22 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

23 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 

24 Acts, $129,126,000, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 

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1 $18,500,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

2 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

3 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 

4 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

5 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

7 therefor. 

8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARl\TY RESERVE 

9 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita10 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad11 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

12 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con13 struction Authorization Acts, $64,919,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 

15 amount, not to exceed $5,855,000 shall be available for 

16 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv17 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 

18 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec19 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter21 mination and the reasons therefor. 

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 

23 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita24 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad25 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 

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1 Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza3 tion Acts, $43,065,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 

5 exceed $4,695,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

6 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

7 by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 

8 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

9 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

10 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 

12 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita13 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad14 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

15 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

16 Construction Authorization Acts, $38,063,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 

18 amount, not to exceed $4,055,000 shall be available for 

19 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv20 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air 

21 Force Reserve determines that additional obligations are 

22 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de24 termination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 

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1 diate action to address unfunded military construction re2 quirements for access control points and security issues 

3 at Air Force Reserve facilities. 

4 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 

5 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 

6 For the United States share of the cost of the North 

7 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro8 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa9 cilities and installations (including international military 

10 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 

11 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

12 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili13 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $171,064,000, to 

14 remain available until expended. 

15 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 

16 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

17 Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De18 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

19 U.S.C. 2687 note), $342,000,000, to remain available 

20 until expended. 

21 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 

22 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con23 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex24 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

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1 $330,660,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2023. 

3 FAivIILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

4 ARMY 

5 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op6 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

7 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in8 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $376,509,000. 

9 FAlVIILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 

10 CORPS 

11 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma12 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace13 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 

14 authorized by law, $104,581,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2023. 

16 FAJ.vIILY HOUSING OPERATION At~D MAfNTENAt~CE, 

17 NAvx AND MARINE CORPS 

18 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma19 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

20 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter21 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 

22 law, $314,536,000. 

23 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 

24 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

25 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

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1 expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

2 $78,446,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2023. 

4 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION A1'-JD MAINTENANCE, AIR 

5 FORCE 

6 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

7 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas8 mg, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

9 and msurance premmms, as authorized by law, 

10 $317,274,000. 

11 FAMILY HOUSING 0PER.A.TION AND MAINTENANCE, 

12 DEFENSE-WIDE 

13 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

14 agencies of the Department of Defense ( other than the 

15 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 

16 leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 

17 $58,373,000. 

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

19 FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 

20 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im21 provement ]--,und, $1,653,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu23 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro24 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili25 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 

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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT 

3 FUND 

4 For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom5 parried Housing Improvement Fund, $600,000, to remain 

6 available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini7 tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir9 ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 

10 supporting facilities. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

12 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

13 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a14 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 

15 exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 

16 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 

17 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there18 for. 

19 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con20 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve21 hicles. 

22 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con23 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High24 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 

25 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

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1 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author2 ized therein are certified as important to the national de3 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 

4 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

5 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in 

6 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

7 not been made. 

8 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 

9 title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 

10 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by 

11 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi12 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina13 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

14 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

15 General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 

16 $25,000; or ( 4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 

17 of Defense to be in the public interest. 

18 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

19 title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 

20 preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 

21 except housing for which funds have been made available 

22 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con23 struction. 

24 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

25 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 

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1 relocate any activity from one base or installation to an2 other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap3 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

4 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 

5 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con6 struction project or activity for which American steel pro7 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 

8 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

9 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the DepartIO ment of Defense for military construction or family hous11 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 

12 property taxes in any foreign nation. 

13 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

14 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

15 without prior notification to the Committees on Appro16 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

17 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 

18 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

19 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 

20 projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan21 tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 

22 bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are 

23 awarded to United States firms or United States firms 

24 in joint venture with host nation firms. 

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1 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

2 title for military construction in the United States terri3 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

4 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 

5 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

6 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, 

7 That this section shall not be applicable to contract 

8 awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid 

9 of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest respon10 sive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater 

11 than 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall 

12 not apply to contract awards for military construction on 

13 Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re14 sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

15 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 

16 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in17 eluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 

18 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 

19 States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts 

20 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

21 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

22 SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

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1 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 

2 current session of Congress. 

3 SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 

4 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex5 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

6 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec7 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 

8 and on subsequent claims, if any. 

9 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other proV1s10n of 

10 law, any funds made available to a military department 

11 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 

12 may be obligated for a military construction project or 

13 contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, 

14 at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after 

15 the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made 

16 available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 

17 obligated from funds available for military construction 

18 projects; and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated 

19 for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of 

20 such project is increased pursuant to law. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

22 SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 

23 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me24 dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

25 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

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1 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

2 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

3 transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 

4 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

5 for construction in "Family Housing" accounts, to be 

6 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

7 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

8 directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense 

9 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

10 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

11 unaccompanied housing in "Military Construction" ac12 counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

13 purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap14 propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria15 tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 

16 cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con17 gressional Budget Act of 19 7 4, of direct loans or loan 

18 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

19 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

20 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

21 of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili22 tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

24 SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 

25 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

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1 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

2 Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 

3 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 

4 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated 

5 with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 

6 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(l)(A). Any amounts transferred shall 

7 be merged with and be available for the same purposes 

8 and for the same time period as the fund to which trans9 ferred. 

10 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other proV1s10n of 

11 law, funds made available in this title for operation and 

12 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

13 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 

14 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

15 Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may be 

16 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen17 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica18 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 

19 medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

20 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

21 of both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact 

22 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

23 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi24 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

25 of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 

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1 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an2 nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

3 Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex4 penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar5 ters for the prior fiscal year. 

6 SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im7 provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec8 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro9 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur10 poses specified in subsection (i)(l) of such section or until 

11 transferred pursuant to subsection ( i) ( 3) of such section. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

13 SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria14 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

15 for military construction and family housing operation and 

16 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

17 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

18 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

19 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga20 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap21 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

22 may be transferred into the appropriation "Foreign Cur23 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense", to be merged 

24 with and to be available for the same time period and for 

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1 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans2 ferred. 

3 SEC. 122. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

4 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

5 by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the 

6 Armythat7 (1) performs a testing mission or function that 

8 is not performed by any other unit in the Army and 

9 is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 

10 Code; and 

11 (2) is located at a military installation at which 

12 the total number of civilian employees of the Depart13 ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel 

14 employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of 

15 members of the regular and reserve components of 

16 the Army assigned to the installation. 

17 (b) EXCEPTION .-Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

18 the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional 

19 defense committees that in proposing the relocation of the 

20 unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regu21 lation 5-10 relating to the policy, procedures, and respon22 sibilities for Army stationing actions. 

23 SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

24 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

25 title may be transferred among projects and activities 

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1 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

2 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

3 construction contained in Department of Defense Finan4 cial Management Regulation 7000.14-R, Volume 3, Chap5 ter 7, of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment 

6 of this Act. 

7 SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 

8 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

9 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme10 tery. 

11 SEC. 125. For an additional amount for the accounts 

12 and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2023: 

14 "Military Construction, Army", $94,100,000; 

15 "Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

16 Corps", $196,850,000; 

17 ''Military Construction, Air Force" ' 

18 $118,450,000; 

19 "Military Construction, Army National Guard", 

20 $22,000,000; 

21 "Military Construction, Air National Guard", 

22 $54,000,000; 

23 

24 

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1 "Military Construction, Air Force Reserve", 

2 $84,800,000: 

3 Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 

4 out construction projects identified in the respective mili5 tary department's unfunded priority list for fiscal year 

6 2019 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such 

7 projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation 

8 and expenditure of funds to carry out construction: Pro9 vided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment 

10 of this Act, the Secretary of the military department con11 cerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Commit12 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex13 penditure plan for funds provided under this section. 

14 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 

15 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available to 

16 the Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, 

17 the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol18 lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 

19 "NATO Security Investment Program", 

20 $25,000,000; 

21 

22 

"Military 

$31,158,000; 

Construction, Air Force" ' 

23 "Military Construction, Army National Guard", 

24 $10,000,000; 

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1 "Family Housing Construction, Navy and Ma2 rine Corps", $2,138,000; and 

3 "The fund established in section 1013(d) of the 

4 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development 

5 Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 337 4)", $15,333,000: 

6 Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

7 amounts that were designated by the Congress for Over8 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or 

9 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 

10 resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

12 SEC. 127. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

13 "congressional defense committees" means the Commit14 tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc16 tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria17 tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 

18 Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

20 SEC. 128. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

22 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

23 Cuba. 

24 SEC. 129. Notwithstanding any other provis10n of 

25 law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

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1 available by this or any other Act may be used to consoli2 date or relocate any element of a United States Air Force 

3 Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair 

4 Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United 

5 States until the Secretary of the Air Force: (1) completes 

6 an analysis and comparison of the cost and infrastructure 

7 investment required to consolidate or relocate a RED 

8 HORSE squadron outside of the United States versus 

9 within the United States; (2) provides to the Committees 

10 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress ("the Com11 mittees") a report detailing the findings of the cost anal12 ysis; and (3) certifies in -writing to the Committees that 

13 the preferred site for the consolidation or relocation yields 

14 the greatest savings for the Air Force: Provided, That the 

15 term "United States" in this section does not include any 

16 territory or possession of the United States. 

17 SEC. 130. Notwithstanding section 124 of this Act, 

18 for an additional amount for "Military Construction, 

19 Army" in this title, $30,000,000, to remain available until 

20 expended, is provided for completion of the Defense Access 

21 Roads project and land acquisition for Arlington National 

22 Cemetery as authorized by section 2101 of the National 

23 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 

24 Law 114-92) and section 2829A of the National Defense 

25 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-

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1 328): Provided, That such funds shall be in addition to 

2 any other funds made available in this or prior year Acts 

3 for such purposes, including funds made available by sec4 tion 132 of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 

5 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public 

6 Law 114-113). 

7 SEC. 131. All amounts appropriated to the "Depart8 ment of Defense-Military Construction, Army", "De9 partment of Defense-Military Construction, Navy and 

10 Marine Corps", "Department of Defense-Military Con11 struction, Air Force", and "Department of Defense-Mili12 tary Construction, Defense-Wide" accounts pursuant to 

13 the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 

14 Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2019 in the 

15 funding table in section 4601 of that Act shall be imme16 diately available and allotted to contract for the full scope 

17 of authorized projects. 

18 SEC. 132. For an additional amount for the accounts 

19 and in the amounts specified, for enhancing force protec20 tion and safety at military installations, to remain avail21 able until September 30, 2023: 

22 "Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

23 Corps", $50,000,000; and 

24 

25 

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l Provided, That such projects are subject to authorization 

2 prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 

3 construction: Provided further, That not later than 30 

4 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the mili5 tary department concerned, or his or her designee, shall 

6 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds pro8 vided under this section: Provided further, That the Sec9 retary of the military department concerned may not obli10 gate or expend any funds prior to approval by the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

12 expenditure plan required by this section. 

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2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

3 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 

4 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

6 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

7 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex8 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 

9 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 

10 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

11 by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 

12 States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle13 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi14 cers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi15 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur16 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 

17 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 

18 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec19 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 

20 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 

21 $2,994,366,000, which shall be in addition to funds pre22 viously appropriated under this heading that become avail23 able on October 1, 2018, to remain available until ex24 pended; and, in addition, $109,017,152,000 shall become 

25 available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed 

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1 $18,047,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 

2 2020 under this heading shall be reimbursed to "General 

3 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration", 

4 and "Information Technology Systems" for necessary ex5 penses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, 

6 and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 

7 for which is specifically provided as the "Compensation 

8 and Pensions" appropriation: Provided further, That such 

9 sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient 

10 basis, shall be reimbursed to "Medical Care Collections 

11 Fund" to augment the funding of individual medical facili12 ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as au13 thorized. 

14 

15 

READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 

For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

16 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap17 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 

18 61 of title 38, United States Code, $14,065,282,000, to 

19 remain available until expended and to become available 

20 on October 1, 2019: Provided, That expenses for rehabili21 tation program services and assistance which the Sec22 retary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of sec23 tion 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 

24 under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub25 section, shall be charged to this account. 

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1 VETERANS INSURANCE Al'JD INDEMNITIES 

2 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

3 insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled vet4 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

5 authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 

6 Code, $111,340,000, which shall become available on Oc7 tober 1, 2019, and shall remain available until expended. 

8 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAlVI FUND 

9 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

10 sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 

11 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 3 7 of 

12 title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 

13 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de14 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

15 1974: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 2019, 

16 within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 

17 gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe18 cially adapted housing loans. 

19 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

20 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $200,612,000. 

21 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAl\lI ACCOUNT 

22 For the cost of direct loans, $39,000, as authorized 

23 by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 

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1 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 

2 made available under this heading are available to sub3 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

4 loans not to exceed $2,037,000. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

6 carry out the direct loan program, $396,000, which may 

7 be paid to the appropriation for "General Operating Ex8 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration". 

9 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAlV[ 

10 ACCOUNT 

11 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

12 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 

13 of title 38, United States Code, $1,163,000. 

14 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, ·vETERANS BENEFITS 

15 ADMINISTRATION 

16 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 

17 Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in18 eluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 

19 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

20 services, and reimbursement of the Department of De21 fense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 

22 $2,956,316,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 

23 assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 

24 (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 

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1 essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex2 tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 

3 maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 

4 independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac5 count: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 

6 under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2020. 

8 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 

9 MEDICAL SERVICES 

10 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

11 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

12 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

13 veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 

14 States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 

15 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 

16 medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 

17 food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare em18 ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to 

19 State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, 

20 United States Code, assistance and support services for 

21 caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, 

22 United States Code, loan repayments authorized by sec23 tion 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 

24 Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 124 Stat. 

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1 ances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United 

2 States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 

3 38, United States Code, and administrative expenses nec4 essary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, 

5 United States Code, and hospital care and medical serv6 ices authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States 

7 Code; $750,000,000, which shall be in addition to funds 

8 previously appropriated under this heading that become 

9 available on October 1, 2018; and, m addition, 

10 $51,411,165,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

11 available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available 

12 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount 

13 made available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 

14 $1,500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2021: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

17 establish a priority for the provision of medical treatment 

18 for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower 

19 income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, not20 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

21 Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi22 sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment 

23 priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, not24 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

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1 tion drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities 

2 to enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions 

3 based on requirements established by the Secretary: Pro4 vided further, That the implementation of the program de5 scribed in the previous proviso shall incur no additional 

6 cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided fur7 ther, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 

8 that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading 

9 for medical supplies and equipment are available for the 

10 acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically for female 

11 veterans. 

12 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 

13 For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 

14 individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 

15 States Code, at non-Department facilities, 

16 $1,000,000,000, which shall be in addition to funds pre17 viously appropriated under this heading that become avail18 able on October 1, 2018; and, m addition, 

19 $10,758,399,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

20 available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available 

21 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount 

22 made available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 

23 $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2021. 

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1 MEDICAL SUPPORT .AND COMPLIANCE 

2 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

3 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, constn1etion, 

4 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad5 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi6 ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart7 ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De8 partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 

9 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov10 ery Act ( 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $7,239,156,000, plus 

11 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

12 2019, and shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2020: Provided, That, of the amount made available on 

14 October 1, 2019, under this heading, $100,000,000 shall 

15 remain available until September 30, 2021. 

16 MEDICAL FACILITIES 

17 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op18 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

19 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad20 ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 

21 planning, design, project management, real property ac22 quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 

23 any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 

24 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

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1 mg, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos2 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart3 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

4 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate5 rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services; 

6 $90,180,000, which shall be in addition to funds pre7 viously appropriated under this heading that become avail8 able on October 1, 2018; and, m addition, 

9 $6,141,880,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail10 able on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available until 

11 September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount made 

12 available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 

13 $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2021. 

15 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 

16 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

17 medical and prosthetic research and development as au18 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

19 $779,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail20 able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 

21 amount made available under this heading, $27,000,000 

22 shall remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided 

23 further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall en24 sure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this 

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1 heading are available for prosthetic research specifically 

2 for female veterans, and for toxic exposure research. 

3 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 

4 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad5 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other6 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there7 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

8 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper9 ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter10 ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 

11 of the National Cemetery Administration, $315,836,000, 

12 of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 

13 until September 30, 2020. 

14 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 

15 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

17 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

18 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

19 administrative expenses in support of Department-wide 

20 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni21 forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 

22 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas23 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

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1 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

2 funds provided under this heading may be transferred to 

3 "General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis4 tration". 

5 BOARD OF VETERAl'JS APPEALS 

6 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 

7 Veterans Appeals, $174,748,000, of which not to exceed 

8 10 percent shall remain available until September 3 0, 

9 2020. 

10 INFORMATION TECHNOIDGY SYSTEMS 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

12 For necessary expenses for information technology 

13 systems and telecommunications support, including devel14 opmental information systems and operational information 

15 systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 

16 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in17 eluding management and related contractual costs of said 

18 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

19 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, $4,103,000,000, plus reimbursements: Pro21 vided, That $1,199,220,000 shall be for pay and associ22 ated costs, of which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain 

23 available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That 

24 $2,523,209,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, 

25 of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available 

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1 until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That 

2 $380,571,000 shall be for information technology systems 

3 development, and shall remain available until September 

4 30, 2020: Provided further, That amounts made available 

5 for salaries and expenses, operations and maintenance, 

6 and information technology systems development may be 

7 transferred among the three subaccounts after the Sec8 retary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees 

9 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the author10 ity to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Prol l vided further, That amounts made available for the "Infor12 mation Technology Systems" account for development 

13 may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 

14 projects: Provided further, That no project may be in15 creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 

16 prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro17 priations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer 

18 and an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period 

19 of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, That the funds 

20 made available under this heading for information tech21 nology systems development shall be for the projects, and 

22 in the amounts, specified under this heading in the joint 

23 explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 

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1 VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 

2 For activities related to implementation, preparation, 

3 development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte4 nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in5 eluding contractual costs associated with operations au6 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

7 and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 

8 5 and 38, United States Code, $1,107,000,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the 

10 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress quar12 terly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and de13 ployment implementation by facility: Provided further, 

14 That the funds provided in this account shall only be avail15 able to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be adminis16 tered by that Office: Provided further, That none of the 

17 funds made available under this heading may be obligated 

18 in a manner inconsistent with deployment schedules pro19 vided to the Committees on Appropriations unless the Sec20 retary of Veterans Affairs provides notification to the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of such change and an ap22 proval is issued. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

25 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 

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1 the provis10ns of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

2 U.S.C. App.), $192,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 

3 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 

4 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 

5 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

6 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

7 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

8 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 

9 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 

10 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar11 chitectural and engineering services, construction manage12 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

13 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

14 under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 

15 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac16 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 

17 than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 

18 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 

19 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

20 $1,127,486,000, of which $647,486,000 shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2023, and of which 

22 $480,000,000 shall remain available until expended, of 

23 which $400,000,000 shall be available for seismic improve24 ment projects and seismic program management activities, 

25 including for projects that would otherwise be funded by 

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1 the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities or 

2 National Cemetery Administration accounts: Provided, 

3 That except for advance planning activities, including 

4 needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

5 investments, and other capital asset management related 

6 activities, including portfolio development and manage7 ment activities, and investment strategy studies funded 

8 through the advance planning fund and the planning and 

9 design activities funded through the design fund, including 

10 needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

11 investments, and salaries and associated costs of the resi12 dent engineers who oversee those capital investments 

13 funded through this account and contracting officers who 

14 manage specific major construction projects, and funds 

15 provided for the purchase, security, and maintenance of 

16 land for the National Cemetery Administration through 

17 the land acquisition line item, none of the funds made 

18 available under this heading shall be used for any project 

19 that has not been notified to Congress through the budg20 etary process or that has not been approved by the Con21 gress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explana22 tory statement accompanying such Act and presented to 

23 the President at the time of enrollment: Provided further, 

24 That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 

25 year 2019, for each approved project shall be obligated: 

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1 (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract 

2 by September 30, 2019; and (2) by the awarding of a con3 struction contract by September 30, 2020: Provided fur4 ther, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prompt5 ly submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress a written report on any approved 

7 major construction project for which obligations are not 

8 incurred within the time limitations established above: 

9 Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements 

10 of section 8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 

11 amounts made available under this heading for seismic im12 provement projects and seismic program management ac13 tivities shall be available for the completion of both new 

14 and existing seismic projects of the Department. 

15 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 

16 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

17 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

18 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

19 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 

20 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

21 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

22 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro23 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

24 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

25 site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 

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1 sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, 

2 United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 

3 estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the 

4 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 

5 United States Code, $649,514,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2023, along with unobligated balances 

7 of previous "Construction, Minor Projects" appropriations 

8 which are hereby made available for any project where the 

9 estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 

10 in such section: Provided, That funds made available 

11 under this heading shall be for: ( 1) repairs to any of the 

12 nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 

13 of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 

14 damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

15 and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to 

16 minimize further loss by such causes. 

17 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 

18 STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 

19 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

20 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re21 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 

22 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 

23 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 

24 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $150,000,000, to 

25 remain available until expended. 

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1 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 

2 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

3 m establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme4 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

5 States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended. 

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9 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2019 for 

10 "Compensation and Pensions", "Readjustment Benefits", 

11 and "Veterans Insurance and Indemnities" may be trans12 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro13 priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take 

14 place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 

15 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con16 gress the authority to make the transfer and such Com17 mittees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period 

18 of 30 days has elapsed. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

20 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart21 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019, in this or 

22 any other Act, under the "Medical Services", "Medical 

23 Community Care", "Medical Support and Compliance", 

24 and "Medical Facilities" accounts may be transferred 

25 among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers among 

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1 the "Medical Services", "Medical Community Care", and 

2 "Medical Support and Compliance" accounts of 1 percent 

3 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 

4 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica5 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 

7 the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 

8 That any transfers among the "Medical Services", "Med9 ical Community Care", and "Medical Support and Compli10 ance" accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the 

11 cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 

12 only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

14 to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided 

15 further, That any transfers to or from the "Medical Facili16 ties" account may take place only after the Secretary re17 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

18 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

19 and an approval is issued. 

20 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 

21 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au22 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 

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1 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

2 States Code. 

3 SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title ( except the 

4 appropriations for "Construction, Major Projects", and 

5 "Construction, Minor Projects") shall be available for the 

6 purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 

7 new hospital or home. 

8 SEC. 205. No appropriations m this title shall be 

9 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

10 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex11 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet12 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec13 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 

14 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

15 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim16 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina17 tion is made to the "Medical Services" account at such 

18 rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

19 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

20 "Compensation and Pensions", "Readjustment Benefits", 

21 and "Veterans Insurance and Indemnities" shall be avail22 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re23 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

24 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

25 2018. 

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1 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

2 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

3 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

4 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 

5 Code, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 

6 accounts they shall be payable only from "Compensation 

7 and Pensions". 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

9 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, during fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Veterans 

11 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

12 Fund under section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, 

13 the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund under section 

14 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 

15 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 

16 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the "Gen17 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra18 tion" and "Information Technology Systems" accounts for 

19 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi20 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse21 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu22 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 

23 2019 that are available for dividends in that program after 

24 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

25 have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 

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1 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

2 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

3 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

4 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 

5 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

6 2019 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

7 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 

8 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro9 gram. 

10 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

11 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in12 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro13 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur14 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

16 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 

17 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

18 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage19 ment, the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 

20 Adjudication, the Office of Accountability and Whistle21 blower Protection, and the Office of Diversity and Inclu22 sion for all services provided at rates which will recover 

23 actual costs but not to exceed $48,431,000 for the Office 

24 of Resolution Management, $4,333,000 for the Office of 

25 Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, 

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1 $17,700,000 for the Office of Accountability and Whistle2 blower Protection, and $3,230,000 for the Office of Diver3 sity and Inclusion: Provided, That payments may be made 

4 in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 

5 costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 

6 credited to the "General Administration" and "Informa7 tion Technology Systems" accounts for use by the office 

8 that provided the service. 

9 SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans 

10 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 

11 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

12 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv13 ice-connected disability described in section 1729 (a) ( 2) of 

14 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec15 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

16 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

17 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro18 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man19 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason20 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

21 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur22 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

23 provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the 

24 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re25 ceived. 

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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

2 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas4 mg activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 

5 the "Construction, Major Projects" and "Construction, 

6 Minor Projects" accounts and be used for construction 

7 (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 

8 and improvements of any medical facility under the juris9 diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af10 fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 

11 provided for in "Construction, Major Projects" and "Con12 struction, Minor Projects". 

13 SEC. 213. Amounts made available under "Medical 

14 Services" are available15 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup16 plies, and equipment; and 

17 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

18 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

19 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

21 SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

22 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

23 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 

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1 counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 

2 of these accounts. 

3 SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

4 enter into agreements with Federally Qualified Health 

5 Centers in the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal 

6 organizations which are party to the Alaska Native Health 

7 Compact with the Indian Health Service, to provide 

8 healthcare, including behavioral health and dental care, to 

9 veterans in n1ral Alaska. The Secretary shall require par10 ticipating veterans and facilities to comply with all appro11 priate rules and regulations, as established by the Sec12 retary. The term "rural Alaska" shall mean those lands 

13 which are not within the boundaries of the municipality 

14 of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North Star Borough. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

16 SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the De17 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu18 ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 

19 be transferred to the "Construction, Major Projects" and 

20 "Construction, Minor Projects" accounts, to remain avail21 able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

22 SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

23 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

24 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

25 Houses of Congress a report on the financial status of the 

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1 Department of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: 

2 Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall include 

3 the direction contained in the paragraph entitled "Quar4 terly reporting", under the heading "General Administra5 tion" in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

6 Public Law 114-223. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

8 SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the "Med9 ical Services", "Medical Community Care", "Medical Sup10 port and Compliance", "Medical Facilities", "General Op11 era ting Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration", 

12 "Board of Veterans Appeals", "General Administration", 

13 and "National Cemetery Administration" accounts for fis14 cal year 2019 may be transferred to or from the "Informa15 tion Technology Systems" account: Provided, That such 

16 transfers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggre17 gate increase in the total amount made available by this 

18 Act for the "Information Technology Systems" account: 

19 Provided further, That, before a transfer may take place, 

20 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

22 the authority to make the transfer and an approval 1s 

23 issued. 

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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

2 SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the De3 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019 for 

4 ''Medical Services'', ''Medical Community Care'', ''Medical 

5 Support and Compliance", "Medical Facilities", "Con6 struction, Minor Projects", and "Information Technology 

7 Systems", up to $301,578,000, plus reimbursements, may 

8 be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-De9 partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra10 tion Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Dell fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 

12 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation 

13 of the facilities designated as combined Federal medical 

14 facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 

15 Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

16 Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500): Pro17 vided, That additional funds may be transferred from ac18 counts designated in this section to the Joint Department 

19 of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Fa20 cility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by 

21 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur23 ther, That section 220 of title II of division J of Public 

24 Law 115-141 is repealed. 

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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

2 SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the De3 partment of Veterans Affairs which become available on 

4 October 1, 2019, for "Medical Services", "Medical Com5 munity Care", "Medical Support and Compliance", and 

6 "Medical Facilities", up to $307,609,000, plus reimburse7 ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De8 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

9 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 

10 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

11 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used 

12 for operation of the facilities designated as combined Fed13 eral medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 

14 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 

15 Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500): 

16 Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from 

17 accounts designated in this section to the Joint Depart18 ment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Med19 ical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifica20 tion by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit21 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

23 SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

24 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

25 of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided 

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1 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili2 ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 

3 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

4 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail5 able: ( 1) for transfer to the Joint Department of De6 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

7 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 

8 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

9 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper10 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 

11 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun12 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

13 Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500): Pro14 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the 

15 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

16 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2573), amounts trans17 ferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 

18 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 

19 shall remain available until expended. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

21 SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 

22 "Medical Services", "Medical Community Care", "Medical 

23 Support and Compliance", and "Medical Facilities", a 

24 minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

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1 thorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 

2 Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose 

3 authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Depart5 ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 

6 be used to replace the current system by which the Vet7 erans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for 

8 diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment. 

9 SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no10 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

11 Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 

12 that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro13 grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Pro14 vided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 

15 of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Pro16 vided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 

18 days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and shall 

19 describe the anticipated use of such savings. 

20 SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for 

21 "Construction, Major Projects" may be used for a project 

22 in excess of the scope specified for that project in the origi23 nal justification data provided to the Congress as part of 

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1 erans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 

2 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

3 SEC. 226. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

4 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress a quarterly report containing perform7 ance measures and data from each Veterans Benefits Ad8 ministration Regional Office: Provided, That, at a min9 imum, the report shall include the direction contained in 

10 the section entitled "Disability claims backlog", under the 

11 heading "General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 

12 Administration" in the joint explanatory statement accom13 parrying Public Law 114-223: Provided further, That the 

14 report shall also include information on the number of ap15 peals pending at the Veterans Benefits Administration as 

16 well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly 

17 basis. 

18 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

19 provide written notification to the Committees on Appro20 priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or21 ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 

22 more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 

23 the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

24 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

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1 priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 

2 single national outreach and awareness marketing cam3 paign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

5 SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 

6 determination that such action is necessary to address 

7 needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans8 fer to the "Medical Services" account any discretionary 

9 appropriations made available for fiscal year 2019 in this 

10 title (except appropriations made to the "General Oper11 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration" ac12 count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within 

13 the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap14 propriated for fiscal year 2019, that were provided in ad15 vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 

16 shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man17 agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 

18 authority provided in this section is in addition to any 

19 other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 

20 That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 

21 were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 

22 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

24 1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 

25 may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 

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1 on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 

2 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 

3 item for which funds are requested has been denied by 

4 Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 

5 all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 

6 are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 

7 to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 

8 purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 

9 That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 

10 Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

12 to make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

14 SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Depart15 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019, under the 

16 "Board of Veterans Appeals" and the "General Operating 

17 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration" accounts 

18 may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 

19 before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet20 erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro21 priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

22 make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 

23 SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 

24 reprogram funds among major construction projects or 

25 programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 

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1 $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming 1s approved by 

2 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con3 gress. 

4 SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

5 ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 

6 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code7 (1) provides to individuals who contact the hot8 line immediate assistance from a trained profes9 sional; and 

10 (2) adheres to all requirements of the American 

11 Association of Suicidology. 

12 (b) ( 1) None of the funds made available by this Act 

13 may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Execu14 tive action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

15 from appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil 

16 service position, or establishing a new civil service position, 

17 at the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to 

18 such a position relating to the hotline specified in sub19 section (a). 

20 (2) In this subsection21 (A) the term "civil service" has the meanmg 

22 given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 

23 States Code; and 

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1 (i) any Executive order, presidential memo2 randum, or other action by the President; and 

3 (ii) any agency policy, order, or other di4 rective. 

5 ( c) ( 1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall con6 duct a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified 

7 in subsection (a) during the five-year period beginning on 

8 January 1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide 

9 data and data collected from such hotline. 

10 (2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph 

11 ( 1) shall12 (A) determine the number of veterans who con13 tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 

14 receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 

15 health services from the Department of Veterans Af16 fairs thereafter; 

17 (B) determine the number of veterans who con18 tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not 

19 continue receiving, mental health care who commit 

20 suicide; and 

21 (C) determine the number of veterans described 

22 in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 

23 SEC. 233. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

24 may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

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1 mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at 

2 existing Veterans Health Administration medical facilities 

3 located in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part 

4 of a planned realignment of VA services until the Sec5 retary provides to the Committees on Appropriations of 

6 both Houses of Congress a report including the following 

7 elements: 

8 (1) a national realignment strategy that in9 eludes a detailed description of realignment plans 

10 within each Veterans Integrated Services Network 

11 (VISN), including an updated Long Range Capital 

12 Plan to implement realignment requirements; 

13 (2) an explanation of the process by which 

14 those plans were developed and coordinated within 

15 each VISN; 

16 ( 3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each 

17 planned realignment, including the cost of replacing 

18 Veterans Health Administration services with con19 tract care or other outsourced services; 

20 ( 4) an analysis of how any such planned re21 alignment of services will impact access to care for 

22 veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, includ23 ing travel distances and transportation costs to ac24 cess a VA medical facility and availability of local 

25 specialty and primary care; 

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1 ( 5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 

2 designation and the methodology used to determine 

3 the buildings' condition and utilization; 

4 ( 6) a description of how any realignment will be 

5 consistent with requirements under the National 

6 Historic Preservation Act; and 

7 (7) consideration given for reuse of historic 

8 buildings within newly identified realignment re9 quirements: Provided, That, this provision shall not 

10 apply to capital projects in VISN 23, or any other 

11 VISN, which have been authorized or approved by 

12 Congress. 

13 SEC. 234. Effective during the period beginning on 

14 October 1, 2018 and ending on January 1, 2024, none 

15 of the funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans 

16 Affairs by this or any other Act may be obligated or ex17 pended in contravention of the "Veterans Health Adminis18 tration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement 

19 on the Veterans Health Administration's Screening for 

20 Breast Cancer Guidance" published on May 10, 2017, as 

21 issued by the Veterans Health Administration National 

22 Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 

23 SEC. 235. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

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1 able to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the "Med2 ical Services" account may be used to provide3 (1) fertility counseling and treatment using as4 sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran 

5 or the spouse of a covered veteran; or 

6 (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered vet7 eran. 

8 (b) In this section: 

9 (1) The term "service-connected" has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38, 

11 United States Code. 

12 (2) The term "covered veteran" means a vet13 eran, as such term is defined in section 101 of title 

14 38, United States Code, who has a service-connected 

15 disability that results in the inability of the veteran 

16 to procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 

17 (3) The term "assisted reproductive tech18 nology" means benefits relating to reproductive as19 sistance provided to a member of the Armed Forces 

20 who incurs a serious injury or illness on active duty 

21 pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United 

22 States Code, as described in the memorandum on 

23 the subject of "Policy for Assisted Reproductive 

24 Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely I1V 

25 Injured ( Category II or III) Active Duty Service 

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Members" issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the 

guidance issued to implement such policy, including 

any limitations on the amount of such benefits available to such a member except that-

(A) the time periods regarding embryo 

cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 

III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 

shall not apply; and 

(B) such term includes embryo 

cryopreservation and storage without limitation 

on the duration of such cryopreservation and 

storage. 

( 4) The term "adoption reimbursement" means 

reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 

an adoption that is finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act under the same terms as apply 

under the adoption reimbursement program of the 

Department of Defense, as authorized in Department of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the 

reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in 

such instruction. 

(c) Amounts made available for the purposes speciin subsection (a) of this section are subject to the 

25 requirements for funds contained in section 508 of division 

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1 H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 

2 Law 115-141). 

3 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 

4 SEC. 236. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 

5 2019 under the heading "Department of Veterans Af6 fairs-Veterans Health Administration-Medical Support 

7 and Compliance" in title II of division J of the Consoli8 dated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), 

9 $211,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

10 SEC. 237. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act or any other Act for the 

12 Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner 

13 that is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transpor14 tation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 

15 Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 

16 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-115; 

17 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, 

18 United States Code. 

19 SEC. 238. Section 842 of Public Law 109-115 shall 

20 not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 

21 Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Ad22 ministration, or National Cemetery Administration to con23 tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 

24 51 percent owned by one or more Indian tribes as defined 

25 in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 

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1 or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec2 tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 239. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

4 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 

5 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall dis6 continue using Social Security account numbers to identify 

7 individuals in all information systems of the Department 

8 of Veterans Affairs as follows: 

9 (1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary 

10 of Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under 

11 laws administered by the Secretary, not later than 5 

12 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 (2) For all individuals not described in para14 graph (1), not later than 8 years after the date of 

15 the enactment of this Act. 

16 (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a So17 cial Security account number to identify an individual in 

18 an information system of the Department of Veterans Af19 fairs if and only if the use of such number is required 

20 to obtain information the Secretary requires from an in21 formation system that is not under the jurisdiction of the 

22 Secretary. 

23 SEC. 240. For funds provided to the Department of 

24 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020 

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1 for ''Medical Services'', section 239 of Division A of Public 

2 Law 114-223 shall apply. 

3 SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

4 prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 

5 the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to trans6 fer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Com7 pensation Fund to any other account within the Depart8 ment of Veterans Affairs. 

9 SEC. 242. Of the funds provided to the Department 

10 of Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and fiscal 

11 year 2020 for "Medical Services", funds may be used in 

12 each year to carry out and expand the child care program 

13 authorized by section 205 of Public Law 111-163, not14 withstanding subsection ( e) of such section. 

15 SEC. 243. For funds provided to the Department of 

16 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020, 

17 section of Division A of Public Law 114-223 shall apply. 

18 SEC. 244. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

19 use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in 

20 this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 

21 employment equivalents within any program of rehabilita22 tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 

23 Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time em24 ployment equivalent. 

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1 (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the en2 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Con3 gress a report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted 

4 under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, includ5 mg6 (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio 

7 for each such program; and 

8 (2) recommendations for such action as the 

9 Secretary considers necessary to reduce the veteran10 to-staff ratio for each such program. 

11 SEC. 245. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available in this title may be used by the Sec13 retary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement re14 lated to resolving a dispute or claim with an individual 

15 that would restrict in any way the individual from speak16 ing to members of Congress or their staff on any topic 

17 not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal law 

18 or required by Executive Order to be kept secret in the 

19 interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign af20 fairs. 

21 SEC. 246. For funds provided to the Department of 

22 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020, 

23 section 258 of Division A of Public Law 114-223 shall 

24 apply. 

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1 SEC. 24 7. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act may be used to conduct 

3 research using canines unless: the scientific objectives of 

4 the study can only be met by research with canines; the 

5 study has been directly approved by the Secretary; and 

6 the study is consistent with the revised Department of 

7 Veterans Affairs canine research policy document released 

8 on December 18, 2017: Provided, That not later than 180 

9 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub10 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

11 of Congress a detailed report outlining under what cir12 cumstances canine research may be needed if there are 

13 no other alternatives, how often it was used during that 

14 time period, and what protocols are in place to determine 

15 both the safety and efficacy of the research. 

16 SEC. 248. For an additional amount for the Depart17 ment of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain avail18 able until expended, for infrastructure improvements, in19 eluding new construction, and in addition to amounts oth20 e:rwise made available in this Act for such purpose, of 

21 which: 

22 (1) $750,000,000 shall be available for seismic 

23 improvement projects and seismic program manage24 ment activities, including projects that would other25 wise be funded by the Construction, Major Projects, 

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1 the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities, 

2 or National Cemetery Administration accounts; 

3 (2) $300,000,000 shall be for "Departmental 

4 Administration-Construction, Major Projects"; 

5 (3) $800,000,000 shall be for "Veterans Health 

6 Administration-Medical Facilities" to be used for 

7 non-recurring maintenance; and 

8 ( 4) $150,000,000 shall be for "Departmental 

9 Administration-Construction, Minor Projects": 

10 Provided, That the additional amounts appropriated for 

11 the purposes of non-recurring maintenance and minor con12 struction may be used to carry out critical life-safety 

13 projects identified in the Department's annual facility con14 dition assessments; sustainment projects; modernization 

15 projects; infrastructure repair; renovations at existing Vet16 erans Health Administration medical centers and out17 patient clinics; and projects included in the Strategic Cap18 ital Investment Process plan: Provided further, That funds 

19 made available under this section for "Construction, 

20 Major Projects" shall be available for previously author21 ized and partially funded major construction projects: Pro22 vided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of 

23 section 8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, amounts 

24 made available under this heading for seismic improve25 ment projects and seismic program management activities 

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1 shall be available for the completion of both new and exist2 ing projects of the Department: Provided further, That the 

3 additional amounts appropriated under this section may 

4 not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Vet5 erans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropria6 tions of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees 

7 approve, a detailed expenditure plan, including project de8 scriptions and costs, for any non-recurring maintenance, 

9 minor construction, major construction, or seismic im10 provement project being funded with the additional 

11 amounts made available in this administrative provision. 

12 SEC. 249. (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.-

13 None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail14 able by this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General 

15 funded under this Act timely access to any records, docu16 ments, or other materials available to the department or 

17 agency of the United States Government over which such 

18 Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 

19 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or 

20 impede the access of such Inspector General to such 

21 records, documents, or other materials, under any provi22 sion of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers 

23 to such Inspector General and expressly limits the right 

24 of access of such Inspector General. 

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1 (b) TIMELY ACCESS.-A department or agency cov2 ered by this section shall provide its Inspector General ac3 cess to all records, documents, and other materials in a 

4 timely manner. 

5 (c) COMPLLiliCE.-Each Inspector General covered 

6 by this section shall ensure compliance with statutory limi7 tations on disclosure relevant to the information provided 

8 by the department or agency over which that Inspector 

9 General has responsibilities under the Inspector General 

10 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

11 (d) REPORT.-Each Inspector General covered by 

12 this section shall report to the Committee on Appropria13 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives within 5 calendar days 

15 of any failure by any department or agency covered by 

16 this section to comply with this section. 

17 SEC. 250. (a) Ph.ill REQUIRED.-Not later than 90 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate 

20 committees of Congress a plan to reduce the chances that 

21 clinical mistakes by employees of the Department of Vet22 erans Affairs will result in adverse events that require in23 stitutional or clinical disclosures and to prevent any un24 necessary hardship for patients and families impacted by 

25 such adverse events. 

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1 (b) ELEMENTS.-The plan required by subsection (a) 

2 shall include the following: 

3 (1) A description of a process for the timely 

4 identification of individuals impacted by disclosures 

5 described in subsection (a) and the process for con6 tacting those individuals or their next of kin. 

7 (2) A description of procedures for expediting 

8 any remedial or follow-up care required for those in9 dividuals. 

10 (3) A detailed outline of proposed changes to 

11 the process of the Department for clinical quality 

12 checks and oversight. 

13 ( 4) A communication plan to ensure all facili14 ties of the Department are made aware of any re15 quirements updated pursuant to the plan. 

16 ( 5) A timeline detailing the implementation of 

17 the plan. 

18 (6) An identification of the senior executive of 

19 the Department responsible for ensuring compliance 

20 with the plan. 

21 (7) An identification of potential impacts of the 

22 plan on timely diagnoses for patients. 

23 (8) An identification of the processes and proce24 dures for employees of the Department to make 

25 leadership at the facility and the Department aware 

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1 of adverse events that are concerning and that result 

2 in disclosures and to ensure that the medical impact 

3 on veterans of such disclosures is minimized. 

4 ( c) APPROPRL~TE COMl\IITTEES OF CONGRESS DE5 FINED.-In this section, the term "appropriate commit6 tees of Congress" means7 (1) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 

8 Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 

9 Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on 

10 Appropriations of the Senate; and 

11 (2) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 

12 Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 

13 Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on 

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

15 SEC. 251. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 

17 times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of 

18 the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

19 SEC. 252. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act to the Veterans Health 

21 Administration may be used in fiscal year 2019 to convert 

22 any program which received specific purpose funds in fis23 cal year 2018 to a general purpose funded program unless 

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1 tions of both Houses of Congress at least thirty days prior 

2 to any such action and an approval is issued by the Com3 mittees. 

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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

7 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun8 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

9 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

10 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

11 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase ( one-for12 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 

13 vehicles; not to exceed $42,000 for official reception and 

14 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 

15 vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 

16 countries, $104,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended. 

18 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

20 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 

21 sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex22 pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 

23 36, United States Code. 

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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERA1~S 

2 CLAIMS 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

4 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

5 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

6 authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 

7 United States Code, $34,955,000: Provided, That 

8 $2,580,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 

9 financial assistance as described and in accordance with 

10 the process and reporting procedures set forth under this 

11 heading in Public Law 102-229. 

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-CIVIL 

13 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARlYIY 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

15 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

16 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol17 diers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including 

18 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re19 placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 

20 $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

21 $80,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2021. In addition, 

23 such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 

24 repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ''Lease 

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1 of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 

2 Agencies" account. 

3 CONSTRUCTION 

4 For necessary expenses for planning and design and 

5 construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' 

6 and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, $33,600,000, to 

7 remain available until expended, for planning and design 

8 and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 

9 project at Arlington National Cemetery. 

10 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT H01VIE 

11 TRUST FUND 

12 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire13 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 

14 Retirement Home-Washington, District of Columbia, 

15 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Gulfport, Mis16 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 

17 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of 

18 which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

19 for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 

20 the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington, Dis21 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

22 Home-Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the 

23 amounts made available under this heading from funds 

24 available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 

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1 Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund 

2 of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 

4 SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 

5 established under 10 U.S.C. 4 727 are appropriated and 

6 shall be available until expended to support activities at 

7 the Army National Military Cemeteries. 

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1 TITLE IV 

2 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 

5 For an additional amount for ''Military Construction, 

6 Army", $192,250,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United States: 

8 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

9 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter10 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAv~ AND MARINE CORPS 

13 For an additional amount for "Military Construction, 

14 Navy and Marine Corps", $227,320,000, to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2023, for projects outside of the 

16 United States: Provided, That such amount is designated 

17 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

18 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 

22 For an additional amount for "Military Construction, 

23 Air Force" $414,800,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United States: 

25 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

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1 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter2 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 

5 For an additional amount for "Military Construction, 

6 Defense-Wide", $87,050,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United 

8 States: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

9 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

10 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

11 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

12 of 1985. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

14 SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

15 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

16 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

17 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

18 of 1985 shall be available only if the President subse19 quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

20 designations to the Congress. 

21 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated for mili22 tary construction projects outside the United States under 

23 this title may be obligated or expended for planning and 

24 design of any project associated with the European Deter25 rence Initiative until the Secretary of Defense develops 

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1 and submits to the congressional defense committees, in 

2 a classified and unclassified format, a list of all of the mili3 tary construction projects associated with the European 

4 Deterrence Initiative which the Secretary anticipates will 

5 be carried out during each of the fiscal years 2020 

6 through 2024. 

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1 TITLE V 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

6 SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 

8 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 

9 to which the funds are made available that the program, 

10 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 

11 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

12 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 

13 SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under 

14 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 

15 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

16 "E-Commerce" technologies and procedures in the con17 duct of their business practices and public service activi18 ties. 

19 SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no20 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 

21 Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans M22 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro23 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub24 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

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1 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

2 of the Senate. 

3 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in5 strumentality of the United States Government except 

6 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro7 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

8 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used for a project or program named for an 

10 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

11 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa12 tives. 

13 SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail14 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

15 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re16 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

17 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen18 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

19 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if20 (1) the public posting of the report com21 promises national security; or 

22 (2) the report contains confidential or propn23 etary information. 

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

25 do so only after such report has been made available to 

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1 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

2 no less than 45 days. 

3 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

5 network unless such network blocks the viewmg, 

6 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

7 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

8 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

9 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi10 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

11 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 

13 to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 

14 in contravention of sections 301-10.122 through 301-

15 10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

16 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv18 ices, including construction services, where the contractor 

19 has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

20 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the 

22 Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 

23 light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen24 cy's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 

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1 Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

2 24, 2011. 

3 SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.-None of the funds ap4 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

5 of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 

6 or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 

7 or possessions to house any individual detained at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 

9 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

10 under the control of the Department of Defense. 

11 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

12 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

13 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

14 ( c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

15 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

16 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who17 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

18 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

19 and 

20 (2) is21 (A) m the custody or under the effective 

22 control of the Department of Defense; or 

23 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

24 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

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1 This division may be cited as the ''Military Construc2 tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria3 tions Act, 2019". 

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1 And the Senate agree to the same. 

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