116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 264 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fi3 nancial services and general government for the fiscal year 

4 ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, 

5 namely: 

6 TITLE I 

7 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

8 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

11 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

12 Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas13 senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve14 ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 

15 for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec16 essary for the performance of official business; executive 

17 direction program activities; international affairs and eco18 nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac19 tivities, including technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and 

20 Treasury-wide management policies and programs activi21 ties, $208,751,000: Provided, That of the amount appro22 priated under this heading— 

23 (1) not to exceed $700,000 is for official recep24 tion and representation expenses, of which necessary 

25 amounts shall be available for expenses to support 
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1 activities of the Financial Action Task Force, and 

2 not to exceed $350,000 shall be for other official re3 ception and representation expenses; 

4 (2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 

5 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 

6 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

7 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

8 Secretary’s certificate; and 

9 (3) not to exceed $24,000,000 shall remain 

10 available until September 30, 2020, for— 

11 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 

12 Audit and Internal Control Program; 

13 (B) information technology modernization 

14 requirements; 

15 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra16 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 

17 (D) the development and implementation 

18 of programs within the Office of Critical Infra19 structure Protection and Compliance Policy, in20 cluding entering into cooperative agreements; 

21 (E) operations and maintenance of facili22 ties; and 

23 (F) international operations. 
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1 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

4 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys5 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter6 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

7 proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 

8 national security threats, $159,000,000: Provided, That of 

9 the amount appropriated under this heading: (1) up to 

10 $33,500,000 may be transferred to the Departmental Of11 fices Salaries and Expenses appropriation and shall be 

12 available for administrative support to the Office of Ter13 rorism and Financial Intelligence; and (2) up to 

14 $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2020: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

16 under this heading, not less than $1,000,000 shall be used 

17 to support and augment new and ongoing investigations 

18 into the illicit trade of synthetic opioids, particularly 

19 fentanyl and its analogues, originating from the People’s 

20 Republic of China: Provided further, That not later than 

21 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

22 Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Ad23 ministrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and 

24 the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall 

25 submit a comprehensive report (which shall be submitted 
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1 in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex) 

2 summarizing efforts by actors in the People’s Republic of 

3 China to subvert United States laws and to supply illicit 

4 synthetic opioids to persons in the United States, includ5 ing up-to-date estimates of the scale of illicit synthetic 

6 opioids flows from the People’s Republic of China, to the 

7 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Home8 land Security, and the Committee on Financial Services 

9 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

10 Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and 

11 Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Banking, 

12 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

13 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT

14 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 

15 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 

16 $25,208,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2021: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 

18 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas19 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur20 ther, That the Chief Information Officer of the individual 

21 offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each 

22 investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for 

23 approval: Provided further, That the submitted spend plan 

24 shall be reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief In25 formation Officer prior to the obligation of funds under 
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1 this heading: Provided further, That of the total amount 

2 made available under this heading $1,000,000 shall be 

3 available for administrative expenses for the Treasury 

4 Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of the in5 vestments made under this heading: Provided further, 

6 That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any 

7 other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Infor8 mation Officer. 

9 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

10 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

13 processing equipment, software, and services and for re14 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart15 ment of the Treasury, $4,000,000, to remain available 

16 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That these funds 

17 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec18 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of19 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

20 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

21 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur22 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head23 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev24 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 

25 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

5 General Act of 1978, $37,044,000, including hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 

7 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con8 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 

9 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 

10 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2020, shall be for audits and investigations 

12 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 

13 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re14 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 

15 U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 

16 shall be available for official reception and representation 

17 expenses. 

18 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

22 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In23 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur24 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

25 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 
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1 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 

2 for Tax Administration; $169,634,000, of which 

3 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2020; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 

5 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 

6 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 

7 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

8 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra9 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 

10 for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED

12 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 

15 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 

16 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

17 Law 110–343), $17,500,000. 

18 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En21 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve22 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

23 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

24 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in25 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
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1 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

2 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

3 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 

4 with or without reimbursement, $117,800,000, of which 

5 not to exceed $34,335,000 shall remain available until 

6 September 30, 2021. 

7 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 

10 of the Fiscal Service, $338,280,000; of which not to ex11 ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2021, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 

13 and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 

14 and representation expenses. 

15 In addition, $165,000, to be derived from the Oil 

16 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 

17 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 

18 Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 

19 380. 

20 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

23 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 

24 passenger motor vehicles, $111,439,000; of which not to 

25 exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
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1 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

2 development programs for laboratory services; and provi3 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

4 with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the 

5 amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall 

6 be for the costs of accelerating the processing of formula 

7 and label applications: Provided further, That of the 

8 amount appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to 

9 remain available until September 30, 2020. 

10 UNITED STATES MINT

11 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

12 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

13 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

14 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

15 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis16 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper17 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 

18 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in19 curred during fiscal year 2019 under such section 5136 

20 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in21 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 

22 $30,000,000. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

2 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

4 Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

5 I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 

6 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 

7 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

8 to the rate for EX–3, $250,000,000. Of the amount ap9 propriated under this heading— 

10 (1) not less than $182,000,000, notwith11 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 

12 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg13 ing Community Development Financial Institutions 

14 Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 

15 2020, for financial assistance and technical assist16 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

17 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 

18 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 

19 $2,680,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans: 

20 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 

21 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

22 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres23 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

24 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
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1 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 

2 exceed $25,000,000; 

3 (2) not less than $16,000,000, notwithstanding 

4 section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 

5 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2020, for 

6 financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 

7 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

8 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com9 munities and provided primarily through qualified 

10 community development lender organizations with 

11 experience and expertise in community development 

12 banking and lending in Indian country, Native 

13 American organizations, tribes and tribal organiza14 tions, and other suitable providers; 

15 (3) not less than $25,000,000 is available until 

16 September 30, 2020, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

17 program; 

18 (4) up to $27,000,000 is available until Sep19 tember 30, 2019, for administrative expenses, in20 cluding administration of CDFI fund programs and 

21 the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not 

22 less than $1,000,000 is for development of tools to 

23 better assess and inform CDFI investment perform24 ance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex25 penses to carry out the direct loan program; and 
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1 (5) during fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 

2 available under this heading are available for the 

3 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

4 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 

5 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 

6 Community Development and Regulatory Improve7 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 

8 That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 

9 under such section 114A shall not exceed 

10 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 

11 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 

12 2019: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 

13 under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be 

14 used for awards that support investments that serve 

15 populations living in persistent poverty counties: 

16 Provided further, That for the purposes of this sec17 tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means 

18 any county that has had 20 percent or more of its 

19 population living in poverty over the past 30 years, 

20 as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen21 suses and the 2011–2015 5-year data series avail22 able from the American Community Survey of the 

23 Census Bureau. 
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1 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

2 TAXPAYER SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv4 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist5 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 

6 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 

7 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

8 Commissioner, $2,506,554,000, of which not less than 

9 $9,890,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 

10 Program, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be 

11 available for low-income taxpayer clinic grants, of which 

12 not less than $20,000,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2020, shall be available for a Community Vol14 unteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants program 

15 for tax return preparation assistance, and of which not 

16 less than $206,000,000 shall be available for operating ex17 penses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That 

18 of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 

19 Service, not less than $5,500,000 shall be for identity 

20 theft and refund fraud casework. 

21 ENFORCEMENT

22 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

23 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

24 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con25 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 
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1 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi2 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi3 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 

4 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 

5 determined by the Commissioner, $4,860,000,000, of 

6 which not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2020, and of which not less than 

8 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 

9 Enforcement program. 

10 OPERATIONS SUPPORT

11 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv12 ice to support taxpayer services and enforcement pro13 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print14 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

15 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

16 of income; telecommunications; information technology de17 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se18 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

19 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 

20 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 

21 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 

22 Commissioner; $3,709,000,000, of which not to exceed 

23 $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2020; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 

25 available until expended for acquisition of equipment and 
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1 construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which 

2 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2021, for research; of which not to exceed 

4 $20,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

5 expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 

6 end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 

7 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 

9 Comptroller General of the United States detailing the 

10 cost and schedule performance for its major information 

11 technology investments, including the purpose and life12 cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost 

13 and schedule variances; the risks of such investments and 

14 strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to miti15 gate such risks; and the expected developmental mile16 stones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 

17 quarter: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Serv18 ice shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 

19 2020, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor20 mation for its major information technology systems. 

21 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

22 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv23 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

24 $110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2021, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
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1 nology systems, including management and related con2 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter3 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as4 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

5 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the end of 

6 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

7 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp9 troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 

10 schedule performance for major information technology in11 vestments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of 

12 the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule 

13 variances; the risks of such investments and the strategies 

14 the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such 

15 risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be 

16 achieved and costs to be incurred in the next quarter. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

18 SERVICE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria21 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

22 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 

23 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 

24 Committees on Appropriations. 
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1 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main2 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

3 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 

4 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im5 partial application of tax law. 

6 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti7 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe8 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro9 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

10 SEC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 

11 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

12 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi13 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 

14 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

15 to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 

16 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 

17 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

18 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

19 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available to the 

20 Internal Revenue Service by this Act may be used to make 

21 a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de22 termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 

23 taking into account the cost, topic, tone, and purpose of 

24 the video. 
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1 SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

2 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

3 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

4 such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 

5 and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 

6 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

7 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic8 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

9 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available under 

10 this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 

11 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

12 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con13 stitution of the United States. 

14 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 

16 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

17 beliefs. 

18 SEC. 109. None of funds made available by this Act 

19 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex20 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce21 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

22 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

23 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re24 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

25 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
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1 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

2 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana3 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

4 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

6 expended— 

7 (1) to make a payment to any employee under 

8 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 

9 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection 

10 process with respect to re-hiring a former employee, 

11 unless such program or process takes into account 

12 the conduct and Federal tax compliance of such em13 ployee or former employee. 

14 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 

16 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

17 and disclosure of returns and return information). 

18 SEC. 112. Except to the extent provided in section 

19 6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

20 1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available 

21 to the Secretary of the Treasury to provide to any person 

22 a proposed final return or statement for use by such per23 son to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 

24 Code. 
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1 SEC. 113. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 

2 available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, 

3 $77,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2020, 

4 shall be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Tax5 payer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ 

6 accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional 

7 amount to be used solely for carrying out Public Law 115– 

8 97: Provided, That such funds shall not be available until 

9 the Commissioner submits to the Committees on Appro10 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

11 a spending plan for such funds. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

13 TREASURY

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 

16 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al17 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

18 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

19 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

20 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

21 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

22 and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 

23 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

24 of health and medical services to employees and their de-
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1 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author2 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

3 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria4 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De5 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

6 Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’, ‘‘Office of Inspec7 tor General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Troubled 

8 Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement 

9 Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol 

10 and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be transferred 

11 between such appropriations upon the advance approval 

12 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer 

14 under this section may increase or decrease any such ap15 propriation by more than 2 percent. 

16 SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

18 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen19 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad20 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

22 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro23 priation by more than 2 percent. 

24 SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

25 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
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1 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

2 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

3 SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans4 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries 

5 and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as necessary 

6 to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That such 

7 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

8 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec9 tion Fund. 

10 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

12 by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu13 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

15 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

16 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

17 Affairs. 

18 SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

20 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav21 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

22 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func23 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

24 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

25 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-
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1 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent3 atives and the Senate. 

4 SEC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

5 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De6 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re7 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

8 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

9 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 

10 2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

11 Act for Fiscal Year 2019. 

12 SEC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail13 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus14 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

15 representation expenses. 

16 SEC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

17 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro18 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

19 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an20 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

21 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest22 ment spending from all accounts within the Department 

23 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart24 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac25 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-
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1 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 

2 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur3 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 

4 project that has not been fully completed. 

5 SEC. 124. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

7 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

9 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran10 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

11 provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 

12 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

13 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip14 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran15 chise Fund. 

16 SEC. 125. During fiscal year 2019— 

17 (1) none of the funds made available in this or 

18 any other Act may be used by the Department of 

19 the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv20 ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev21 enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par22 ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 

23 used to determine whether an organization is oper24 ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 

25 for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
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1 Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu2 lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 

3 29, 2013)); and 

4 (2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 

5 January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de6 terminations shall apply after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 

8 under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza9 tions created on, before, or after such date. 

10 SEC. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 

11 of each quarter, the Office of Financial Stability and the 

12 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 

13 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

15 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 

16 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

17 Affairs. 

18 (b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 

19 include— 

20 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

21 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

22 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

23 of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 

24 (3) the number of full-time equivalents within 

25 each office during the previous quarter; 
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1 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva2 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis3 cal year; and 

4 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec5 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

6 (c) At the request of any such Committees specified 

7 in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Stability and the 

8 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 

9 to testify on the contents of the reports required under 

10 subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 127. Amounts made available under the heading 

12 ‘‘Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’ shall be 

13 available to reimburse the ‘‘Departmental Offices—Sala14 ries and Expenses’’ account for expenses incurred in such 

15 account for reception and representation expenses to sup16 port activities of the Financial Action Task Force. 

17 SEC. 128. Amounts in the Bureau of Engraving and 

18 Printing Fund may be used for the acquisition of nec19 essary land for, and construction of, a replacement cur20 rency production facility. 

21 SEC. 129. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

22 enactment of this Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement 

23 Network and the appropriate divisions of the Department 

24 of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report on any 
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1 Geographic Targeting Orders issued since 2016, includ2 ing— 

3 (1) the type of data collected; 

4 (2) how the Financial Crimes Enforcement Net5 work uses the data; 

6 (3) whether the Financial Crimes Enforcement 

7 Network needs more authority to combat money 

8 laundering through high-end real estate; 

9 (4) how a record of beneficial ownership would 

10 improve and assist law enforcement efforts to inves11 tigate and prosecute criminal activity and prevent 

12 the use of shell companies to facilitate money laun13 dering, tax evasion, terrorism financing, election 

14 fraud, and other illegal activity; and 

15 (5) the feasibility of implementing Geographic 

16 Targeting Orders on a permanent basis on all real 

17 estate transactions in the United States greater than 

18 $300,000. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

20 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

3 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

4 THE WHITE HOUSE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the White House as au7 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

8 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 

9 subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 

10 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

11 section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 

12 to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 

13 provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 

14 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail15 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi16 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 

17 Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

18 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 

19 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 

22 at the White House, $13,081,000, to be expended and ac23 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

24 112–114. 
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1 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

2 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi3 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec4 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

5 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

6 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

7 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

8 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

9 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob10 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex11 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

12 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit13 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti14 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

15 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

16 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

17 shall require the national committee of the political party 

18 of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 

19 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat20 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

21 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

22 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

23 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

24 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

25 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
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1 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

2 after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 

3 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

4 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

5 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

6 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out7 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

8 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 

9 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 

10 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella11 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi12 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap13 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

14 the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 

15 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res16 idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

17 amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 

18 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

19 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 

20 events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 

21 reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 

22 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

23 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 

24 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 

25 for the classification of any such expense as political or 
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1 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 

2 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res3 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub4 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

5 Code. 

6 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

7 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

8 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 

9 U.S.C. 105(d), $750,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 

11 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 

12 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

15 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ16 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,187,000. 

17 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND

18 SECURITY COUNCIL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

21 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 

22 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,800,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra4 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

5 and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

6 $100,000,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended for continued moderniza8 tion of information resources within the Executive Office 

9 of the President. 

10 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

13 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

14 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 

15 the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 

16 Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 

17 States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 

18 title 31, United States Code, $101,000,000, of which not 

19 to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa20 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro21 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

22 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri23 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

24 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree25 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 
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1 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

2 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

3 the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit4 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

5 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap6 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

7 That none of the funds made available for the Office of 

8 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

9 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 

10 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made 

12 available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 

13 Act, no less than three full-time equivalent senior staff po14 sition shall be dedicated solely to the Office of the Intellec15 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator: Provided further, 

16 That none of the funds provided in this or prior Acts shall 

17 be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Manage18 ment and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water 

19 resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief 

20 of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 

21 are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and 

22 requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 

23 planning process: Provided further, That the Office of 

24 Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 

25 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water 
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1 resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has re2 ported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 

3 of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate 

4 authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60- 

5 day review is initiated: Provided further, That if water re6 source reports have not been transmitted to the appro7 priate authorizing and appropriating committees within 

8 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and 

9 Budget review period based on the notification from the 

10 Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 

11 and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord12 ingly. 

13 In addition, $2,000,000 for the Office of Information 

14 and Regulatory Affairs to hire additional personnel dedi15 cated to regulatory review and reforms: Provided, That 

16 these amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts 

17 available for such purpose: Provided further, That these 

18 funds may not be used to backfill vacancies. 

19 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

22 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

23 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza24 tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 

25 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
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1 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

2 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

3 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with4 out reimbursement, $18,400,000: Provided, That the Of5 fice is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize 

6 gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without 

7 fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili8 tating the work of the Office. 

9 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

10 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

13 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

14 Areas Program, $280,000,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2020, for drug control activities consistent 

16 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

17 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 

18 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 

19 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

20 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

21 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans22 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 

23 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

24 Control Policy, of which up to $2,700,000 may be used 

25 for auditing services and associated activities: Provided 
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1 further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of Public 

2 Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis3 cal year 2017 may be used for any other approved activi4 ties of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming require5 ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as 

6 of September 30, 2018, shall be funded at not less than 

7 the fiscal year 2018 base level, unless the Director submits 

8 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to 

10 those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub11 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 

12 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di13 rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

14 the initial allocation of fiscal year 2019 funding among 

15 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

16 Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 

17 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta18 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 

19 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 

20 a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 

21 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 

22 provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap25 propriation. 
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1 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

4 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

5 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $117,327,000, to re6 main available until expended, which shall be available as 

7 follows: $99,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Pro8 gram, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as di9 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

10 by Public Law 109–469 (21 U.S.C. 1521 note); 

11 $2,000,000 for drug court training and technical assist12 ance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,577,000 for 

13 the United States membership dues to the World Anti14 Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available 

15 as directed by section 1105 of Public Law 109–469; and 

16 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

17 for activities authorized by section 103 of Public Law 

18 114–198: Provided, That amounts made available under 

19 this heading may be transferred to other Federal depart20 ments and agencies to carry out such activities. 

21 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

22 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

23 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

24 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 

25 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
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1 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2020. 

3 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte6 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 

7 technology in the Federal Government, $19,000,000, to 

8 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc9 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 

10 these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 

11 projects to meet these purposes. 

12 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

15 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

16 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

17 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex18 penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex19 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,288,000. 

21 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

22 OPERATING EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

25 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
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1 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi2 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

3 motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 

4 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That advances, re5 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 

6 made to any department or agency for expenses of car7 rying out such activities. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

9 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

10 THE PRESIDENT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 

13 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi14 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

15 Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 

16 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of17 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi18 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 

19 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

20 such other officer as the President may designate in writ21 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap24 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

25 with and available for the same time and for the same 
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1 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro2 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

3 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro4 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

5 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi6 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

7 Vice President. 

8 SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2019, any Executive 

9 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 

10 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 

11 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg12 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 

13 revenues, of such order or memorandum. 

14 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

15 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im16 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 

17 Government; 

18 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

19 obligations and outlays as the result of such order 

20 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 

21 year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 

22 year 2019; and 

23 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov24 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 
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1 over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 

2 2019. 

3 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo4 randum is issued during fiscal year 2019 due to a national 

5 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 

6 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 

7 (a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 

8 or memorandum is issued. 

9 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi10 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 

11 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 

12 of $100,000,000. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 

14 the President Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

15 TITLE III 

16 THE JUDICIARY 

17 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su20 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

21 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 

22 vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not 

23 to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation 

24 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 
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1 as the Chief Justice may approve, $84,703,000, of which 

2 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 

3 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

4 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

5 justice and associate justices of the court. 

6 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

7 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

8 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im9 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

10 $15,999,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

12 CIRCUIT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec15 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

16 $32,016,000. 

17 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

18 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

19 judge and judges of the court. 

20 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 

23 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author24 ized by law, $19,450,000. 
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1 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

2 be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 

3 judge and judges of the court. 

4 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

5 JUDICIAL SERVICES

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 

8 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi9 cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 

10 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 

11 and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 

12 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author13 ized by law, $5,154,461,000 (including the purchase of 

14 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

15 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 

16 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 

17 related to new space alteration and construction projects. 

18 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

19 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 

20 and district judges (including judges of the territorial 

21 courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus22 tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 

23 service. 

24 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

25 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 
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1 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub2 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $8,475,000, to be appro3 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

4 Fund. 

5 DEFENDER SERVICES

6 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

7 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor8 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 

9 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim10 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 

11 expert, and other services for such representations as au12 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 

13 maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 

14 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

15 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa16 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 

17 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 

18 actions for the protection of their employment, as author19 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim20 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 

21 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 

22 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse23 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 

24 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 
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1 general administrative expenses, $1,140,846,000 to re2 main available until expended. 

3 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

4 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

5 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis6 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa7 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

8 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro9 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $49,750,000, 

10 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

11 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 

12 daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 

13 5332. 

14 COURT SECURITY

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

17 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

18 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

19 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa20 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

21 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

22 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

23 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

24 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

25 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi-
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1 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve2 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

3 $604,460,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 

4 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

5 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

6 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

7 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

8 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

9 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen10 eral. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

12 COURTS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

15 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ16 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas17 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

18 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else19 where, $92,413,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au20 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

21 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen24 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $29,819,000; 

25 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2020, to provide education and training to 

2 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

3 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa4 tion expenses. 

5 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

8 the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 

9 Code, $18,548,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

14 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

15 be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

16 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria17 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi18 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro19 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

20 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De21 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

22 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis23 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

24 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

25 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
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1 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 

2 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

3 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 

4 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 

6 of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 

7 shall be available for official reception and representation 

8 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

9 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

10 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 

11 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

12 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

13 SEC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 

14 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec15 utive’’ each place it appears. 

16 SEC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 

17 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

18 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 

19 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

20 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

21 United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 

22 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De23 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

24 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build25 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-
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1 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

2 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

3 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

4 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve5 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

6 note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 

7 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis8 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘27 years and 6 

9 months’’ and inserting ‘‘28 years and 6 months’’; 

10 and 

11 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis12 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘24 years and 6 

13 months’’ and inserting ‘‘25 years and 6 months’’. 

14 (b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 

15 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis16 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria17 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 

18 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 

19 (relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 

20 ‘‘25 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘26 years and 

21 6 months’’. 

22 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart23 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 

24 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 
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1 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘16 years’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘17 years’’; 

3 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen4 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘15 years 

5 and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘16 years and 6 

6 months’’; and 

7 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west8 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘14 

9 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years’’. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria11 tions Act, 2019’’. 

12 TITLE IV 

13 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

14 FEDERAL FUNDS

15 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

16 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

17 to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 

18 program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 

19 Columbia resident tuition support, $30,000,000, to remain 

20 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in21 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be22 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

23 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

24 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu25 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 
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1 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

2 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

3 of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 

4 eligible students and such other factors as may be author5 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov6 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi7 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

8 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

9 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal10 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

11 this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 

12 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

13 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

14 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup15 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

16 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

17 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

18 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show19 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur20 pose therefor. 

21 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

22 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

23 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de24 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ25 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 
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1 of surrounding jurisdictions, $12,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 

3 safety at events related to the presence of the National 

4 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re5 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv6 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 

7 of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 

8 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

9 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 

10 surrounding jurisdictions. 

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 COURTS

13 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum14 bia Courts, $244,939,000 to be allocated as follows: for 

15 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, $13,379,000, 

16 of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 

17 representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 

18 District of Columbia, $121,251,000, of which not to ex19 ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex20 penses; for the District of Columbia Court System, 

21 $71,909,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 

22 reception and representation expenses; and $38,400,000, 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2020, for capital 

24 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili25 ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im-
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1 provements shall be expended consistent with the District 

2 of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi3 tion assessment: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

4 any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 

5 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage6 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

7 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

8 of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days 

9 after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap10 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen11 ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 

12 more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this 

13 heading among the items and entities funded under this 

14 heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 

15 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 

16 by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 

17 the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of 

18 title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 

19 of Columbia Courts. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

21 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

24 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen25 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 
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1 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro2 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

3 District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 

4 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

5 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech6 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

7 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

8 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

9 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay10 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 

11 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 

12 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du13 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 

14 remain available until expended: Provided, That not more 

15 than $20,000,000 in unobligated funds provided in this 

16 account may be transferred to and merged with funds 

17 made available under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to 

18 the District of Columbia Courts,’’ to be available for the 

19 same period and purposes as funds made available under 

20 that heading for capital improvements to District of Co21 lumbia courthouse facilities: Provided further, That funds 

22 provided under this heading shall be administered by the 

23 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis24 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-
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1 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

2 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

3 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen4 cies. 

5 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF6 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

7 OF COLUMBIA

8 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

9 hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 

10 Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au11 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self12 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $256,724,000, of 

13 which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 

14 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

15 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 

16 to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating 

17 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

18 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 

19 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head20 ing, $183,166,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com21 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in22 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 

23 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re24 lated to such persons, of which $5,919,000 shall remain 

25 available until September 30, 2021 for costs associated 
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1 with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters 

2 offices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, 

3 That, of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

4 $73,558,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services 

5 Agency, of which $7,304,000 shall remain available until 

6 September 30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation 

7 under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field 

8 offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That not9 withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 

10 under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 

11 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex12 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal13 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur14 ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for 

15 programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully 

16 complete their terms of supervision. 

17 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

18 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

19 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

20 hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 

21 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

22 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

23 1997, $45,858,000, of which $4,471,000 shall be available 

24 until September 30, 2021 for costs associated with reloca25 tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, 
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1 field offices, and related facilities: Provided, That notwith2 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 

3 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 

4 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 

5 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

6 expenses of Federal agencies. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

8 COORDINATING COUNCIL

9 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co10 ordinating Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until 

11 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

12 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis13 trict of Columbia. 

14 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

15 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2020, to the Commission on Judicial Dis17 abilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomi18 nation Commission, $270,000. 

19 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

20 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro21 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 

22 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

23 the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

24 C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 

25 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 
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1 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 

2 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 

3 available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 

4 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu5 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre6 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro7 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall 

8 be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 

9 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 

10 activities specified in section 3009 of the Act. 

11 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 NATIONAL GUARD

13 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

14 National Guard, $435,000, to remain available until ex15 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis16 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

17 Access Program. 

18 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

19 HIV/AIDS

20 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

21 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in22 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac23 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co24 lumbia, $2,000,000. 
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1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

2 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co3 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 

4 of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro5 grams and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘PART

6 A—SUMMARY OF EXPENSES’’ and at the rate set forth 

7 under such heading, as included in the Fiscal Year 2019 

8 Budget Request Act of 2018 submitted to Congress by 

9 the District of Columbia, as amended as of the date of 

10 enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 

11 any other provision of law, except as provided in section 

12 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 

13 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 

14 the Financial Services and General Government Appro15 priations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. 

16 Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount 

17 appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 

18 District of Columbia for fiscal year 2019 under this head19 ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 

20 Year 2019 Budget Request Act of 2018 submitted to Con21 gress by the District of Columbia, as amended as of the 

22 date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total reve23 nues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: Pro24 vided further, That the amount appropriated may be in25 creased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 
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1 expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 

2 capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 

3 be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 

4 comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis5 trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 

6 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

7 shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the 

8 District of Columbia meets these requirements, including 

9 the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the ap10 propriations and funds made available to the District dur11 ing fiscal year 2019, except that the Chief Financial Offi12 cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

13 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 

14 capital projects. 

15 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

16 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

17 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

18 Water and Sewer Authority, $10,000,000, to remain avail19 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

20 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

21 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

22 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 

24 Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con6 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

7 et seq., $3,100,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2020, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re9 ception and representation expenses. 

10 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

12 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in13 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

14 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 

15 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $281,500,000, 

16 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

17 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 

18 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

19 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu20 latory officials, of which not less than $57,000,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 2020, shall be for the 

22 purchase of information technology and of which not less 

23 than $3,302,509 shall be for expenses of the Office of the 

24 Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the 

25 limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under 
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1 this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations 

2 equal to current year payments on leases entered into 

3 prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur4 ther, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any 

5 lease obligations that should have been recorded and liq6 uidated against accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

7 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such 

8 amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in a no-year 

9 account in the Treasury, which has been established for 

10 the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liqui11 dating such unpaid obligations. 

12 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

15 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve16 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

17 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv18 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

19 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi20 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

21 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex22 penses, $126,000,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT

2 SAFETY COMMISSION

3 SEC. 501. During fiscal year 2019, none of the 

4 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final5 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 

6 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 

7 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 

8 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 

9 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con10 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 

11 Administration and the Department of Defense, 

12 completes a study to determine— 

13 (A) the technical validity of the lateral sta14 bility and vehicle handling requirements pro15 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc16 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi17 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll18 overs in the off-road environment, including the 

19 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 

20 compliance with such requirements; 

21 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that 

22 would be prevented if the proposed require23 ments were adopted; 

24 (C) whether there is a technical basis for 

25 the proposal to provide information on a point- 
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1 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist2 ance on a progressive scale; and 

3 (D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 

4 by the United States military if the proposed 

5 requirements were adopted; and 

6 (2) a report containing the results of the study 

7 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 

8 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

9 and Transportation of the Senate; 

10 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com11 merce of the House of Representatives; 

12 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

13 the Senate; and 

14 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

15 the House of Representatives. 

16 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer20 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $9,200,000, 

21 of which $1,500,000 shall be transferred to the National 

22 Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform 

23 activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 

24 2002. 
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1 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica4 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni5 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

7 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi8 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

9 5 U.S.C. 3109, $333,118,000, to remain available until 

10 expended: Provided, That $333,118,000 of offsetting col11 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 

12 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 

13 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 

14 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

15 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 

16 collections are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to 

17 result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated 

18 at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re19 ceived in excess of $333,118,000 in fiscal year 2019 shall 

20 not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re21 maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 

22 excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 

23 year and otherwise becoming available on October 1, 2018, 

24 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, 

25 That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds 
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1 from the use of a competitive bidding system that may 

2 be retained and made available for obligation shall not ex3 ceed $130,284,000 for fiscal year 2019: Provided further, 

4 That, of the amount appropriated under this heading, not 

5 less than $11,064,000 shall be for the salaries and ex6 penses of the Office of Inspector General. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL

8 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

9 SEC. 510. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

10 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

11 to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 

12 universal service support payments to implement the Feb13 ruary 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State 

14 Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec15 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup16 port payments. 

17 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

18 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, $42,982,000, to be derived from the 

22 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

23 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 
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1 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

5 $71,250,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail6 able for reception and representation expenses. 

7 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

10 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga11 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

12 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

13 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult14 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi15 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

16 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 

17 Columbia and elsewhere, $26,200,000: Provided, That 

18 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 

19 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub20 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 

21 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 

22 compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 

23 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re24 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 

25 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 
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1 to and merged with this account, to be available without 

2 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 

3 conferences. 

4 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com7 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au8 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

9 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

10 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa11 tion expenses, $309,700,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

13 available for use to contract with a person or persons for 

14 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

15 U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law, not to exceed $136,000,000 of off17 setting collections derived from fees collected for 

18 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro19 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

20 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 

21 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

22 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law, not to exceed $17,000,000 in offsetting collec24 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 

25 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 
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1 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven2 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 

3 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 

4 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here5 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

6 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

7 year 2019, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appro8 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

9 $156,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

10 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

11 used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 

12 the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 

13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

14 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

15 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

16 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec19 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec20 essary expenses of real property management and related 

21 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

22 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

23 buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 

24 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen25 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
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1 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al2 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci3 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

4 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 

5 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe6 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 

7 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur8 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

9 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con10 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre11 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

12 otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip13 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter14 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

15 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag16 gregate amount of $9,633,450,000, of which— 

17 (1) $1,080,068,000 shall remain available until 

18 expended for construction and acquisition (including 

19 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 

20 and construction services) as follows: 

21 (A) $767,900,000 shall be for the Depart22 ment of Transportation Lease Purchase Option, 

23 Washington, District of Columbia; 
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1 (B) $100,000,000 shall be for the DHS 

2 Consolidation at St. Elizabeths, Washington, 

3 District of Columbia; 

4 (C) $27,268,000 shall be for the Former 

5 Hardesty Federal Complex, Kansas City, Mis6 souri; 

7 (D) $9,000,000 shall be for the Southeast 

8 Federal Center Remediation, Washington, Dis9 trict of Columbia; and 

10 (E) $175,900,000 shall be for the Calexico 

11 West Land Port of Entry, Calexico, California: 

12 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 

13 on new construction and acquisition projects may be 

14 exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in 

15 other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of 

16 the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 

17 required, unless advance approval is obtained from 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 

19 amount; 

20 (2) $890,419,000 shall remain available until 

21 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso22 ciated design and construction services, of which— 

23 (A) $424,690,000 is for Major Repairs and 

24 Alterations; 
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1 (B) $373,556,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

2 Alterations; and 

3 (C) $92,173,000 is for Special Emphasis 

4 Programs, of which— 

5 (i) $30,000,000 is for Fire and Life 

6 Safety; 

7 (ii) $11,500,000 is for Judiciary Cap8 ital Security; and 

9 (iii) $50,673,000 is for Consolidation 

10 Activities: Provided, That consolidation 

11 projects result in reduced annual rent paid 

12 by the tenant agency: Provided further, 

13 That no consolidation project exceed 

14 $10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, 

15 That consolidation projects are approved 

16 by each of the committees specified in sec17 tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 

18 Code: Provided further, That preference is 

19 given to consolidation projects that achieve 

20 a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet 

21 or less per person for office space: Pro22 vided further, That the obligation of funds 

23 under this paragraph for consolidation ac24 tivities may not be made until 10 days 

25 after a proposed spending plan and expla-
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1 nation for each project to be undertaken, 

2 including estimated savings, has been sub3 mitted to the Committees on Appropria4 tions of the House of Representatives and 

5 the Senate: 

6 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 

7 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re8 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 

9 be limited to the amount identified for each project, 

10 except each project in this or any previous Act may 

11 be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent 

12 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro14 vided further, That additional projects for which 

15 prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund16 ed under this category only if advance approval is 

17 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 

18 Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

19 or any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may 

20 be used to fund costs associated with implementing 

21 security improvements to buildings necessary to 

22 meet the minimum standards for security in accord23 ance with current law and in compliance with the re24 programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit25 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 
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1 the difference between the funds appropriated and 

2 expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, 

3 under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 

4 be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 

5 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 

6 projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 

7 in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alter8 ations may be used to pay claims against the Gov9 ernment arising from any projects under the heading 

10 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund author11 ized increases in prospectus projects; 

12 (3) $5,418,845,000 for rental of space to re13 main available until expended; and 

14 (4) $2,244,118,000 for building operations to 

15 remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

16 total amount of funds made available from this 

17 Fund to the General Services Administration shall 

18 not be available for expenses of any construction, re19 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 

20 prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 

21 not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

22 be expended for each project for required expenses 

23 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro24 vided further, That funds available in the Federal 

25 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-
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1 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 

2 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

3 That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable 

4 special services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 

5 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 

6 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities 

7 on private or other property not in Government own8 ership or control as may be appropriate to enable 

9 the United States Secret Service to perform its pro10 tective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall 

11 be available from such revenues and collections: Pro12 vided further, That revenues and collections and any 

13 other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 

14 2019, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 

15 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new 

16 obligational authority authorized for Real Property 

17 Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act 

18 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available 

19 for expenditure except as authorized in appropria20 tions Acts. 

21 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

22 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

23 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro24 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac25 tivities associated with the management of real and per-
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1 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

2 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

3 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 

4 management, and related technology activities; and serv5 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,499,000. 

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro8 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

9 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis10 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man11 agement, and communications; and services as authorized 

12 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,440,000, of which not less than 

13 $26,890,000 is for Real and Personal Property Manage14 ment and Disposal; and up to $22,550,000 is for the Of15 fice of the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 

16 is for official reception and representation expenses. 

17 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

18 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro19 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 

20 Board of Contract Appeals, $9,301,000. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General and service authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

25 $65,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall 
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1 be available for payment for information and detection of 

2 fraud against the Government, including payment for re3 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

4 That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 

5 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

6 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en7 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

8 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, 

9 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

10 transferred to the Council of the Inspectors General on 

11 Integrity and Efficiency for enhancements to 

12 www.oversight.gov: Provided, That these amounts shall be 

13 in addition to any other amounts available to the Council 

14 of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency for 

15 such purpose. 

16 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

17 PRESIDENTS

18 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

19 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

20 $4,796,000. 

21 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 

24 Programs, including services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 

25 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in sup-
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1 port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov2 ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec3 tronically, through the development and implementation of 

4 innovative uses of information technology; $55,000,000, to 

5 be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro6 vided, That the previous amount may be transferred to 

7 Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal 

8 Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the appro9 priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections de10 posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for 

11 necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other 

12 activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance 

13 its ability to conduct activities electronically in the aggre14 gate amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided fur15 ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 

16 collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2019 

17 in excess of such amount shall remain in the Fund and 

18 shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 

19 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the transfer 

20 authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any 

21 other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

22 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND

23 For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets 

24 Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), 

25 $15,500,000, to be deposited into the Asset Proceeds and 
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1 Space Management Fund, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND

4 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 

5 Improvement Fund established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

6 4370m–8(d), $6,070,000, to remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 

12 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

13 motor vehicles. 

14 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

15 made available for fiscal year 2019 for Federal Buildings 

16 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

17 only to the extent necessary to meet program require18 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap19 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

21 SEC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 

22 funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 

23 a fiscal year 2020 request for United States Courthouse 

24 construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 

25 standards for construction as established and approved by 
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1 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con2 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage3 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

4 Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 

5 Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 

6 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 

7 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

8 SEC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

9 be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 

10 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

11 other service usually provided through the Federal Build12 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

13 square foot assessment for space and services as deter14 mined by the General Services Administration in consider15 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

16 (Public Law 92–313). 

17 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 

18 heading Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail19 ability of Revenue, claims against the Government of less 

20 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

21 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav22 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti23 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

24 of Representatives and the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 

2 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub4 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

5 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con6 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin7 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

8 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

9 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

10 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter11 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

12 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro13 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

14 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

17 the resolution. 

18 SEC. 526. With respect to each project funded under 

19 the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judici20 ary Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E– 

21 Government projects funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 

22 Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General 

23 Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for 

24 each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Ap25 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
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1 ate not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

6 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub7 lic Law 93–642, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended. 

9 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

13 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza14 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 

15 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

16 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author17 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

18 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

19 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

20 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa21 tion expenses, $44,490,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2020, and in addition not to exceed 

23 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

24 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap25 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 
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1 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 

2 Systems Protection Board. 

3 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL

4 FOUNDATION

5 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL TRUST FUND

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 

8 Udall Trust Fund, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 

9 Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 

10 seq.), $1,875,000, to remain available until expended, of 

11 which, notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act: (1) 

12 up to $50,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits 

13 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

14 (Public Law 107–289); and (2) up to $1,000,000 shall 

15 be available to carry out the activities authorized by sec16 tion 6(7) of Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of 

17 Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That 

18 of the total amount made available under this heading 

19 $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector 

20 General of the Department of the Interior, to remain 

21 available until expended, for audits and investigations of 

22 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 

23 consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

24 U.S.C. App.). 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

2 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu3 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi4 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

5 $3,200,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin9 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis10 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

11 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re12 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

13 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

14 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

15 hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al16 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

17 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

18 $375,105,000. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

22 General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 

23 Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 

24 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

25 vehicles, $4,801,000. 
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1 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

2 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar3 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold4 ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

6 COMMISSION

7 GRANTS PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

9 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

10 U.S.C. 2504, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended. 

12 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

14 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

15 Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822 

16 and 9910, $2,000,000 shall be available until September 

17 30, 2020, for technical assistance to low-income des18 ignated credit unions. 

19 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

22 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

23 Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 

24 and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 

25 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
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1 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

2 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex3 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex4 penses, $16,439,000. 

5 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

9 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re10 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv11 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 

12 by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 

13 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con14 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

15 hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 

16 official reception and representation expenses; advances 

17 for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 

18 Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 

19 under Executive Order No. 10422 of January 9, 1953, 

20 as amended; and payment of per diem and/or subsistence 

21 allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 

22 require an employee to remain overnight at his or her post 

23 of duty, $132,172,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

24 made available under this heading, not to exceed 

25 $14,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
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1 2020, for information technology infrastructure mod2 ernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System mi3 gration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds 

4 otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided fur5 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 

6 heading, $639,018 may be made available for strength7 ening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition work8 force (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement 

9 Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), includ10 ing the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 

11 workforce and information technology in support of acqui12 sition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions 

13 to improve acquisition management; and in addition 

14 $133,483,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans15 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 

16 regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 

17 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro18 grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro19 priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 

20 trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 

21 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 

22 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 

23 this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex24 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 

25 pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 
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1 or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 

2 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel3 lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo4 ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2019, accept dona5 tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 

6 further, That such donations, including those from prior 

7 years, may be used for the development of publicity mate8 rials to provide information about the White House Fel9 lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 

10 travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala11 ries of employees of such Commission. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

17 General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 

18 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

19 $5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $25,265,000 

20 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro21 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage22 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans23 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

24 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

25 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
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1 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

2 and elsewhere. 

3 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

6 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

7 Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 

8 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 

9 Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12) as amended by Public 

10 Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 

11 Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–199), and the Uniformed 

12 Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 

13 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author14 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 

15 witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co16 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi17 cles; $26,535,000. 

18 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

22 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 

23 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

24 435), $15,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the 
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1 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec2 tion 603(a) of such Act. 

3 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib6 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

7 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

8 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $5,000,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2020. 

10 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex13 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

14 5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 

15 year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 

16 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa17 tion expenses, $1,658,302,000, to remain available until 

18 expended; of which not less than $15,206,269 shall be for 

19 the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 

20 $75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 

21 the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 

22 and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available 

23 for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

24 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu25 latory officials, members of their delegations and staffs to 
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1 exchange views concerning securities matters, such ex2 penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex3 penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 

4 invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses 

5 such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) re6 lated lodging or subsistence; and of which not less than 

7 $75,081,000 shall be for the Division of Economic and 

8 Risk Analysis. 

9 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs 

10 associated with relocation under a replacement lease for 

11 the Commission’s New York regional office facilities, not 

12 to exceed $37,188,942, to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That for purposes of calculating the fee rate 

14 under section 31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 

15 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2019, all amounts 

16 appropriated under this heading shall be deemed to be the 

17 regular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 

18 2019: Provided further, That fees and charges authorized 

19 by section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

20 U.S.C. 78ee) shall be credited to this account as offsetting 

21 collections: Provided further, That not to exceed 

22 $1,658,302,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 

23 available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac24 count and not to exceed $37,188,942 of such offsetting 

25 collections shall be available until expended for costs under 
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1 this heading associated with relocation under a replace2 ment lease for the Commission’s New York regional office 

3 facilities: Provided further, That the total amount appro4 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 

5 year 2019 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re6 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2019 ap7 propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

8 than $0: Provided further, That if any amount of the ap9 propriation for costs associated with relocation under a re10 placement lease for the Commission’s New York regional 

11 office facilities is subsequently de-obligated by the Com12 mission, such amount that was derived from the general 

13 fund shall be returned to the general fund, and such 

14 amounts that were derived from fees or assessments col15 lected for such purpose shall be paid to each national secu16 rities exchange and national securities association, respec17 tively, in proportion to any fees or assessments paid by 

18 such national securities exchange or national securities as19 sociation under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 

20 of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2019. 

21 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys24 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

25 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 
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1 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

2 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv3 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

4 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

5 $26,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

6 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

7 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 

8 deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na9 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

10 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con11 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

12 Forces of the United States. 

13 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

16 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

17 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

18 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex19 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex20 penses, $267,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 

21 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 

22 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis23 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub24 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

25 and certain loan program activities, including fees author-
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1 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

2 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 

3 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

4 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

5 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro6 vided further, That the Small Business Administration 

7 may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 

8 and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec9 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 

10 fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 

11 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 

12 System, to be available until September 30, 2020: Pro13 vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal 

14 and State Technology Partnership Program under section 

15 34 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 

16 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

17 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en18 trepreneurial and small business development, 

19 $241,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2020: Provided, That $130,000,000 shall be available to 

21 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal 

22 year 2020 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi23 ness Act: Provided further, That $31,000,000 shall be for 

24 marketing, management, and technical assistance under 

25 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
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1 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 

2 the microloan program: Provided further, That 

3 $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 

4 carry out export programs that assist small business con5 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 

6 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

10 General Act of 1978, $21,900,000. 

11 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

13 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 

14 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi15 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to 

16 remain available until expended. 

17 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For the cost of direct loans, $4,000,000, to remain 

20 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in21 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de22 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 

24 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 

25 2019 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 
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1 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 

2 exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis3 cal year 2019 commitments for general business loans au4 thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 

5 shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of 

6 amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line 

7 of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 

8 That during fiscal year 2019 commitments for loans au9 thorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The 

10 Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 

11 696(7)) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, 

12 That during fiscal year 2019 commitments to guarantee 

13 loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 

14 Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 

15 $4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

16 2019, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by sec17 tion 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a 

18 principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for ad19 ministrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran20 teed loan programs, $155,150,000, which may be trans21 ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 

22 and Expenses. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria5 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

6 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans7 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro8 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

9 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

10 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

11 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail12 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

13 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

14 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available to the 

15 Small Business Administration in this Act may be pro16 vided to a company— 

17 (1) that is headquarted in the People’s Republic 

18 of China; or 

19 (2) for which more than 25 percent of the vot20 ing stock of the company is owned by affiliates that 

21 are citizens of the People’s Republic of China. 

22 SEC. 532. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

23 enactment of this Act, the Small Business Administration 

24 shall conduct a study on whether the provision of match25 making services that, using data collected through outside 
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1 entities such as local chambers of commerce, link veteran 

2 entrepreneurs to business leads in given industry sectors 

3 or geographic regions, would enhance the existing veterans 

4 entrepreneurship programs of the Administration. 

5 SEC. 533. The Administrator of the Small Business 

6 Administration shall— 

7 (1) work with Federal agencies to review each 

8 Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza9 tion’s efforts to comply with the requirements under 

10 section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

11 644(k)); and 

12 (2) not later than 180 days after the date of 

13 enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on 

14 Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Com15 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

16 Committee on Small Business and the Committee on 

17 Appropriations of the House of Representatives— 

18 (A) a report on Federal agency compliance 

19 with the requirements under such section 15(k); 

20 and 

21 (B) a report detailing the status of 

22 issuance by the Small Business Administration 

23 of detailed guidance for the peer review process 

24 of the Small Business Procurement Advisory 

25 Council in order to facilitate a more in depth 
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1 review of Federal agency compliance with the 

2 requirements under such section 15(k). 

3 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

4 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

5 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

6 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub7 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

8 States Code, $55,235,000: Provided, That mail for over9 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 

10 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 

11 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro12 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

13 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

14 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

15 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

16 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

17 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa18 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 

19 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 

20 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 

21 small rural and other small post offices. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $250,000,000, to be derived by 

7 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

8 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account9 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

10 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

13 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

14 $51,515,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 

15 until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the 

16 judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 

17 judge. 

18 TITLE VI 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

20 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

21 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

22 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

23 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

24 funded in this Act. 
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1 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

2 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

3 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria4 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

5 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

6 under this Act for any consulting service through procure7 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

8 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

9 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

10 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex11 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

12 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in14 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

15 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro16 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

17 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

19 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac20 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

21 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol22 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

23 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

24 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

25 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
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1 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

2 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

4 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

5 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap6 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

7 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

8 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre9 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund10 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex11 penditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any ac12 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

13 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

14 available for obligation or expenditure through a re15 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

16 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

17 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

18 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con19 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac20 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

21 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

22 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac23 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

24 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi25 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 
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1 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un2 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen4 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 

5 or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 

6 agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent8 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 

9 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

10 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica13 tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

14 current fiscal year: Provided further, That at a minimum 

15 the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 

16 with a separate column to display the President’s budget 

17 request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 

18 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

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

21 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec22 tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 

23 special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 

24 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 

25 for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 
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1 each day after the required date that the report has not 

2 been submitted to the Congress. 

3 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

4 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

5 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from 

6 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

7 for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available 

8 through September 30, 2020, for each such account for 

9 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

10 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

12 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

13 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re14 programming guidelines. 

15 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

16 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi17 dent to request— 

18 (1) any official background investigation report 

19 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves20 tigation; or 

21 (2) a determination with respect to the treat22 ment of an organization as described in section 

23 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

24 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
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1 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

2 Internal Revenue Service. 

3 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

4 (1) in the case of an official background inves5 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

6 written consent for such request not more than 6 

7 months prior to the date of such request and during 

8 the same presidential administration; or 

9 (2) if such request is required due to extraor10 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

11 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul12 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 

13 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed14 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

15 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

16 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

17 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

18 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of19 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

20 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

21 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

22 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

23 to court approval. 

24 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

25 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
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1 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

2 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

3 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

4 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

5 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

6 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

7 result of an act of rape or incest. 

8 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

9 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur10 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

11 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu12 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 

13 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa14 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 

15 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

16 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

17 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

18 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu19 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac20 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

21 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

22 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex23 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

24 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func25 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-
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1 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

2 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

3 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

4 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

5 person or entity is an organization described in section 

6 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex7 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

8 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 

9 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 

10 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 

11 by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 

12 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 

13 advise on emerging regulatory issues. 

14 SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

15 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

16 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

17 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet18 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

19 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of20 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

21 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

22 with the current lessor. 

23 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

24 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 
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1 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

2 respect to such agency. 

3 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

4 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

5 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen6 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

7 Service. 

8 SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol9 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

10 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

11 102). 

12 (2) Payments to— 

13 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

14 (28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 

15 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

16 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

17 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

18 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

19 178(l)). 

20 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

21 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

22 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

23 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

24 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

25 Stat. 849); and 
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1 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene2 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

3 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

4 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

5 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

6 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

7 8348). 

8 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

9 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

10 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

11 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

12 States Code. 

13 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex14 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 

15 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con16 tained in this Act. 

17 SEC. 620. In addition to amounts made available in 

18 prior fiscal years, the Public Company Accounting Over19 sight Board (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds 

20 for the scholarship program established by section 

21 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 

22 107–204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the 

23 amount of funds collected by the Board between January 

24 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018, including accrued inter25 est, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties. 
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1 Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2019 shall re2 main available until expended. 

3 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

5 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

6 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro7 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu8 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 

9 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

10 No. 13563. 

11 SEC. 622. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

12 for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 

13 to award a contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an 

14 option on a contract to a contractor conducting the final 

15 quality review processes for background investigation 

16 fieldwork services or background investigation support 

17 services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, 

18 are being conducted by that contractor. 

19 SEC. 623. (a) The head of each executive branch 

20 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In21 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par22 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 

23 related to information technology. 

24 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 

25 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-
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1 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con2 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 

3 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 

4 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 

5 as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of6 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 

7 Officer of the agency and budget officials. 

8 SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 

10 33 of title 44, United States Code. 

11 SEC. 625. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 

13 disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv14 ice to the public or remote computing service of the con15 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec16 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 

17 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 

18 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 

19 Constitution of the United States. 

20 SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

21 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

22 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 

23 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 

24 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 

25 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-
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1 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

2 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 

3 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel4 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter5 native to Mobility Fund Phase II. 

6 SEC. 627. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

7 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 

8 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail9 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec10 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen11 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 

12 General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma13 terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 

14 law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex15 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

16 department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

17 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu18 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In19 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 

20 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro21 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen22 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

23 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 

24 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
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1 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal2 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

3 SEC. 628. (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 viewing, 

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, adjudication activities, or 

11 other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ12 ity. 

13 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis15 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 

16 or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 

17 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 

18 to trade associations. 

19 SEC. 630. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 

21 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 

22 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 

23 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 

24 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 

25 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
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1 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

2 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 

3 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 

4 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 

5 SEC. 631. (a) None of the funds made available under 

6 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac7 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 

8 department, agency, board or commission of more than 

9 $500,000 at any single conference unless the head of the 

10 Executive branch department, agency, board, or commis11 sion determines that such attendance is in the national 

12 interest and advance notice is transmitted to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Senate that includes the basis of that determina15 tion. 

16 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act 

17 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 

18 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 

19 States, at any single conference occurring outside the 

20 United States unless the head of the Executive branch de21 partment, agency, board, or commission determines that 

22 such attendance is in the national interest and advance 

23 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in25 cludes the basis of that determination. 
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1 SEC. 632. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth2 erwise made available under this Act may be used by de3 partments and agencies funded in this Act to acquire tele4 communications equipment produced by Huawei Tech5 nologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-impact or 

6 moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu7 rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 

8 and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

9 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat10 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys11 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

12 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor13 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

14 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

15 moderate-impact information systems within the 

16 Federal Government; 

17 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre18 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

19 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

20 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

21 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

22 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

23 conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio24 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

25 such system, including any risk associated with such 
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1 system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 

2 by one or more entities identified by the United 

3 States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ4 ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di5 rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 

6 China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 

7 People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa8 tion. 

9 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

11 high-impact or moderate impact information system re12 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

13 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

14 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

15 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

16 strategy for any identified risks; 

17 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

18 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acqui19 sition of such system is in the vital national security 

20 interest of the United States; and 

21 (3) reported that determination to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa23 tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 

24 system intended for acquisition and a detailed de25 scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 
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1 (1), provided that such report may include a classi2 fied annex as necessary. 

3 SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act shall be used for airline accommodations for any offi5 cer (as defined in section 2104 of title 5, United States 

6 Code) or employee (as defined in section 2105 of title 5, 

7 United States Code) in the executive branch that are not 

8 coach-class accommodations (which term is defined, for 

9 purposes of this section, as the basic class of accommoda10 tion by airlines that is normally the lowest fare offered 

11 regardless of airline terminology used, and (as referred to 

12 by airlines) may include tourist class or economy class, 

13 as well as single class when the airline offers only one class 

14 of accommodations to all travelers), unless such accom15 modations are consistent with section 301–10.123 of title 

16 41, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 

17 of enactment of this Act) and, with respect to subsection 

18 (a)(3) and (b)(2) of such section, written authorization is 

19 provided by the head of the agency (or, if the accommoda20 tions are for the head of the agency, by the Inspector Gen21 eral of the agency). 

22 SEC. 634. The Comptroller General of the United 

23 States, in consultation with relevant regulators, shall con24 duct a study that— 
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1 (1) examines the financial impact of the min2 eral pyrrhotite in concrete home foundations; and 

3 (2) provides recommendations on regulatory 

4 and legislative actions needed to help mitigate the fi5 nancial impact described in paragraph (1) on banks, 

6 mortgage lenders, tax revenues, and homeowners. 

7 SEC. 635. The explanatory statement regarding divi8 sion B of H.R. 21, printed in the Congressional Record 

9 on January 3, 2019, and submitted by the Chair of the 

10 Committee on Appropriations, shall have the same effect 

11 with respect to allocation of funds and implementation of 

12 this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 

13 committee of conference. 

14 SEC. 636. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 

15 any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about Decem16 ber 22, 2018 and ending on the date of enactment of this 

17 Act shall be compensated at their standard rate of com18 pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 

19 as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 

20 ends. 

21 (b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employee’’ means 

22 any of the following whose salaries and expenses are pro23 vided in this Act: 

24 (1) A Federal employee. 
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1 (2) An employee of the District of Columbia 

2 Courts. 

3 (3) An employee of the Public Defender Service 

4 for the District of Columbia. 

5 (4) A District of Columbia Government em6 ployee. 

7 (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap8 propriations made and authority granted by this Act for 

9 the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity 

10 to protect life and property and bringing about orderly ter11 mination of Government functions, and for purposes as 

12 otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap13 proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 

14 Act. 

15 SEC. 637. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 

16 used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 

17 continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 

18 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com19 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 

20 by the Federal Government— 

21 (1) such furloughed employees shall be com22 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 

23 such period; 

24 (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 

25 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 
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1 by the Federal Government during such period had 

2 appropriations been available, including the cost of 

3 compensating such furloughed employees, together 

4 with interest thereon calculated under section 

5 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 

6 (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 

7 funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 

8 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 

9 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal10 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 

11 States Code. 

12 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 

13 and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri14 tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 

15 terms under the applicable Federal program under sub16 section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed17 eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 

18 State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 

19 lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 

20 State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 

21 to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 

22 (c) The authority under this section applies with re23 spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri24 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 

25 of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro-
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1 priations with respect to any department or agency of the 

2 Federal Government receiving funding in this Act which, 

3 but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or 

4 made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses re5 ferred to in this section with respect to the program in6 volved. Payments and reimbursements under this author7 ity shall be made only to the extent and in amounts pro8 vided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

9 TITLE VII 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

11 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

14 of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 

15 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2019 shall obligate 

16 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen17 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

18 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en19 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

20 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

21 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

22 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

23 agency, or instrumentality. 

24 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

25 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
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1 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

2 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve3 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve4 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve5 hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons 

6 for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 

7 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 

8 police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 

9 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 

10 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 

11 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 

12 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra13 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

14 forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 

15 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 

16 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con17 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim18 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 

19 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter20 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 

21 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

22 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart23 ments and independent establishments for the current fis24 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex25 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
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1 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

2 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

3 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 

4 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con5 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

6 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern7 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma8 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 

9 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti10 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

11 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit12 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

13 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

14 is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant15 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

16 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

17 then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 

18 allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur19 poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 

20 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require21 ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 

22 being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 

23 of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub24 mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec25 essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 
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1 affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 

2 shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 

3 more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 

4 above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub5 stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 

6 further, That any payment made to any officer or em7 ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 

8 recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 

9 further, That this section shall not apply to any person 

10 who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 

11 United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 

12 to international broadcasters employed by the Broad13 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 

14 of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 

15 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 

16 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 

17 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 

18 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart19 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 

20 to an agreement with another country. 

21 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart22 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec23 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex24 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

25 Services Administration for charges for space and services 
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1 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build2 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

3 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

4 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

5 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

6 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

7 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re8 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

9 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

10 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre11 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex12 pended for the following purposes: 

13 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

14 and recycling programs as described in Executive 

15 Order No. 13693 (March 19, 2015), including any 

16 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

17 the Executive order. 

18 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man19 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

20 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

21 management and pollution prevention programs. 

22 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

23 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

24 Federal agency. 
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1 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

2 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

3 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

4 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

5 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

6 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

7 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

8 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

9 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

10 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

11 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex12 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

13 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

14 correspondingly reduced. 

15 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

16 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

17 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

18 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

19 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

20 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

21 financial support from more than one agency or instru22 mentality. 

23 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

24 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

25 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 
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1 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

2 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

3 United States. 

4 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

5 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

6 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

7 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

8 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

9 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

10 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

11 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

12 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec15 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of16 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

17 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

18 directly controlled by the individual. 

19 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec20 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

21 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

22 the interagency funding of national security and emer23 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

24 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-
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1 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

2 2012). 

3 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

4 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 

5 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

6 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

7 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol8 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com9 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 

10 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

11 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

12 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

13 instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer14 tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage15 ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi16 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

17 the individual to the White House. 

18 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

19 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de20 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

21 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

22 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

23 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

24 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
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1 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

2 Government, who— 

3 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat4 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em5 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

6 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

7 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

8 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

9 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

10 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

11 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

12 whether such communication or contact is at the ini13 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re14 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

15 committee, or subcommittee; or 

16 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

17 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

18 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

19 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis20 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti21 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em22 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

23 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

24 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

25 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 
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1 communication or contact of such other officer or 

2 employee with any Member, committee, or sub3 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

4 (1). 

5 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

6 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

7 any employee training that— 

8 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl9 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

10 performance of official duties; 

11 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev12 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

13 some participants; 

14 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

15 of the content and methods to be used in the train16 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

17 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

18 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

19 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em20 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

21 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

22 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par23 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

24 workplace. 
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1 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

2 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

3 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

4 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

5 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu6 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu7 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

8 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

9 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

10 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla11 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

12 to the Congress itself. 

13 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

14 any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed15 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

16 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

17 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

18 competent jurisdiction. 

19 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

20 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

21 information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail22 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

23 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit24 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

3 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa4 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

5 authorized by Congress. 

6 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

7 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

8 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

9 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

10 under section 102 of such title, the United States 

11 Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis12 sion. 

13 (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu14 lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 

15 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

16 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

17 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

18 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

19 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

20 in the performance of official duties. 

21 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec22 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

23 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

24 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

25 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
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1 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

2 costs. 

3 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec4 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart5 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

6 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government7 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of8 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

9 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

10 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

11 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis12 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

13 and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 

14 procurement, and other management innovations, initia15 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 

16 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 

17 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

18 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des19 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man20 agement Council for overall management improvement ini21 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

22 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

23 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 

24 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia25 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-
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1 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun2 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur3 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

4 not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 

5 duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 

6 Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 

7 and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide inno8 vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 

9 the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 

10 Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during 

11 fiscal year 2019 shall remain available for obligation 

12 through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That such 

13 transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 

14 days following notification of the Committees on Appro15 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

16 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

17 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

19 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

20 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

21 the location. 

22 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec23 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

24 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

25 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 
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1 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

2 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

3 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

4 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

5 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re6 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

7 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com8 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

9 Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 

10 Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en11 actment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

13 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

14 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 

15 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 

16 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 

17 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 

18 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 

19 funds. 

20 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

21 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

22 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

23 be used by any Federal agency— 

24 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

25 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
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1 personally identifiable information relating to an in2 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern3 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

4 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

5 party (including another government agency) to col6 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de7 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

8 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

9 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

10 site. 

11 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

12 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

13 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

14 identify particular persons; 

15 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden16 tifiable information; 

17 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu18 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

19 applicable law; or 

20 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

21 that is a system security action taken by the oper22 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

23 to providing the Internet site services or to pro24 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

25 Internet site. 
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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

2 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac3 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

4 provided in law. 

5 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina6 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ7 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

8 condition, management practices and policies and 

9 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

10 law. 

11 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

12 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

13 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 

14 except where the contract also includes a provision for con15 traceptive coverage. 

16 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

17 with— 

18 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

19 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

20 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

21 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

22 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

23 religious beliefs. 

24 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

25 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
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1 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

2 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

3 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

4 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

5 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re6 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

7 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur8 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

9 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

10 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu11 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

12 oversight authorities. 

13 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de15 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

16 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

17 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov18 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

19 ownership pilot program. 

20 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

22 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

23 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

24 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im25 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
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1 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

2 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg3 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

4 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

5 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

6 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

8 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig9 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

10 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 

11 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

12 the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 

13 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author14 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

15 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

16 cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

17 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

18 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

19 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

20 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis21 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

22 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre23 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

24 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
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1 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

3 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

4 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

5 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap6 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

7 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con8 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

9 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

10 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

11 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

12 (b) WAIVERS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

14 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern15 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

16 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re17 quired in the interest of national security. 

18 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

19 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

20 such issuance to Congress. 

21 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

22 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

24 pursuant to such contract. 
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1 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2019, for each employee 

2 who— 

3 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

4 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 

5 (2) retires under any other provision of sub6 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

7 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa8 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 

9 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 

10 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver11 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 

12 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 

13 available until expended to the Office of Personnel 

14 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis15 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 

16 5, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re19 quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 

20 to disclose any of the following information as a condition 

21 of submitting the offer: 

22 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 

23 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse24 ment for an electioneering communication that is 

25 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 
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1 of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 

2 election for Federal office or to a political com3 mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 

4 election for Federal office. 

5 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 

6 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 

7 entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 

8 or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 

9 reasonable expectation that the person will use the 

10 funds to make a payment described in paragraph 

11 (1). 

12 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 

13 ‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election14 eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 

15 ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 

16 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 

17 et seq.). 

18 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 

19 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

20 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern21 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem22 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com23 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 

24 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

25 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 
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1 SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

3 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

4 2019, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

5 prevailing rate employee described in section 

6 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

7 (A) during the period from the date of expira8 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec9 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef10 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust11 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2019, in an 

12 amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli13 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

14 in accordance with such section; and 

15 (B) during the period consisting of the remain16 der of fiscal year 2019, in an amount that exceeds, 

17 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

18 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 

19 sum of— 

20 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

21 in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 

22 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

23 under the General Schedule; and 

24 (ii) the difference between the overall aver25 age percentage of the locality-based com-
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1 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

2 2019 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

3 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av4 erage percentage of such payments which was 

5 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

6 section. 

7 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

8 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

9 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

10 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

11 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 

12 is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 

13 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli14 cable to such employee. 

15 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay16 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 

17 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 

18 30, 2018, shall be determined under regulations pre19 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 

20 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

21 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 

22 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 

23 30, 2018, except to the extent determined by the Office 

24 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur25 pose of this subsection. 
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1 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 

2 for service performed after September 30, 2018. 

3 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision 

4 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre5 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em6 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu7 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

8 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

9 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub10 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

11 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 

12 permit or require the payment to any employee covered 

13 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 

14 be payable were this subsection not in effect. 

15 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

16 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub17 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 

18 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali19 fied employees. 

20 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

21 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 

22 take place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 

23 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

24 (1) not less than the percentage received by em25 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 
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1 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

2 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 

3 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ4 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 

5 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

6 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

7 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

8 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

9 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 

10 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

11 States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 

12 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap13 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

14 2018. 

15 SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 

16 pay raise in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding the rate 

17 adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United 

18 States Code, or any other provision of law. 

19 (b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po20 sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

21 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 

22 a pay rate increase in calendar year 2019, notwith23 standing schedule adjustments made under section 5318 

24 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 

25 law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 
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1 subsection applies only to employees who are holding a po2 sition under a political appointment. 

3 (c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may 

4 not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2019, not5 withstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 

6 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, 

7 except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 

8 (d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 

9 5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be 

10 received in calendar year 2019 (except as provided in sub11 section (g), (h), or (i)) by— 

12 (1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu13 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 

14 IV of the Executive Schedule; or 

15 (2) a limited term appointee or limited emer16 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 

17 serving under a political appointment and paid a 

18 rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Execu19 tive Schedule. 

20 (e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 

21 any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 

22 5, United States Code, or similar authority) at or above 

23 level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a po24 litical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 

25 in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding any other provi-
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1 sion of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or 

2 (i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the 

3 General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay 

4 system, or to employees appointed under section 3161 of 

5 title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

6 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

7 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap8 plied to them. 

9 (f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre10 vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint11 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

12 under applicable law. 

13 (g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Serv14 ice who receives a Presidential appointment and who 

15 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 

16 pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United 

17 States Code, is not subject to this section. 

18 (h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re19 ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 

20 executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen21 ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 

22 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 

23 is not subject to this section. 

24 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

25 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-
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1 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov2 ered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 

3 higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 

4 must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limi5 tations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

6 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

7 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

8 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

9 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

10 pay limitations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

11 (k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) 

12 through (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins 

13 in calendar year 2019 but ends in calendar year 2020, 

14 the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases 

15 shall apply through the end of that pay period. 

16 SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de17 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

18 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

19 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

20 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

21 costs and contracting procedures related to each con22 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com23 mission, or office during fiscal year 2019 for which the 

24 cost to the United States Government was more than 

25 $100,000. 
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1 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con2 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica3 ble period— 

4 (1) a description of its purpose; 

5 (2) the number of participants attending; 

6 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

7 United States Government, including— 

8 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

9 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

10 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

11 travel to and from the conference; and 

12 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

13 to determine which costs relate to the con14 ference; and 

15 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

16 used including— 

17 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

18 competitive basis; and 

19 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

20 conducted by the departmental component or 

21 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

22 conference. 

23 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 

24 head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 

25 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 
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1 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 

2 date, location, and number of employees attending a con3 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 

4 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

5 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2019 for which the 

6 cost to the United States Government was more than 

7 $20,000. 

8 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro9 priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 

10 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con11 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 

12 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

13 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

14 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

15 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

16 the grant or contract. 

17 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

18 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con19 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

20 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

21 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 

22 memorandum. 

23 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 

24 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

25 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-
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1 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

2 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

3 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

4 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi5 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

8 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 

9 published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 

10 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 

11 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

14 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

15 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

16 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of17 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 

18 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

19 SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth20 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 

21 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

22 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 

23 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 

24 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib25 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-
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1 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 

2 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent3 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re4 ceive such information. 

5 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con6 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 

7 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart8 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 

9 information. 

10 SEC. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 

11 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree12 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern13 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree14 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 

15 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 

16 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 

17 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 

18 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi19 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 

20 reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any 

21 law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste 

22 of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and spe23 cific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 

24 whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 

25 obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 
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1 controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 

2 incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: 

3 Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 

4 this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 

5 is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 

6 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 

7 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern8 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 

9 activity for which such document is to be used. Such form 

10 or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 

11 will not disclose any classified information received in the 

12 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 

13 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 

14 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo15 sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu16 tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen17 tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

18 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 

19 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 

20 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 

21 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 

22 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

23 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en24 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 
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1 substantially similar language to that required in sub2 section (a). 

3 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

4 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

5 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

6 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

7 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil8 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad9 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

10 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

11 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col12 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 

13 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 

14 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 

15 and has made a determination that this further action is 

16 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

17 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 

18 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

19 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

20 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

21 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

22 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 

23 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic24 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 

25 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
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1 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro2 tect the interests of the Government. 

3 SEC. 747. (a) During fiscal year 2019, on the date 

4 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac5 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 

6 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent8 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv9 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

10 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

11 of such request. 

12 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be 

13 made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 

14 SEC. 748. If, for fiscal year 2019, new budget author15 ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre16 tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 

17 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

18 Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 

19 Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre20 tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 

21 2019 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man22 agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 

23 total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 

24 of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 

25 for all categories for that fiscal year. 
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1 SEC. 749. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 

2 for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 

3 effect in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, 

4 United States Code, shall be an increase of 1.4 percent, 

5 and the overall average percentage of the adjustments tak6 ing effect in such fiscal year under sections 5304 and 

7 5304a of such title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent 

8 (with comparability payments to be determined and allo9 cated among pay localities by the President). All adjust10 ments under this subsection shall be effective as of the 

11 first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 

12 or after January 1, 2019. 

13 (b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in 

14 rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 

15 place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 

16 of title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than the 

17 percentages in subsection (a) as employees in the same 

18 location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant 

19 to the statutory pay systems under section 5303, 5304, 

20 and 5304a of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 

21 employees at locations where there are no employees whose 

22 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303, 5304, and 

23 5304a of such title 5 and prevailing rate employees de24 scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of such title 5 shall be con25 sidered to be located in the pay locality designated as 
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1 ′′Rest of U.S.′′ pursuant to section 5304 of such title 5 

2 for purposes of this subsection. 

3 (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 

4 from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 

5 department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 

6 year 2019. 

7 SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

8 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 

9 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

10 VIII. 

11 TITLE VIII 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

13 COLUMBIA 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

16 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

17 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

18 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

19 the District of Columbia government. 

20 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

21 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

22 implementation of any policy including boycott designed 

23 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

24 or any State legislature. 
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1 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

2 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 

3 Federal and District government agencies, that remain 

4 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, 

5 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

6 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

7 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

8 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re9 programming of funds which— 

10 (1) creates new programs; 

11 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi12 bility center; 

13 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi14 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

15 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

16 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

17 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

18 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre19 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

20 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

21 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

22 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which23 ever is less; or 
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1 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

2 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi3 bility center, 

4 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate. 

7 (b) The District of Columbia government is author8 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

9 requests of local funds under this title through November 

10 7, 2019. 

11 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

12 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

13 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

14 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep15 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

16 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

17 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

18 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec19 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

20 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em21 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

22 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

23 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

24 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 
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1 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

2 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

3 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

4 Police Department who resides in the District of Co5 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

6 Department; 

7 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi8 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

9 Emergency Medical Services Department who re10 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

11 hours a day; 

12 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De13 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

14 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 

15 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

16 call 24 hours a day; 

17 (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex18 aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 

19 Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 

20 of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 

21 (5) at the discretion of the Director of the 

22 Homeland Security and Emergency Management 

23 Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se24 curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
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1 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

2 hours a day; 

3 (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

4 (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

5 of Columbia. 

6 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

7 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor8 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 

9 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

10 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

11 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co12 lumbia. 

13 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co14 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 

15 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi16 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

17 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 

18 this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 

19 for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 

20 pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 

21 local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 

22 be inappropriate for such distribution. 

23 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

24 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

25 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 
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1 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

2 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

3 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep4 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

5 SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

6 in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 

7 rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 

8 associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 

9 schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 

10 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de11 rivative. 

12 (b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 

13 by the District of Columbia government under any author14 ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 

15 legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 

16 possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 

17 under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 

18 seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec19 reational purposes. 

20 SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex21 penditure by the District of Columbia government under 

22 any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 

23 where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 

24 fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 

25 result of an act of rape or incest. 
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1 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

3 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 

4 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

5 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 

6 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

7 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

8 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

9 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

10 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2019 that 

11 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 

12 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

13 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 

14 actual expenditures. 

15 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

16 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co17 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 

18 unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

19 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi21 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro22 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

23 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

24 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

25 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 
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1 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for2 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern3 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 

4 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 

5 204.42). 

6 SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 

7 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co8 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 

9 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con10 sistent with the provisions of this Act. 

11 (b) The District of Columbia government is author12 ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 

13 local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 

14 four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 

15 funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro16 grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

17 with the provisions of this Act. 

18 (c) The District of Columbia government may not 

19 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

20 derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 

21 capital projects. 

22 SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

23 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

24 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

25 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 
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1 SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

2 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob3 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 

4 year 2019 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

5 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019 in 

6 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

7 2020, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 

8 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

10 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 

11 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

12 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out13 lined in section 803 of this Act. 

14 SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2020, during a 

15 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

16 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

17 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

18 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

19 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub20 ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum21 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 

22 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

23 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 

24 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 

25 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2020 
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1 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co2 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 

3 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern4 ment for fiscal year 2020 for purposes of section 446 of 

5 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 

6 D.C. Official Code). 

7 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

8 to be available— 

9 (1) during any period in which a District of Co10 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020 is 

11 in effect; or 

12 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

13 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

14 2020. 

15 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro16 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

17 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

18 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 

19 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

20 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

21 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2020 

22 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

23 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

24 during any period of fiscal year 2020 if any other provi-
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1 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria2 tions)— 

3 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail4 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

5 to continue for such period; or 

6 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

7 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

8 no authority shall be granted for such project or ac9 tivity to continue for such period. 

10 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

11 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

12 mandated by other law. 

13 SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

14 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

15 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

16 of this title or of title IV. 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

18 General Government Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 

2019. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 264 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for financial services and 

September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. general government for the fiscal year ending