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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 268 

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2019, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2019 

Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

Making supplemental appropriations 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, 

3 That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

4 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

5 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

6 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora7 tions, and other organizational units of Government for 

8 fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

3 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

4 PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Sec7 retary’’, $1,105,442,000, which shall remain available 

8 until December 31, 2020, for necessary expenses related 

9 to losses of crops (including milk), trees, bushes, and 

10 vines, as a consequence of Hurricanes Michael or Flor11 ence, other hurricanes, typhoons, volcanic activity, or 

12 wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018 under such 

13 terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary: Pro14 vided, That the Secretary may provide assistance for such 

15 losses in the form of block grants to eligible states and 

16 territories and such assistance may include compensation 

17 to producers, as determined by the Secretary, for past or 

18 future crop insurance premiums, forest restoration, and 

19 poultry and livestock losses: Provided further, That of the 

20 amounts provided under this heading, tree assistance pay21 ments may be made under section 1501(e) of the Agricul22 tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(e)) to eligible orchard23 ists or nursery tree growers (as defined in such section) 

24 of pecan trees with a tree mortality rate that exceeds 7.5 

25 percent (adjusted for normal mortality) and is less than 


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1 15 percent (adjusted for normal mortality), to be available 

2 until expended, for losses incurred during the period be3 ginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2018: 

4 Provided further, That in the case of producers impacted 

5 by volcanic activity that resulted in the loss of crop land, 

6 or access to crop land, the Secretary shall consider all 

7 measures available, as appropriate, to bring replacement 

8 land into production: Provided further, That the total 

9 amount of payments received under this heading and ap10 plicable policies of crop insurance under the Federal Crop 

11 Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the Noninsured 

12 Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) under section 

13 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

14 Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) shall not exceed 90 percent 

15 of the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur16 ther, That the total amount of payments received under 

17 this heading for producers who did not obtain a policy or 

18 plan of insurance for an insurable commodity for the ap19 plicable crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act 

20 (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses 

21 or did not file the required paperwork and pay the service 

22 fee by the applicable State filing deadline for a noninsur23 able commodity for the applicable crop year under NAP 

24 for the crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 per25 cent of the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided 


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1 further, That producers receiving payments under this 

2 heading, as determined by the Secretary, shall be required 

3 to purchase crop insurance where crop insurance is avail4 able for the next two available crop years, excluding tree 

5 insurance policies, and producers receiving payments 

6 under this heading shall be required to purchase coverage 

7 under NAP where crop insurance is not available in the 

8 next two available crop years, as determined by the Sec9 retary: Provided further, That, not later than 120 days 

10 after the end of fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall sub11 mit a report to the Congress specifying the type, amount, 

12 and method of such assistance by state and territory: Pro13 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con14 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

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

16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

18 EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM

19 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Forest 

20 Restoration Program’’, for necessary expenses related to 

21 the consequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 

22 wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018, and other nat23 ural disasters, $480,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

25 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 


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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

4 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood 

6 Prevention Operations’’, for necessary expenses for the 

7 Emergency Watershed Protection Program related to the 

8 consequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 

9 wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018, and other nat10 ural disasters, $125,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

12 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

13 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

16 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 For an additional amount for the cost of grants for 

18 rural community facilities programs as authorized by sec19 tion 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Con20 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, for necessary 

21 expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Mi22 chael and Florence and wildfires occurring in calendar 

23 year 2018, and other natural disasters, $150,000,000, to 

24 remain available until expended: Provided, That sections 

25 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 


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1 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

2 available under this heading: Provided further, That such 

3 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

4 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

8 SEC. 101. In addition to other amounts made avail9 able by section 309 of Public Law 115-72, there is hereby 

10 appropriated $600,000,000 for the Secretary of Agri11 culture to provide a grant to the Commonwealth of Puerto 

12 Rico for disaster nutrition assistance in response to Presi13 dentially declared major disasters and emergencies: Pro14 vided, That the funds made available to the Common15 wealth of Puerto Rico under this section shall remain 

16 available for obligation by the Commonwealth until Sep17 tember 30, 2020, and shall be in addition to funds other18 wise made available: Provided further, That such amount 

19 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

20 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

21 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

22 1985. 

23 SEC. 102. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

24 available, out of the funds made available under section 

25 18 of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, $10,200,000 shall 


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1 be available for the Secretary to provide a grant to the 

2 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for dis3 aster nutrition assistance in response to the Presidentially 

4 declared major disasters and emergencies: Provided, That 

5 funds made available to the Commonwealth of the North6 ern Mariana Islands under this section shall remain avail7 able for obligation by the Commonwealth until September 

8 30, 2020: Provided further, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 SEC. 103. For purposes of administering title I of 

13 subdivision 1 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act 

14 of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), losses to agricultural pro15 ducers resulting from hurricanes shall also include losses 

16 of peach and blueberry crops in calendar year 2017 due 

17 to extreme cold: Provided, That the amounts provided by 

18 this section are designated by the Congress as being for 

19 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 

22 amounts repurposed under this heading that were pre23 viously designated by the Congress as an emergency re24 quirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer25 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 


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1 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec2 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer3 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 SEC. 104. (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph 

5 (2), a person or legal entity is not eligible to receive a 

6 payment under the Market Facilitation Program estab7 lished pursuant to the Commodity Credit Corporation 

8 Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.) if the average ad9 justed gross income of such person or legal entity is great10 er than $900,000. 

11 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person or legal 

12 entity if at least 75 percent of the adjusted gross income 

13 of such person or legal entity is derived from farming, 

14 ranching, or forestry related activities. 

15 (b) A person or legal entity may not receive a pay16 ment under the Market Facilitation Program described in 

17 subsection (a)(1), directly or indirectly, of more than 

18 $125,000. 

19 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘average adjusted gross 

20 income’’ has the meaning given the term defined in section 

21 760.1502 of title 7 Code of Federal Regulations (as in 

22 effect July 18, 2018). 

23 (d) The amount provided by this section is designated 

24 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 


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1 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg2 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 TITLE II 

4 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

6 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 Pursuant to section 703 of the Public Works and 

9 Economic Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3233), for an addi10 tional amount for ‘‘Economic Development Assistance 

11 Programs’’ for necessary expenses related to flood mitiga12 tion, disaster relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of 

13 infrastructure in areas that received a major disaster des14 ignation as a result of Hurricanes Florence, Michael, and 

15 Lane, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, and of wildfires, vol16 canic eruptions, earthquakes, and other natural disasters 

17 occurring in calendar year 2018 under the Robert T. Staf18 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $600,000,000, to remain available 

20 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

21 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

22 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg23 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided 

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1 penses’’ account for administration and oversight activi2 ties: Provided further, That within the amount appro3 priated, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of 

4 Inspector General’’ account for carrying out investigations 

5 and audits related to the funding provided under this 

6 heading. 

7 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 

11 and Facilities’’ for necessary expenses related to the con12 sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon 

13 Yutu, and of wildfires, $120,570,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2020, as follows: 

15 (1) $3,000,000 for repair and replacement of 

16 observing assets, real property, and equipment; 

17 (2) $11,000,000 for marine debris assessment 

18 and removal; 

19 (3) $31,570,000 for mapping, charting, and ge20 odesy services; 

21 (4) $25,000,000 to improve: (a) hurricane in22 tensity forecasting, including through deployment of 

23 unmanned ocean observing platforms and enhanced 

24 data assimilation; (b) flood prediction, forecasting, 


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1 and mitigation capabilities; and (c) wildfire pre2 diction, detection, and forecasting; and 

3 (5) $50,000,000 for Title IX Fund grants as 

4 authorized under section 906(c) of division O of 

5 Public Law 114–113: 

6 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

7 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 

10 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

11 shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro12 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

13 for funding provided under subsection (4) of this heading 

14 within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi17 tion and Construction’’, $25,000,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2021, for improvements to oper19 ational and research weather supercomputing infrastruc20 ture and satellite ground services used for hurricane inten21 sity and track prediction; flood prediction, forecasting, and 

22 mitigation; and wildfire prediction, detection, and fore23 casting: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

24 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

25 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 


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1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 

2 That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra3 tion shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

5 Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this 

6 Act. 

7 FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Disaster As9 sistance’’ for necessary expenses associated with the miti10 gation of fishery disasters, $150,000,000, to remain avail11 able until expended: Provided, That funds shall be used 

12 for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures 

13 and fishery resource disasters declared by the Secretary 

14 of Commerce, including those declared by the Secretary 

15 to be a direct result of Hurricanes Florence and Michael 

16 and Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut: Provided further, 

17 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

18 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

22 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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1 sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and Ty2 phoon Yutu, $1,336,000: Provided, That such amount is 

3 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re4 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili9 ties’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

10 of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and Typhoon Yutu, 

11 $28,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

13 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec14 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 RELATED AGENCIES 

17 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

18 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Legal 

20 Services Corporation’’ to carry out the purposes of the 

21 Legal Services Corporation Act by providing for necessary 

22 expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Flor23 ence, Michael, and Lane, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, 

24 and calendar year 2018 wildfires, volcanic eruptions, and 

25 earthquakes, $15,000,000: Provided, That such amount is 


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1 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re2 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

4 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 

5 this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be ex6 pended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or con7 trary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 

8 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds 

9 appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation 

10 shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth 

11 in such sections, except that all references in sections 502 

12 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer in13 stead to 2018 and 2019, respectively, and except that sec14 tions 501 and 503 of Public Law 104–134 (referenced by 

15 Public Law 105–119) shall not apply to the amount made 

16 available under this heading: Provided further, That, for 

17 the purposes of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation 

18 shall be considered an agency of the United States Gov19 ernment. 

20 TITLE III 

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main24 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $200,000,000, for necessary ex25 penses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael 


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1 and Florence: Provided, That such amount is designated 

2 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg4 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main7 tenance, Air Force’’, $400,000,000, for necessary ex8 penses related to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael 

9 and Florence: Provided, That such amount is designated 

10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 TITLE IV 

14 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

15 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

16 INVESTIGATIONS

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’ for 

18 necessary expenses related to the completion, or initiation 

19 and completion, of flood and storm damage reduction, in20 cluding shore protection, studies which are currently au21 thorized or which are authorized after the date of enact22 ment of this Act, to reduce risk from future floods and 

23 hurricanes, at full Federal expense, $35,000,000, to re24 main available until expended, in States and insular areas 

25 that were impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, 


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1 Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, and Tropical 

2 Storm Gita: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

3 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur4 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

5 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur6 ther, That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 

7 Works shall provide a monthly report directly to the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate 

9 detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, in10 cluding new studies selected to be initiated using funds 

11 provided under this heading, beginning not later than 60 

12 days after the enactment of this Act. 

13 CONSTRUCTION

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec15 essary expenses, $715,000,000, to remain available until 

16 expended, to construct flood and storm damage reduction, 

17 including shore protection, projects which are currently 

18 authorized or which are authorized after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, and flood and storm damage reduction, 

20 including shore protection, projects which have signed 

21 Chief’s Reports as of the date of enactment of this Act 

22 or which are studied using funds provided under the head23 ing ‘‘Investigations’’ if the Secretary determines such 

24 projects to be technically feasible, economically justified, 

25 and environmentally acceptable, in States and insular 


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1 areas that were impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Mi2 chael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, and 

3 Tropical Storm Gita: Provided, That projects receiving 

4 funds provided in Public Law 115–123 shall not be eligible 

5 for funding provided under this heading: Provided further, 

6 That for projects receiving funding under this heading, the 

7 provisions of Section 902 of the Water Resources Act of 

8 1986 shall not apply to these funds: Provided further, That 

9 the completion of ongoing construction projects receiving 

10 funds provided under this heading shall be at full Federal 

11 expense with respect to such funds: Provided further, That 

12 using funds provided under this heading, the non-Federal 

13 cash contribution for projects not eligible as ongoing con14 struction projects shall be financed in accordance with the 

15 provisions of section 103(k) of Public Law 99–662 over 

16 a period of 30 years from the date of completion of the 

17 project or separable element: Provided further, That up to 

18 $25,000,000 of the funds made available under this head19 ing shall be used for continuing authorities projects to re20 duce the risk of flooding and storm damage: Provided fur21 ther, That any projects using funds appropriated under 

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1 pair, replacement, and rehabilitation costs of the project 

2 and to hold and save the United States free from damages 

3 due to the construction or operation and maintenance of 

4 the project, except for damages due to the fault or neg5 ligence of the United States or its contractors: Provided 

6 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

7 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 

10 the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall 

11 provide a monthly report directly to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

13 Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these 

14 funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the date of 

15 the enactment of this Act. 

16 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and 

18 Tributaries’’ for necessary expenses to address emergency 

19 situations at Corps of Engineers projects and rehabilitate 

20 and repair damages to Corps of Engineers projects, 

21 caused by natural disasters, $225,000,000, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided, That such amount is 

23 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 


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1 Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary of the 

2 Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report di3 rectly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

4 of Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation 

5 and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 

6 days after the enactment of this Act. 

7 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main9 tenance’’ for necessary expenses to dredge Federal naviga10 tion projects in response to, and repair damages to Corps 

11 of Engineers Federal projects caused by, natural disasters, 

12 $245,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

13 which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 

14 share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for 

15 coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors shall 

16 be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: 

17 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

18 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec19 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 

21 the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall 

22 provide a monthly report directly to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these 


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1 funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the enact2 ment of this Act. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

4 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

5 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Central Utah Project 

7 Completion Account’’, $350,000, to be deposited into the 

8 Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account 

9 for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conserva10 tion Commission, to remain available until expended, for 

11 expenses necessary in carrying out fire remediation activi12 ties related to wildfires in 2018: Provided, That such 

13 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

14 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

18 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related 

20 Resources’’, $15,500,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, for fire remediation and suppression emergency 

22 assistance related to wildfires in 2017 and 2018: Provided, 

23 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

24 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 


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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

4 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

5 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Electricity Delivery’’, 

7 $15,500,000, to remain available until expended, for nec8 essary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 

9 Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and Super Typhoon Yutu, in10 cluding technical assistance related to electric grids: Pro11 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

12 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec13 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 

15 the Assistant Secretary of Electricity Delivery shall pro16 vide a monthly report to the Committees on Appropria17 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de18 tailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, begin19 ning not later than 60 days after the enactment of this 

20 Act. 


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1 TITLE V 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

3 SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND 

4 INVESTIGATIONS 

5 COAST GUARD

6 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup8 port’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

9 of Hurricanes Michael, Florence, and Lane, Tropical 

10 Storm Gordon, and Typhoon Mangkhut, $46,977,000, to 

11 remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 

12 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

13 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Con18 struction, and Improvements’’ for necessary expenses re19 lated to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael, Flor20 ence, and Lane, Tropical Storm Gordon, and Typhoon 

21 Mangkhut, $476,755,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2023: Provided, That such amount is des23 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Com3 pliance and Restoration’’ for necessary expenses related 

4 to the consequences of Hurricanes Michael and Florence, 

5 $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: 

6 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

7 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

11 SEC. 501. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 

12 assistance provided for DR–4336–PR, DR–4339–PR, 

13 DR–4340–USVI and DR–4335–USVI under sections 

14 403, 406 and 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re15 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b and 

16 5173) shall be 100 percent of the eligible costs under such 

17 sections. 

18 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The Federal share provided by 

19 subsection (a) shall apply to disaster assistance applied 

20 for before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 502. The Administrator of the Federal Emer22 gency Management Agency may provide assistance, pursu23 ant to section 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re24 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 

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1 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist2 ance Act for the duration of the recovery for incidents 

3 DR–4404, DR–4396, and DR–4398 to— 

4 (1) replace or restore the function of a facility 

5 or system to industry standards without regard to 

6 the pre-disaster condition of the facility or system; 

7 and 

8 (2) replace or restore components of the facility 

9 or system not damaged by the disaster where nec10 essary to fully effectuate the replacement or restora11 tion of disaster-damaged components to restore the 

12 function of the facility or system to industry stand13 ards. 

14 TITLE VI 

15 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

16 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

17 CONSTRUCTION

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec19 essary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 

20 Florence, Lane, and Michael, and flooding associated with 

21 major declared disaster DR–4365, and calendar year 2018 

22 earthquakes, $82,400,000, to remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That of this amount $50,000,000 shall 

24 be used to restore and rebuild national wildlife refuges and 

25 increase the resiliency and capacity of coastal habitat and 


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1 infrastructure to withstand storms and reduce the amount 

2 of damage caused by such storms: Provided further, That 

3 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

4 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

7 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

8 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

9 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Historic Preserva10 tion Fund’’ for necessary expenses related to the con11 sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and Ty12 phoon Yutu, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2022, including costs to States and territories 

14 necessary to complete compliance activities required by 

15 section 306108 of title 54, United States Code (formerly 

16 section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act) and 

17 costs needed to administer the program: Provided, That 

18 grants shall only be available for areas that have received 

19 a major disaster declaration pursuant to the Robert T. 

20 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That individual 

22 grants shall not be subject to a non-Federal matching re23 quirement: Provided further, That such amount is des24 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency reVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:19 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H268.IH H268

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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec5 essary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 

6 Florence and Michael, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, and 

7 calendar year 2018 wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic 

8 eruptions, $78,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

10 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

11 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

14 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga16 tions, and Research’’ for necessary expenses related to the 

17 consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and 

18 calendar year 2018 wildfires, earthquake damage associ19 ated with emergency declaration EM–3410, and in those 

20 areas impacted by a major disaster declared pursuant to 

21 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As22 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) with respect to cal23 endar year 2018 wildfires or volcanic eruptions, 

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1 lated to the repair and replacement of equipment and fa2 cilities damaged by disasters in 2018: Provided further, 

3 That, not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 

4 the Survey shall submit a report to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations that describes the potential options to re6 place the facility damaged by the 2018 volcano disaster 

7 along with cost estimates and a description of how the 

8 Survey will provide direct access for monitoring volcanic 

9 activity and the potential threat to at-risk communities: 

10 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

11 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

12 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

15 INSULAR AFFAIRS

16 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Technical Assistance’’ 

18 for financial management expenses related to the con19 sequences of Typhoon Yutu, $2,000,000, to remain avail20 able until expended: Provided, That such amount is des21 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re22 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex4 penses’’ for necessary expenses related to the con5 sequences of major disasters declared pursuant to the 

6 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist7 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in 2018, $1,000,000, 

8 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

9 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

10 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

14 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Science and Tech16 nology’’ for necessary expenses related to improving pre17 paredness of the water sector, $600,000, to remain avail18 able until expended: Provided, That such amount is des19 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re20 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

23 PROGRAM

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Leaking Underground 

25 Storage Tank Fund’’ for necessary expenses related to the 


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1 consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, cal2 endar year 2018 earthquakes, and Typhoon Yutu, 

3 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

4 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

5 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 For additional amounts for ‘‘State and Tribal Assist10 ance Grants’’ for necessary expenses related to the con11 sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael and cal12 endar year 2018 earthquakes for the hazardous waste fi13 nancial assistance grants program, $1,500,000, to remain 

14 available until expended; for necessary expenses related to 

15 the consequences of Typhoon Yutu for the hazardous 

16 waste financial assistance grants program and for other 

17 solid waste management activities, $56,000,000, to remain 

18 available until expended, provided that none of these funds 

19 shall be subject to section 3011(b) of the Solid Waste Dis20 posal Act; and for grants under section 106 of the Federal 

21 Water Pollution Control Act, $5,000,000, to remain avail22 able until expended, to address impacts of Hurricane Flor23 ence, Hurricane Michael, Typhoon Yutu, and calendar 

24 year 2018 wildfires, notwithstanding subsections (b), (e), 

25 and (f), of such section: Provided, That such amounts are 


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1 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re2 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As5 sistance Grants’’, $349,400,000 to remain available until 

6 expended, of which $53,300,000 shall be for capitalization 

7 grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under 

8 title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and 

9 of which $296,100,000 shall be for capitalization grants 

10 under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Pro11 vided, That notwithstanding section 604(a) of the Federal 

12 Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(a)(1)(D) of 

13 the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds appropriated herein 

14 shall be provided to States in EPA Regions 4, 9, and 10 

15 in amounts determined by the Administrator for waste16 water treatment works and drinking water facilities im17 pacted by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon 

18 Yutu, and calendar year 2018 wildfires and earthquakes: 

19 Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements 

20 of section 603(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

21 Act and section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

22 for the funds appropriated herein, each State shall use not 

23 less than 20 percent but not more than 30 percent amount 

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1 cipal, negative interest loans or grants or any combination 

2 of these: Provided further, That the Administrator shall 

3 retain $10,400,000 of the funds appropriated herein for 

4 grants for drinking water facilities and waste water treat5 ment plants impacted by Typhoon Yutu: Provided further, 

6 That the funds appropriated herein shall be used for eligi7 ble projects whose purpose is to reduce flood or fire dam8 age risk and vulnerability or to enhance resiliency to rapid 

9 hydrologic change or natural disaster at treatment works 

10 as defined by section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 

11 Control Act or any eligible facilities under section 1452 

12 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other eligible 

13 tasks at such treatment works or facilities necessary to 

14 further such purposes: Provided further, That the Admin15 istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may re16 tain up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein 

17 for management and oversight: Provided further, That 

18 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

19 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 In addition, for an additional amount for ‘‘State and 

23 Tribal Assistance Grants’’, $500,000,000, to remain avail24 able until expended, of which $261,000,000 shall be for 

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1 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con2 trol Act, and of which $239,000,000 shall be for capital3 ization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking 

4 Water Act: Provided, That notwithstanding section 604(a) 

5 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 

6 1452(a)(1)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, funds ap7 propriated herein shall be provided to States or Territories 

8 in EPA Regions 2, 4 and 6 in amounts determined by 

9 the Administrator for wastewater and drinking water 

10 treatment works and facilities impacted by Hurricanes 

11 Harvey, Irma, and Maria: Provided further, That, for Re12 gion 2, such funds allocated from funds appropriated here13 in shall not be subject to the matching or cost share re14 quirements of sections 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3) of the Federal 

15 Water Pollution Control Act nor the matching require16 ments of section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: 

17 Provided further, That, for Region 2, notwithstanding the 

18 requirements of section 603(i) of the Federal Water Pollu19 tion Control Act and section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking 

20 Water Act, each State and Territory shall use the full 

21 amount of its capitalization grants allocated from funds 

22 appropriated herein to provide additional subsidization to 

23 eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, 

24 negative interest loans or grants or any combination of 

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1 withstanding the requirements of section 603(i) of the 

2 Federal Water Pollution Control Act and section 1452(d) 

3 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the funds allocated, 

4 each State shall use not less than 20 percent but not more 

5 than 30 percent amount of its capitalization grants allo6 cated from funds appropriated herein to provide additional 

7 subsidization to eligible recipients in the form of forgive8 ness of principal, negative interest loans or grants or any 

9 combination of these: Provided further, That the Adminis10 trator shall retain $74,600,000 of the funds appropriated 

11 herein for grants to any state or territory that has not 

12 established a water pollution control revolving fund pursu13 ant to title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

14 or section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act for drink15 ing water facilities and waste water treatment plants im16 pacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Provided further, 

17 That the funds appropriated herein shall only be used for 

18 eligible projects whose purpose is to reduce flood damage 

19 risk and vulnerability or to enhance resiliency to rapid hy20 drologic change or a natural disaster at treatment works 

21 as defined by section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution 

22 Control Act or any eligible facilities under section 1452 

23 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other eligible 

24 tasks at such treatment works or facilities necessary to 

25 further such purposes: Provided further, That, for Region 


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1 2, notwithstanding section 603(d)(2) of the Federal Water 

2 Pollution Control Act and section 1452(f)(2) of the Safe 

3 Drinking Water Act, funds allocated from funds appro4 priated herein may be used to make loans or to buy, refi5 nance or restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipi6 ents only where such debt was incurred on or after Sep7 tember 20, 2017: Provided further, That the Adminis8 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain 

9 up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein for 

10 management and oversight: Provided further, That such 

11 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

12 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 RELATED AGENCIES 

16 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

17 FOREST SERVICE

18 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest and Rangeland 

20 Research’’ for necessary expenses related to the con21 sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and the 

22 calendar year 2018 wildfires, $1,000,000, to remain avail23 able until expended for the forest inventory and analysis 

24 program: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

25 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 


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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Private 

5 Forestry’’ for necessary expenses related to the con6 sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and the 

7 calendar year 2018 wildfires, $2,000,000, to remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys14 tem’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

15 of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and the calendar 

16 year 2018 wildfires, $63,960,000, to remain available 

17 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

18 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg20 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement 

23 and Maintenance’’ for necessary expenses related to the 

24 consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, and the 

25 calendar year 2018 wildfires, $36,040,000, to remain 


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1 available until expended: Provided, That such amount is 

2 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re3 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man8 agement’’, $720,271,000, to remain available through 

9 September 30, 2022, for urgent wildland fire suppression 

10 operations: Provided, That such funds shall be solely avail11 able to be transferred to and merged with other appropria12 tions accounts from which funds were previously trans13 ferred for wildland fire suppression in fiscal year 2018 to 

14 fully repay those amounts: Provided further, That such 

15 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 

16 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

17 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

18 1985. 

19 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

20 SERVICES 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

22 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

23 SCIENCES

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 

25 Environmental Health Sciences’’ for necessary expenses in 


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1 carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) of the 

2 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

3 and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 

4 126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza5 tion Act of 1986 related to the consequences of major dis6 asters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis7 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 5121 et seq.) in 2018, $1,000,000, to remain available 

9 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 

14 SEC. 601. Not later than 45 days after the date of 

15 enactment of this Act, the agencies receiving funds appro16 priated by this title shall provide a detailed operating plan 

17 of anticipated uses of funds made available in this title 

18 by State and Territory, and by program, project, and ac19 tivity, to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

20 That no such funds shall be obligated before the operating 

21 plans are provided to the Committees: Provided further, 

22 That such plans shall be updated, including obligations to 

23 date, and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

24 every 60 days until all such funds are expended. 


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1 TITLE VII 

2 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

3 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

4 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ7 ment Services’’, $50,000,000, for the dislocated workers 

8 assistance national reserve for necessary expenses directly 

9 related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and 

10 Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, or the 

11 California wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018, to re12 main available through September 30, 2020: Provided, 

13 That the Secretary of Labor may transfer up to 

14 $1,000,000 of such funds to any other Department of 

15 Labor account for reconstruction and recovery needs, in16 cluding worker protection activities: Provided further, That 

17 these sums may be used to replace grant funds previously 

18 obligated to the impacted areas: Provided further, That of 

19 the amount provided, up to $500,000, to remain available 

20 until expended, shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector 

21 General’’ for oversight of activities responding to such con22 sequences: Provided further, That such amount is des23 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

2 SERVICES 

3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Surveillance 

7 and Program Support’’, $30,000,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2019, for grants, contracts and coop9 erative agreements for behavioral health treatment, crisis 

10 counseling, and other related helplines, and for other simi11 lar programs to provide support to individuals impacted 

12 by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, 

13 Super Typhoon Yutu, and the California wildfires occur14 ring in 2018 in those areas for which a major disaster 

15 or emergency has been declared under section 401 or 501 

16 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

17 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191): Provided, 

18 That obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein 

19 prior to the date of enactment of this Act may be charged 

20 to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided fur21 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 

22 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

2 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Social Services Block 

4 Grant’’, $250,000,000, which shall remain available 

5 through September 30, 2020, for necessary expenses di6 rectly related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence 

7 and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, 

8 and the California wildfires in 2018 in those areas for 

9 which a major disaster or emergency has been declared 

10 under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis11 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 5170 and 5191): Provided, That notwithstanding section 

13 2002 of the Social Security Act, the distribution of such 

14 amount shall be limited to States directly affected by these 

15 events: Provided further, That the time limits in section 

16 2002(c) of the Social Security Act shall not apply to funds 

17 appropriated in this paragraph that are used for renova18 tion, repair or construction: Provided further, That funds 

19 appropriated in this paragraph are in addition to the enti20 tlement grants authorized by section 2002(a)(1) of the So21 cial Security Act and shall not be available for such enti22 tlement grants: Provided further, That in addition to other 

23 uses permitted by title XX of the Social Security Act, 

24 funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used for 

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1 costs of renovating, repairing, and construction of health 

2 care facilities (including mental health facilities), child 

3 care centers, and other social services facilities: Provided 

4 further, That of the amount provided, up to $1,000,000, 

5 to remain available until expended, shall be transferred to 

6 ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Office of Inspector General’’ for 

7 oversight of activities responding to such hurricanes, ty8 phoons, and wildfires: Provided further, That funds appro9 priated in this paragraph shall not be available for costs 

10 that are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Manage11 ment Agency, under a contract for insurance, or by self12 insurance: Provided further, That obligations incurred for 

13 the purposes provided herein prior to the date of enact14 ment of this Act may be charged to funds appropriated 

15 under this heading: Provided further, That up to 

16 $3,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts available 

17 for the necessary expenses of administering subtitle A of 

18 title XX of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 

19 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 

25 Services Programs’’, $60,000,000, to remain available 


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1 until September 30, 2021, for Head Start programs, in2 cluding making payments under the Head Start Act, for 

3 necessary expenses directly related to the consequences of 

4 Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, 

5 Super Typhoon Yutu, and the California wildfires in 2018 

6 in those areas for which a major disaster or emergency 

7 has been declared under section 401 or 501 of the Robert 

8 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191): Provided, That none of the 

10 funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be included in 

11 the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal 

12 years, as such term is defined in sections 640(a)(7)(A), 

13 641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the Head Start Act: Pro14 vided further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 

15 are not subject to the allocation requirements of section 

16 640(a) of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That 

17 funds appropriated in this paragraph shall not be available 

18 for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency 

19 Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or 

20 by self-insurance: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 

21 shall be available for Federal administrative expenses: 

22 Provided further, That obligations incurred for the pur23 poses provided herein prior to the date of enactment of 

24 this Act may be charged to funds appropriated under this 

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1 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg3 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

5 EDUCATION RECOVERY

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Education Recovery’’ 

8 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hur9 ricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super 

10 Typhoon Yutu, the California wildfires in 2018, the No11 vember 2018 Anchorage Earthquake or the volcanic erup12 tion and earthquakes in Hawaii in 2018 in those areas 

13 for which a major disaster or emergency has been declared 

14 under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis15 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 5170 and 5191) (referred to under this heading as a ‘‘cov17 ered disaster or emergency’’), $165,000,000, to remain 

18 available through September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

19 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 

20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such 

23 assistance may be provided through any of the programs 

24 authorized under this heading in division B of title VIII 

25 of Public Law 115–123 (as amended by Public Law 115– 


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1 141), as determined by the Secretary of Education, and 

2 subject to the terms and conditions that applied to those 

3 programs, except that references to dates and school years 

4 in Public Law 115–123 shall be deemed to be the cor5 responding dates and school years for the covered disaster 

6 or emergency: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

7 Education may determine the amounts to be used for each 

8 such program and shall notify the Committees on Appro9 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

10 of these amounts not later than 7 days prior to obligation: 

11 Provided further, $2,000,000 of the funds made available 

12 under this heading, to remain available until expended, 

13 shall be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General 

14 of the Department of Education for oversight of activities 

15 supported with funds appropriated under this heading, 

16 and up to $1,000,000 of the funds made available under 

17 this heading shall be for program administration. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

19 SEC. 701. (a) Section 1108(g)(5) of the Social Secu20 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(5)) is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and (E)’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘(E), and (F)’’; 

23 (2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter pre24 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and (E)’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘and (F)’’; 


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1 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub2 paragraph (F); 

3 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(E) Subject to subparagraph (F), for the 

6 period beginning January 1, 2019, and ending 

7 September 30, 2019, the amount of the in8 crease otherwise provided under subparagraph 

9 (A) for the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 

10 further increased by $20,000,000.’’; and 

11 (5) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by 

12 paragraph (3) of this section)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘title XIX, during’’and in14 serting ‘‘title XIX— 

15 ‘‘(i) during’’; 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

17 (D), and (E)’’; 

18 (C) by striking ‘‘and the Virgin Islands’’ 

19 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘, the Vir20 gin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Is21 lands’’; 

22 (D) by striking the period at the end and 

23 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) for the period beginning January 

2 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2019, 

3 with respect to payments to Guam and 

4 American Samoa from the additional funds 

5 provided under subparagraph (A), the Sec6 retary shall increase the Federal medical 

7 assistance percentage or other rate that 

8 would otherwise apply to such payments to 

9 100 percent.’’. 

10 (b) The amounts provided by the amendments made 

11 by subsection (a) are designated by the Congress as being 

12 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 SEC. 702. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Labor, Health 

17 and Human Services, and Education shall provide a de18 tailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made avail19 able in this title, including estimated personnel and admin20 istrative costs, to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro21 vided, That such plans shall be updated and submitted 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations every 60 days until 

23 all funds are expended or expire. 

24 SEC. 703. The second proviso under the heading 

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1 partment of Education’’ under title VIII of subdivision 1 

2 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 

3 Law 115–123; 132 Stat. 95) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

6 after the semicolon; and 

7 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(K) assistance provided to an eligible en9 tity under this heading, including assistance 

10 provided to an eligible entity before the date of 

11 enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations 

12 Act, 2019, may be used by the eligible entity 

13 for a purpose described in section 406 of the 

14 Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Relief Emer15 gency Act (42 U.S.C. 5172), notwithstanding 

16 section 102(e)(3) of title IV of division B of 

17 Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2794), if the 

18 eligible entity will receive funds for that pur19 pose under such section 406; and 

20 ‘‘(L) any duplicative Federal assistance 

21 provided under this heading to an eligible entity 

22 may be retained by the entity and used for 

23 other activities to restart school operations in 

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1 (2) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

2 the semicolon; 

3 (3) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para4 graph (11); and 

5 (4) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(10) amounts available under paragraph (4) 

8 that exceed the amount required to meet the need 

9 for such funds as determined by the Secretary as of 

10 December 31, 2018, shall be available to carry out 

11 paragraph (3); and’’: 

12 Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this sec13 tion that were previously designated by the Congress as 

14 an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 

15 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated 

16 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

17 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg18 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 TITLE VIII 

20 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

21 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex24 penses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

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1 ence, Lane, and Michael, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, 

2 the calendar year 2018 wildfires, earthquakes, and volcano 

3 eruptions, and other disasters declared pursuant to the 

4 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist5 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That, not 

6 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

7 the Government Accountability Office shall submit to the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent9 atives and the Senate a spend plan specifying funding esti10 mates for audits and investigations of any such declared 

11 disasters occurring in 2018 and identifying funding esti12 mates or carryover balances, if any, that may be available 

13 for audits and investigations of any other such declared 

14 disasters: Provided further, That such amount is des15 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re16 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 TITLE IX 

19 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

22 Navy and Marine Corps’’, $115,000,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2023, for planning and design 

24 related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and 

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1 vided, That none of the funds shall be available for obliga2 tion until the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

3 of Representatives and the Senate receive a master plan 

4 for the installations and a form 1391 for each specific 

5 project: Provided further, That, not later than 60 days 

6 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, 

7 or his designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

9 a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this 

10 heading: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

11 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

12 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg13 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

16 Air Force’’, $700,000,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2023, for planning and design, and construc18 tion expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane 

19 Michael: Provided, That none of the funds shall be avail20 able for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive 

22 a basing plan and future mission requirements for instal23 lations significantly damaged by Hurricane Michael: Pro24 vided further, That, not later than 60 days after enact25 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, or his 


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1 designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 

3 detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this 

4 heading: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

5 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

6 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg7 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

10 Army National Guard’’, $42,400,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2023, for necessary expenses related 

12 to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael: 

13 Provided, That none of the funds shall be available for 

14 obligation until the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 

16 1391 for each specific request: Provided further, That, not 

17 later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc18 tor of the Army National Guard, or his designee, shall 

19 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure 

21 plan for funds provided under this heading: Provided fur22 ther, That such funds may be obligated or expended for 

23 planning and design and military construction projects not 

24 otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That such 

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1 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

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

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

5 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

6 MEDICAL FACILITIES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, 

9 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 

10 for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hur11 ricanes Florence and Michael and Typhoons Mangkhut 

12 and Yutu: Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans Af13 fairs, upon determination that such action is necessary to 

14 address needs as a result of the consequences of Hurri15 canes Florence and Michael and Typhoons Mangkhut and 

16 Yutu, may transfer such funds to any discretionary ac17 count of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 

18 further, That before a transfer may take place, the Sec19 retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit notice thereof to 

20 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep21 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That none 

22 of these funds shall be available for obligation until the 

23 Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 

24 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

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1 under this heading: Provided further, That such amount 

2 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

3 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

4 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

5 1985. 

6 TITLE X 

7 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

8 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

9 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM

10 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Transpor11 tation Emergency Relief Program’’ as authorized under 

12 section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, $10,542,000 

13 to remain available until expended, for transit systems af14 fected by major declared disasters occurring in calendar 

15 year 2018: Provided, That not more than three-quarters 

16 of 1 percent of the funds for public transportation emer17 gency relief shall be available for administrative expenses 

18 and ongoing program management oversight as authorized 

19 under sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2) of such title and shall 

20 be in addition to any other appropriations for such pur21 pose: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

22 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

23 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg24 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

2 OPERATIONS

3 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

4 Of the amounts made available for ‘‘Federal Aviation 

5 Administration—Operations’’ in division B of the Bipar6 tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), up to 

7 $18,000,000 shall also be available for necessary expenses 

8 related to the consequences of major declared disasters oc9 curring in calendar year 2018: Provided, That amounts 

10 repurposed under this heading that were previously des11 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

12 pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

13 Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 

14 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

18 EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM

19 For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief 

20 Program as authorized under section 125 of title 23, 

21 United States Code, $1,650,000,000, to remain available 

22 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated 

23 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

24 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg25 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop7 ment Fund’’, $1,160,000,000, to remain available until 

8 expended, for necessary expenses for activities authorized 

9 under title I of the Housing and Community Development 

10 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster 

11 relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure 

12 and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 

13 most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a 

14 major disaster that occurred in 2018 (except as otherwise 

15 provided under this heading) pursuant to the Robert T. 

16 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

17 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That funds shall be 

18 awarded directly to the State, unit of general local govern19 ment, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 

20 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

21 1974) at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided further, 

22 That of the amounts made available under this heading 

23 that remain available, after the funds under this heading 

24 and under the same heading in Public Law 115-254 have 

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1 curred in 2018, up to $100,000,000 shall be allocated to 

2 meet unmet infrastructure needs for grantees that re3 ceived allocations for disasters that occurred in 2017 (ex4 cluding disasters specified in section 501(a) of title V of 

5 this Act) under this heading of division B of Public Law 

6 115-56 and title XI of Public Law 115-123: Provided fur7 ther, That of the amounts provided in the previous proviso, 

8 the Secretary’s unmet infrastructure needs determinations 

9 shall not take into account mitigation-specific allocations: 

10 Provided further, That any funds made available under 

11 this heading and under the same heading in Public Law 

12 115–254 that remain available, after the funds under such 

13 headings have been allocated for necessary expenses for 

14 activities authorized under such headings, shall be allo15 cated to grantees, for mitigation activities in the most im16 pacted and distressed areas resulting from a major dis17 aster that occurred in 2018: Provided further, That such 

18 allocations shall be made in the same proportion that the 

19 amount of funds each grantee received under this Act and 

20 the same heading in division I of Public Law 115–254 

21 bears to the amount of all funds provided to all grantees 

22 that received allocations for disasters that occurred in 

23 2018: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail24 able under the text preceding the first proviso under this 

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1 254, the Secretary shall allocate to all such grantees an 

2 aggregate amount not less than 33 percent of the sum 

3 of such amounts of funds within 120 days after the enact4 ment of this Act based on the best available data, and 

5 shall allocate no less than 100 percent of such funds by 

6 no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act: 

7 Provided further, That the Secretary shall not prohibit the 

8 use of funds made available under this heading and the 

9 same heading in Public Law 115–254 for non-Federal 

10 share as authorized by section 105(a)(9) of the Housing 

11 and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

12 5305(a)(9)): Provided further, That of the amounts made 

13 available under this heading, grantees may establish grant 

14 programs to assist small businesses for working capital 

15 purposes to aid in recovery: Provided further, That as a 

16 condition of making any grant, the Secretary shall certify 

17 in advance that such grantee has in place proficient finan18 cial controls and procurement processes and has estab19 lished adequate procedures to prevent any duplication of 

20 benefits as defined by section 312 of the Robert T. Staf21 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely expenditure of funds, to 

23 maintain comprehensive websites regarding all disaster re24 covery activities assisted with these funds, and to detect 

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1 further, That with respect to any such duplication of bene2 fits, the Secretary and any grantee under this section shall 

3 not take into consideration or reduce the amount provided 

4 to any applicant for assistance from the grantee where 

5 such applicant applied for and was approved, but declined 

6 assistance related to such major disasters that occurred 

7 in 2018 from the Small Business Administration under 

8 section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)): 

9 Provided further, That the Secretary shall require grantees 

10 to maintain on a public website information containing 

11 common reporting criteria established by the Department 

12 that permits individuals and entities awaiting assistance 

13 and the general public to see how all grant funds are used, 

14 including copies of all relevant procurement documents, 

15 grantee administrative contracts and details of ongoing 

16 procurement processes, as determined by the Secretary: 

17 Provided further, That prior to the obligation of funds a 

18 grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval 

19 detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria 

20 for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address 

21 long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and 

22 housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 

23 most impacted and distressed areas: Provided further, 

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1 eral Emergency Management Agency or the Army Corps 

2 of Engineers: Provided further, That funds allocated under 

3 this heading shall not be considered relevant to the non4 disaster formula allocations made pursuant to section 106 

5 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

6 (42 U.S.C. 5306): Provided further, That a State, unit of 

7 general local government, or Indian tribe may use up to 

8 5 percent of its allocation for administrative costs: Pro9 vided further, That the first proviso under this heading 

10 in the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 

11 Requirements Act, 2018 (division I of Public Law 115– 

12 254) is amended by striking ‘‘State or unit of general local 

13 government’’ and inserting ‘‘State, unit of general local 

14 government, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in 

15 section 102 of the Housing and Community Development 

16 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302))’’: Provided further, That 

17 the sixth proviso under this heading in the Supplemental 

18 Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 

19 2018 (division I of Public Law 115–254) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘State or subdivision thereof’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘State, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe 

22 (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Housing 

23 and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

24 5302))’’: Provided further, That in administering the 

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1 Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative re2 quirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation 

3 that the Secretary administers in connection with the obli4 gation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these 

5 funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, 

6 nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 

7 if the Secretary finds that good cause exists for the waiver 

8 or alternative requirement and such waiver or alternative 

9 requirement would not be inconsistent with the overall 

10 purpose of title I of the Housing and Community Develop11 ment Act of 1974: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

12 the preceding proviso, recipients of funds provided under 

13 this heading that use such funds to supplement Federal 

14 assistance provided under section 402, 403, 404, 406, 

15 407, 408 (c)(4), or 502 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

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

17 seq.) may adopt, without review or public comment, any 

18 environmental review, approval, or permit performed by 

19 a Federal agency, and such adoption shall satisfy the re20 sponsibilities of the recipient with respect to such environ21 mental review, approval or permit: Provided further, That, 

22 notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the Housing and 

23 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

24 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon receipt of a request 

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1 the release of funds for an activity or project assisted 

2 under this heading if the recipient has adopted an environ3 mental review, approval or permit under the preceding 

4 proviso or the activity or project is categorically excluded 

5 from review under the National Environmental Policy Act 

6 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Provided further, That 

7 the Secretary shall publish via notice in the Federal Reg8 ister any waiver, or alternative requirement, to any statute 

9 or regulation that the Secretary administers pursuant to 

10 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

11 of 1974 no later than 5 days before the effective date of 

12 such waiver or alternative requirement: Provided further, 

13 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

14 up to $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity 

15 building and technical assistance, including assistance on 

16 contracting and procurement processes, to support States, 

17 units of general local government, or Indian tribes (and 

18 their subrecipients) that receive allocations pursuant to 

19 this heading, received disaster recovery allocations under 

20 the same heading in Public Law 115–254, or may receive 

21 similar allocations for disaster recovery in future appro22 priations Acts: Provided further, That of the amounts 

23 made available under this heading and under the same 

24 heading in Public Law 115–254, up to $2,500,000 shall 

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1 and Urban Development—Program Office Salaries and 

2 Expenses—Community Planning and Development’’ for 

3 necessary costs, including information technology costs, of 

4 administering and overseeing the obligation and expendi5 ture of amounts under this heading: Provided further, 

6 That the amount specified in the preceding proviso shall 

7 be combined with funds appropriated under the same 

8 heading and for the same purpose in Public Law 115– 

9 254 and the aggregate of such amounts shall be available 

10 for any of the same such purposes specified under this 

11 heading or the same heading in Public Law 115–254 with12 out limitation: Provided further, That such amount is des13 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re14 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 

17 SEC. 1001. (a) Amounts previously made available 

18 for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 

19 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

20 seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restora21 tion of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, 

22 and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas 

23 resulting from a major disaster, including funds provided 

24 under section 145 of division C of Public Law 114–223, 

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1 added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114– 

2 254), section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, 

3 and any mitigation funding provided under the heading 

4 ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Com5 munity Planning and Development—Community Develop6 ment Fund’’ of Public Law 115–123, that were allocated 

7 in response to Hurricane Matthew, may be used inter8 changeably and without limitation for the same activities 

9 in the most impacted and distressed areas related to Hur10 ricane Florence. In addition, any funds provided under the 

11 heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop12 ment—Community Planning and Development—Commu13 nity Development Fund’’ in this Act or in division I of 

14 Public Law 115–254 that are allocated in response to 

15 Hurricane Florence may be used interchangeably and 

16 without limitation for the same activities in the most im17 pacted and distressed areas related to Hurricane Matthew. 

18 Until HUD publishes the Federal Register Notice imple19 menting this provision, grantees may submit for HUD ap20 proval revised plans for the use of funds related to Hurri21 cane Matthew that expand the eligible beneficiaries of ex22 isting programs contained in such previously approved 

23 plans to include those impacted by Hurricane Florence. 

24 Approval of any such revised plans shall include the execu25 tion of revised grant terms and conditions as necessary. 


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1 Once the implementing Notice is published, any additional 

2 action plan revisions shall follow the requirements con3 tained therein. 

4 (b) Amounts made available for administrative costs 

5 for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 

6 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

7 seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restora8 tion of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, 

9 and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas 

10 under this Act or any future Act, and amounts previously 

11 provided under section 420 of division L of Public Law 

12 114–113, section 145 of division C of Public Law 114– 

13 223, section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223 (as 

14 added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114– 

15 254), section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, 

16 and under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 

17 Urban Development—Community Planning and Develop18 ment—Community Development Fund’’ of division B of 

19 Public Law 115–56, Public Law 115–123, and Public 

20 Law 115–254, shall be available for eligible administrative 

21 costs of the grantee related to any disaster relief funding 

22 identified in this subsection without regard to the par23 ticular disaster appropriation from which such funds origi24 nated. 


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1 (c) The additional uses pursuant to this section for 

2 amounts that were previously designated by the Congress, 

3 respectively, as an emergency requirement or as being for 

4 disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

5 Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con6 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

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

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for 

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

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985. 

12 TITLE XI 

13 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS ACT 

14 SEC. 1101. Each amount designated in this Act by 

15 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur16 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be avail18 able (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the 

19 President subsequently so designates all such amounts 

20 and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

21

22 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Appro23 priations Act, 2019’’. 

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