I 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 264 

Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2019 

Mr. QUIGLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fi5 nancial services and general government for the fiscal year 

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

7 namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 

6 including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 

7 Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas8 senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve9 ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 

10 for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec11 essary for the performance of official business; executive 

12 direction program activities; international affairs and eco13 nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac14 tivities, including technical assistance to Puerto Rico; and 

15 Treasury-wide management policies and programs activi16 ties, $208,751,000: Provided, That of the amount appro17 priated under this heading— 

18 (1) not to exceed $700,000 is for official recep19 tion and representation expenses, of which necessary 

20 amounts shall be available for expenses to support 

21 activities of the Financial Action Task Force, and 

22 not to exceed $350,000 shall be for other official re23 ception and representation expenses; 

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

25 emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 


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1 and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 

2 the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 

3 Secretary’s certificate; and 

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

5 available until September 30, 2020, for— 

6 (A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 

7 Audit and Internal Control Program; 

8 (B) information technology modernization 

9 requirements; 

10 (C) the audit, oversight, and administra11 tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 

12 (D) the development and implementation 

13 of programs within the Office of Critical Infra14 structure Protection and Compliance Policy, in15 cluding entering into cooperative agreements; 

16 (E) operations and maintenance of facili17 ties; and 

18 (F) international operations. 

19 OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 

22 and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys23 tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter24 rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 

25 proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other 


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

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

3 $33,500,000 may be transferred to the Departmental Of4 fices Salaries and Expenses appropriation and shall be 

5 available for administrative support to the Office of Ter6 rorism and Financial Intelligence; and (2) up to 

7 $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2020: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

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

10 to support and augment new and ongoing investigations 

11 into the illicit trade of synthetic opioids, particularly 

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

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

14 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Ad16 ministrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and 

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

18 submit a comprehensive report (which shall be submitted 

19 in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex) 

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

21 China to subvert United States laws and to supply illicit 

22 synthetic opioids to persons in the United States, includ23 ing up-to-date estimates of the scale of illicit synthetic 

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

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1 land Security, and the Committee on Financial Services 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

3 Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and 

4 Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Banking, 

5 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

6 CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT

7 For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 

8 for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 

9 $25,208,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2021: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 

11 supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas12 ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur13 ther, That the Chief Information Officer of the individual 

14 offices and bureaus shall submit a spend plan for each 

15 investment to the Treasury Chief Information Officer for 

16 approval: Provided further, That the submitted spend plan 

17 shall be reviewed and approved by the Treasury Chief In18 formation Officer prior to the obligation of funds under 

19 this heading: Provided further, That of the total amount 

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

21 available for administrative expenses for the Treasury 

22 Chief Information Officer to provide oversight of the in23 vestments made under this heading: Provided further, 

24 That such funds shall supplement and not supplant any 


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1 other amounts made available to the Treasury Chief Infor2 mation Officer. 

3 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

4 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For development and acquisition of automatic data 

7 processing equipment, software, and services and for re8 pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart9 ment of the Treasury, $4,000,000, to remain available 

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

11 shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec12 essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of13 fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 

14 That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 

15 other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur16 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head17 ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev18 enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 

19 Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, $37,044,000, including hire of pas25 senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 


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1 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con2 fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 

3 direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 

4 which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2020, shall be for audits and investigations 

6 conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 

7 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re8 vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 

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

10 shall be available for official reception and representation 

11 expenses. 

12 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 

16 General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In17 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur18 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

19 1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 

20 such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 

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

22 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2020; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 

24 for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 

25 $500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 


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1 a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 

2 the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra3 tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 

4 for official reception and representation expenses. 

5 SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED

6 ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Special 

9 Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the 

10 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public 

11 Law 110–343), $17,500,000. 

12 FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En15 forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve16 hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 

17 foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 

18 training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in19 telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula20 tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 

21 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

22 and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 

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

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

25 September 30, 2021. 


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1 BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 

4 of the Fiscal Service, $338,280,000; of which not to ex5 ceed $4,210,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2021, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 

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

8 and representation expenses. 

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

10 Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 

11 and personnel expenses for financial management of the 

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

13 380. 

14 ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 

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

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

19 exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex20 penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 

21 development programs for laboratory services; and provi22 sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 

23 with or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the 

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

25 be for the costs of accelerating the processing of formula 


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1 and label applications: Provided further, That of the 

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

3 remain available until September 30, 2020. 

4 UNITED STATES MINT

5 UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND

6 Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 

7 Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 

8 the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 

9 associated with the production of circulating coins, numis10 matic coins, and protective services, including both oper11 ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 

12 the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in13 curred during fiscal year 2019 under such section 5136 

14 for circulating coinage and protective service capital in15 vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 

16 $30,000,000. 

17 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

18 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 

20 Regulatory Improvements Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 

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

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

23 for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 

24 to the rate for EX–3, $250,000,000. Of the amount ap25 propriated under this heading— 


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1 (1) not less than $182,000,000, notwith2 standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 

3 U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg4 ing Community Development Financial Institutions 

5 Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 

6 2020, for financial assistance and technical assist7 ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 

8 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 

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

10 $2,680,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans: 

11 Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 

12 loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

13 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

15 these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga16 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 

17 exceed $25,000,000; 

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

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

20 4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2020, for 

21 financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 

22 and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 

23 American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com24 munities and provided primarily through qualified 

25 community development lender organizations with 


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1 experience and expertise in community development 

2 banking and lending in Indian country, Native 

3 American organizations, tribes and tribal organiza4 tions, and other suitable providers; 

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

6 September 30, 2020, for the Bank Enterprise Award 

7 program; 

8 (4) up to $27,000,000 is available until Sep9 tember 30, 2019, for administrative expenses, in10 cluding administration of CDFI fund programs and 

11 the New Markets Tax Credit Program, of which not 

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

13 better assess and inform CDFI investment perform14 ance, and up to $300,000 is for administrative ex15 penses to carry out the direct loan program; and 

16 (5) during fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 

17 available under this heading are available for the 

18 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

19 Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 

20 bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 

21 Community Development and Regulatory Improve22 ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 

23 That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 

24 under such section 114A shall not exceed 

25 $500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 


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1 114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 

2 2019: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 

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

4 used for awards that support investments that serve 

5 populations living in persistent poverty counties: 

6 Provided further, That for the purposes of this sec7 tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means 

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

9 population living in poverty over the past 30 years, 

10 as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial cen11 suses and the 2011–2015 5-year data series avail12 able from the American Community Survey of the 

13 Census Bureau. 

14 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

15 TAXPAYER SERVICES

16 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv17 ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist18 ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 

19 advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 

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

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

22 $9,890,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 

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

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

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1 tember 30, 2020, shall be available for a Community Vol2 unteer Income Tax Assistance matching grants program 

3 for tax return preparation assistance, and of which not 

4 less than $206,000,000 shall be available for operating ex5 penses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: Provided, That 

6 of the amounts made available for the Taxpayer Advocate 

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

8 theft and refund fraud casework. 

9 ENFORCEMENT

10 For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 

11 of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 

12 owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con13 duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 

14 related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi15 nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi16 cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 

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

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

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

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

21 $60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 

22 Enforcement program. 

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1 grams, including rent payments; facilities services; print2 ing; postage; physical security; headquarters and other 

3 IRS-wide administration activities; research and statistics 

4 of income; telecommunications; information technology de5 velopment, enhancement, operations, maintenance, and se6 curity; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 

7 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Revenue Service 

8 Oversight Board; and other services as authorized by 5 

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

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

11 $50,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2020; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain 

13 available until expended for acquisition of equipment and 

14 construction, repair and renovation of facilities; of which 

15 not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2021, for research; of which not to exceed 

17 $20,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

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

19 end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 

20 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 

22 Comptroller General of the United States detailing the 

23 cost and schedule performance for its major information 

24 technology investments, including the purpose and life25 cycle stages of the investments; the reasons for any cost 


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1 and schedule variances; the risks of such investments and 

2 strategies the Internal Revenue Service is using to miti3 gate such risks; and the expected developmental mile4 stones to be achieved and costs to be incurred in the next 

5 quarter: Provided further, That the Internal Revenue Serv6 ice shall include, in its budget justification for fiscal year 

7 2020, a summary of cost and schedule performance infor8 mation for its major information technology systems. 

9 BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION

10 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv11 ice’s business systems modernization program, 

12 $110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2021, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech14 nology systems, including management and related con15 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including related Inter16 nal Revenue Service labor costs, and contractual costs as17 sociated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

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

19 each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall submit 

20 a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

21 House of Representatives and the Senate and the Comp22 troller General of the United States detailing the cost and 

23 schedule performance for major information technology in24 vestments, including the purposes and life-cycle stages of 

25 the investments; the reasons for any cost and schedule 


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1 variances; the risks of such investments and the strategies 

2 the Internal Revenue Service is using to mitigate such 

3 risks; and the expected developmental milestones to be 

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

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE

6 SERVICE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria9 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

10 Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 

11 Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 

12 Committees on Appropriations. 

13 SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main14 tain an employee training program, which shall include the 

15 following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 

16 with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im17 partial application of tax law. 

18 SEC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti19 tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe20 guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro21 tect taxpayers against identity theft. 

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

23 Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 

24 improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi25 cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 


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1 The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 

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

3 a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 

4 response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 

5 with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 

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

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

8 a video unless the Service-Wide Video Editorial Board de9 termines in advance that making the video is appropriate, 

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

11 the video. 

12 SEC. 106. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 

13 a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 

14 to an employer making employment tax payments, and 

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

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

17 Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 

18 offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic19 tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 

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

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

22 target citizens of the United States for exercising any 

23 right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con24 stitution of the United States. 


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

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

3 groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 

4 beliefs. 

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

6 to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex7 pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce8 dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 

9 and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 

10 Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re11 sult of the recommendations in the report published on 

12 May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 

13 Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 

14 Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana15 heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 

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

17 Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 

18 expended— 

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

20 a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 

21 (2) under any hiring or personnel selection 

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

23 unless such program or process takes into account 

24 the conduct and Federal tax compliance of such em25 ployee or former employee. 


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

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

3 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 

4 and disclosure of returns and return information). 

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

6 6014, 6020, or 6201(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

7 1986, no funds in this or any other Act shall be available 

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

9 a proposed final return or statement for use by such per10 son to satisfy a filing or reporting requirement under such 

11 Code. 

12 SEC. 113. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 

13 available in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service, 

14 $77,000,000, to be available until September 30, 2020, 

15 shall be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Tax16 payer Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ 

17 accounts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional 

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

19 97: Provided, That such funds shall not be available until 

20 the Commissioner submits to the Committees on Appro21 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

22 a spending plan for such funds. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE

2 TREASURY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 

5 Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al6 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

7 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 

8 insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 

9 countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 

10 general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 

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

12 contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 

13 of health and medical services to employees and their de14 pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author15 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

16 SEC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria17 tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De18 partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 

19 Terrorism and Financial Intelligence’’, ‘‘Office of Inspec20 tor General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the Troubled 

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

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

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

24 between such appropriations upon the advance approval 

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1 resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer 

2 under this section may increase or decrease any such ap3 propriation by more than 2 percent. 

4 SEC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria5 tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 

6 Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen7 eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad8 vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 

10 That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro11 priation by more than 2 percent. 

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

13 or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 

14 or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 

15 to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 

16 SEC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans17 fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service-Salaries 

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

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

20 amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and expenses 

21 account from debt collections received in the Debt Collec22 tion Fund. 

23 SEC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

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1 seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 

2 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 

4 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

5 Affairs. 

6 SEC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this or any other Act or source 

8 to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav9 ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 

10 or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func11 tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 

12 United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 

13 House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com14 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent16 atives and the Senate. 

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

18 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De19 partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re20 lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 

21 the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 

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

23 2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 

24 Act for Fiscal Year 2019. 


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1 SEC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail2 able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus3 trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 

4 representation expenses. 

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

6 a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro7 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

8 not later than 30 days following the submission of the an9 nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 

10 such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest11 ment spending from all accounts within the Department 

12 of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart13 ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac14 count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas15 ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 

16 Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur17 ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 

18 project that has not been fully completed. 

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

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

21 an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 

23 amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran24 chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 

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


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1 description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 

2 each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip3 tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran4 chise Fund. 

5 SEC. 125. During fiscal year 2019— 

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

7 any other Act may be used by the Department of 

8 the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv9 ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev10 enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par11 ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 

12 used to determine whether an organization is oper13 ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 

14 for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 

15 Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu16 lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 

17 29, 2013)); and 

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

19 January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de20 terminations shall apply after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 

22 under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza23 tions created on, before, or after such date. 

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

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


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1 Office of Financial Research shall submit reports on their 

2 activities to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

3 House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 

4 on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 

5 the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

6 Affairs. 

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

8 include— 

9 (1) the obligations made during the previous 

10 quarter by object class, office, and activity; 

11 (2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 

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

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

14 each office during the previous quarter; 

15 (4) the estimated number of full-time equiva16 lents within each office for the remainder of the fis17 cal year; and 

18 (5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec19 tives, and performance measures of each office. 

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

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

22 Office of Financial Research shall make officials available 

23 to testify on the contents of the reports required under 

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1 SEC. 127. Amounts made available under the heading 

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

3 available to reimburse the ‘‘Departmental Offices—Sala4 ries and Expenses’’ account for expenses incurred in such 

5 account for reception and representation expenses to sup6 port activities of the Financial Action Task Force. 

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

8 Printing Fund may be used for the acquisition of nec9 essary land for, and construction of, a replacement cur10 rency production facility. 

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

12 enactment of this Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement 

13 Network and the appropriate divisions of the Department 

14 of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report on any 

15 Geographic Targeting Orders issued since 2016, includ16 ing— 

17 (1) the type of data collected; 

18 (2) how the Financial Crimes Enforcement Net19 work uses the data; 

20 (3) whether the Financial Crimes Enforcement 

21 Network needs more authority to combat money 

22 laundering through high-end real estate; 

23 (4) how a record of beneficial ownership would 

24 improve and assist law enforcement efforts to inves25 tigate and prosecute criminal activity and prevent 


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1 the use of shell companies to facilitate money laun2 dering, tax evasion, terrorism financing, election 

3 fraud, and other illegal activity; and 

4 (5) the feasibility of implementing Geographic 

5 Targeting Orders on a permanent basis on all real 

6 estate transactions in the United States greater than 

7 $300,000. 

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

9 Treasury Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

10 TITLE II 

11 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 

12 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 

13 THE WHITE HOUSE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for the White House as au16 thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 

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

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

19 shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 

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

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

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

23 official reception and representation expenses, to be avail24 able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi25 dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 


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

2 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $55,000,000. 

3 EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 

6 at the White House, $13,081,000, to be expended and ac7 counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 

8 112–114. 

9 REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

10 For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi11 dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec12 essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 

13 of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 

14 with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 

15 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

16 amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 

17 exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob18 ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex19 penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

20 shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit21 ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti22 mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 

23 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

24 expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 

25 shall require the national committee of the political party 


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

2 separately accounted for and available for expenses relat3 ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 

4 committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 

5 the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 

6 of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 

7 under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 

8 such amount within 60 days after such expense is in9 curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 

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

11 the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 

12 penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 

13 not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 

14 the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out15 standing debt on a United States Government claim under 

16 31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 

17 that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 

18 charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella19 neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi20 dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap21 propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 

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

23 the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res24 idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 

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


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1 consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 

2 amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 

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

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

5 That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 

6 the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 

7 within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 

8 for the classification of any such expense as political or 

9 nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 

10 paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res11 idence from any other applicable requirement of sub12 chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 

13 Code. 

14 WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION

15 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 

16 Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 

17 U.S.C. 105(d), $750,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 

19 health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 

20 COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 

23 Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ24 ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,187,000. 


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1 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HOMELAND

2 SECURITY COUNCIL

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the National Security 

5 Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 

6 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,800,000. 

7 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra10 tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 

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

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

13 remain available until expended for continued moderniza14 tion of information resources within the Executive Office 

15 of the President. 

16 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 

19 and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

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

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

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

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

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1 tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro2 priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 

3 Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri4 cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 

5 under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree6 ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): 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 transcript of actual testimony of wit10 nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 

11 Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap12 propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 

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

14 Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 

15 the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 

16 Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 

17 Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made 

18 available for the Office of Management and Budget by this 

19 Act, no less than three full-time equivalent senior staff po20 sition shall be dedicated solely to the Office of the Intellec21 tual Property Enforcement Coordinator: Provided further, 

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

23 be used, directly or indirectly, by the Office of Manage24 ment and Budget, for evaluating or determining if water 

25 resource project or study reports submitted by the Chief 


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1 of Engineers acting through the Secretary of the Army 

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

3 requirements relevant to the Civil Works water resource 

4 planning process: Provided further, That the Office of 

5 Management and Budget shall have not more than 60 

6 days in which to perform budgetary policy reviews of water 

7 resource matters on which the Chief of Engineers has re8 ported: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 

9 of Management and Budget shall notify the appropriate 

10 authorizing and appropriating committees when the 60- 

11 day review is initiated: Provided further, That if water re12 source reports have not been transmitted to the appro13 priate authorizing and appropriating committees within 

14 15 days after the end of the Office of Management and 

15 Budget review period based on the notification from the 

16 Director, Congress shall assume Office of Management 

17 and Budget concurrence with the report and act accord18 ingly. 

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

20 and Regulatory Affairs to hire additional personnel dedi21 cated to regulatory review and reforms: Provided, That 

22 these amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts 

23 available for such purpose: Provided further, That these 

24 funds may not be used to backfill vacancies. 


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1 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

4 Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 

5 the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469); not to exceed 

7 $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

8 and for participation in joint projects or in the provision 

9 of services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 

10 research, or public organizations or agencies, with or with11 out reimbursement, $18,400,000: Provided, That the Of12 fice is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize 

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

14 fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili15 tating the work of the Office. 

16 FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

17 HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of National 

20 Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 

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

22 September 30, 2020, for drug control activities consistent 

23 with the approved strategy for each of the designated 

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

25 which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 


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1 State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 

2 be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 

3 this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans4 ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 

5 determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 

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

7 for auditing services and associated activities: Provided 

8 further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of Public 

9 Law 106–58, any unexpended funds obligated prior to fis10 cal year 2017 may be used for any other approved activi11 ties of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming require12 ments: Provided further, That each HIDTA designated as 

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

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

15 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Senate justification for changes to 

17 those levels based on clearly articulated priorities and pub18 lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 

19 measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That the Di20 rector shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the initial allocation of fiscal year 2019 funding among 

22 HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

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

24 discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta25 tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 


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

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

3 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 

4 provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 

5 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap7 propriation. 

8 OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For other drug control activities authorized by the 

11 Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 

12 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–469), $117,327,000, to re13 main available until expended, which shall be available as 

14 follows: $99,000,000 for the Drug-Free Communities Pro15 gram, of which $2,000,000 shall be made available as di16 rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 

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

18 $2,000,000 for drug court training and technical assist19 ance; $9,500,000 for anti-doping activities; $2,577,000 for 

20 the United States membership dues to the World Anti21 Doping Agency; and $1,250,000 shall be made available 

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

23 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

24 for activities authorized by section 103 of Public Law 

25 114–198: Provided, That amounts made available under 


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1 this heading may be transferred to other Federal depart2 ments and agencies to carry out such activities. 

3 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

4 For expenses necessary to enable the President to 

5 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 

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

7 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 

8 3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2020. 

10 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT AND REFORM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte13 grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 

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

15 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc16 tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 

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

18 projects to meet these purposes. 

19 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 

22 to provide assistance to the President in connection with 

23 specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 

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1 pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 

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

3 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

4 OPERATING EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 

7 and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 

8 lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi9 cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 

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

11 U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $302,000: Provided, That advances, re12 payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 

13 made to any department or agency for expenses of car14 rying out such activities. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

16 THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO

17 THE PRESIDENT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

20 under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi21 dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 

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

23 Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of24 fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi25 dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 


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1 Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 

2 such other officer as the President may designate in writ3 ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

5 Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap6 propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 

7 with and available for the same time and for the same 

8 purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro9 vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 

10 increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro11 vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 

12 ‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi13 dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 

14 Vice President. 

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

16 order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 

17 the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 

18 from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg19 et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 

20 revenues, of such order or memorandum. 

21 (b) Any such statement shall include— 

22 (1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im23 pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 

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1 (2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 

2 obligations and outlays as the result of such order 

3 or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 

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

5 year 2019; and 

6 (3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov7 ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 

8 over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 

9 2019. 

10 (c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo11 randum is issued during fiscal year 2019 due to a national 

12 emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 

13 Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 

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

15 or memorandum is issued. 

16 (d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi17 dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 

18 memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 

19 of $100,000,000. 

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

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1 TITLE III 

2 THE JUDICIARY 

3 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su6 preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 

7 building and grounds, including hire of passenger motor 

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

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

10 expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended 

11 as the Chief Justice may approve, $84,703,000, of which 

12 $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 

13 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

15 justice and associate justices of the court. 

16 CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS

17 For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 

18 the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im19 posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112, 

20 $15,999,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL

2 CIRCUIT

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec5 essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 

6 $32,016,000. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

9 judge and judges of the court. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 

13 services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author14 ized by law, $19,450,000. 

15 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

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

17 judge and judges of the court. 

18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER

19 JUDICIAL SERVICES

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 

22 of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi23 cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 

24 specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 

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1 for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author2 ized by law, $5,154,461,000 (including the purchase of 

3 firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 

4 $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 

5 space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 

6 related to new space alteration and construction projects. 

7 In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 

8 be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 

9 and district judges (including judges of the territorial 

10 courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus11 tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 

12 service. 

13 In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 

14 of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 

15 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub16 lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $8,475,000, to be appro17 priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 

18 Fund. 

19 DEFENDER SERVICES

20 For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 

21 the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor22 neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 

23 3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim24 bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 

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1 thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 

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

3 of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 

4 criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa5 tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 

6 expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 

7 actions for the protection of their employment, as author8 ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim9 bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 

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

11 forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse12 ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 

13 under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 

14 general administrative expenses, $1,140,846,000 to re15 main available until expended. 

16 FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

17 For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 

18 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis19 sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa20 tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 

21 pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro22 cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $49,750,000, 

23 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

24 compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 


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

2 5332. 

3 COURT SECURITY

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

6 incident to the provision of protective guard services for 

7 United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

8 Federal court operations, and the procurement, installa9 tion, and maintenance of security systems and equipment 

10 for United States courthouses and other facilities housing 

11 Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress 

12 control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security 

13 patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided 

14 by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activi15 ties as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improve16 ment and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 

17 $604,460,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 

18 remain available until expended, to be expended directly 

19 or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 

20 which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 

21 Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 

22 guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 

23 Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen24 eral. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

2 COURTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 

5 of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ6 ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas7 senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 

8 advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else9 where, $92,413,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au10 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 

11 FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen14 ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $29,819,000; 

15 of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2020, to provide education and training to 

17 Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 

18 $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa19 tion expenses. 

20 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 

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

24 Code, $18,548,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au25 thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 

4 this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 

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

6 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi8 ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro9 priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 

10 Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De11 fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 

12 and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis13 sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

14 any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 

15 to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

16 funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 

17 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

18 compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 

19 SEC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

22 shall be available for official reception and representation 

23 expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 

24 Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 

25 $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 


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1 Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 

2 capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 

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

4 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec5 utive’’ each place it appears. 

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

7 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

8 United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 

9 courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 

10 with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

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

12 security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De13 partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 

14 services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build15 ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di16 rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 

17 Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 

18 rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 

19 SEC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve20 ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 

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

22 (1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis23 trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘27 years and 6 

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

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1 (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis2 trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘24 years and 6 

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

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

5 Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis6 trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 

8 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 

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

10 ‘‘25 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘26 years and 

11 6 months’’. 

12 (c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart13 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 

14 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘16 years’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘17 years’’; 

17 (2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen18 tral District of California), by striking ‘‘15 years 

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

20 months’’; and 

21 (3) in the third sentence (relating to the west22 ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘14 

23 years’’ and inserting ‘‘15 years’’. 

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1 TITLE IV 

2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

3 FEDERAL FUNDS

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT

5 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 

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

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

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

9 available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in10 cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be11 half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 

12 amount based upon the difference between in-State and 

13 out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu14 cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 

15 institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 

16 awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 

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

18 eligible students and such other factors as may be author19 ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov20 ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi21 dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 

22 Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 

23 and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal24 ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 

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1 shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 

2 Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 

3 for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup4 port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 

5 Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 

6 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show8 ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur9 pose therefor. 

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND

11 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

12 For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de13 termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ14 ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 

15 of surrounding jurisdictions, $12,000,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, for the costs of providing public 

17 safety at events related to the presence of the National 

18 Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re19 quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv20 ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 

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

22 of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 

23 terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 

24 surrounding jurisdictions. 


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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 COURTS

3 For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum4 bia Courts, $244,939,000 to be allocated as follows: for 

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

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

7 representation expenses; for the Superior Court of the 

8 District of Columbia, $121,251,000, of which not to ex9 ceed $2,500 is for official reception and representation ex10 penses; for the District of Columbia Court System, 

11 $71,909,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 is for official 

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

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

14 improvements for District of Columbia courthouse facili15 ties: Provided, That funds made available for capital im16 provements shall be expended consistent with the District 

17 of Columbia Courts master plan study and facilities condi18 tion assessment: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

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

20 shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage21 ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 

22 manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 

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

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1 ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 

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

3 heading among the items and entities funded under this 

4 heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 

5 Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 

6 by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 

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

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

9 of Columbia Courts. 

10 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN

11 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 

14 section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen15 tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 

16 Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro17 ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 

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

19 Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 

20 provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech21 nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 

22 to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 

23 payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 

24 under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay25 ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 


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1 Code (relating to services provided under the District of 

2 Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du3 rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 

4 remain available until expended: Provided, That not more 

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

6 account may be transferred to and merged with funds 

7 made available under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to 

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

9 same period and purposes as funds made available under 

10 that heading for capital improvements to District of Co11 lumbia courthouse facilities: Provided further, That funds 

12 provided under this heading shall be administered by the 

13 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis14 trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap16 portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 

17 Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 

18 as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen19 cies. 

20 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF21 FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT

22 OF COLUMBIA

23 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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1 thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self2 Government Improvement Act of 1997, $256,724,000, of 

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

4 representation expenses related to Community Supervision 

5 and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 

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

7 to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 

8 Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 

9 Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head10 ing, $183,166,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com11 munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in12 clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 

13 to protection orders or the provision of services for or re14 lated to such persons, of which $5,919,000 shall remain 

15 available until September 30, 2021 for costs associated 

16 with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters 

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

18 That, of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

19 $73,558,000 shall be available to the Pretrial Services 

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

21 September 30, 2021 for costs associated with relocation 

22 under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, field 

23 offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That not24 withstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 

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1 Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex2 pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal3 aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur4 ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for 

5 programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully 

6 complete their terms of supervision. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

8 PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE

9 For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 

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

11 Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 

12 Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 

13 1997, $45,858,000, of which $4,471,000 shall be available 

14 until September 30, 2021 for costs associated with reloca15 tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, 

16 field offices, and related facilities: Provided, That notwith17 standing any other provision of law, all amounts under 

18 this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office 

19 of Management and Budget and obligated and expended 

20 in the same manner as funds appropriated for salaries and 

21 expenses of Federal agencies. 

22 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

23 COORDINATING COUNCIL

24 For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co25 ordinating Council, $2,150,000, to remain available until 


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1 expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 

2 of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis3 trict of Columbia. 

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS

5 For a Federal payment, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2020, to the Commission on Judicial Dis7 abilities and Tenure, $295,000, and for the Judicial Nomi8 nation Commission, $270,000. 

9 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

10 For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro11 gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 

12 available until expended, for payments authorized under 

13 the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Act (division 

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

15 that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 

16 following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 

17 Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 

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

19 Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu20 dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre21 vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro22 vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,200,000 shall 

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

24 3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 

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1 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 NATIONAL GUARD

3 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

4 National Guard, $435,000, to remain available until ex5 pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis6 trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 

7 Access Program. 

8 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF

9 HIV/AIDS

10 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

11 for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in12 dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac13 quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co14 lumbia, $2,000,000. 

15 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS

16 Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co17 lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 

18 of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro19 grams and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘PART

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

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

22 Budget Request Act of 2018 submitted to Congress by 

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

24 enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 

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


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1 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 

2 1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 

3 the Financial Services and General Government Appro4 priations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. 

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

6 appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 

7 District of Columbia for fiscal year 2019 under this head8 ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 

9 Year 2019 Budget Request Act of 2018 submitted to Con10 gress by the District of Columbia, as amended as of the 

11 date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total reve12 nues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: Pro13 vided further, That the amount appropriated may be in14 creased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 

15 expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 

16 capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 

17 be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 

18 comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis19 trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 

20 the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 

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

22 District of Columbia meets these requirements, including 

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1 cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

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

3 capital projects. 

4 FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

5 WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY

6 For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 

7 Water and Sewer Authority, $10,000,000, to remain avail8 able until expended, to continue implementation of the 

9 Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 

10 That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 

11 provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 

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

13 Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

14 TITLE V 

15 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con19 ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 

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

21 30, 2020, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re22 ception and representation expenses. 

23 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

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1 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

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

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

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

6 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

7 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu8 latory officials, of which not less than $57,000,000, to re9 main available until September 30, 2020, shall be for the 

10 purchase of information technology and of which not less 

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

12 Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the 

13 limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under 

14 this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations 

15 equal to current year payments on leases entered into 

16 prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur17 ther, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any 

18 lease obligations that should have been recorded and liq19 uidated against accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

20 1552, and consistent with the preceding proviso, such 

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

22 account in the Treasury, which has been established for 

23 the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liqui24 dating such unpaid obligations. 


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1 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 

4 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 

6 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv7 alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

8 purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi9 cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 

10 exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex11 penses, $126,000,000. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CONSUMER PRODUCT

13 SAFETY COMMISSION

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

15 amounts made available by this Act may be used to final16 ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 

17 Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 

18 Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 

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

20 (1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con21 sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 

22 Administration and the Department of Defense, 

23 completes a study to determine— 

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1 posed by such standard for purposes of reduc2 ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi3 cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll4 overs in the off-road environment, including the 

5 repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 

6 compliance with such requirements; 

7 (B) the number of ROV rollovers that 

8 would be prevented if the proposed require9 ments were adopted; 

10 (C) whether there is a technical basis for 

11 the proposal to provide information on a point12 of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist13 ance on a progressive scale; and 

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

15 by the United States military if the proposed 

16 requirements were adopted; and 

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

18 completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 

19 (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

20 and Transportation of the Senate; 

21 (B) the Committee on Energy and Com22 merce of the House of Representatives; 

23 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

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1 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the House of Representatives. 

3 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer7 ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $9,200,000, 

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

9 Institute of Standards and Technology for election reform 

10 activities authorized under the Help America Vote Act of 

11 2002. 

12 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica15 tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni16 forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

17 5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 

18 representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi19 cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 

20 5 U.S.C. 3109, $333,118,000, to remain available until 

21 expended: Provided, That $333,118,000 of offsetting col22 lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 

23 9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 

24 retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 

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1 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 

2 collections are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to 

3 result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated 

4 at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re5 ceived in excess of $333,118,000 in fiscal year 2019 shall 

6 not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re7 maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 

8 excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 

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

10 shall not be available for obligation: Provided further, 

11 That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), proceeds 

12 from the use of a competitive bidding system that may 

13 be retained and made available for obligation shall not ex14 ceed $130,284,000 for fiscal year 2019: Provided further, 

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

16 less than $11,064,000 shall be for the salaries and ex17 penses of the Office of Inspector General. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL

19 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

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

21 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

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

23 universal service support payments to implement the Feb24 ruary 27, 2004 recommendations of the Federal-State 

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1 tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup2 port payments. 

3 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

4 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

8 Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 

9 FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

10 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 

14 $71,250,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail15 able for reception and representation expenses. 

16 FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

19 Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga20 nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 

21 Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 

22 U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult23 ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi24 cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 

25 $1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 


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

2 public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 

3 may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub4 sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 

5 employed intermittently in the Government service, and 

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

7 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re8 ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 

9 labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 

10 to and merged with this account, to be available without 

11 further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 

12 conferences. 

13 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com16 mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au17 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 

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

19 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa20 tion expenses, $309,700,000, to remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 

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

23 collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 

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

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1 setting collections derived from fees collected for 

2 premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro3 dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 

4 18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 

5 and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 

6 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law, not to exceed $17,000,000 in offsetting collec8 tions derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce 

9 the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 

10 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven11 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this 

12 account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 

13 in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here14 in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

15 as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 

16 year 2019, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appro17 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

18 $156,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 

19 made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 

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

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


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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

2 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

3 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

4 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec7 tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec8 essary expenses of real property management and related 

9 activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 

10 maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 

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

12 restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen13 cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 

14 relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al15 location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci16 dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 

17 and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 

18 grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe19 guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 

20 and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur21 chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

22 acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con23 version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre24 liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 

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1 ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter2 est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 

3 by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag4 gregate amount of $9,633,450,000, of which— 

5 (1) $1,080,068,000 shall remain available until 

6 expended for construction and acquisition (including 

7 funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 

8 and construction services) as follows: 

9 (A) $767,900,000 shall be for the Depart10 ment of Transportation Lease Purchase Option, 

11 Washington, District of Columbia; 

12 (B) $100,000,000 shall be for the DHS 

13 Consolidation at St. Elizabeths, Washington, 

14 District of Columbia; 

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

16 Hardesty Federal Complex, Kansas City, Mis17 souri; 

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

19 Federal Center Remediation, Washington, Dis20 trict of Columbia; and 

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

22 West Land Port of Entry, Calexico, California: 

23 Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 

24 on new construction and acquisition projects may be 

25 exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in 


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

2 the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 

3 required, unless advance approval is obtained from 

4 the Committees on Appropriations of a greater 

5 amount; 

6 (2) $890,419,000 shall remain available until 

7 expended for repairs and alterations, including asso8 ciated design and construction services, of which— 

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

10 Alterations; 

11 (B) $373,556,000 is for Basic Repairs and 

12 Alterations; and 

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

14 Programs, of which— 

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

16 Safety; 

17 (ii) $11,500,000 is for Judiciary Cap18 ital Security; and 

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

20 Activities: Provided, That consolidation 

21 projects result in reduced annual rent paid 

22 by the tenant agency: Provided further, 

23 That no consolidation project exceed 

24 $10,000,000 in costs: Provided further, 

25 That consolidation projects are approved 


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1 by each of the committees specified in sec2 tion 3307(a) of title 40, United States 

3 Code: Provided further, That preference is 

4 given to consolidation projects that achieve 

5 a utilization rate of 130 usable square feet 

6 or less per person for office space: Pro7 vided further, That the obligation of funds 

8 under this paragraph for consolidation ac9 tivities may not be made until 10 days 

10 after a proposed spending plan and expla11 nation for each project to be undertaken, 

12 including estimated savings, has been sub13 mitted to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and 

15 the Senate: 

16 Provided, That funds made available in this or any 

17 previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re18 pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 

19 be limited to the amount identified for each project, 

20 except each project in this or any previous Act may 

21 be increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent 

22 unless advance approval is obtained from the Com23 mittees on Appropriations of a greater amount: Pro24 vided further, That additional projects for which 

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1 ed under this category only if advance approval is 

2 obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 

3 Provided further, That the amounts provided in this 

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

5 be used to fund costs associated with implementing 

6 security improvements to buildings necessary to 

7 meet the minimum standards for security in accord8 ance with current law and in compliance with the re9 programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit10 tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 

11 the difference between the funds appropriated and 

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

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

14 be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 

15 used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 

16 projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 

17 in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alter18 ations may be used to pay claims against the Gov19 ernment arising from any projects under the heading 

20 ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund author21 ized increases in prospectus projects; 

22 (3) $5,418,845,000 for rental of space to re23 main available until expended; and 

24 (4) $2,244,118,000 for building operations to 

25 remain available until expended: Provided, That the 


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1 total amount of funds made available from this 

2 Fund to the General Services Administration shall 

3 not be available for expenses of any construction, re4 pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 

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

6 not been approved, except that necessary funds may 

7 be expended for each project for required expenses 

8 for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro9 vided further, That funds available in the Federal 

10 Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re11 pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 

12 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

13 That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable 

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

15 592(b)(2) and amounts to provide such reimbursable 

16 fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities 

17 on private or other property not in Government own18 ership or control as may be appropriate to enable 

19 the United States Secret Service to perform its pro20 tective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall 

21 be available from such revenues and collections: Pro22 vided further, That revenues and collections and any 

23 other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 

24 2019, excluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 

25 592(b)(2), in excess of the aggregate new 


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1 obligational authority authorized for Real Property 

2 Activities of the Federal Buildings Fund in this Act 

3 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available 

4 for expenditure except as authorized in appropria5 tions Acts. 

6 GENERAL ACTIVITIES

7 GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY

8 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro9 vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac10 tivities associated with the management of real and per11 sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 

12 Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 

13 acquisition, travel, motor vehicles, information technology 

14 management, and related technology activities; and serv15 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $58,499,000. 

16 OPERATING EXPENSES

17 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro18 vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 

19 utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis20 posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, man21 agement, and communications; and services as authorized 

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

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1 fice of the Administrator, of which not to exceed $7,500 

2 is for official reception and representation expenses. 

3 CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

4 For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro5 vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 

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

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

11 $65,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall 

12 be available for payment for information and detection of 

13 fraud against the Government, including payment for re14 covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 

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

16 to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 

17 in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en18 hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 

19 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, 

20 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

21 transferred to the Council of the Inspectors General on 

22 Integrity and Efficiency for enhancements to 

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

24 in addition to any other amounts available to the Council 


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1 of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency for 

2 such purpose. 

3 ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER

4 PRESIDENTS

5 For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 

6 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 

7 $4,796,000. 

8 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Products and 

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

12 and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in sup13 port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov14 ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec15 tronically, through the development and implementation of 

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

17 be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro18 vided, That the previous amount may be transferred to 

19 Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal 

20 Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the appro21 priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections de22 posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for 

23 necessary expenses of Federal Citizen Services and other 

24 activities that enable the Federal Government to enhance 

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1 gate amount not to exceed $100,000,000: Provided fur2 ther, That appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, and 

3 collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2019 

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

5 shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized 

6 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the transfer 

7 authorities provided herein shall be in addition to any 

8 other transfer authority provided in this Act. 

9 ASSET PROCEEDS AND SPACE MANAGEMENT FUND

10 For carrying out the purposes of the Federal Assets 

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

12 $15,500,000, to be deposited into the Asset Proceeds and 

13 Space Management Fund, to remain available until ex14 pended. 

15 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND

16 For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 

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

18 4370m–8(d), $6,070,000, to remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 

24 Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 

25 motor vehicles. 


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1 SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 

2 made available for fiscal year 2019 for Federal Buildings 

3 Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 

4 only to the extent necessary to meet program require5 ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap6 proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 

7 of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

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

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

10 a fiscal year 2020 request for United States Courthouse 

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

12 standards for construction as established and approved by 

13 the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con14 ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 

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

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

18 standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 

19 to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 

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

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

22 provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 

23 other service usually provided through the Federal Build24 ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 

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1 mined by the General Services Administration in consider2 ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 

3 (Public Law 92–313). 

4 SEC. 524. From funds made available under the 

5 heading Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail6 ability of Revenue, claims against the Government of less 

7 than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 

8 and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav9 ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti10 fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Senate. 

12 SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 

13 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub15 lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 

16 authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con17 gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin18 istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 

19 ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 

20 to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 

21 lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter22 mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 

23 not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro24 spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 

25 statement to each of such committees and the Committees 


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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 

3 the resolution. 

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

5 the heading ‘‘Major Repairs and Alterations’’ or ‘‘Judici6 ary Capital Security Program’’, and with respect to E– 

7 Government projects funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 

8 Citizen Services Fund’’, the Administrator of General 

9 Services shall submit a spending plan and explanation for 

10 each project to be undertaken to the Committees on Ap11 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen12 ate not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act. 

14 HARRY S TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 

17 Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub18 lic Law 93–642, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

24 Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza25 tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 


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1 Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

2 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author3 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 

4 District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 

5 motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 

6 not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa7 tion expenses, $44,490,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2020, and in addition not to exceed 

9 $2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, 

10 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap11 peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 

12 and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 

13 Systems Protection Board. 

14 MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. UDALL

15 FOUNDATION

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

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 

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


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1 be available to carry out the activities authorized by sec2 tion 6(7) of Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of 

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

4 of the total amount made available under this heading 

5 $200,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector 

6 General of the Department of the Interior, to remain 

7 available until expended, for audits and investigations of 

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

9 consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

10 U.S.C. App.). 

11 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND

12 For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu13 tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi14 ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 

15 $3,200,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses in connection with the admin19 istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis20 tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 

21 as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re22 view and declassification of documents, the activities of 

23 the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 

24 and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 

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1 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 

2 including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 

3 $375,105,000. 

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

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

9 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 

10 vehicles, $4,801,000. 

11 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

12 For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar13 chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold14 ings, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS

16 COMMISSION

17 GRANTS PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 

19 historical publications and records as authorized by 44 

20 U.S.C. 2504, $6,000,000, to remain available until ex21 pended. 

22 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND

24 For the Community Development Revolving Loan 

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

2 30, 2020, for technical assistance to low-income des3 ignated credit unions. 

4 OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

7 Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 

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

9 and the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 

10 2012, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

11 rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 

12 elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to ex13 ceed $1,500 for official reception and representation ex14 penses, $16,439,000. 

15 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

19 Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re20 organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv21 ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 

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

23 veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con24 ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

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


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1 official reception and representation expenses; advances 

2 for reimbursements to applicable funds of OPM and the 

3 Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred 

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

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

6 allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act activities 

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

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

9 made available under this heading, not to exceed 

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

11 2020, for information technology infrastructure mod12 ernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System mi13 gration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds 

14 otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided fur15 ther, That of the total amount made available under this 

16 heading, $639,018 may be made available for strength17 ening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition work18 force (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement 

19 Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), includ20 ing the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 

21 workforce and information technology in support of acqui22 sition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions 

23 to improve acquisition management; and in addition 

24 $133,483,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans25 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 


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1 regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 

2 printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro3 grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro4 priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 

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

6 8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 

7 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 

8 this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex9 penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 

10 pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 

11 or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 

12 That the President’s Commission on White House Fel13 lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo14 ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2019, accept dona15 tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 

16 further, That such donations, including those from prior 

17 years, may be used for the development of publicity mate18 rials to provide information about the White House Fel19 lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 

20 travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala21 ries of employees of such Commission. 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST 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, including services as authorized by 

7 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

8 $5,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $25,265,000 

9 for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro10 vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage11 ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans12 ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 

13 Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 

14 General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author15 ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 

16 and elsewhere. 

17 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 

20 Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 

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

22 1978 (Public Law 95–454), the Whistleblower Protection 

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

24 Law 107–304, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement 

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1 Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 

2 1994 (Public Law 103–353), including services as author3 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for 

4 witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co5 lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi6 cles; $26,535,000. 

7 POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Postal Regulatory 

11 Commission in carrying out the provisions of the Postal 

12 Accountability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109– 

13 435), $15,200,000, to be derived by transfer from the 

14 Postal Service Fund and expended as authorized by sec15 tion 603(a) of such Act. 

16 PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib19 erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 

20 the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 

21 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $5,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2020. 


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1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex4 change Commission, including services as authorized by 

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

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

7 not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa8 tion expenses, $1,658,302,000, to remain available until 

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

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

11 $75,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat for 

12 the International Organization of Securities Commissions; 

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

14 for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

15 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu16 latory officials, members of their delegations and staffs to 

17 exchange views concerning securities matters, such ex18 penses to include necessary logistic and administrative ex19 penses and the expenses of Commission staff and foreign 

20 invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental expenses 

21 such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and (3) re22 lated lodging or subsistence; and of which not less than 

23 $75,081,000 shall be for the Division of Economic and 

24 Risk Analysis. 


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1 In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for costs 

2 associated with relocation under a replacement lease for 

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

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

5 Provided, That for purposes of calculating the fee rate 

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

7 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2019, all amounts 

8 appropriated under this heading shall be deemed to be the 

9 regular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 

10 2019: Provided further, That fees and charges authorized 

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

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

13 collections: Provided further, That not to exceed 

14 $1,658,302,000 of such offsetting collections shall be 

15 available until expended for necessary expenses of this ac16 count and not to exceed $37,188,942 of such offsetting 

17 collections shall be available until expended for costs under 

18 this heading associated with relocation under a replace19 ment lease for the Commission’s New York regional office 

20 facilities: Provided further, That the total amount appro21 priated under this heading from the general fund for fiscal 

22 year 2019 shall be reduced as such offsetting fees are re23 ceived so as to result in a final total fiscal year 2019 ap24 propriation from the general fund estimated at not more 

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1 propriation for costs associated with relocation under a re2 placement lease for the Commission’s New York regional 

3 office facilities is subsequently de-obligated by the Com4 mission, such amount that was derived from the general 

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

6 amounts that were derived from fees or assessments col7 lected for such purpose shall be paid to each national secu8 rities exchange and national securities association, respec9 tively, in proportion to any fees or assessments paid by 

10 such national securities exchange or national securities as11 sociation under section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act 

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

13 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys16 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 

17 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 

18 Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 

19 civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv20 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 

21 $750 for official reception and representation expenses; 

22 $26,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 

23 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 

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1 tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 

2 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con3 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 

4 Forces of the United States. 

5 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 

9 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 

10 and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex11 ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex12 penses, $267,500,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 

13 shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 

14 lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis15 trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub16 lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 

17 and certain loan program activities, including fees author18 ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 

19 further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 

20 received from all such activities shall be credited to this 

21 account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 

22 out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro23 vided further, That the Small Business Administration 

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1 tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 

2 fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 

3 be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 

4 System, to be available until September 30, 2020: Pro5 vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be for the Federal 

6 and State Technology Partnership Program under section 

7 34 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d). 

8 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

9 For necessary expenses of programs supporting en10 trepreneurial and small business development, 

11 $241,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2020: Provided, That $130,000,000 shall be available to 

13 fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal 

14 year 2020 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi15 ness Act: Provided further, That $31,000,000 shall be for 

16 marketing, management, and technical assistance under 

17 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

18 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 

19 the microloan program: Provided further, That 

20 $18,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 

21 carry out export programs that assist small business con22 cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 

23 Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 


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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, $21,900,000. 

5 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 

7 carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 

8 305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi9 bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $9,120,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the cost of direct loans, $4,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in15 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de16 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

17 1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 

18 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 

19 2019 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 

20 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not 

21 exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis22 cal year 2019 commitments for general business loans au23 thorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 

24 shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of 

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1 of credit provided by revolving loans: Provided further, 

2 That during fiscal year 2019 commitments for loans au3 thorized under subparagraph (C) of section 502(7) of The 

4 Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 

5 696(7)) shall not exceed $7,500,000,000: Provided further, 

6 That during fiscal year 2019 commitments to guarantee 

7 loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 

8 Business Investment Act of 1958 shall not exceed 

9 $4,000,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 

10 2019, guarantees of trust certificates authorized by sec11 tion 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed a 

12 principal amount of $12,000,000,000. In addition, for ad13 ministrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaran14 teed loan programs, $155,150,000, which may be trans15 ferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries 

16 and Expenses. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 530. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria21 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 

22 Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans23 ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro24 priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 

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1 to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

2 funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail3 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

4 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

5 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available to the 

6 Small Business Administration in this Act may be pro7 vided to a company— 

8 (1) that is headquarted in the People’s Republic 

9 of China; or 

10 (2) for which more than 25 percent of the vot11 ing stock of the company is owned by affiliates that 

12 are citizens of the People’s Republic of China. 

13 SEC. 532. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

14 enactment of this Act, the Small Business Administration 

15 shall conduct a study on whether the provision of match16 making services that, using data collected through outside 

17 entities such as local chambers of commerce, link veteran 

18 entrepreneurs to business leads in given industry sectors 

19 or geographic regions, would enhance the existing veterans 

20 entrepreneurship programs of the Administration. 

21 SEC. 533. The Administrator of the Small Business 

22 Administration shall— 

23 (1) work with Federal agencies to review each 

24 Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza25 tion’s efforts to comply with the requirements under 


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1 section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

2 644(k)); and 

3 (2) not later than 180 days after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on 

5 Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Com6 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

7 Committee on Small Business and the Committee on 

8 Appropriations of the House of Representatives— 

9 (A) a report on Federal agency compliance 

10 with the requirements under such section 15(k); 

11 and 

12 (B) a report detailing the status of 

13 issuance by the Small Business Administration 

14 of detailed guidance for the peer review process 

15 of the Small Business Procurement Advisory 

16 Council in order to facilitate a more in depth 

17 review of Federal agency compliance with the 

18 requirements under such section 15(k). 

19 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

20 PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND

21 For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 

22 forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub23 sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 

24 States Code, $55,235,000: Provided, That mail for over25 seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 


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1 Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 

2 of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: Pro3 vided further, That none of the funds made available to 

4 the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement 

5 any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer or 

6 employee of any State or local child support enforcement 

7 agency, or any individual participating in a State or local 

8 program of child support enforcement, a fee for informa9 tion requested or provided concerning an address of a 

10 postal customer: Provided further, That none of the funds 

11 provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or close 

12 small rural and other small post offices. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978, $250,000,000, to be derived by 

19 transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 

20 authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account21 ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 

22 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 

25 and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 


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1 $51,515,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 

2 until expended: Provided, That travel expenses of the 

3 judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the 

4 judge. 

5 TITLE VI 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

7 SEC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

8 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

9 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

10 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

11 funded in this Act. 

12 SEC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

13 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

14 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria15 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 SEC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 

17 under this Act for any consulting service through procure18 ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 

19 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

20 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

21 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex22 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

23 SEC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in25 strumentality of the United States Government, except 


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1 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro2 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 

5 salary of any Government employee where funding an ac6 tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 

7 result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol8 icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 

9 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 

10 SEC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

11 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

12 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

13 with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

15 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

16 person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap17 ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

19 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre20 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund21 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex22 penditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any ac23 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

24 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

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1 programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 

2 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

3 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 

4 for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con5 gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac6 tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 

7 House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 

8 purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac9 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 

10 is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi11 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 

12 creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un13 less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap14 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen15 ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization 

16 or restructuring of offices, programs, or activities, each 

17 agency or entity funded in this Act shall consult with the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent19 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That not later 

20 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

21 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate to establish the baseline for applica24 tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

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1 the report shall include: (1) a table for each appropriation 

2 with a separate column to display the President’s budget 

3 request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 

4 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

5 enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for each appro6 priation both by object class and program, project, and 

7 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the respec8 tive appropriation; and (3) an identification of items of 

9 special congressional interest: Provided further, That the 

10 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and expenses 

11 for an agency shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for 

12 each day after the required date that the report has not 

13 been submitted to the Congress. 

14 SEC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

15 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

16 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from 

17 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

18 for fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available 

19 through September 30, 2020, for each such account for 

20 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

21 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 

23 prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 

24 That these requests shall be made in compliance with re25 programming guidelines. 


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1 SEC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi3 dent to request— 

4 (1) any official background investigation report 

5 on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves6 tigation; or 

7 (2) a determination with respect to the treat8 ment of an organization as described in section 

9 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

10 exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

11 Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 

12 Internal Revenue Service. 

13 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 

14 (1) in the case of an official background inves15 tigation report, if such individual has given express 

16 written consent for such request not more than 6 

17 months prior to the date of such request and during 

18 the same presidential administration; or 

19 (2) if such request is required due to extraor20 dinary circumstances involving national security. 

21 SEC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul22 gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 

23 shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed24 eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 

25 under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 

2 implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 

3 nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of4 fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 

5 (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 

6 expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 

7 available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 

8 to court approval. 

9 SEC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 

10 be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 

11 expenses in connection with any health plan under the 

12 Federal employees health benefits program which provides 

13 any benefits or coverage for abortions. 

14 SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 

15 apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 

16 if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 

17 result of an act of rape or incest. 

18 SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 

19 commercial information technology, the restriction on pur20 chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 

21 forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu22 larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 

23 to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa24 tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 


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1 United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 

2 in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 

3 SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 

4 United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu5 latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac6 cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 

7 commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 

8 non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex9 penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 

10 to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func11 tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em12 ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 

13 is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 

14 or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 

15 to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 

16 person or entity is an organization described in section 

17 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex18 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 

19 SEC. 617. Notwithstanding section 708 of this Act, 

20 funds made available to the Commodity Futures Trading 

21 Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission 

22 by this or any other Act may be used for the interagency 

23 funding and sponsorship of a joint advisory committee to 

24 advise on emerging regulatory issues. 


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1 SEC. 618. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 

3 authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 

4 construction or alteration of real property for office, meet5 ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 

6 Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of7 fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 

8 case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 

9 with the current lessor. 

10 (2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 

11 emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 

12 the President to require emergency leasing authority with 

13 respect to such agency. 

14 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 

15 agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 

16 provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen17 eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 

18 Service. 

19 SEC. 619. (a) There are appropriated for the fol20 lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 

21 (1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 

22 102). 

23 (2) Payments to— 

24 (A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 

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1 (B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 

2 (28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 

3 (C) the United States Court of Federal 

4 Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 

5 178(l)). 

6 (3) Payment of Government contributions— 

7 (A) with respect to the health benefits of 

8 retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 

9 of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 

10 Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 

11 Stat. 849); and 

12 (B) with respect to the life insurance bene13 fits for employees retiring after December 31, 

14 1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 

15 (4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 

16 new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 

17 Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 

18 8348). 

19 (5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 

20 from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 

21 Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 

22 III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 

23 States Code. 

24 (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex25 empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 


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1 otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con2 tained in this Act. 

3 SEC. 620. In addition to amounts made available in 

4 prior fiscal years, the Public Company Accounting Over5 sight Board (Board) shall have authority to obligate funds 

6 for the scholarship program established by section 

7 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 

8 107–204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the 

9 amount of funds collected by the Board between January 

10 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018, including accrued inter11 est, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties. 

12 Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2019 shall re13 main available until expended. 

14 SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 

16 complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 

17 Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro18 posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu19 latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 

20 Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 

21 No. 13563. 

22 SEC. 622. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

23 for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 

24 to award a contract, enter an extension of, or exercise an 

25 option on a contract to a contractor conducting the final 


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1 quality review processes for background investigation 

2 fieldwork services or background investigation support 

3 services that, as of the date of the award of the contract, 

4 are being conducted by that contractor. 

5 SEC. 623. (a) The head of each executive branch 

6 agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In7 formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par8 ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 

9 related to information technology. 

10 (b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 

11 agency funded by this Act that are available for informa12 tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con13 sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 

14 budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 

15 of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 

16 as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of17 ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 

18 Officer of the agency and budget officials. 

19 SEC. 624. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 

21 33 of title 44, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 625. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 

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1 tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec2 tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 

3 in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 

4 in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 

5 Constitution of the United States. 

6 SEC. 626. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 

8 to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 

9 the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 

10 competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 

11 that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec12 tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

13 in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 

14 shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel15 oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter16 native to Mobility Fund Phase II. 

17 SEC. 627. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 

18 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 

19 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail20 able to the department or agency over which that Inspec21 tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen22 eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 

23 General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma24 terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 

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1 pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

2 department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

3 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu4 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In5 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 

6 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro7 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen8 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

9 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 

10 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal12 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

13 SEC. 628. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

15 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

16 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi20 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activities, or 

21 other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activ22 ity. 

23 SEC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis25 sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 


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1 or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 

2 contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 

3 to trade associations. 

4 SEC. 630. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 

6 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 

7 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 

8 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 

9 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 

10 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government11 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

12 overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 

13 such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 

14 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 

15 SEC. 631. (a) None of the funds made available under 

16 this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac17 tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 

18 department, agency, board or commission of more than 

19 $500,000 at any single conference unless the head of the 

20 Executive branch department, agency, board, or commis21 sion determines that such attendance is in the national 

22 interest and advance notice is transmitted to the Commit23 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

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1 (b) None of the funds made available under this Act 

2 may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 

3 than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 

4 States, at any single conference occurring outside the 

5 United States unless the head of the Executive branch de6 partment, agency, board, or commission determines that 

7 such attendance is in the national interest and advance 

8 notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

9 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in10 cludes the basis of that determination. 

11 SEC. 632. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth12 erwise made available under this Act may be used by de13 partments and agencies funded in this Act to acquire tele14 communications equipment produced by Huawei Tech15 nologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-impact or 

16 moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu17 rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 

18 and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

19 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat20 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys21 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

22 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor23 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

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1 moderate-impact information systems within the 

2 Federal Government; 

3 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre4 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

5 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

6 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

7 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

8 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

9 conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio10 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

11 such system, including any risk associated with such 

12 system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 

13 by one or more entities identified by the United 

14 States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ15 ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di16 rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 

17 China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 

18 People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa19 tion. 

20 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

21 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

22 high-impact or moderate impact information system re23 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

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1 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

2 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

3 strategy for any identified risks; 

4 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

5 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acqui6 sition of such system is in the vital national security 

7 interest of the United States; and 

8 (3) reported that determination to the Commit9 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa10 tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 

11 system intended for acquisition and a detailed de12 scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 

13 (1), provided that such report may include a classi14 fied annex as necessary. 

15 SEC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act shall be used for airline accommodations for any offi17 cer (as defined in section 2104 of title 5, United States 

18 Code) or employee (as defined in section 2105 of title 5, 

19 United States Code) in the executive branch that are not 

20 coach-class accommodations (which term is defined, for 

21 purposes of this section, as the basic class of accommoda22 tion by airlines that is normally the lowest fare offered 

23 regardless of airline terminology used, and (as referred to 

24 by airlines) may include tourist class or economy class, 

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1 of accommodations to all travelers), unless such accom2 modations are consistent with section 301–10.123 of title 

3 41, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 

4 of enactment of this Act) and, with respect to subsection 

5 (a)(3) and (b)(2) of such section, written authorization is 

6 provided by the head of the agency (or, if the accommoda7 tions are for the head of the agency, by the Inspector Gen8 eral of the agency). 

9 SEC. 634. The Comptroller General of the United 

10 States, in consultation with relevant regulators, shall con11 duct a study that— 

12 (1) examines the financial impact of the min13 eral pyrrhotite in concrete home foundations; and 

14 (2) provides recommendations on regulatory 

15 and legislative actions needed to help mitigate the fi16 nancial impact described in paragraph (1) on banks, 

17 mortgage lenders, tax revenues, and homeowners. 

18 SEC. 635. The explanatory statement regarding divi19 sion B of H.R. 21, printed in the Congressional Record 

20 on January 3, 2019, and submitted by the Chair of the 

21 Committee on Appropriations, shall have the same effect 

22 with respect to allocation of funds and implementation of 

23 this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 

24 committee of conference. 


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1 SEC. 636. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 

2 any lapse in appropriations beginning on or about Decem3 ber 22, 2018 and ending on the date of enactment of this 

4 Act shall be compensated at their standard rate of com5 pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 

6 as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 

7 ends. 

8 (b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employee’’ means 

9 any of the following whose salaries and expenses are pro10 vided in this Act: 

11 (1) A Federal employee. 

12 (2) An employee of the District of Columbia 

13 Courts. 

14 (3) An employee of the Public Defender Service 

15 for the District of Columbia. 

16 (4) A District of Columbia Government em17 ployee. 

18 (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap19 propriations made and authority granted by this Act for 

20 the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity 

21 to protect life and property and bringing about orderly ter22 mination of Government functions, and for purposes as 

23 otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap24 proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 

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1 SEC. 637. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 

2 used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 

3 continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 

4 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com5 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 

6 by the Federal Government— 

7 (1) such furloughed employees shall be com8 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 

9 such period; 

10 (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 

11 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 

12 by the Federal Government during such period had 

13 appropriations been available, including the cost of 

14 compensating such furloughed employees, together 

15 with interest thereon calculated under section 

16 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 

17 (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 

18 funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 

19 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 

20 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal21 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 

22 States Code. 

23 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 

24 and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States terri25 tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 


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1 terms under the applicable Federal program under sub2 section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed3 eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 

4 State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 

5 lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 

6 State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 

7 to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 

8 (c) The authority under this section applies with re9 spect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to peri10 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appro12 priations with respect to any department or agency of the 

13 Federal Government receiving funding in this Act which, 

14 but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or 

15 made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses re16 ferred to in this section with respect to the program in17 volved. Payments and reimbursements under this author18 ity shall be made only to the extent and in amounts pro19 vided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

20 TITLE VII 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 

22 DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 

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1 this or any other Act for fiscal year 2019 shall obligate 

2 or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen3 cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 

4 administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en5 sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 

6 use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 

7 (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

8 802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 

9 agency, or instrumentality. 

10 SEC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 

11 maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 

12 in accordance with subsection 1343(c) of title 31, United 

13 States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve14 hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement ve15 hicles, protective vehicles, and undercover surveillance ve16 hicles), is hereby fixed at $19,947 except station wagons 

17 for which the maximum shall be $19,997: Provided, That 

18 these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $7,250 for 

19 police-type vehicles: Provided further, That the limits set 

20 forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 

21 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 

22 demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 

23 Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra24 tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 

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1 cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 

2 to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con3 ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim4 its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 

5 that is a commercial item and which operates on alter6 native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 

7 hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 

8 SEC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart9 ments and independent establishments for the current fis10 cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex11 penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 

12 for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 

13 accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 

14 SEC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 

15 the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con16 tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 

17 compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern18 ment of the United States (including any agency the ma19 jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 

20 of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti21 nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 

22 of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit23 ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 

24 outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 

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1 ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 

2 of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 

3 then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 

4 allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur5 poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 

6 shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require7 ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 

8 being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 

9 of subsections (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub10 mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec11 essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 

12 affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 

13 shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 

14 more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 

15 above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub16 stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 

17 further, That any payment made to any officer or em18 ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 

19 recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 

20 further, That this section shall not apply to any person 

21 who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 

22 United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 

23 to international broadcasters employed by the Broad24 casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 

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1 service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 

2 Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 

3 employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 

4 120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart5 ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 

6 to an agreement with another country. 

7 SEC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart8 ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec9 essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex10 penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 

11 Services Administration for charges for space and services 

12 and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build13 ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 

14 performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 

15 1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 

16 of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 

17 SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 

18 any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re19 ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 

20 including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 

21 records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre22 vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex23 pended for the following purposes: 

24 (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 

25 and recycling programs as described in Executive 


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1 Order No. 13693 (March 19, 2015), including any 

2 such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 

3 the Executive order. 

4 (2) Other Federal agency environmental man5 agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 

6 development and implementation of hazardous waste 

7 management and pollution prevention programs. 

8 (3) Other employee programs as authorized by 

9 law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 

10 Federal agency. 

11 SEC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 

12 Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 

13 of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 

14 title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 

15 to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 

16 for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 

17 with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 

18 head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 

19 expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 

20 Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 

21 the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex22 penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 

23 funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 

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1 SEC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 

3 financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 

4 commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 

5 (whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 

6 not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 

7 financial support from more than one agency or instru8 mentality. 

9 SEC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 

10 to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 

11 to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 

12 has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 

13 adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 

14 United States. 

15 SEC. 710. During the period in which the head of 

16 any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 

17 employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 

18 President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 

19 be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 

20 or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 

21 head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 

22 make improvements for any such office, unless advance 

23 notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 

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1 tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of2 fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 

3 used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 

4 directly controlled by the individual. 

5 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec6 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

7 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

8 the interagency funding of national security and emer9 gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 

10 benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti11 ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 

12 2012). 

13 SEC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 

14 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 

15 any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 

16 Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

17 individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol18 icy-determining character that is excepted from the com19 petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 

21 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 

22 the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 

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1 vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 

2 the individual to the White House. 

3 (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 

4 Federal employees or members of the armed forces de5 tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 

6 (as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 

7 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 

8 SEC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 

9 this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 

10 of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 

11 Government, who— 

12 (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat13 ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em14 ployee of the Federal Government from having any 

15 direct oral or written communication or contact with 

16 any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 

17 Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 

18 to the employment of such other officer or employee 

19 or pertaining to the department or agency of such 

20 other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 

21 whether such communication or contact is at the ini22 tiative of such other officer or employee or in re23 sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 

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1 (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 

2 demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 

3 performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 

4 to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis5 criminates in regard to any employment right, enti6 tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em7 ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 

8 Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 

9 commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 

10 such other officer or employee, by reason of any 

11 communication or contact of such other officer or 

12 employee with any Member, committee, or sub13 committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 

14 (1). 

15 SEC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 

16 this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 

17 any employee training that— 

18 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl19 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

20 performance of official duties; 

21 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev22 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

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1 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

2 of the content and methods to be used in the train3 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

4 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

5 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

6 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em7 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

8 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

9 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par10 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

11 workplace. 

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

15 SEC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

16 or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu17 tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu18 tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 

19 purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 

20 any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 

21 or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla22 tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 

23 to the Congress itself. 

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1 eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 

2 except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 

3 or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 

4 competent jurisdiction. 

5 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 

6 or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 

7 information such as mailing, telephone or electronic mail8 ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 

9 Federal Government without the approval of the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Senate. 

12 SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 

13 this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 

14 including by private contractor, for publicity or propa15 ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 

16 authorized by Congress. 

17 SEC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 

18 (1) means an Executive agency, as defined 

19 under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 

20 (2) includes a military department, as defined 

21 under section 102 of such title, the United States 

22 Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commis23 sion. 

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1 of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 

2 to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 

3 system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 

4 5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 

5 effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 

6 in the performance of official duties. 

7 SEC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec8 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

9 fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 

10 or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 

11 Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 

12 finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 

13 costs. 

14 SEC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec15 tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart16 ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 

17 reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government18 wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of19 fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 

20 the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 

21 rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 

22 That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis23 trator of General Services to support Government-wide 

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1 tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 

2 reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 

3 Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 

4 the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des5 ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man6 agement Council for overall management improvement ini7 tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 

8 management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 

9 Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 

10 Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia11 tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure12 ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun13 cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur14 ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 

15 not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 

16 duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 

17 Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 

18 and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-Wide inno19 vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 

20 the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 

21 Services Administration, Government-wide Policy’’ during 

22 fiscal year 2019 shall remain available for obligation 

23 through September 30, 2020: Provided further, That such 

24 transfers or reimbursements may only be made after 15 

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1 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

2 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

3 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 

5 in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 

6 and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 

7 the location. 

8 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec9 tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 

10 fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 

11 the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 

12 studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 

13 the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 

14 by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 

15 Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 

16 the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re17 port describing the budget of and resources connected with 

18 the National Science and Technology Council to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

20 Science and Technology, and the Senate Committee on 

21 Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days after en22 actment of this Act. 

23 SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 

24 grant application, form, notification, press release, or 

25 other publications involving the distribution of Federal 


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1 funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 

2 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 

3 That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 

4 funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 

5 funds. 

6 SEC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

7 MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 

8 the funds made available in this or any other Act may 

9 be used by any Federal agency— 

10 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 

11 of data, derived from any means, that includes any 

12 personally identifiable information relating to an in13 dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern14 ment Internet site of the agency; or 

15 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third 

16 party (including another government agency) to col17 lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de18 rived from any means, that includes any personally 

19 identifiable information relating to an individual’s 

20 access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 

21 site. 

22 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 

23 subsection (a) shall not apply to— 

24 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not 

25 identify particular persons; 


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1 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden2 tifiable information; 

3 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu4 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 

5 applicable law; or 

6 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 

7 that is a system security action taken by the oper8 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 

9 to providing the Internet site services or to pro10 tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 

11 Internet site. 

12 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 

13 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac14 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 

15 provided in law. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina17 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ18 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 

19 condition, management practices and policies and 

20 compliance with applicable standards as provided in 

21 law. 

22 SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

23 Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 

24 includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 


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1 except where the contract also includes a provision for con2 traceptive coverage. 

3 (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 

4 with— 

5 (1) any of the following religious plans: 

6 (A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 

7 (B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 

8 (2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 

9 for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 

10 religious beliefs. 

11 (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 

12 into or renews a contract under this section may not sub13 ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 

14 individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 

15 contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 

16 to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 

17 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re18 quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 

19 SEC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur20 ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 

21 Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 

22 anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu23 cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 

24 oversight authorities. 


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1 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de3 partments and agencies may be used by such departments 

4 and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 

5 Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov6 ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 

7 ownership pilot program. 

8 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

10 under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

11 to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 

12 Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im13 plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per14 sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 

15 300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg16 ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 

17 number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 

18 of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 

19 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 

21 or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig22 uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 

23 conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 

24 advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

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1 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is author2 ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 

3 by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 

4 cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. 

5 SEC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

6 law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 

7 may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 

8 any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis9 tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 

10 a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre11 packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 

12 prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 

13 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 

15 5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 

16 Act), and regulations implementing that section. 

17 SEC. 733. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap18 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

19 other Act may be used for any Federal Government con20 tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 

21 as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 

22 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 

23 or any subsidiary of such an entity. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 

2 subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern3 ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 

4 if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re5 quired in the interest of national security. 

6 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Any Secretary 

7 issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 

8 such issuance to Congress. 

9 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

10 Federal Government contract entered into before the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

12 pursuant to such contract. 

13 SEC. 734. During fiscal year 2019, for each employee 

14 who— 

15 (1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 

16 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 

17 (2) retires under any other provision of sub18 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 

19 5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa20 rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 

21 Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 

22 equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver23 age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 

24 the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 

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1 Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis2 trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 

3 5, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 

5 this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re6 quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 

7 to disclose any of the following information as a condition 

8 of submitting the offer: 

9 (1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 

10 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse11 ment for an electioneering communication that is 

12 made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 

13 of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 

14 election for Federal office or to a political com15 mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 

16 election for Federal office. 

17 (2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 

18 payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 

19 entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 

20 or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 

21 reasonable expectation that the person will use the 

22 funds to make a payment described in paragraph 

23 (1). 

24 (b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 

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1 eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 

2 ‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 

3 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 

4 et seq.). 

5 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 

6 or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 

7 a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal govern8 ment, including the President, the Vice President, a mem9 ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com10 missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 

11 agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

12 Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 

13 SEC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

14 of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 

15 no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 

16 2019, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 

17 prevailing rate employee described in section 

18 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 

19 (A) during the period from the date of expira20 tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec21 tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef22 fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust23 ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2019, in an 

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1 cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 

2 in accordance with such section; and 

3 (B) during the period consisting of the remain4 der of fiscal year 2019, in an amount that exceeds, 

5 as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 

6 payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 

7 sum of— 

8 (i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 

9 in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 

10 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 

11 under the General Schedule; and 

12 (ii) the difference between the overall aver13 age percentage of the locality-based com14 parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 

15 2019 under section 5304 of such title (whether 

16 by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av17 erage percentage of such payments which was 

18 effective in the previous fiscal year under such 

19 section. 

20 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

21 prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 

22 (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

23 and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 

24 may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 

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1 be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli2 cable to such employee. 

3 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay4 able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 

5 who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 

6 30, 2018, shall be determined under regulations pre7 scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 

8 (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 

9 of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 

10 may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 

11 30, 2018, except to the extent determined by the Office 

12 of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur13 pose of this subsection. 

14 (5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 

15 for service performed after September 30, 2018. 

16 (6) For the purpose of administering any provision 

17 of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre18 mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em19 ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu20 tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 

21 basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 

22 or basic pay payable after the application of this sub23 section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 

24 (7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 

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1 by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 

2 be payable were this subsection not in effect. 

3 (8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 

4 for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub5 section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 

6 necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali7 fied employees. 

8 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 

9 in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 

10 take place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 

11 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 

12 (1) not less than the percentage received by em13 ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 

14 are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 

15 under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 

16 States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ17 ees at locations where there are no employees whose 

18 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 

19 of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 

20 employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 

21 United States Code, shall be considered to be located 

22 in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 

23 States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 

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1 (2) effective as of the first day of the first ap2 plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 

3 2018. 

4 SEC. 738. (a) The Vice President may not receive a 

5 pay raise in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding the rate 

6 adjustment made under section 104 of title 3, United 

7 States Code, or any other provision of law. 

8 (b) An employee serving in an Executive Schedule po9 sition, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 

10 by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, may not receive 

11 a pay rate increase in calendar year 2019, notwith12 standing schedule adjustments made under section 5318 

13 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 

14 law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). This 

15 subsection applies only to employees who are holding a po16 sition under a political appointment. 

17 (c) A chief of mission or ambassador at large may 

18 not receive a pay rate increase in calendar year 2019, not19 withstanding section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 

20 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provision of law, 

21 except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or (i). 

22 (d) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 

23 5, United States Code, a pay rate increase may not be 

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1 (1) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu2 tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above level 

3 IV of the Executive Schedule; or 

4 (2) a limited term appointee or limited emer5 gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 

6 serving under a political appointment and paid a 

7 rate of basic pay at or above level IV of the Execu8 tive Schedule. 

9 (e) Any employee paid a rate of basic pay (including 

10 any locality-based payments under section 5304 of title 

11 5, United States Code, or similar authority) at or above 

12 level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves under a po13 litical appointment may not receive a pay rate increase 

14 in calendar year 2019, notwithstanding any other provi15 sion of law, except as provided in subsection (g), (h), or 

16 (i). This subsection does not apply to employees in the 

17 General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service pay 

18 system, or to employees appointed under section 3161 of 

19 title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 

20 pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 

21 or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap22 plied to them. 

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1 ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 

2 under applicable law. 

3 (g) A career appointee in the Senior Executive Serv4 ice who receives a Presidential appointment and who 

5 makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 

6 pay entitlements under section 3392 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, is not subject to this section. 

8 (h) A member of the Senior Foreign Service who re9 ceives a Presidential appointment to any position in the 

10 executive branch and who makes an election to retain Sen11 ior Foreign Service pay entitlements under section 302(b) 

12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) 

13 is not subject to this section. 

14 (i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 

15 employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in16 crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov17 ered position with higher-level duties and a pre-established 

18 higher level or range of pay, except that any such increase 

19 must be based on the rates of pay and applicable pay limi20 tations in effect on December 31, 2013. 

21 (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

22 an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 

23 during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 

24 pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 

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1 (k) If an employee affected by subsections (b) 

2 through (e) is subject to a biweekly pay period that begins 

3 in calendar year 2019 but ends in calendar year 2020, 

4 the bar on the employee’s receipt of pay rate increases 

5 shall apply through the end of that pay period. 

6 SEC. 739. (a) The head of any Executive branch de7 partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 

8 this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 

9 reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 

10 for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 

11 costs and contracting procedures related to each con12 ference held by any such department, agency, board, com13 mission, or office during fiscal year 2019 for which the 

14 cost to the United States Government was more than 

15 $100,000. 

16 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con17 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica18 ble period— 

19 (1) a description of its purpose; 

20 (2) the number of participants attending; 

21 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

22 United States Government, including— 

23 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

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1 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

2 travel to and from the conference; and 

3 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

4 to determine which costs relate to the con5 ference; and 

6 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

7 used including— 

8 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

9 competitive basis; and 

10 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

11 conducted by the departmental component or 

12 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

13 conference. 

14 (c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 

15 head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 

16 or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 

17 official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 

18 date, location, and number of employees attending a con19 ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 

20 board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 

21 appropriations Act during fiscal year 2019 for which the 

22 cost to the United States Government was more than 

23 $20,000. 

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1 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con2 ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 

3 programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

4 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

5 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

6 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

7 the grant or contract. 

8 (e) None of the funds made available in this or any 

9 other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con10 ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 

11 of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 

12 dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 

13 memorandum. 

14 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available in this 

15 or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 

16 eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac17 tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 

18 a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 

19 enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 

20 is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi21 sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 

22 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

23 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

24 enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 

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1 Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 

2 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

5 to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 

6 regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 

7 function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of8 fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 

9 other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 

10 SEC. 743. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 

12 available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

13 with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 

14 such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 

15 internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib16 iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac17 tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 

18 to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent19 ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re20 ceive such information. 

21 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con22 travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 

23 Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart24 ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 

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1 SEC. 744. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 

2 other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree3 ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern4 ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree5 ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 

6 the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 

7 with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 

8 the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 

9 existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi10 fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 

11 reporting to an Inspector General of a violation of any 

12 law, rule, or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste 

13 of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and spe14 cific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other 

15 whistleblower protection. The definitions, requirements, 

16 obligations, rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by 

17 controlling Executive orders and statutory provisions are 

18 incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.’’: 

19 Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding provision of 

20 this section, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement that 

21 is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct 

22 of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other 

23 than an employee or officer of the United States Govern24 ment, may contain provisions appropriate to the particular 

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1 or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that the person 

2 will not disclose any classified information received in the 

3 course of such activity unless specifically authorized to do 

4 so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure 

5 forms shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclo6 sures to Congress, or to an authorized official of an execu7 tive agency or the Department of Justice, that are essen8 tial to reporting a substantial violation of law. 

9 (b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 

10 implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 

11 if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 

12 that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 

13 (c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 

14 may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en15 tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 

16 substantially similar language to that required in sub17 section (a). 

18 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

19 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

20 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

21 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

22 to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil23 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad24 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

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1 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col2 lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 

3 aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 

4 has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 

5 and has made a determination that this further action is 

6 not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 

7 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 

8 or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

9 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

10 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

11 to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

12 violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 

13 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic14 tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 

15 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter16 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro17 tect the interests of the Government. 

18 SEC. 747. (a) During fiscal year 2019, on the date 

19 on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac20 cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 

21 Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv24 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 


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1 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

2 of such request. 

3 (b) Any notification required by this section shall be 

4 made available on the Bureau’s public Web site. 

5 SEC. 748. If, for fiscal year 2019, new budget author6 ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre7 tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 

8 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

9 Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 

10 Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre11 tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 

12 2019 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man13 agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 

14 total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 

15 of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 

16 for all categories for that fiscal year. 

17 SEC. 749. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 

18 for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 

19 effect in fiscal year 2019 under section 5303 of title 5, 

20 United States Code, shall be an increase of 1.4 percent, 

21 and the overall average percentage of the adjustments tak22 ing effect in such fiscal year under sections 5304 and 

23 5304a of such title 5 shall be an increase of 0.5 percent 

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1 ments under this subsection shall be effective as of the 

2 first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 

3 or after January 1, 2019. 

4 (b) Notwithstanding section 737, the adjustment in 

5 rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that take 

6 place in fiscal year 2019 under sections 5344 and 5348 

7 of title 5, United States Code, shall be no less than the 

8 percentages in subsection (a) as employees in the same 

9 location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted pursuant 

10 to the statutory pay systems under section 5303, 5304, 

11 and 5304a of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 

12 employees at locations where there are no employees whose 

13 pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303, 5304, and 

14 5304a of such title 5 and prevailing rate employees de15 scribed in section 5343(a)(5) of such title 5 shall be con16 sidered to be located in the pay locality designated as 

17 ′′Rest of U.S.′′ pursuant to section 5304 of such title 5 

18 for purposes of this subsection. 

19 (c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 

20 from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 

21 department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 

22 year 2019. 

23 SEC. 750. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

24 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 


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1 than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 

2 VIII. 

3 TITLE VIII 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 

5 COLUMBIA 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 

8 funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 

9 necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 

10 settlements or judgments that have been entered against 

11 the District of Columbia government. 

12 SEC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

13 Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 

14 implementation of any policy including boycott designed 

15 to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 

16 or any State legislature. 

17 SEC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 

18 under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 

19 Federal and District government agencies, that remain 

20 available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, 

21 or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

22 United States derived by the collection of fees available 

23 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

24 obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re25 programming of funds which— 


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1 (1) creates new programs; 

2 (2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi3 bility center; 

4 (3) establishes or changes allocations specifi5 cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 

6 (4) increases funds or personnel by any means 

7 for any program, project, or responsibility center for 

8 which funds have been denied or restricted; 

9 (5) re-establishes any program or project pre10 viously deferred through reprogramming; 

11 (6) augments any existing program, project, or 

12 responsibility center through a reprogramming of 

13 funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which14 ever is less; or 

15 (7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 

16 assigned to a specific program, project or responsi17 bility center, 

18 unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate. 

21 (b) The District of Columbia government is author22 ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 

23 requests of local funds under this title through November 

24 7, 2019. 


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1 SEC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 

2 Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 

3 for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 

4 offices of United States Senator or United States Rep5 resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 

6 Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 

7 (D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 

8 SEC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec9 tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 

10 any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em11 ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 

12 unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 

13 performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 

14 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 

15 does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 

16 residence and workplace, except in the case of— 

17 (1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 

18 Police Department who resides in the District of Co19 lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 

20 Department; 

21 (2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi22 cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 

23 Emergency Medical Services Department who re24 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

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1 (3) at the discretion of the Director of the De2 partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 

3 the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 

4 who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 

5 call 24 hours a day; 

6 (4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex7 aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 

8 Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 

9 of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 

10 (5) at the discretion of the Director of the 

11 Homeland Security and Emergency Management 

12 Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se13 curity and Emergency Management Agency who re14 sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 

15 hours a day; 

16 (6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 

17 (7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 

18 of Columbia. 

19 SEC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

20 in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor21 ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 

22 government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 

23 civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 

24 voting representation in Congress for the District of Co25 lumbia. 


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1 (b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co2 lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 

3 on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi4 cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 

5 SEC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 

6 this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 

7 for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 

8 pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 

9 local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 

10 be inappropriate for such distribution. 

11 SEC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 

12 prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 

13 from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 

14 coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 

15 of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 

16 should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep17 tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 

18 SEC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 

19 in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 

20 rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 

21 associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 

22 schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 

23 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de24 rivative. 


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1 (b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 

2 by the District of Columbia government under any author3 ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 

4 legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 

5 possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 

6 under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 

7 seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec8 reational purposes. 

9 SEC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex10 penditure by the District of Columbia government under 

11 any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 

12 where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 

13 fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 

14 result of an act of rape or incest. 

15 SEC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 

17 Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 

18 appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 

19 Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 

20 funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 

21 the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 

22 to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 

23 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 

24 District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2019 that 

25 is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 


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1 that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 

2 other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 

3 actual expenditures. 

4 (b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 

5 which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co6 lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 

7 unanticipated changes in program requirements. 

8 SEC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi10 cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro11 priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 

12 for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 

13 operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 

14 Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 

15 The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for16 mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern17 ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 

18 of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 

19 204.42). 

20 SEC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 

21 operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co22 lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 

23 once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con24 sistent with the provisions of this Act. 


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1 (b) The District of Columbia government is author2 ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 

3 local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 

4 four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 

5 funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro6 grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 

7 with the provisions of this Act. 

8 (c) The District of Columbia government may not 

9 transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 

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

11 capital projects. 

12 SEC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 

13 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

14 the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 

15 other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 SEC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

17 by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob18 ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 

19 year 2019 from appropriations of Federal funds made 

20 available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2019 in 

21 this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 

22 2020, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 

23 Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 


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1 such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 

2 made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out3 lined in section 803 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2020, during a 

5 period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 

6 resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 

7 bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 

8 provided for any project or activity for which local funds 

9 are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub10 ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum11 bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 

12 subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 

13 (2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 

14 of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 

15 which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2020 

16 which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co17 lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 

18 of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern19 ment for fiscal year 2020 for purposes of section 446 of 

20 the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 

21 D.C. Official Code). 

22 (b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 

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1 (1) during any period in which a District of Co2 lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2020 is 

3 in effect; or 

4 (2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 

5 District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 

6 2020. 

7 (c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro8 vided under the authority and conditions as provided 

9 under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 

10 in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 

11 (d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 

12 cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 

13 project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2020 

14 for which this section applies to such project or activity. 

15 (e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 

16 during any period of fiscal year 2020 if any other provi17 sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria18 tions)— 

19 (1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail20 able, or grants authority for such project or activity 

21 to continue for such period; or 

22 (2) specifically provides that no appropriation 

23 shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 

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1 (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 

2 obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 

3 mandated by other law. 

4 SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

5 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 

6 title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 

7 of this title or of title IV. 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 

9 General Government Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

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