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Union Calendar No. 76 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3055 

[Report No. 116–101] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2020, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 3, 2019 

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

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

9 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

11 For necessary expenses for international trade activi12 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

13 to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract14 ing, and retaining business investment in the United 

15 States, and for engaging in trade promotional activities 

16 abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 

17 agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of 

18 United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 

19 3703 of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage 

20 for dependent members of immediate families of employees 

21 stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted over22 seas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter23 national Trade Administration between two points abroad, 

24 without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States 

25 Code; employment of citizens of the United States and 


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1 aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for 

2 periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 

3 repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of tem4 porary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; 

5 payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the 

6 first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 

7 Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 

8 exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 

9 abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 

10 use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining 

11 insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

12 $530,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2021, of which $11,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 

14 be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis15 tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

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

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

18 antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 

19 compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 

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

21 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

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

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

24 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu25 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 


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1 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

2 part of these activities. 

3 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

4 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

6 national security activities of the Department of Com7 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

8 export administration field activities both domestically and 

9 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

10 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em11 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

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

13 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

14 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

15 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi16 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa17 tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 

18 of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 

19 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 

20 Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 

21 seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

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

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1 tation otherwise established by law, $127,652,000, to re2 main available until expended: Provided, That the provi3 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec4 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex5 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 

6 apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 

7 That payments and contributions collected and accepted 

8 for materials or services provided as part of such activities 

9 may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi10 ties, and for providing information to the public with re11 spect to the export administration and national security 

12 activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex13 port control programs of the United States and other gov14 ernments. 

15 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

16 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

17 For grants for economic development assistance as 

18 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

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

20 grants authorized by sections 27 and 28 of the Stevenson21 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

22 3722 and 3723), $498,350,000, to remain available until 

23 expended, of which $30,000,000 shall be for grants under 

24 such section 27 and $5,000,000 shall be for grants under 

25 such section 28. 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of administering the eco3 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

4 law, $41,650,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 

5 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

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

7 Trade Act of 1974, sections 27 and 28 of the Stevenson8 Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

9 3722 and 3723), and the Community Emergency Drought 

10 Relief Act of 1977. 

11 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

12 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

13 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com14 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

15 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con16 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi17 zations, $44,000,000. 

18 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco21 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

22 of Commerce, $107,990,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2021. 


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1 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

2 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana4 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 

5 by law, $275,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro6 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

7 and marketing activities. 

8 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana11 lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 

12 censuses and programs provided for by law, $675,000,000, 

13 to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 

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

15 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro16 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

17 $3,556,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

18 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 

19 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

20 Census. 

21 In addition to the amounts provided under this head22 ing for the 2020 Census, $7,500,000,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2022, is new budget authority 

24 for the 2020 Census as specified for the purposes of sec25 tion 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 


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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and section 

2 1(g)(1) of H.Res. 293 of the 116th Congress. 

3 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

7 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad8 ministration (NTIA), $42,411,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, notwith10 standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 

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

14 collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 

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

18 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

19 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

20 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

21 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 

22 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

23 Government agencies shall remain available until ex24 pended. 


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1 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

2 AND CONSTRUCTION

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

6 grants until their expiration. 

7 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

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

14 of the USPTO, $3,450,681,000, to remain available until 

15 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

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

18 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

19 2020, so as to result in a fiscal year 2020 appropriation 

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

21 That during fiscal year 2020, should the total amount of 

22 such offsetting collections be less than $3,450,681,000 

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

25 $3,450,681,000 in fiscal year 2020 and deposited in the 


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1 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

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

5 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

6 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

7 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

8 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

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

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

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

15 made available in fiscal year 2020 for official reception 

16 and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis17 cal year 2020 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala18 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec19 essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 

20 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

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

22 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 

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

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1 ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other2 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

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

4 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

5 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

6 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

8 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

9 Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 

10 and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 

11 accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 

12 the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 

13 series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 

14 for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im15 puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli16 cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

17 provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col18 lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 

19 to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend20 ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 

21 (Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the 

22 amounts appropriated, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 

23 the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as24 sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re25 lated to the USPTO. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

2 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

5 Standards and Technology (NIST), $751,000,000, to re6 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

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

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

9 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

10 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

11 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par12 ticipants. 

13 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

14 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

15 services, $169,172,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, of which $154,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

17 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

18 $15,172,000 shall be for the National Network for Manu19 facturing Innovation (also known as ‘‘Manufacturing 

20 USA’’). 

21 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

22 For construction of new research facilities, including 

23 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

24 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro25 vided for the National Institute of Standards and TechVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:37 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3055.RH H3055

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1 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

2 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

3 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $120,000,000, to remain available 

4 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 

5 shall include in the budget justification materials that the 

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

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

9 States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of 

10 Standards and Technology construction project having a 

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

12 and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall 

13 include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for 

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

15 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

20 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

21 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

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

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


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1 the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to coopera2 tive agreements; and relocation of facilities, 

3 $3,920,625,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2021: Provided, That fees and donations received by the 

5 National Ocean Service for the management of national 

6 marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the sala7 ries and expenses associated with those activities, notwith8 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro9 vided further, That in addition, $177,782,000 shall be de10 rived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Promote and De11 velop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to Amer12 ican Fisheries’’, which shall only be used for the Fisheries 

13 Science and Management program activities: Provided fur14 ther, That of the $4,115,907,000 provided for in direct 

15 obligations under this heading, $3,920,625,000 is appro16 priated from the general fund, $177,782,000 is provided 

17 by transfer, and $17,500,000 is derived from recoveries 

18 of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi19 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

20 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

21 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

24 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 

25 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 


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

2 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend3 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

4 may be necessary. 

5 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUCTION

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For procurement, acquisition, and construction of 

8 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

9 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

10 $1,496,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2022, except that funds provided for acquisition and con12 struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re13 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

14 $1,509,000,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

15 this heading, $1,496,000,000 is appropriated from the 

16 general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries 

17 of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi18 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 

19 in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 

20 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

23 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus24 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

25 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 


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1 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

2 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

3 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

4 procurement, acquisition, or construction project having a 

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

6 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg7 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

8 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 

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

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

11 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re12 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition, and construc13 tion. 

14 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

15 For necessary expenses associated with the restora16 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, 

18 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 

19 may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 

20 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder21 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

22 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con23 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

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1 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

2 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

3 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

4 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

5 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci6 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

7 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis8 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require9 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

10 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

11 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

12 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

14 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

15 until expended. 

16 FISHERY DISASTER ASSISTANCE

17 For the necessary expenses associated with the miti18 gation of fishery disasters, $15,000,000, to remain avail19 able until expended: Provided, That funds shall be used 

20 for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures 

21 and fishery resource disasters as declared by the Secretary 

22 of Commerce. 

23 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

25 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2020, obligations of direct 


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1 loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 

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

4 Act of 1936. 

5 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

8 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

9 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa10 tion, $40,000,000: Provided, That of the funds provided 

11 under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be withheld from 

12 obligation until the Secretary updates and resubmits to 

13 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate the plan for expenditure de15 scribed in the third proviso under the heading ‘‘Bureau 

16 of the Census—Periodic Census and Programs’’ in divi17 sion C of Public Law 116-6. 

18 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

19 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod20 ernization of Department of Commerce facilities, 

21 $1,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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1 vided, That notwithstanding section 6413(b) of the Middle 

2 Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public 

3 Law 112–96), $2,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, from the amounts provided under this heading, 

5 shall be derived from the Public Safety Trust Fund for 

6 activities associated with carrying out investigations and 

7 audits related to the First Responder Network Authority 

8 (FirstNet). 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

11 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart12 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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

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

16 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

17 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

18 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

19 public interest. 

20 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria21 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

22 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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


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1 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

2 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

3 SEC. 103. The Secretary of Commerce shall notify 

4 the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in ad5 vance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital asset 

6 (including land, structures, and equipment) not specifi7 cally provided for in this Act or any other law appro8 priating funds to the Department of Commerce. 

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

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

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

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

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

14 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2020: Provided, That 

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

16 $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo17 stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 

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

19 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

21 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv22 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

23 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 

24 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera25 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 


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

2 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec3 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

4 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

5 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

6 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re7 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

8 section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

9 of the space is authorized, up to $100,000, shall be cred10 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

11 costs of such services. 

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

13 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog14 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac15 tivity over its networks. 

16 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

17 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

18 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim19 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip20 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

22 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

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

24 any foreign government or international organization, for 

25 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 


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1 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos2 pheric Administration. 

3 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv4 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

5 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

6 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

7 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

8 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus9 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig10 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

11 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re12 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

13 SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na14 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

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

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

17 a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per18 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex19 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 

20 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern21 ment, tribal government, Territory, or possession or any 

22 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

23 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

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1 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail2 able until September 30, 2022, for such purposes: Pro3 vided further, That all funds within this section and their 

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

5 SEC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 

6 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga7 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco8 nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 

9 of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 

10 of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 

11 the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 

12 agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed13 eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 

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

15 and methodology activities which further the purposes for 

16 which such amounts have been made available. 

17 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 

18 or prior Acts may be obligated or expended for the travel 

19 of personnel within the Office of the Secretary of Com20 merce from any account other than the ‘‘Departmental 

21 Management—Salaries and Expenses’’ account. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com23 merce Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

3 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

6 Department of Justice, $114,740,000, of which not to ex7 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart8 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

14 departmental direction, $33,875,000, to remain available 

15 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

16 transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds 

17 available to the Department of Justice for information 

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

21 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

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

23 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 

24 under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 


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1 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

2 procedures set forth in that section. 

3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses necessary for the administration of im6 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im7 migration Review, $672,966,000, of which $4,000,000 

8 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 

9 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 

10 Examinations Fee’’ account, and of which not less than 

11 $25,000,000 shall be available for services and activities 

12 provided by the Legal Orientation Program: Provided, 

13 That not to exceed $35,000,000 of the total amount made 

14 available under this heading shall remain available until 

15 expended. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

18 General, $105,500,000, including not to exceed $10,000 

19 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char20 acter: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 shall re21 main available until September 30, 2021. 

22 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

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


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1 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi2 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis3 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap4 pointed. 

5 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

7 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

8 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ9 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi10 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

11 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

12 General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti13 tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 

14 the District of Columbia, $934,600,000, of which not to 

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

16 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

17 amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues pay18 ments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until 

19 expended: Provided further, That of the total amount ap20 propriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 

21 INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep22 resentation expenses: Provided further, That notwith23 standing section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 

24 by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re25 quire additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil 


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1 Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts 

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

3 available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the 

4 Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond 

5 to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 

6 pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a 

7 reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall 

8 not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 

9 compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

10 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such 

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

12 Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated with 

13 the election monitoring program under section 8 of the 

14 Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reim15 burse the Office of Personnel Management for such sala16 ries and expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts 

17 provided under this heading for the election monitoring 

18 program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until ex19 pended: Provided further, That of the amount appro20 priated, not less than $197,387,000 shall be available for 

21 the Criminal Division, including related expenses for the 

22 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Program. 

23 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De24 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

25 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 


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1 not to exceed $13,000,000, to be appropriated from the 

2 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

4 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti5 trust and kindred laws, $166,755,000, to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

8 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve9 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

10 of collection (and estimated to be $141,000,000 in fiscal 

11 year 2020), shall be retained and used for necessary ex12 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

13 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap14 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

15 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2020, 

16 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation 

17 from the general fund estimated at $25,755,000. 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

19 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

20 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop21 erative agreements, $2,329,800,000: Provided, That of the 

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

23 available for official reception and representation ex24 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

25 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 


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1 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par2 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

3 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

4 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

5 Program, as authorized, $227,229,000, to remain avail6 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of law, deposits to the United States 

8 Trustee System Fund and amounts herein appropriated 

9 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

10 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not11 withstanding any other provision of law, fees deposited 

12 into the Fund pursuant to section 589a(b) of title 28, 

13 United States Code (as limited by section 1004(b) of the 

14 Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 (division B of Public 

15 Law 115–72)), shall be retained and used for necessary 

16 expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available 

17 until expended: Provided further, That to the extent that 

18 fees deposited into the Fund in fiscal year 2020, net of 

19 amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, exceed 

20 $227,229,000, those excess amounts shall be available in 

21 future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 

22 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the sum 

23 herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re24 duced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 

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1 tors, (estimated at $309,000,000) and (2) to the extent 

2 that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de3 rived from amounts deposited in the Fund in previous fis4 cal years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to re5 sult in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the gen6 eral fund estimated at $0. 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

8 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

9 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

10 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

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

12 States Code, $2,335,000. 

13 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

14 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

15 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

16 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad17 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

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

19 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

20 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur21 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

22 witness security caravans; and not to exceed $18,000,000 

23 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up24 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se25 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 


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1 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro2 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

3 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

4 Act. 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

6 SERVICE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

9 Service, $17,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec10 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

11 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

12 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac13 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

14 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re15 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur16 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

17 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur18 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

19 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

20 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex21 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

22 forth in that section. 

23 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

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


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

2 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

3 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar6 shals Service, $1,444,600,000, of which not to exceed 

7 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep8 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 

9 remain available until expended. 

10 CONSTRUCTION

11 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti12 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

13 holding and related support, $15,000,000, to remain avail14 able until expended. 

15 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

16 For necessary expenses related to United States pris17 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

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

19 Code, $1,792,461,000, to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid21 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce22 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

23 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

24 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

25 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 


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1 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

5 the National Security Division, $109,585,000, of which 

6 not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys7 tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

8 notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter9 mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir10 cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 

11 the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 

12 transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap13 propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 

14 of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir15 cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 

16 to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram17 ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail18 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

19 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

20 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

22 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves23 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

24 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 

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1 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter2 governmental agreements with State and local law en3 forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros4 ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 

5 crime and drug trafficking, $570,000,000, of which 

6 $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 

8 under this heading may be used under authorities avail9 able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria10 tion. 

11 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In14 vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

15 crimes against the United States, $9,455,928,000, of 

16 which not to exceed $216,000,000 shall remain available 

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

18 shall be available for official reception and representation 

19 expenses. 

20 CONSTRUCTION

21 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip22 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

23 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili24 ties and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 

25 law; conversion, modification and extension of federally 


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1 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

2 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

3 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

4 $51,895,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad8 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un9 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

10 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex11 penses for conducting drug education and training pro12 grams, including travel and related expenses for partici13 pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 

14 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

15 $2,356,858,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

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

17 shall be available for official reception and representation 

18 expenses. 

19 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

20 EXPLOSIVES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To23 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

24 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse25 ment, including training in connection with the training 


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1 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

2 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as3 sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 

4 or without reimbursement, $1,439,000,000, of which not 

5 to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 

7 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

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

9 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

11 herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applica12 tions for relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 

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

14 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

15 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

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

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

18 funds made available by this or any other Act may be used 

19 to transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bu20 reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to 

21 other agencies or Departments. 


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1 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

5 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

6 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

7 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

8 related issues to foreign governments, $7,325,000,000: 

9 Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 

10 Department of Health and Human Services such amounts 

11 as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that De12 partment for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal 

13 and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the 

14 Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, 

15 may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal inter16 mediary claims processor to determine the amounts pay17 able to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison Sys18 tem, furnish health services to individuals committed to 

19 the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided fur20 ther, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for offi21 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur22 ther, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail23 able for necessary operations until September 30, 2021: 

24 Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con25 tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 


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1 available until expended to make payments in advance for 

2 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

3 expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed4 eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv5 ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 

6 from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro7 gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not8 for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 

9 Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre10 release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili11 ties. 

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction 

14 of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 

15 remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

16 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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

18 remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili19 ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ20 ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 

21 force account, $150,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners 

23 may be used for work performed under this appropriation. 


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1 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

2 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here3 by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 

4 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

5 with the law, and to make such contracts and commit6 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

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

9 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

11 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

13 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

14 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

15 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com16 puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 

17 with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys18 tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 

19 payment of claims, and expenditures which such account20 ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 

21 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

22 shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui23 sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 

24 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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


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1 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

2 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

3 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

4 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

7 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio8 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

9 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 

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

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

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

13 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecu14 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 

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

16 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

17 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims 

18 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

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

20 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

21 of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio22 lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 

23 Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); and the Rape Survivor 

24 Child Custody Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 

25 2015 Act’’); and for related victims services, 


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1 $582,500,000, to remain available until expended, which 

2 shall be derived by transfer from amounts available for 

3 obligation in this Act from the Fund established by section 

4 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473 

5 (34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding section 1402(d) of 

6 such Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts otherwise 

7 made available under this heading: Provided, That except 

8 as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of 

9 funds made available under this heading may be used for 

10 expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical as11 sistance: Provided further, That of the amount provided— 

12 (1) $222,000,000 is for grants to combat vio13 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

14 1968 Act; 

15 (2) $41,000,000 is for transitional housing as16 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat17 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

18 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

19 (3) $3,000,000 is for the National Institute of 

20 Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for re21 search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against 

22 women and related issues addressed by grant pro23 grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

24 which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 


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1 and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 

2 Justice Programs; 

3 (4) $20,000,000 is for a grant program to pro4 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

5 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

6 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 

7 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

8 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as9 sistance to middle and high school students through 

10 education and other services related to such violence: 

11 Provided, That unobligated balances available for 

12 the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

13 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

14 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

15 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

16 the total amount available for this grant program 

17 shall be available for grants under the program au18 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

19 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

20 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

21 program; 

22 (5) $62,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar23 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 

24 Act, of which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction 

25 initiative; 


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1 (6) $50,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 

2 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

3 1994 Act; 

4 (7) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

5 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

6 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

7 (8) $26,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

8 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

9 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

10 (9) $57,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic11 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

12 (10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

13 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

14 in later life, as authorized by section 40801 of the 

15 1994 Act; 

16 (11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support fami17 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

18 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

19 balances available for the programs authorized by 

20 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

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

22 Act, shall be available for this program; 

23 (12) $9,000,000 is for education and training 

24 to end violence against and abuse of women with 


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1 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

2 2000 Act; 

3 (13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 

4 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

5 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

6 the 1994 Act; 

7 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

8 violence against Indian women, including as author9 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

10 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval11 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of12 fice of Justice Programs; 

13 (15) $1,000,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

14 that provides training and technical assistance on 

15 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

16 and Alaska Native women; 

17 (16) $5,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal 

18 governments in exercising special domestic violence 

19 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of 

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

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

22 program; and 

23 (17) $3,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 

24 under the 2015 Act. 


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1 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

2 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

3 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

4 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

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

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

7 Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s As8 sistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

9 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil10 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 

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

12 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza13 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

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

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

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

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

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

19 the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 

20 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 

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

22 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

23 Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza24 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 


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1 and other programs, $80,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, of which— 

3 (1) $43,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

4 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

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

6 for a nationwide incident-based crime statistics pro7 gram; and 

8 (2) $37,000,000 is for research, development, 

9 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au10 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

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

12 $5,000,000 is for research targeted toward devel13 oping a better understanding of the domestic 

14 radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence15 based strategies for effective intervention and pre16 vention; $1,000,000 is for research to study the root 

17 causes of school violence to include the impact and 

18 effectiveness of grants made under the STOP School 

19 Violence Act; $1,000,000 is for a study to better 

20 protect children against online predatory behavior as 

21 part of the National Juvenile Online Victimization 

22 Studies (N–JOVS); $3,000,000 is for a national 

23 center for restorative justice; and $3,000,000 is for 

24 corrections-related research, and $1,500,000 is for 

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1 ated with the National Institute of Justice’s imple2 mentation of the First Step Act of 2018 (Public 

3 Law 115–391). 

4 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

7 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

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

10 Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All 

11 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child 

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

13 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

15 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

17 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

18 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic19 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 

20 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend21 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 

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

23 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 

24 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

25 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 


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

2 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat3 ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve4 ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 

5 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

6 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 

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

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

9 2016 (Public Law 114–324); Kevin and Avonte’s Law (di10 vision Q of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s 

11 Law’’); the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title 

12 III of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep 

13 Young Athletes Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act 

14 of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115–141) 

15 (‘‘the STOP School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 

16 2018 (title VI of division S of Public Law 115–141); the 

17 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization 

18 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185); and the SUPPORT 

19 for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271); 

20 and other programs, $1,933,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended as follows— 

22 (1) $530,250,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo23 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

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

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


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

2 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 

3 of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, 

4 $15,000,000 is for the Officer Robert Wilson III 

5 Memorial Initiative on Preventing Violence Against 

6 Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Surviv7 ability (VALOR), $7,500,000 is for an initiative to 

8 support evidence-based policing, $10,000,000 is for 

9 an initiative to enhance prosecutorial decision-mak10 ing, $3,600,000 is for the operationalization, mainte11 nance and expansion of the National Missing and 

12 Unidentified Persons System, $2,500,000 is for an 

13 academic based training initiative to improve police14 based responses to people with mental illness or de15 velopmental disabilities, $2,000,000 is for a student 

16 loan repayment assistance program pursuant to sec17 tion 952 of Public Law 110–315, $15,500,000 is for 

18 prison rape prevention and prosecution grants to 

19 States and units of local government, and other pro20 grams, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimi21 nation Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–79), 

22 $2,000,000 is for a grant program authorized by 

23 Kevin and Avonte’s Law, $3,000,000 is for a re24 gional law enforcement technology initiative, 

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1 ment Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 

2 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for wrongful 

3 conviction review, $2,000,000 is for emergency law 

4 enforcement assistance for events occurring during 

5 or after fiscal year 2020, as authorized by section 

6 609M of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (34 

7 U.S.C. 50101), $2,000,000 is for grants to States 

8 and units of local government to deploy managed ac9 cess systems to combat contraband cell phone use in 

10 prison, $4,000,000 is for a program to improve juve11 nile indigent defense, $100,000,000 is for grants for 

12 law enforcement activities associated with the presi13 dential nominating conventions, and $8,000,000 is 

14 for community-based violence prevention initiatives; 

15 (2) $260,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

16 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

17 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

19 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

20 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

21 detainees housed in State and local detention facili22 ties; 

23 (3) $100,000,000 for victim services programs 

24 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

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1 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 

2 authorized under Public Law 113–4; 

3 (4) $14,000,000 for economic, high technology, 

4 white collar, and Internet crime prevention grants, 

5 including as authorized by section 401 of Public 

6 Law 110–403, of which $2,500,000 is for competi7 tive grants that help State and local law enforce8 ment tackle intellectual property thefts, and 

9 $2,000,000 for a competitive grant program for 

10 training students in computer forensics and digital 

11 investigation; 

12 (5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

13 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

14 and related activities; 

15 (6) $25,000,000 for the matching grant pro16 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 

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

18 That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the Na19 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Of20 fice of Law Enforcement Standards for research, 

21 testing and evaluation programs; 

22 (7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

23 Public Website; 

24 (8) $80,000,000 for grants to States to up25 grade criminal and mental health records for the 


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1 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys2 tem, of which no less than $27,500,000 shall be for 

3 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im4 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

5 110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 

6 (9) $30,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

7 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

8 I of the 1968 Act; 

9 (10) $142,000,000 for DNA-related and foren10 sic programs and activities, of which— 

11 (A) $100,000,000 is for the purposes au12 thorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis 

13 Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 

14 106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog 

15 Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 per16 cent of funds made available under this para17 graph may be used for the purposes described 

18 in the DNA Training and Education for Law 

19 Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 

20 Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 

21 section 303); 

22 (B) $30,000,000 for other local, State, and 

23 Federal forensic activities; 

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1 tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 

2 108–405, section 412); and 

3 (D) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo4 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au5 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

6 (11) $49,000,000 for a grant program for com7 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 

8 (12) $12,000,000 for the court-appointed spe9 cial advocate program, as authorized by section 217 

10 of the 1990 Act; 

11 (13) $106,500,000 for offender reentry pro12 grams and research, as authorized by the Second 

13 Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), without 

14 regard to the time limitations specified at section 

15 6(1) of such Act, of which not to exceed $6,000,000 

16 is for a program to improve State, local, and tribal 

17 probation or parole supervision efforts and strate18 gies, $5,000,000 is for Children of Incarcerated Par19 ents Demonstrations to enhance and maintain pa20 rental and family relationships for incarcerated par21 ents as a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy, 

22 and $4,000,000 is for additional replication sites 

23 employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation 

24 with Enforcement model implementing swift and cer25 tain sanctions in probation, and for a research 


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1 project on the effectiveness of the model: Provided, 

2 That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in 

3 this paragraph may be used for performance-based 

4 awards for Pay for Success projects, of which up to 

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

6 implementing the Permanent Supportive Housing 

7 Model; 

8 (14) $80,000,000 for initiatives to improve po9 lice-community relations, of which $25,000,000 is 

10 for a competitive matching grant program for pur11 chases of body-worn cameras for State, local and 

12 Tribal law enforcement, $35,000,000 is for a justice 

13 reinvestment initiative, for activities related to crimi14 nal justice reform and recidivism reduction, and 

15 $20,000,000 is for an Edward Byrne Memorial 

16 criminal justice innovation program; 

17 (15) $375,000,000 for comprehensive opioid 

18 abuse reduction activities, including as authorized by 

19 CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 

20 address opioid abuse reduction consistent with un21 derlying program authorities— 

22 (A) $83,000,000 for Drug Courts, as au23 thorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of 

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1 (B) $35,000,000 for mental health courts 

2 and adult and juvenile collaboration program 

3 grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of 

4 title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Of5 fender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reau6 thorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub7 lic Law 110–416); 

8 (C) $33,000,000 for grants for Residential 

9 Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris10 oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 

11 1968 Act; 

12 (D) $25,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

13 courts program; 

14 (E) $30,000,000 for a program to monitor 

15 prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 

16 products; 

17 (F) $159,000,000 for a comprehensive 

18 opioid abuse program; and 

19 (G) $10,000,000 is for law enforcement as20 sisted diversion program grants; 

21 (16) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant pro22 gram authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe 

23 Act; 

24 (17) $93,750,000 for grants to be administered 

25 by the Bureau of Justice Assistance including for 


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1 purposes authorized under the STOP School Vio2 lence Act, of which $2,000,000 is for a center for 

3 campus safety; 

4 (18) $10,000,000 for a competitive grant pilot 

5 program for qualified nonprofit organizations to pro6 vide legal representation to immigrants arriving at 

7 the southwest border seeking asylum and other 

8 forms of legal protection in the United States; and 

9 (19) $2,000,000 for grants to state and local 

10 law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated 

11 with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of12 fenses, involving civil rights, authorized by the Em13 mett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthoriza14 tion Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-325). 

15

16 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

17 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

18 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and 

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

20 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

21 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and De22 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

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

24 Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecu25 torial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation 


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

2 Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 

3 647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

4 and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the 

5 Adam Walsh Act’’); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 

6 2008 (Public Law 110–401); the Violence Against Women 

7 Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 

8 2013 Act’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 

9 2016 (Public Law 114-324); and other juvenile justice 

10 programs, $341,500,000, to remain available until ex11 pended as follows— 

12 (1) $65,000,000 for programs authorized by 

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

14 technical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organi15 zations with the Federal grants process: Provided, 

16 That of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

17 $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

18 grant program to support emergency planning 

19 among State, local and tribal juvenile justice resi20 dential facilities; 

21 (2) $100,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

22 (3) $49,500,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

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

24 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 


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1 (A) $5,000,000 shall be for grants to pre2 vent trafficking of girls; 

3 (B) $7,500,000 shall be for the Tribal 

4 Youth Program; 

5 (C) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site 

6 providing information and resources on children 

7 of incarcerated parents; 

8 (D) $2,000,000 shall be for competitive 

9 grants focusing on girls in the juvenile justice 

10 system; 

11 (E) $9,000,000 shall be for an opioid-af12 fected youth initiative; 

13 (F) $8,000,000 shall be for an initiative 

14 relating to children exposed to violence; and 

15 (4) $28,000,000 for programs authorized by 

16 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

17 (5) $85,000,000 for missing and exploited chil18 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

19 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that sec20 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 

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

22 for purposes of this Act); 

23 (6) $4,000,000 for child abuse training pro24 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

25 authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; and 


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1 (7) $10,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability 

2 Block Grants program as authorized by part R of 

3 title I of the 1968 Act and Guam shall be considered 

4 a State. 

5 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

8 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

9 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in10 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail11 able until expended; and $24,800,000 for payments au12 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu13 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

14 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not15 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina16 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

17 require additional funding for such disability and edu18 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

19 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail20 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

21 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

22 further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro23 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

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1 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

2 set forth in that section. 

3 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

4 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

10 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

11 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); and the SUP12 PORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 

13 115–271), $323,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That any balances made available 

15 through prior year deobligations shall only be available in 

16 accordance with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 

17 That of the amount provided under this heading— 

18 (1) $239,750,000 is for grants under section 

19 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 

20 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

21 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not22 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro23 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such 

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1 ceed $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of 

2 Community Oriented Policing Services grants a 

3 waiver from this limitation: Provided further, That of 

4 the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

5 $6,500,000 is for community policing development 

6 activities in furtherance of the purposes in section 

7 1701: Provided further, That of the amounts appro8 priated under this paragraph $38,000,000 is for re9 gional information sharing activities, as authorized 

10 by part M of title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be 

11 transferred to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evalua12 tion, and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 

13 of Justice Programs: Provided further, That within 

14 the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, no 

15 less than $3,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 

16 Program: Provided further, That within the amounts 

17 appropriated under this paragraph, $2,000,000 is 

18 for training, peer mentoring, and mental health pro19 gram activities as authorized under the Law En20 forcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (Public 

21 Law 115–113); 

22 (2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by 

23 the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 

24 (3) $8,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

25 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 


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1 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth2 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei3 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

4 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

5 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 

6 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet7 amine traffickers; 

8 (4) $32,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

9 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

10 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her11 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

12 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

13 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re14 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis15 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

16 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

17 collaboration; and 

18 (5) $31,250,000 is for competitive grants to be 

19 administered by the Community Oriented Policing 

20 Services Office for purposes authorized under the 

21 STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 

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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

4 available in this title for official reception and representa5 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

6 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

7 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re8 ception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

12 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro13 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu14 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

15 shall be null and void. 

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

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

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

19 SEC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re20 move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris21 ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in22 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

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1 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

2 Prisons. 

3 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria4 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De5 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be6 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex7 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

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

9 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

10 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

11 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com12 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

13 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under 

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

15 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

16 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

17 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

18 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

20 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

21 such a prisoner. 

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

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1 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

2 purposes. 

3 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main4 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

5 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

6 programs. 

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

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

9 enhanced information technology program having total es10 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un11 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re12 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

13 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

14 information technology program has appropriate program 

15 management controls and contractor oversight mecha16 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

17 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

18 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

19 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi20 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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

22 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

23 this title in previous years. 

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

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


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1 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

2 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc3 cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 

4 work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 

5 or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

6 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

8 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

9 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

10 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

12 United States Code. 

13 SEC. 212. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 

14 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

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

16 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head17 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

18 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus19 tice Programs’’or otherwise appropriated or transferred 

20 under this Act for administration by the Office of Justice 

21 Programs— 

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

23 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim24 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

25 provide training and technical assistance; and 


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1 (2) up to 3 percent of funds made available for 

2 grant or reimbursement programs under such head3 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

4 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis5 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 

6 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

7 and merged with funds provided to the National In8 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis9 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

10 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza11 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs; 

12 and 

13 (3) up to 7 percent of funds made available for 

14 grant or reimbursement programs may be trans15 ferred to and merged with funds under the heading 

16 ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, for 

17 assistance to Indian tribes, without regard to the au18 thorizations for such grant or reimbursement pro19 grams. 

20 SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 

21 Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard22 ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap23 propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 

24 for fiscal years 2017 through 2020 for the following pro25 grams, waive the following requirements: 


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1 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 

2 and local reentry demonstration projects under part 

3 FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

4 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 

5 the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 

6 part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 

7 (2) For grants to protect inmates and safe8 guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 

9 Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 

10 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 

11 such Act. 

12 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

14 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

15 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail16 able by this or any other Act. 

17 SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under 

18 this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back19 ground check system established under section 103 of the 

20 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 

21 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 

22 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi23 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus24 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:37 Jun 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3055.RH H3055

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1 less law enforcement personnel of the United States con2 tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

3 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De4 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

5 title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 

6 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

7 year 2020, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 

8 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan9 cial management system. 

10 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal11 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

12 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

13 Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 

14 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2020, and 

15 any use, obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds 

16 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec17 tion 505 of this Act. 

18 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli19 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 

20 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga21 tion during fiscal year 2020, and any use, obligation, 

22 transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 

23 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

24 SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made avail25 able in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may 


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1 be used to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots 

2 authorized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 

3 113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, 

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

5 such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partner6 ship Pilots in an appropriations Act for fiscal years 2019 

7 and 2020. 

8 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used by the Executive Office for Immigration 

10 Review to implement case performance numeric metrics 

11 that are linked to performance evaluations for individual 

12 immigration judges. 

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

14 Appropriations Act, 2020’’ 

15 TITLE III 

16 SCIENCE 

17 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

19 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na20 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

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

22 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

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

24 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 


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1 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum2 bia, $5,000,000. 

3 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL

4 For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun5 cil, in carrying out the purposes of Title V of Public Law 

6 100–685 and Executive Order 13803, hire of passenger 

7 motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 

8 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 for 

9 official reception and representation expenses, 

10 $1,870,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 

12 personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 

13 and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 

14 offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na15 tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 

16 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

17 SCIENCE

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 in the conduct and support of science research and devel20 opment activities, including research, development, oper21 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa22 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

23 and communications activities; program management; per24 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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1 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

3 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

4 aircraft, $7,161,300,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amounts pro6 vided, $592,600,000 is for an orbiter to meet the science 

7 goals for the Jupiter Europa mission as recommended in 

8 previous Planetary Science Decadal surveys: Provided fur9 ther, That the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis10 tration shall use the Space Launch System as the launch 

11 vehicles for the Jupiter Europa missions, plan for an or12 biter launch no later than 2023 and a lander launch no 

13 later than 2025, and include in the fiscal year 2021 budg14 et the 5-year funding profile necessary to achieve these 

15 goals. 

16 AERONAUTICS

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

18 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

19 development activities, including research, development, 

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

21 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con22 trol, and communications activities; program manage23 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

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1 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

3 administrative aircraft, $700,000,000, to remain available 

4 until September 30, 2021. 

5 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

8 and development activities, including research, develop9 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

10 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space11 craft control, and communications activities; program 

12 management; personnel and related costs, including uni13 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

14 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex15 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

17 mission and administrative aircraft, $1,291,600,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

19 That $180,000,000 shall be for RESTORE–L: Provided 

20 further, That $125,000,000 shall be for nuclear thermal 

21 propulsion technologies: Provided further, That, not later 

22 than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Na23 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

24 shall provide a plan for the design of a flight demonstra25 tion. 


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1 EXPLORATION

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

4 development activities, including research, development, 

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

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

9 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

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

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

13 administrative aircraft, $5,129,900,000, to remain avail14 able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That not less 

15 than $1,425,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose 

16 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

17 $2,150,000,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 

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

19 less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele20 ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta21 neously, to be used to the maximum extent practicable, 

22 including for Earth to Moon missions and a Moon landing: 

23 Provided further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, 

24 not less than $200,000,000 shall be for Exploration Upper 

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1 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems, including 

2 $50,000,000 for a second mobile launch platform and as3 sociated SLS activities: Provided further, That the Na4 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

5 shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate, concurrent with 

7 the annual budget submission, a 5-year budget profile for 

8 an integrated system that includes the Space Launch Sys9 tem, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associ10 ated ground systems that will ensure an Exploration Mis11 sion-2 crewed launch as early as possible, as well as a sys12 tem-based funding profile for a sustained launch cadence 

13 beyond the initial crewed test launch: Provided further, 

14 That $962,100,000 shall be for exploration research and 

15 development. 

16 SPACE OPERATIONS

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

18 in the conduct and support of space operations research 

19 and development activities, including research, develop20 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space21 craft control and communications activities, including op22 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re23 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

24 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow25 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 


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

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

3 charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin4 istrative aircraft, $4,285,700,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2021. 

6 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND

7 MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

9 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

10 education research and development activities, including 

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

12 program management; personnel and related costs, includ13 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec14 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

15 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

16 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

17 of mission and administrative aircraft, $123,000,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2021, of which 

19 $25,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 

20 Stimulate Competitive Research and $48,000,000 shall be 

21 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro22 gram. 

23 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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


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1 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

2 research and development activities, including research, 

3 development, operations, support, and services; mainte4 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

5 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

6 program management; personnel and related costs, includ7 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec8 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

9 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

10 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen11 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte12 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air13 craft, $3,084,600,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2021. 

15 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

16 RESTORATION

17 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

18 including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi19 fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad20 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

21 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

22 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli23 ance and restoration, $497,200,000, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That proceeds from 

25 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 


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

2 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

3 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail4 able for obligation for fiscal year 2020 in an amount not 

5 to exceed $17,000,000: Provided further, That each an6 nual budget request shall include an annual estimate of 

7 gross receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds 

8 collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United 

9 States Code. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

13 $41,700,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

14 until September 30, 2021. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

18 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

19 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

20 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

21 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero22 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

23 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap24 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

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1 fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

2 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

3 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

4 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram5 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

6 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

7 procedures set forth in that section. 

8 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro9 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ10 ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 

11 change of an amount established in that spending plan 

12 that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 

13 this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec14 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga15 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce16 dures set forth in that section. 

17 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

18 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

19 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

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

22 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

23 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

24 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air25 craft; and authorized travel; $7,106,301,000, to remain 


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1 available until September 30, 2021, of which not to exceed 

2 $544,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

3 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse4 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

5 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

6 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

7 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

8 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

9 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

10 to this appropriation. 

11 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

12 CONSTRUCTION

13 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc14 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

15 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu16 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

18 $223,230,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

20 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math21 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

22 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

23 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ24 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

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1 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $950,000,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

3 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

4 For agency operations and award management nec5 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

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

7 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas8 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

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

11 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

12 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

13 $336,890,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

14 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

15 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

16 heading in fiscal year 2020 for maintenance and operation 

17 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

18 the next fiscal year. 

19 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

20 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala21 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

23 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec24 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car25 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 


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

2 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 

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

4 and representation expenses. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

8 1978, $15,350,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail9 able until September 30, 2021. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

13 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

14 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be15 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

16 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans17 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

18 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 

19 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 

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

21 The Director of the National Science Foundation 

22 (NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 

24 days in advance of any planned divestment through trans25 fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 


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1 any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in2 cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 

3 than $2,500,000. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria5 tions Act, 2020’’. 

6 TITLE IV 

7 RELATED AGENCIES 

8 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

11 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

12 $10,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro13 priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi14 viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 

15 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe16 cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 

17 That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 

18 shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 

19 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 

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

21 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 

22 used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au23 thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 

24 of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That the 


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1 Chair is authorized to accept and use any gift or donation 

2 to carry out the work of the Commission. 

3 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

6 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

7 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em8 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

9 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

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

11 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 

12 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend13 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 

14 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in15 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

16 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

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

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

19 $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

20 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

21 $399,500,000: Provided, That the Commission is author22 ized to make available for official reception and represen23 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 

24 Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 

25 to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 


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1 or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 

2 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

3 Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 

4 with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 

5 this Act: Provided further, That the Chair is authorized 

6 to accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the 

7 work of the Commission. 

8 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

11 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

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

14 reception and representation expenses, $101,000,000, to 

15 remain available until expended. 

16 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

17 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

18 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

19 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

20 Act of 1974, $550,000,000, of which $509,500,000 is for 

21 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

22 $5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

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

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1 help and information technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro 

2 Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay3 ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor4 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

5 and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 

6 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em7 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

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

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

10 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

11 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora12 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

13 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

14 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

16 CORPORATION

17 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

18 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur19 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

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

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

22 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

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

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1 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2019 and 

2 2020, respectively. 

3 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com6 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

7 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 

8 $3,616,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

10 REPRESENTATIVE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

13 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas14 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

15 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

16 United States Code, $57,000,000, of which $1,000,000 

17 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

18 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

19 to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 

20 and representation expenses. 

21 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For activities of the United States Trade Representa24 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 

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1 including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 

2 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 

3 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 

4 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

5 Act. 

6

7 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

10 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 

11 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $6,555,000, of which $500,000 

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

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

14 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

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

16 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

17 United States Government. 

18 TITLE V 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

23 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

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

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

4 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

5 under this Act for any consulting service through procure6 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

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

8 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

9 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

10 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

11 issued pursuant to existing law. 

12 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica13 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

14 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica15 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

16 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af17 fected thereby. 

18 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

19 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

20 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli21 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from 

22 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

23 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

24 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

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1 tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 

2 a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per3 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 

4 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of5 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro6 grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

7 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em8 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac9 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

10 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

11 project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

12 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

13 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

14 change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap15 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com16 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

17 of such reprogramming of funds. 

18 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 

19 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

20 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

21 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

22 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

23 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re24 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

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1 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

2 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula3 tions. 

4 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au5 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

6 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

7 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

8 States, its territories or possessions. 

9 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

10 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

11 Item (1)(f)(3). 

12 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

13 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na14 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

15 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta17 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 

18 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com19 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

20 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

21 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

22 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

23 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

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1 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

2 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

3 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

4 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

5 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

6 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

7 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys8 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re9 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

10 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

11 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre12 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re13 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

14 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

15 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be16 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

17 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

18 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

19 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

20 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

21 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

23 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

24 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

25 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 


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1 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

2 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

3 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

4 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 

5 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

6 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

7 products of the same type. 

8 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab10 lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 

11 Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex12 cess of $2,838,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 

13 until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith14 standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 

15 available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 

16 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Department of Justice, Office 

17 of Inspector General’’ account for oversight and auditing 

18 purposes associated with this section; and (2) 5 percent 

19 shall be available to the Office for Victims of Crime for 

20 grants, consistent with the requirements of the Victims of 

21 Crime Act, to Indian tribes to improve services for victims 

22 of crime. 

23 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

24 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi25 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 


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1 students who participate in programs for which financial 

2 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

3 or legal guardians of such students. 

4 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in6 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

7 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro8 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

9 SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart10 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na11 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na12 tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor13 poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 

14 General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 

15 which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 

16 reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 

17 may include preliminary findings and a description of 

18 areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi19 ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 

20 any such audit is completed. 

21 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

22 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 

23 completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis24 trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 

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1 net website maintained by the Department, Administra2 tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 

3 shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 

4 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

5 title 5, United States Code; and 

6 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi7 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

8 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

9 unlawful purposes. 

10 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

11 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state12 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

13 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

14 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

15 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 

16 other manner to another person who has a financial inter17 est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

18 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 

19 this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 

20 which the Director of the Office of Management and 

21 Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 

22 Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 

23 and requirements, substantially similar to the require24 ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 


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1 executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart2 ments, agencies, and entities. 

3 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth4 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

5 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer6 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

7 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate8 impact information system, as defined for security cat9 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 

10 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

11 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat12 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys13 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

14 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor15 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

16 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

17 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

18 moderate-impact information systems within the 

19 Federal Government; 

20 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre21 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

22 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

23 appropriate agencies; and 

24 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap25 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 


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1 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

2 with the acquisition of such system, including any 

3 risk associated with such system being produced, 

4 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

5 identified by the United States Government as pos6 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

7 those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 

8 the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 

9 of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 

10 or the Russian Federation. 

11 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

12 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

13 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re14 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

15 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

16 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 

17 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

18 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

19 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

20 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 

21 the national interest of the United States; and 

22 (3) reported that determination to the Commit23 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa24 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen25 eral. 


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1 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 

3 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em4 ployee of the United States Government. 

5 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi7 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

8 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

9 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 

10 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

11 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

12 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

13 States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

14 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

16 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author17 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

18 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 

19 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 

20 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu21 rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 

22 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

23 SEC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro24 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

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1 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

2 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason3 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in4 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

5 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis6 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di7 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

8 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

9 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 

10 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

11 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

12 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

13 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

14 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 

15 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti16 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

17 statement validating that the project’s management struc18 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

19 costs. 

20 SEC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

21 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel22 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

23 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec24 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 


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1 3094) during fiscal year 2020 until the enactment of the 

2 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. 

3 SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

5 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

6 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro7 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

8 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

9 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

10 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 

11 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

12 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

13 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi14 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

15 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as16 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

17 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter18 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess19 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

20 judicial proceeding. 

21 (RESCISSIONS)

22 SEC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

23 to the Department of Justice, the following funds are 

24 hereby rescinded, not later than September 30, 2020, from 

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1 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $100,000,000; 

2 (2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

3 and Expenses’’, $60,000,000 including from, but not 

4 limited to, fees collected to defray expenses for the 

5 automation of fingerprint identification and criminal 

6 justice information services and associated costs; and 

7 (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi8 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $85,000,000. 

9 (b) The Department of Justice shall submit to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives and the Senate a report no later than September 

12 1, 2020, specifying the amount of each rescission made 

13 pursuant to subsection (a) . 

14 (c) The amounts rescinded in subsection (a) shall not 

15 be from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

16 as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant 

17 to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

18 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

21 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

22 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

23 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

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1 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

2 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

3 States unless such conference is a law enforcement train4 ing or operational conference for law enforcement per5 sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend6 ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 

7 United States. 

8 SEC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 

9 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in10 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro11 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

12 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform13 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

14 following: 

15 (1) Details on future action the department, 

16 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

17 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

18 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

19 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

20 in expired grant accounts. 

21 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex22 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

23 Treasury of the United States. 

24 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

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1 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

2 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

3 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

4 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

5 SEC. 525. To the extent practicable, funds made 

6 available in this Act should be used to purchase light bulbs 

7 that are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En8 ergy Management Program’’ designation. 

9 SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by 

10 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

11 Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 

12 Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 

13 (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 

14 or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 

15 of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat16 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com17 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 

18 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

19 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

20 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

21 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

22 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

23 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 

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1 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

2 technology, data, or other information with national 

3 security or economic security implications to China 

4 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

5 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

6 officials who have been determined by the United 

7 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

8 human rights. 

9 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

10 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

12 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 

13 the activity in question and shall include a description of 

14 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici15 pants, and its location and timing. 

16 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

18 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

19 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

22 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi23 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 

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1 SEC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus2 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

3 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

4 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

5 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

6 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

7 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

8 Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 

9 the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 

10 signed by the respective department or agency head, to 

11 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date 

13 of enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

17 incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 

18 judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per19 formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 

20 contract. 

21 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit23 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

24 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 

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1 SEC. 531. None of the funds made available under 

2 this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 

3 respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 

4 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

5 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken6 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi7 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 

8 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

9 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

10 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

11 Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Vir12 ginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the 

13 District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

14 Mariana Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any 

15 of them from implementing their own laws that authorize 

16 the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical 

17 marijuana. 

18 SEC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na19 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na20 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 

23 by any employee of such Department or agency, including 

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1 SEC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 

2 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 

3 respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the 

4 Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and 

5 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

6 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall 

7 be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: 

8 Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per9 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 

10 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over 

11 the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 

12 decennial censuses and the most recent Small Area In13 come and Poverty Estimates. 

14 SEC. 534. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act or any other Act may be used by the Department of 

16 Commerce to incorporate into the 2020 Decennial Census 

17 any question that was not included in the 2018 End-to18 End Census Test in Providence County, Rhode Island. 

19 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to relocate the Bureau of Alcohol, To21 bacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training 

22 Center or the ATF National Canine Division. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

24 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 76 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3055 

[Report No. 116–101] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

2020, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

JUNE 3, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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