In the Senate of the United States, 

October 31, 2019. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3055) entitled ‘‘An Act 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.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert 

the following: 

1 SHORT TITLE

2 SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, 

3 Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

4 Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Transpor5 tation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropria6 tions Act, 2020’’. 

7 REFERENCES TO ACT

8 SEC. 2. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 

9 reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this 
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1 Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 

2 that division. 

3 REFERENCES TO REPORT

4 SEC. 3. (a) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 

5 this Act’’ contained in division A shall be treated as a ref6 erence to Senate Report 116–127. The effect of such Report 

7 shall be limited to division A and shall apply for purposes 

8 of determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the 

9 implementation of, division A. 

10 (b) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 

11 contained in division B shall be treated as a reference to 

12 Senate Report 116–110. The effect of such Report shall be 

13 limited to division B and shall apply for purposes of deter14 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple15 mentation of, division B. 

16 (c) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 

17 contained in division C shall be treated as a reference to 

18 Senate Report 116–123. The effect of such Report shall be 

19 limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of deter20 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple21 mentation of, division C. 

22 (d) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 

23 contained in division D shall be treated as a reference to 

24 Senate Report 116–109. The effect of such Report shall be 

25 limited to division D and shall apply for purposes of deter-
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1 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple2 mentation of, division D. 
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1 DIVISION A—COMMERCE AND JUSTICE, 

2 SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES AP3 PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

4 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

6 Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Re7 lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

8 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 

9 TITLE I 

10 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

11 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

12 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary expenses for international trade activi14 ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 

15 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

16 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for 

17 the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 

18 without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United 

19 States Code; full medical coverage for dependent members 

20 of immediate families of employees stationed overseas and 

21 employees temporarily posted overseas; travel and transpor22 tation of employees of the International Trade Administra23 tion between two points abroad, without regard to section 

24 40118 of title 49, United States Code; employment of citi25 zens of the United States and aliens by contract for services; 
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1 rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, 

2 and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; pur3 chase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 

4 structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 

5 manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 

6 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in 

7 foreign countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official rep8 resentation expenses abroad; purchase of passenger motor 

9 vehicles for official use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per 

10 vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and 

11 rental of tie lines, $521,250,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2020, of which $11,000,000 is to be derived 

13 from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade 

14 Administration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 

15 United States Code: Provided, That, of amounts provided 

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

17 China antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement 

18 and compliance activities: Provided further, That, of the 

19 amounts provided under this heading, up to $10,000,000 

20 shall be available for the SelectUSA program: Provided fur21 ther, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 

22 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 

23 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 

24 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities; and 

25 that for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the pro-
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1 visions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

2 Act of 1961 shall include payment for assessments for serv3 ices provided as part of these activities. 

4 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

5 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

6 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

7 national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 

8 including costs associated with the performance of export 

9 administration field activities both domestically and 

10 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im11 mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ12 ment of citizens of the United States and aliens by contract 

13 for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 

14 authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 

15 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign 

16 countries; not to exceed $13,500 for official representation 

17 expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers 

18 under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B 

19 of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense Au20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public Law 115–232; 

21 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as authorized 

22 by section 1(b) of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 

23 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles 

24 for official use and motor vehicles for law enforcement use 

25 with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase with-
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1 out regard to any price limitation otherwise established by 

2 law, $127,652,000, to remain available until expended: Pro3 vided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 

4 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 

5 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 

6 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Pro7 vided further, That payments and contributions collected 

8 and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 

9 such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost 

10 of such activities, and for providing information to the pub11 lic with respect to the export administration and national 

12 security activities of the Department of Commerce and other 

13 export 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 pro18 vided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 

19 of 1965, for trade adjustment assistance, and for grants au20 thorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

21 Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), $279,500,000, to 

22 remain available until expended, of which $31,000,000 shall 

23 be for grants under such section 27. 
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of administering the economic 

3 development assistance programs as provided for by law, 

4 $40,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 

5 monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 

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

7 of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In8 novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and the Community 

9 Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

10 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

11 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

12 For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce 

13 in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 

14 enterprises, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 

15 other agreements with public or private organizations, 

16 $40,000,000, of which not more than $15,500,000 shall be 

17 available for overhead expenses, including salaries and ex18 penses, rent, utilities, and information technology services. 

19 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco22 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

23 of Commerce, $107,000,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 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 by 

5 law, $274,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts provided 

6 herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and 

7 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, $7,284,319,000, 

13 to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

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

15 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Provided 

16 further, That within the amounts appropriated, $3,556,000 

17 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac18 count for activities associated with carrying out investiga19 tions and audits related to the Bureau of the Census: Pro20 vided further, That of the amount provided under this head21 ing, $2,500,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 

22 for the 2020 Census pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(G) of the 

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

24 1985. 
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1 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 

5 National Telecommunications and Information Adminis6 tration (NTIA), $42,441,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2021: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 

8 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall charge 

9 Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum manage10 ment, analysis, operations, and related services, and such 

11 fees shall be retained and used as offsetting collections for 

12 costs of such spectrum services, to remain available until 

13 expended: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com14 merce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting collec15 tions all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 

16 other Government agencies for all costs incurred in tele17 communications research, engineering, and related activi18 ties by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of 

19 NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions under this 

20 paragraph, and such funds received from other Government 

21 agencies shall remain available until expended. 

22 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING AND

23 CONSTRUCTION

24 For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries 

25 and unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated 
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1 are available for the administration of all open grants until 

2 their expiration. 

3 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and 

7 Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including 

8 defense of suits instituted against the Under Secretary of 

9 Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the 

10 USPTO, $3,450,681,000, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from 

12 the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 

13 of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO 

14 under any law are received during fiscal year 2020, so as 

15 to result in a fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the gen16 eral fund estimated at $0: Provided further, That during 

17 fiscal year 2020, should the total amount of such offsetting 

18 collections be less than $3,450,681,000, this amount shall 

19 be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That any amount 

20 received in excess of $3,450,681,000 in fiscal year 2020 and 

21 deposited in the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund 

22 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

23 That the Director of USPTO shall submit a spending plan 

24 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep25 resentatives and the Senate for any amounts made available 
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1 by the preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be 

2 treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act 

3 and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure ex4 cept in compliance with the procedures set forth in that sec5 tion: Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed 

6 in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be trans7 ferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office 

8 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That 

9 from amounts provided herein, not to exceed $900 shall be 

10 made available in fiscal year 2020 for official reception and 

11 representation expenses: Provided further, That in fiscal 

12 year 2020 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Salaries 

13 and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to 

14 pay (1) the difference between the percentage of basic pay 

15 contributed by the USPTO and employees under section 

16 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and the normal cost 

17 percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that title) as 

18 provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for 

19 USPTO’s specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to 

20 subchapter III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present 

21 value of the otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as deter22 mined by OPM for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement 

23 life insurance and post-retirement health benefits coverage 

24 for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Em25 ployees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees 
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1 Group Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the 

2 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

3 Fund, and the FEHB Fund, as appropriate, and shall be 

4 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: Pro5 vided further, That any differences between the present 

6 value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 series benefit 

7 letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s spe8 cific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO’s 

9 financial statements, where applicable: Provided further, 

10 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees 

11 and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO are avail12 able for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) of title 35, 

13 United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the Leahy14 Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29): Provided 

15 further, That within the amounts appropriated, $2,000,000 

16 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ ac17 count for activities associated with carrying out investiga18 tions and audits related to the USPTO. 

19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

20 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

23 Standards and Technology (NIST), $753,500,000, to re24 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

25 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 
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1 Fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for offi2 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur3 ther, That NIST may provide local transportation for sum4 mer undergraduate research fellowship program partici5 pants. 

6 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses for industrial technology serv8 ices, $161,500,000, to remain available until expended, of 

9 which $145,500,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing 

10 Extension Partnership, and of which $16,000,000 shall be 

11 for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation 

12 (also known as ‘‘Manufacturing USA’’). 

13 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

14 For construction of new research facilities, including 

15 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

16 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro17 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech18 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the Na19 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

20 U.S.C. 278c–278e), $123,000,000, to remain available until 

21 expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce shall 

22 include in the budget justification materials that the Sec23 retary submits to Congress in support of the Department 

24 of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 

25 President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
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1 Code) an estimate for each National Institute of Standards 

2 and Technology construction project having a total multi3 year program cost of more than $5,000,000, and simulta4 neously the budget justification materials shall include an 

5 estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 

6 for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 

7 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

11 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

12 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

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

14 notwithstanding any other provision of law; grants, con15 tracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for the 

16 purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative 

17 agreements; and relocation of facilities, $3,727,466,000, to 

18 remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

19 fees and donations received by the National Ocean Service 

20 for the management of national marine sanctuaries may 

21 be retained and used for the salaries and expenses associated 

22 with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 

23 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in addition, 

24 $174,774,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund en25 titled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-
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1 search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only 

2 be used for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Ken3 nedy Grant Program; Fisheries Data Collections, Surveys 

4 and Assessments; and Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: 

5 Provided further, That not to exceed $62,070,000 shall be 

6 for payment to the Department of Commerce Working Cap7 ital Fund: Provided further, That of the $3,919,740,000 

8 provided for in direct obligations under this heading, 

9 $3,727,466,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 

10 $174,774,000 is provided by transfer, and $17,500,000 is 

11 derived from recoveries of prior year obligations: Provided 

12 further, That any deviation from the amounts designated 

13 for specific activities in the report accompanying this Act, 

14 or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

15 this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the proce16 dures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 

17 That in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under 

18 the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

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

20 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend21 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

22 may be necessary: Provided further, That the Administrator 

23 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

24 submit to Congress a report on existing supercomputing ca25 pacity and needs of the Administration and on the incre-
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1 mental improvement to operational weather forecasts that 

2 would result from a significant investment in additional 

3 compute capacity. 

4 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For procurement, acquisition and construction of cap7 ital assets, including alteration and modification costs, of 

8 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

9 $1,552,528,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2022, except that funds provided for acquisition and con11 struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re12 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

13 $1,565,528,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 

14 heading, $1,552,528,000 is appropriated from the general 

15 fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior 

16 year obligations: Provided further, That any deviation from 

17 the amounts designated for specific activities in the report 

18 accompanying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances 

19 of funds provided under this heading in previous years, 

20 shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 

21 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com22 merce shall include in budget justification materials that 

23 the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Depart24 ment of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of 

25 the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
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1 States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and 

2 Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or 

3 construction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 

4 and simultaneously the budget justification shall include an 

5 estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such project 

6 for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, 

7 That, within the amounts appropriated, $1,302,000 shall 

8 be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account 

9 for activities associated with carrying out investigations 

10 and audits related to satellite procurement, acquisition and 

11 construction. 

12 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

13 For necessary expenses associated with the restoration 

14 of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain 

15 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the 

16 funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce may 

17 issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, 

18 Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Federally recog19 nized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (in20 cluding Alaska), for projects necessary for conservation of 

21 salmon and steelhead populations that are listed as threat22 ened or endangered, or that are identified by a State as 

23 at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations nec24 essary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native 

25 subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal 
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1 salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be de2 veloped by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, 

3 That all funds shall be allocated based on scientific and 

4 other merit principles and shall not be available for mar5 keting activities: Provided further, That funds disbursed to 

6 States shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds 

7 or documented in-kind contributions of at least 33 percent 

8 of the Federal funds. 

9 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

10 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

11 Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from re12 ceipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

13 until expended. 

14 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

16 of 1974, during fiscal year 2020, obligations of direct loans 

17 may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota 

18 loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for traditional direct 

19 loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. 

20 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses for the management of the De23 partment of Commerce provided for by law, including not 

24 to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representation, 

25 $61,000,000: Provided, That, of the amounts provided 
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1 under this heading, no less than $34,231,000 shall be spent 

2 on personnel compensation and benefits, as identified by 

3 object classes 11, 12, and 13: Provided further, That no em4 ployee of the Department of Commerce may be detailed or 

5 assigned from a bureau or office funded by this Act or any 

6 other Act to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the 

7 Department of Commerce for more than 30 days in a fiscal 

8 year unless the individuals employing bureau or office is 

9 fully reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 

10 for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 

11 under this heading. 

12 RENOVATION AND MODERNIZATION

13 For necessary expenses for the renovation and mod14 ernization of the Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,000,000, 

15 to remain available until expended. 

16 BUSINESS APPLICATION SYSTEM MODERNIZATION

17 For carrying out the activities and requirements de18 scribed in section 1077 of division A of the National Defense 

19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, $22,000,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2022. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen23 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

24 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $34,744,000: Provided, That 

25 notwithstanding section 6413(b) of the Middle Class Tax 
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1 Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–96), 

2 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from the 

3 amounts provided under this heading, shall be derived from 

4 the Public Safety Trust Fund for activities associated with 

5 carrying out investigations and audits related to the First 

6 Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

10 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart11 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

12 activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 

13 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the 

14 Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for 

15 advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 

16 certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Com17 merce that such payments are in the public interest. 

18 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria19 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

20 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire 

21 of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 

22 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uni23 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

24 5901–5902). 
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1 SEC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

2 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart3 ment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred between 

4 such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in5 creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Pro6 vided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 

7 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 

8 this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi9 ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 

10 that section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Com11 merce shall notify the Committees on Appropriations at 

12 least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or disposal of 

13 any capital asset (including land, structures, and equip14 ment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other 

15 law appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce. 

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

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

18 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amend19 ed by section 105 of title I of division B of Public Law 

20 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made applicable 

21 with respect to fiscal year 2020: Provided, That the life 

22 cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 

23 $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geostationary 

24 Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is 

25 $10,828,059,000. 
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1 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 the Secretary may furnish services (including but not lim3 ited to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) 

4 necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and im5 provement of space that persons, firms, or organizations are 

6 authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Cooperative 

7 Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy in 

8 the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 

9 buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of 

10 which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Adminis11 trator of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property 

12 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable 

13 or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimburse14 ment for services provided under this section or the author15 ity under which the use or occupancy of the space is author16 ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation 

17 or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 

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

19 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornography, 

20 copyright infringement, or any other unlawful activity over 

21 its networks. 

22 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

23 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

24 their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the limits 

25 of available appropriations, the land, services, equipment, 
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1 personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, or in2 strumentality of the United States, or of any State, local 

3 government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or posses4 sion, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of any for5 eign government or international organization, for purposes 

6 related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute 

7 administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad8 ministration. 

9 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Service 

10 shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report or 

11 document generated by the Legislative Branch unless the 

12 Service has provided information to the customer on how 

13 an electronic copy of such report or document may be 

14 accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer 

15 still require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy 

16 of the report or document, the charge shall be limited to 

17 recovering the Service’s cost of processing, reproducing, and 

18 delivering such report or document. 

19 SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na20 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

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

22 grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on a non23 reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, personnel, and 

24 facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds 

25 made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agen-
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1 cy, State or subdivision thereof, local government, tribal 

2 government, territory, or possession or any subdivisions 

3 thereof: Provided, That funds received for permitting and 

4 related regulatory activities pursuant to this section shall 

5 be deposited under the heading ‘‘National Oceanic and At6 mospheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Fa7 cilities’’ and shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2022, for such purposes: Provided further, That all funds 

9 within this section and their corresponding uses are subject 

10 to section 505 of this Act. 

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

12 prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga13 tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Econom14 ics and Statistics Administration of the Department of 

15 Commerce, including amounts provided for programs of the 

16 Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Cen17 sus, shall be available for expenses of cooperative agreements 

18 with appropriate entities, including any Federal, State, or 

19 local governmental unit, or institution of higher education, 

20 to aid and promote statistical, research, and methodology 

21 activities which further the purposes for which such 

22 amounts have been made available. 

23 SEC. 111. Not later than one day after the date of the 

24 enactment of this Act, using amounts appropriated or oth25 erwise made available in this title for the Bureau of Indus-
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1 try and Security for operations and administration, the 

2 Secretary of Commerce shall— 

3 (1) publish in the Federal Register the report on 

4 the findings of the investigation into the effect on na5 tional security of imports of automobiles and auto6 motive parts that the Secretary initiated on May 23, 

7 2018, under section 232(b) of the Trade Expansion 

8 Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(b)), as required under 

9 paragraph (3)(B) of that section; and 

10 (2) submit to Congress any portion of the report 

11 that contains classified information, which may be 

12 viewed only by Members of Congress and their staff 

13 with appropriate security clearances. 

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com15 merce Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

16 TITLE II 

17 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

18 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

21 Department of Justice, $114,740,000, of which not to exceed 

22 $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of 

23 Justice facilities shall remain available until expended. 
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1 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for information sharing tech4 nology, including planning, development, deployment, and 

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

6 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

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

8 available to the Department of Justice for information tech9 nology, to remain available until expended, for enterprise10 wide information technology initiatives: Provided further, 

11 That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in 

12 addition to any other transfer authority contained in this 

13 Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 

14 first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec15 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

16 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

17 forth in that section. 

18 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For expenses necessary for the administration of immi21 gration-related activities of the Executive Office for Immi22 gration Review, $672,966,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be 

23 derived by transfer from the Executive Office for Immigra24 tion Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration Examina25 tions Fee’’ account, and of which not less than $15,000,000 
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1 shall be available for services and activities provided by the 

2 Legal Orientation Program: Provided, That not to exceed 

3 $35,000,000 of the total amount made available under this 

4 heading shall remain available until expended. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen7 eral, $105,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet 

8 unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character. 

9 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

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

13 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi14 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis15 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap16 pointed. 

17 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

19 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

20 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ21 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, 

22 to be expended under the direction of, and to be accounted 

23 for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; the 

24 administration of pardon and clemency petitions; and rent 

25 of private or Government-owned space in the District of Co-
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1 lumbia, $924,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 

2 for litigation support contracts shall remain available until 

3 expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for 

4 INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 

5 $685,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 

6 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex7 ceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 

8 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

9 further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon 

10 a determination by the Attorney General that emergent cir11 cumstances require additional funding for litigation activi12 ties of the Civil Division, the Attorney General may trans13 fer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, General Legal 

14 Activities’’ from available appropriations for the current 

15 fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be nec16 essary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, 

17 That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 

18 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

19 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

20 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

21 section: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 

22 such sums as may be necessary shall be available to the 

23 Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses associated 

24 with the election monitoring program under section 8 of 

25 the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to 
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1 reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for such sal2 aries and expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts 

3 provided under this heading for the election monitoring 

4 program, $3,390,000 shall remain available until expended: 

5 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not less 

6 than $195,982,000 shall be available for the Criminal Divi7 sion, including related expenses for the Mutual Legal Assist8 ance Treaty Program. 

9 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De10 partment of Justice associated with processing cases under 

11 the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to 

12 exceed $13,000,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine In13 jury Compensation Trust Fund. 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

15 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust 

16 and kindred laws, $166,755,000, to remain available until 

17 expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi18 sion of law, fees collected for premerger notification filings 

19 under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 

20 of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection 

21 (and estimated to be $141,000,000 in fiscal year 2020), 

22 shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in this 

23 appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: 

24 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

25 the general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collec-
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1 tions are received during fiscal year 2020, so as to result 

2 in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the general 

3 fund estimated at $25,755,000. 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

5 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

6 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooper7 ative agreements, $2,278,360,000: Provided, That of the 

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

9 available for official reception and representation expenses: 

10 Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 shall re11 main available until expended: Provided further, That each 

12 United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a 

13 task force on human trafficking. 

14 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

15 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

16 Program, as authorized, $227,229,000, to remain available 

17 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, deposits to the United States Trustee Sys19 tem Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be avail20 able in such amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds 

21 due depositors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

22 any other provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund 

23 pursuant to section 589a(b) of title 28, United States Code 

24 (as limited by section 1004(b) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship 

25 Act of 2017 (division B of Public Law 115–72)), shall be 
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1 retained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria2 tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

3 further, That to the extent that fees deposited into the Fund 

4 in fiscal year 2020, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds 

5 due depositors, exceed $227,229,000, those excess amounts 

6 shall be available in future fiscal years only to the extent 

7 provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided fur8 ther, That the sum herein appropriated from the general 

9 fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are received during 

10 fiscal year 2020, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds 

11 due depositors, (estimated at $309,000,000) and (2) to the 

12 extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can 

13 be derived from amounts deposited in the Fund in previous 

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

15 result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the 

16 general fund estimated at $0. 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

18 COMMISSION

19 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

20 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including serv21 ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

22 Code, $2,335,000. 

23 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

24 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of con25 tracts for the procurement and supervision of expert wit-
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1 nesses, for private counsel expenses, including advances, 

2 and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended, of which not to exceed $16,000,000 

4 is for construction of buildings for protected witness 

5 safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and 

6 maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness secu7 rity caravans; and not to exceed $18,000,000 is for the pur8 chase, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure 

9 telecommunications equipment and a secure automated in10 formation network to store and retrieve the identities and 

11 locations of protected witnesses: Provided, That amounts 

12 made available under this heading may not be transferred 

13 pursuant to section 205 of this Act. 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

17 Service, $16,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec18 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

19 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

20 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac21 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

22 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re23 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur24 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

25 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

2 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of 

3 this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi4 ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 

5 that section. 

6 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

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

9 $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department of Justice 

10 Assets Forfeiture Fund. 

11 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals 

14 Service, $1,410,000,000, of which not to exceed $6,000 shall 

15 be available for official reception and representation ex16 penses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain avail17 able until expended. 

18 CONSTRUCTION

19 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti20 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

21 holding and related support, $17,000,000, to remain avail22 able until expended. 

23 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

24 For necessary expenses related to United States pris25 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 
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1 as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 

2 Code, $1,867,461,000, to remain available until expended: 

3 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered 

4 ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforcement 

5 assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, United 

6 States Code: Provided further, That the United States Mar7 shals Service shall be responsible for managing the Justice 

8 Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 

9 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

13 the National Security Division, $110,000,000, of which not 

14 to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology systems 

15 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not16 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination 

17 by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances re18 quire additional funding for the activities of the National 

19 Security Division, the Attorney General may transfer such 

20 amounts to this heading from available appropriations for 

21 the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as 

22 may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Pro23 vided further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding 

24 proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

25 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
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1 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

2 forth in that section. 

3 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

4 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

5 For necessary expenses for the identification, inves6 tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 

7 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 

8 transnational organized crime, and money laundering or9 ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-gov10 ernmental agreements with State and local law enforcement 

11 agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of in12 dividuals involved in transnational organized crime and 

13 drug trafficking, $550,458,000, of which $50,000,000 shall 

14 remain available until expended: Provided, That any 

15 amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading 

16 may be used under authorities available to the organiza17 tions reimbursed from this appropriation. 

18 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Inves21 tigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 

22 crimes against the United States, $9,467,902,000, of which 

23 not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That not to exceed $284,000 shall be 

25 available for official reception and representation expenses. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION

2 For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip3 ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 

4 related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, 

5 and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; 

6 conversion, modification, and extension of federally owned 

7 buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects; and 

8 operation and maintenance of secure work environment fa9 cilities and secure networking capabilities; $485,000,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad14 ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un15 foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 

16 to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and expenses 

17 for conducting drug education and training programs, in18 cluding travel and related expenses for participants in such 

19 programs and the distribution of items of token value that 

20 promote the goals of such programs, $2,340,010,000, of 

21 which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall remain available 

22 until expended and not to exceed $90,000 shall be available 

23 for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, 

24 That, using amounts made available under this heading, 

25 the Drug Enforcement Administration shall continue to es-
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1 tablish and utilize data collection and sharing agreements 

2 with other Federal agencies and continue to consider other 

3 sources of information to properly assess the estimated rates 

4 of overdose deaths and abuse and the overall public health 

5 impact regarding covered controlled substances as required 

6 under section 306(i) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 

7 U.S.C. 826(i)), and shall report to the Committee on Appro8 priations of the Senate not later than 30 days after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act regarding the establishment and 

10 utilization of such data collection and sharing agreements. 

11 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

12 EXPLOSIVES

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To15 bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 

16 local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse17 ment, including training in connection with the training 

18 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

19 accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory assist20 ance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or 

21 without reimbursement, $1,370,000,000, of which not to ex22 ceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and representa23 tion expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available 

24 for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided by section 

25 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not to exceed 
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1 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be 

3 available to investigate or act upon applications for relief 

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

5 title 18, United States Code: Provided further, That such 

6 funds shall be available to investigate and act upon appli7 cations filed by corporations for relief from Federal fire8 arms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United 

9 States Code: Provided further, That no funds made avail10 able by this or any other Act may be used to transfer the 

11 functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, 

12 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or De13 partments. 

14 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

18 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Fed19 eral penal and correctional institutions, and for the provi20 sion of technical assistance and advice on corrections re21 lated issues to foreign governments, $7,470,000,000 of which 

22 not less than $75,000,000 shall be for the programs and ac23 tivities authorized by the First Step Act of 2018 (Public 

24 Law 115–391): Provided, That the Attorney General may 

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1 such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures 

2 by that Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal 

3 penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, That 

4 the Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, 

5 may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fiscal inter6 mediary claims processor to determine the amounts payable 

7 to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, fur8 nish health services to individuals committed to the custody 

9 of the Federal Prison System: Provided further, That not 

10 to exceed $5,400 shall be available for official reception and 

11 representation expenses: Provided further, That not to ex12 ceed $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

13 necessary operations: Provided further, That, of the 

14 amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 

15 $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make 

16 payments in advance for grants, contracts and reimburs17 able agreements, and other expenses: Provided further, That 

18 the Director of the Federal Prison System may accept do19 nated property and services relating to the operation of the 

20 prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which has 

21 operated such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact 

22 that such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under con23 tracts to the Federal Prison System relating to the oper24 ation of pre-release services, halfway houses, or other custo25 dial facilities. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of 

3 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re4 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

5 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

6 thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, re7 modeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities 

8 at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 

9 all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force 

10 account, $290,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

11 of which $181,000,000 shall be available only for costs re12 lated to construction of new facilities: Provided, That labor 

13 of United States prisoners may be used for work performed 

14 under this appropriation. 

15 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

16 The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby 

17 authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

18 funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

19 with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments 

20 without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by sec21 tion 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be nec22 essary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget 

23 for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 
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1 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

2 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

4 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

5 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

6 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be computed 

7 on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with 

8 the corporation’s current prescribed accounting system, and 

9 such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment 

10 of claims, and expenditures which such accounting system 

11 requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities 

12 acquired or produced, including selling and shipping ex13 penses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, con14 struction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protec15 tion, or disposition of facilities and other property belong16 ing to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 

17 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

18 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

19 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

20 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

23 other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio24 lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 

25 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et 
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1 seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law 

2 Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 

3 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 

4 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 

5 Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 

6 of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and De7 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) 

8 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 

9 Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the 2000 

10 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Department of Jus11 tice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) 

12 (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza13 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the 

14 Rape Survivor Child Custody Act of 2015 (Public Law 

15 114–22) (‘‘the 2015 Act’’); and the Abolish Human Traf16 ficking Act (Public Law 115–392); and for related victims 

17 services, $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

18 which shall be derived by transfer from amounts available 

19 for obligation in this Act from the Fund established by sec20 tion 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98–473 

21 (34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such 

22 Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts otherwise made 

23 available under this heading: Provided, That except as oth24 erwise provided by law, not to exceed 5 percent of funds 

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1 related to evaluation, training, and technical assistance: 

2 Provided further, That of the amount provided— 

3 (1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat violence 

4 against women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 

5 Act; 

6 (2) $36,500,000 is for transitional housing as7 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat8 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

9 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

10 (3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of 

11 Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for re12 search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against 

13 women and related issues addressed by grant pro14 grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

15 which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 

16 and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 

17 Justice Programs; 

18 (4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to pro19 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth vic20 tims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as21 sault, and stalking; assistance to children and youth 

22 exposed to such violence; programs to engage men and 

23 youth in preventing such violence; and assistance to 

24 middle and high school students through education 

25 and other services related to such violence: Provided, 
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1 That unobligated balances available for the programs 

2 authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 

3 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 

4 2013 Act, shall be available for this program: Pro5 vided further, That 10 percent of the total amount 

6 available for this grant program shall be available for 

7 grants under the program authorized by section 2015 

8 of the 1968 Act: Provided further, That the definitions 

9 and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 

10 shall apply to this program; 

11 (5) $53,000,000 is for grants to encourage arrest 

12 policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 Act, of 

13 which $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction initia14 tive; 

15 (6) $37,500,000 is for sexual assault victims as16 sistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 

17 Act; 

18 (7) $43,500,000 is for rural domestic violence 

19 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as au20 thorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 

21 (8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

22 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

23 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

24 (9) $45,500,000 is for legal assistance for vic25 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 
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1 (10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

2 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

3 in later life, as authorized by section 40802 of the 

4 1994 Act; 

5 (11) $17,000,000 is for grants to support fami6 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

7 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated bal8 ances available for the programs authorized by section 

9 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of the 1994 

10 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act, shall 

11 be available for this program; 

12 (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training to 

13 end violence against and abuse of women with dis14 abilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 

15 Act; 

16 (13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 

17 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

18 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

19 the 1994 Act; 

20 (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on 

21 violence against Indian women, including as author22 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

23 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evalua24 tion and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office 

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1 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

2 that provides training and technical assistance on 

3 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

4 and Alaska Native women; 

5 (16) $4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal gov6 ernments in exercising special domestic violence 

7 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of 

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

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

10 program; and 

11 (17) $1,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 

12 under the 2015 Act. 

13 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

14 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

15 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

16 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime 

17 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the 

18 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

19 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (34 

20 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other 

21 Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 

22 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Pub23 lic Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and De24 partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public 

25 Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Victims of Child Abuse 
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1 Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Second Chance Act 

2 of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Victims of Crime Act 

3 of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Pro4 tection 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); subtitle D of title II of the 

7 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) 

8 (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act 

9 of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women 

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

11 2013 Act’’); and other programs, $80,000,000, to remain 

12 available until expended, of which— 

13 (1) $43,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

14 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

15 C of title I of the 1968 Act; and 

16 (2) $37,000,000 is for research, development, and 

17 evaluation programs, and other activities as author18 ized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle 

19 D of title II of the 2002 Act, of which $5,000,000 is 

20 for research targeted toward developing a better un21 derstanding of the domestic radicalization phe22 nomenon, and advancing evidence-based strategies for 

23 effective intervention and prevention; $1,000,000 is 

24 for research to study the root causes of school violence 

25 to include the impact and effectiveness of grants made 
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1 under the STOP School Violence Act; $1,000,000 is 

2 for a national study to understand the responses of 

3 law enforcement to sex trafficking of minors; 

4 $2,000,000 is for a national center on forensics; and 

5 $3,000,000 is for a national center for restorative jus6 tice. 

7 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

10 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

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

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

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

15 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 

16 the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 

17 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women 

18 and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 

19 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Adam Walsh 

20 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

21 248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking 

22 and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); 

23 the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

24 Law 110–180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Secu25 rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); 
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1 the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the 

2 Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual 

3 Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); the Victims 

4 of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally 

5 Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthoriza6 tion and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); 

7 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

8 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive 

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

10 (‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 

11 (Public Law 114–324); Kevin and Avonte’s Law (division 

12 Q of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); 

13 the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title III of divi14 sion S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the Keep Young Athletes 

15 Safe Act’’); the STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title V 

16 of division S of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP School 

17 Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 (title VI of divi18 sion S of Public Law 115–141); the Project Safe Neighbor19 hoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public 

20 Law 115–185); the SUPPORT for Patients and Commu21 nities Act (Public Law 115–271); and the Second Chance 

22 Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); and 

23 other programs, $1,789,790,000, to remain available until 

24 expended as follows— 
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1 (1) $545,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo2 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

3 by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act (ex4 cept that section 1001(c), and the special rules for 

5 Puerto Rico under section 505(g) of title I of the 1968 

6 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of 

7 which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $12,000,000 

8 is for the Officer Robert Wilson III Memorial Initia9 tive on Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement 

10 Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR), 

11 $7,500,000 is for an initiative to support evidence12 based policing, $8,000,000 is for an initiative to en13 hance prosecutorial decision-making, $2,400,000 is for 

14 the operationalization, maintenance and expansion of 

15 the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Sys16 tem, $2,500,000 is for an academic based training 

17 initiative to improve police-based responses to people 

18 with mental illness or developmental disabilities, 

19 $2,000,000 is for a student loan repayment assistance 

20 program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110– 

21 315, $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and 

22 prosecution grants to States and units of local govern23 ment, and other programs, as authorized by the Pris24 on Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108– 

25 79), $2,000,000 is for a grant program authorized by 
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1 Kevin and Avonte’s Law, $3,000,000 is for a regional 

2 law enforcement technology initiative, $20,000,000 is 

3 for programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence, 

4 as authorized by Public Law 115–185, $2,000,000 is 

5 for a grant to provide a drug field testing and train6 ing initiative, $5,500,000 is for the Capital Litiga7 tion Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by 

8 section 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants 

9 for wrongful conviction review, $1,000,000 is for a 

10 collaborative mental health and anti-recidivism ini11 tiative, $100,000,000 is for grants for law enforce12 ment activities associated with the presidential nomi13 nating conventions, $2,000,000 is for a program to 

14 improve juvenile indigent defense, and $8,000,000 is 

15 for community-based violence prevention initiatives; 

16 (2) $150,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

17 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

18 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

20 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

21 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other de22 tainees housed in State and local detention facilities; 

23 (3) $85,000,000 for victim services programs for 

24 victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

25 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au-
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1 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs au2 thorized 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 Law 

6 110–403, of which $2,500,000 is for competitive 

7 grants that help State and local law enforcement 

8 tackle intellectual property thefts, and $2,000,000 for 

9 a competitive grant program for training students in 

10 computer forensics and digital investigation; 

11 (5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management as12 sistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and 

13 related activities; 

14 (6) $27,500,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bullet15 proof Vest Partnership Grant Program, as authorized 

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

17 That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the Na18 tional Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office 

19 of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing 

20 and evaluation programs; 

21 (7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender 

22 Public Website; 

23 (8) $78,290,000 for grants to States to upgrade 

24 criminal and mental health records for the National 

25 Instant Criminal Background Check System, of which 
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1 no less than $25,000,000 shall be for grants made 

2 under the authorities of the NICS Improvement 

3 Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180) and 

4 Fix NICS Act of 2018; 

5 (9) $30,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic 

6 Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 

7 I of the 1968 Act; 

8 (10) $136,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic 

9 programs and activities, of which— 

10 (A) $125,000,000 is for a DNA analysis 

11 and capacity enhancement program and for 

12 other local, State, and Federal forensic activities, 

13 including the purposes authorized under section 

14 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act 

15 of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the Debbie Smith 

16 DNA Backlog Grant Program): Provided, That 

17 up to 4 percent of funds made available under 

18 this paragraph may be used for the purposes de19 scribed in the DNA Training and Education for 

20 Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 

21 Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 

22 section 303); 

23 (B) $7,000,000 is for the purposes described 

24 in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA 
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1 Testing Grant Program (Public Law 108–405, 

2 section 412); and 

3 (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Foren4 sic Exam Program grants, including as author5 ized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

6 (11) $48,000,000 for a grant program for com7 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 

8 (12) $12,000,000 for the court-appointed special 

9 advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 

10 1990 Act; 

11 (13) $38,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes; 

12 (14) $90,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

13 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act 

14 of 2007 (Public Law 110–199) and by the Second 

15 Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 

16 115–391), without regard to the time limitations 

17 specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which not to 

18 exceed $6,000,000 is for a program to improve State, 

19 local, and tribal probation or parole supervision ef20 forts and strategies, $5,000,000 is for Children of In21 carcerated Parents Demonstrations to enhance and 

22 maintain parental and family relationships for in23 carcerated parents as a reentry or recidivism reduc24 tion strategy, and $4,500,000 is for additional rep25 lication sites employing the Project HOPE Oppor-
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1 tunity Probation with Enforcement model imple2 menting swift and certain sanctions in probation, 

3 and for a research project on the effectiveness of the 

4 model: Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds 

5 made available in this paragraph may be used for 

6 performance-based awards for Pay for Success 

7 projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for Pay 

8 for Success programs implementing the Permanent 

9 Supportive Housing Model; 

10 (15) $67,500,000 for initiatives to improve po11 lice-community relations, of which $22,500,000 is for 

12 a competitive matching grant program for purchases 

13 of body-worn cameras for State, local and Tribal law 

14 enforcement, $28,000,000 is for a justice reinvestment 

15 initiative, for activities related to criminal justice re16 form and recidivism reduction, and $17,000,000 is for 

17 an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innova18 tion program; 

19 (16) $378,000,000 for comprehensive opioid 

20 abuse reduction activities, including as authorized by 

21 CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 

22 address opioid, stimulant, and substance abuse reduc23 tion consistent with underlying program authori24 ties— 
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1 (A) $80,000,000 for Drug Courts, as author2 ized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 

3 1968 Act; 

4 (B) $33,000,000 for mental health courts 

5 and adult and juvenile collaboration program 

6 grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of title 

7 I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender 

8 Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthoriza9 tion and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 

10 110–416); 

11 (C) $31,000,000 for grants for Residential 

12 Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, 

13 as authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act; 

14 (D) $23,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

15 courts program; 

16 (E) $31,000,000 for a program to monitor 

17 prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 

18 products; and 

19 (F) $180,000,000 for a comprehensive 

20 opioid, stimulant, and substance abuse program; 

21 (17) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program 

22 authorized by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act; and 

23 (18) $67,000,000 for grants to be administered 

24 by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes au25 thorized under the STOP School Violence Act: 
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1 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 

2 the funds made available under this heading to increase the 

3 number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local govern4 ment will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforce5 ment officers who perform non-administrative public sector 

6 safety service. 

7 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

8 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

9 other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and De10 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Om11 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 

12 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Department 

13 of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

14 162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Missing Children’s Assistance 

15 Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies 

16 and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today 

17 Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child 

18 Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); 

19 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

20 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the PRO21 TECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); 

22 the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 

23 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for All 

24 Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); the Ju25 venile Justice Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–385); 
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1 and other juvenile justice programs, $315,000,000, to re2 main available until expended as follows— 

3 (1) $63,000,000 for programs authorized by sec4 tion 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and tech5 nical assistance to assist small, nonprofit organiza6 tions with the Federal grants process: Provided, That 

7 of the amounts provided under this paragraph, 

8 $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 

9 grant program to support emergency planning among 

10 State, local and tribal juvenile justice residential fa11 cilities; 

12 (2) $97,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

13 (3) $40,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as 

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

15 pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof— 

16 (A) $5,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth 

17 Program; 

18 (B) $500,000 shall be for an Internet site 

19 providing information and resources on children 

20 of incarcerated parents; 

21 (C) $2,000,000 shall be for competitive 

22 grants focusing on girls in the juvenile justice 

23 system; 

24 (D) $10,000,000 shall be for an opioid-af25 fected youth initiative; and 
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1 (E) $8,000,000 shall be for an initiative re2 lating to children exposed to violence; 

3 (4) $27,000,000 for programs authorized by the 

4 Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

5 (5) $85,000,000 for missing and exploited chil6 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

7 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (except that section 

8 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children Act of 

9 2008 (Public Law 110–401) shall not apply for pur10 poses of this Act); and 

11 (6) $3,000,000 for child abuse training programs 

12 for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized 

13 by section 222 of the 1990 Act: 

14 Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount 

15 may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activi16 ties designed to benefit the programs or activities author17 ized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the 

18 amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through (3) and 

19 (6) may be used for training and technical assistance: Pro20 vided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not 

21 apply to grants and projects administered pursuant to sec22 tions 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act and to missing and ex23 ploited children programs. 
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1 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

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

5 Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including 

6 amounts for administrative costs), to remain available 

7 until expended; and $24,800,000 for payments authorized 

8 by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational assist9 ance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

11 section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attor12 ney General that emergent circumstances require additional 

13 funding for such disability and education payments, the At14 torney General may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Public Safe15 ty Officer Benefits’’ from available appropriations for the 

16 Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to 

17 such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer 

18 pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a re19 programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

20 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli21 ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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1 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

2 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

6 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

7 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women and Depart8 ment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 

9 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American Law Enforcement 

10 Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–37); and the SUP11 PORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 

12 115–271), $335,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended: Provided, That any balances made available 

14 through prior year deobligations shall only be available in 

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

16 That of the amount provided under this heading— 

17 (1) $245,000,000 is for grants under section 

18 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for 

19 the hiring and rehiring of additional career law en20 forcement officers under part Q of such title notwith21 standing subsection (i) of such section: Provided, 

22 That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 

23 (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring 

24 a career law enforcement officer may not exceed 

25 $125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Commu-
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1 nity Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver from 

2 this limitation: Provided further, That within the 

3 amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 

4 $27,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, 

5 including hiring, equipment, training, anti-meth6 amphetamine activities, and anti-opioid activities: 

7 Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 

8 under this paragraph, $6,500,000 is for community 

9 policing development activities in furtherance of the 

10 purposes in section 1701: Provided further, That of 

11 the amounts appropriated under this paragraph 

12 $38,000,000 is for regional information sharing ac13 tivities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 

14 Act, which shall be transferred to and merged with 

15 ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Statistics’’ for adminis16 tration by the Office of Justice Programs: Provided 

17 further, That within the amounts appropriated under 

18 this paragraph, no less than $3,000,000 is to support 

19 the Tribal Access Program: Provided further, That 

20 within the amounts appropriated under this para21 graph, $5,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, 

22 and mental health program activities as authorized 

23 under the Law Enforcement Mental Health and 

24 Wellness Act (Public Law 115–113); 
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1 (2) $10,000,000 is for activities authorized by 

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

3 (3) $12,000,000 is for competitive grants to State 

4 law enforcement agencies in States with high seizures 

5 of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, 

6 laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures: Provided, 

7 That funds appropriated under this paragraph shall 

8 be utilized for investigative purposes to locate or in9 vestigate illicit activities, including precursor diver10 sion, laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers; 

11 (4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

12 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

13 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her14 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

15 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate or 

16 investigate illicit activities, including activities re17 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis18 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

19 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

20 collaboration; and 

21 (5) $33,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 

22 administered by the Community Oriented Policing 

23 Services Office for purposes authorized under the 

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

25 Public Law 115–141). 
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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 shall 

7 be available to the Attorney General for official reception 

8 and representation expenses. 

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

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

11 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were car12 ried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Provided, That 

13 should this prohibition be declared unconstitutional by a 

14 court of competent jurisdiction, this section shall be null 

15 and void. 

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

17 title shall be used to require any person to perform, or fa18 cilitate 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 Prisons 

21 to provide escort services necessary for a female inmate to 

22 receive such service outside the Federal facility: Provided, 

23 That nothing in this section in any way diminishes the 

24 effect of section 203 intended to address the philosophical 

25 beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons. 
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1 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 

2 made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart3 ment of Justice in this Act may be transferred between such 

4 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as other5 wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 

6 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That any trans7 fer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogram8 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

9 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

10 procedures set forth in that section. 

11 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available under this 

12 title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the 

13 United States Marshals Service for the purpose of trans14 porting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to convic15 tion for crime under State or Federal law and is classified 

16 as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a 

17 prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of 

18 Prisons as appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner. 

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

20 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele21 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec22 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

23 purposes. 

24 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, mainte25 nance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 
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1 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

2 programs. 

3 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available under this 

4 title shall be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced 

5 information technology program having total estimated de6 velopment costs in excess of $100,000,000, unless the Deputy 

7 Attorney General and the investment review board certify 

8 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate that the information technology 

10 program has appropriate program management controls 

11 and contractor oversight mechanisms in place, and that the 

12 program is compatible with the enterprise architecture of 

13 the Department of Justice. 

14 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

15 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations 

16 from the amounts designated for specific activities in this 

17 Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and to any 

18 use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this title 

19 in previous years. 

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

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

22 or approve a public-private competition under the Office 

23 of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any successor 

24 administrative regulation, directive, or policy for work per-
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1 formed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal 

2 Prison Industries, Incorporated. 

3 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, or ex5 penses of any United States Attorney assigned dual or addi6 tional responsibilities by the Attorney General or his des7 ignee that exempt that United States Attorney from the 

8 residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, United 

9 States Code. 

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

11 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

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

13 respect to funds appropriated by this title under the head14 ings ‘‘Research, Evaluation and Statistics’’, ‘‘State and 

15 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Justice 

16 Programs’’— 

17 (1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to 

18 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reimburse19 ment programs may be used by such Office to provide 

20 training and technical assistance; and 

21 (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for 

22 grant or reimbursement programs under such head23 ings, except for amounts appropriated specifically for 

24 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis25 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the Bu-
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1 reau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to and 

2 merged with funds provided to the National Institute 

3 of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to be 

4 used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical 

5 purposes, without regard to the authorizations for 

6 such grant or reimbursement programs. 

7 SEC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the At8 torney General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, 

9 the Attorney General may, with respect to funds appro10 priated in this or any other Act making appropriations for 

11 fiscal years 2017 through 2020 for the following programs, 

12 waive the following requirements: 

13 (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and 

14 local reentry demonstration projects under part FF of 

15 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

16 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), the require17 ments under section 2976(g)(1) of such part (34 

18 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 

19 (2) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard 

20 communities as authorized by section 6 of the Prison 

21 Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 

22 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 

23 such Act. 

24 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime 
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1 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 

2 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made available by 

3 this or any other Act. 

4 SEC. 215. None of the funds made available under this 

5 Act, other than for the national instant criminal back6 ground check system established under section 103 of the 

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

8 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 

9 to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi10 vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus11 pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless 

12 law enforcement personnel of the United States continu13 ously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

14 SEC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De15 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

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

17 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

18 2020, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for imple19 mentation of a unified Department of Justice financial 

20 management system. 

21 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal22 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

23 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Pub24 lic Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall 

25 be available for obligation in fiscal year 2020, and any use, 
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1 obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be 

2 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of 

3 this Act. 

4 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated 

5 balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, 

6 United States Code, shall be available for obligation during 

7 fiscal year 2020, and any use, obligation, transfer or alloca8 tion of such funds shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

9 funds under section 505 of this Act. 

10 SEC. 217. Discretionary funds that are made available 

11 in this Act for the Office of Justice Programs may be used 

12 to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots author13 ized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113– 

14 76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, sec15 tion 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, and such 

16 authorities as are enacted for Performance Partnership Pi17 lots in an appropriations Act for fiscal years 2019 and 

18 2020. 

19 SEC. 218. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year there20 after, amounts credited to and made available in the De21 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund as an offsetting 

22 collection pursuant to section 108 of Public Law 103–121, 

23 107 Stat. 1164 (1994) shall be so credited and available 

24 only to the extent and in such amounts as provided in ad25 vance in appropriations Acts: Provided, That notwith-
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1 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 or any other statute affecting the 

2 crediting of collections, the Attorney General may credit, 

3 as a discretionary offsetting collection, to the Department 

4 of Justice Working Capital Fund, for fiscal year 2020, up 

5 to three percent of all amounts collected pursuant to civil 

6 debt collection litigation activities of the Department of 

7 Justice and, such amounts so credited in fiscal year 2020 

8 shall remain available until expended, shall be subject to 

9 the terms and conditions of that fund, and shall be used 

10 only for paying the costs of processing and tracking such 

11 litigation: Provided further, That any such amounts from 

12 the fund that the Attorney General determines are necessary 

13 to pay for the costs of processing and tracking civil debt 

14 collection litigation activities in fiscal year 2020 shall be 

15 transferred to other appropriations accounts in the Depart16 ment of Justice for paying the costs of such activities, and 

17 shall be in addition to any amounts otherwise made avail18 able for such purpose in those appropriations accounts: Pro19 vided further, That such transfer authority is in addition 

20 to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided 

21 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to this section 

22 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 

23 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

24 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

25 section. 
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1 SEC. 219. Not later than 30 days after the date of en2 actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to 

3 Congress a report that— 

4 (1) details the progress of the implementation of 

5 the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–401; 

6 132 Stat. 5336) and the amendments made by that 

7 Act; and 

8 (2) establishes a deadline for full implementation 

9 of that Act and the amendments made by that Act, 

10 which shall be not later than 90 days after the date 

11 of enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 220. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 this Act, the total amount made available under the heading 

14 ‘‘COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS (IN15 CLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘COM16 MUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES’’ under the heading 

17 ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’’ in this title shall be in18 creased by $1,000,000, which shall be used by increasing 

19 by that amount the amount specified in paragraph (3) 

20 under such headings for competitive grants to State law en21 forcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor 

22 chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and 

23 laboratory dump seizures. 

24 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

25 the total amount made available for necessary expenses for 
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1 information sharing technology under the heading ‘‘JUS2 TICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY (INCLUDING

3 TRANSFER OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘GENERAL AD4 MINISTRATION’’ under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF 

5 JUSTICE’’ in this title shall be decreased by $1,000,000. 

6 SEC. 221. Not later than 90 days after the date of en7 actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a 

8 report to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com9 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate detailing the efforts 

10 of the Department of Justice to combat and enforce animal 

11 fighting and animal welfare statutes, which shall include— 

12 (1) a break down of the number of personnel 

13 dedicated to animal welfare crimes on a full-time 

14 basis, including their respective departmental compo15 nent; 

16 (2) a list of all cases involving animal welfare 

17 crimes that the Department of Justice has prosecuted 

18 since 2014; 

19 (3) a list of investigations that were referred to 

20 the Department of Justice that have been delayed or 

21 declined to be prosecuted by the Department of Justice 

22 and the reason for any deferral or declination; and 

23 (4) a qualitative description of how the Depart24 ment of Justice coordinates the efforts of the Depart-
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1 ment with other governmental partners to ensure 

2 proper enforcement of animal welfare laws. 

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

4 Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

5 TITLE III 

6 SCIENCE 

7 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

9 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na10 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

11 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of pas12 senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 

13 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 

14 for official reception and representation expenses, and rent15 al of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 

16 $5,544,000. 

17 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL

18 For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, 

19 in carrying out the purposes of Title V of Public Law 100– 

20 685 and Executive Order 13803, hire of passenger motor 

21 vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 

22 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 for official re23 ception and representation expenses, $1,965,000: Provided, 

24 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Na25 tional Space Council may accept personnel support from 
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1 Federal agencies, departments, and offices, and such Fed2 eral agencies, departments, and offices may detail staff 

3 without reimbursement to the National Space Council for 

4 purposes provided herein. 

5 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

6 SCIENCE

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

8 the conduct and support of science research and develop9 ment activities, including research, development, oper10 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa11 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

12 and communications activities; program management; per13 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

14 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

15 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

17 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

18 aircraft, $6,905,700,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That, $1,945,000,000 shall be 

20 for Earth Science; $2,631,100,000 shall be for Planetary 

21 Science; $1,171,600,000 shall be for Astrophysics; 

22 $423,000,000 shall be for the James Webb Space Telescope; 

23 and $735,000,000 shall be for Heliophysics: Provided fur24 ther, That the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
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1 tion shall use the Space Launch System as the launch vehi2 cle for the Jupiter Europa Clipper mission. 

3 AERONAUTICS

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

5 the conduct and support of aeronautics research and devel6 opment activities, including research, development, oper7 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa8 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

9 and communications activities; program management; per10 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

11 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

12 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

14 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

15 aircraft, $783,900,000, to remain available until September 

16 30, 2021. 

17 SPACE TECHNOLOGY

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

19 the conduct and support of space technology research and 

20 development activities, including research, development, op21 erations, 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 

25 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
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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, $1,076,400,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That $180,000,000 shall be for 

6 RESTORE–L: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall 

7 be for the development and demonstration of a nuclear ther8 mal propulsion system, of which $70,000,000 shall be for 

9 the design of a flight demonstration system. 

10 EXPLORATION

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

12 the conduct and support of exploration research and devel13 opment activities, including research, development, oper14 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa15 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

16 and communications activities; program management; per17 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

18 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

19 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

21 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

22 aircraft, $6,222,600,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That not less than 

24 $1,406,700,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 

25 Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than $2,585,900,000 
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1 shall be for the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle, 

2 which shall have a lift capability not less than 130 metric 

3 tons and which shall have core elements and an Exploration 

4 Upper Stage developed simultaneously: Provided further, 

5 That of the amounts provided for SLS, not less than 

6 $300,000,000 shall be for Exploration Upper Stage develop7 ment: Provided further, That $590,000,000 shall be for Ex8 ploration Ground Systems: Provided further, That the Na9 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual 

12 budget submission, a 5-year budget profile for an integrated 

13 system that includes the SLS, the Orion Multi-Purpose 

14 Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems that will en15 sure an Exploration Mission-2 crewed launch as early as 

16 possible, as well as a system-based funding profile for a sus17 tained launch cadence beyond the initial crewed test launch: 

18 Provided further, That $1,640,000,000 shall be for explo19 ration research and development. 

20 SPACE OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

22 the conduct and support of space operations research and 

23 development activities, including research, development, op24 erations, support and services; space flight, spacecraft con25 trol and communications activities, including operations, 
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1 production, and services; maintenance and repair, facility 

2 planning and design; program management; personnel and 

3 related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

5 States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger 

6 motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance 

7 and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 

8 $4,150,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2021. 

10 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS

11 ENGAGEMENT

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

13 the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical edu14 cation research and development activities, including re15 search, development, operations, support, and services; pro16 gram management; personnel and related costs, including 

17 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

18 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex19 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

21 mission and administrative aircraft, $112,000,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 2021, of which 

23 $22,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to Stimu24 late Competitive Research and $47,000,000 shall be for the 

25 National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. 
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1 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in 

3 the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space tech4 nology, exploration, space operations and education re5 search and development activities, including research, devel6 opment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

7 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft 

8 control, and communications activities; program manage9 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

10 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

11 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur12 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed 

13 $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

14 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

15 of mission and administrative aircraft, $2,934,800,000, to 

16 remain available until September 30, 2021. 

17 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

18 RESTORATION

19 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities in20 cluding repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modifica21 tion of facilities, construction of new facilities and addi22 tions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

23 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

24 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli25 ance and restoration, $524,400,000, to remain available 
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1 until September 30, 2025: Provided, That proceeds from 

2 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

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

4 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

5 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail6 able for obligation for fiscal year 2020 in an amount not 

7 to exceed $14,900,000: Provided further, That each annual 

8 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross re9 ceipts and collections and proposed use of all funds collected 

10 pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States Code. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen13 eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

14 $40,000,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 

15 September 30, 2021. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

19 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

20 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 

21 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

22 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero23 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

24 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap25 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 
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1 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. 

2 Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available 

3 for the same purposes and the same time period as the ap4 propriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursuant 

5 to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

6 funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail7 able for obligation except in compliance with the procedures 

8 set forth in that section. 

9 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro10 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activity 

11 level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent change 

12 of an amount established in that spending plan that meets 

13 the notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 

14 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

15 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

16 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

17 section. 

18 Not more than 50 percent of the amounts made avail19 able in this Act for the Gateway; Advanced Cislunar and 

20 Surface Capabilities; Commercial LEO Development; and 

21 Lunar Discovery and Exploration, excluding the Lunar Re22 connaissance Orbiter, may be obligated until the Adminis23 trator submits a multi-year plan to the Committees on Ap24 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

25 that identifies estimated dates, by fiscal year, for Space 
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1 Launch System flights to build the Gateway; the commence2 ment of partnerships with commercial entities for addi3 tional LEO missions to land humans and rovers on the 

4 Moon; and conducting additional scientific activities on the 

5 Moon. The multi-year plan shall include key milestones to 

6 be met by fiscal year to achieve goals for each of the lunar 

7 programs described in the previous sentence and funding 

8 required by fiscal year to achieve such milestones. 

9 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

10 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

11 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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

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

14 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

15 maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of 

16 flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; 

17 and authorized travel; $6,769,670,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2021, of which not to exceed 

19 $500,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

20 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse21 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

22 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

23 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

24 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

25 the National Research Centers and other National Science 
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1 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to 

2 this appropriation. 

3 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc6 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

7 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursuant 

8 to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 

9 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, $253,230,000, to 

10 remain available until expended. 

11 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathe13 matics and engineering education and human resources 

14 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

15 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including 

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

17 States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference 

18 rooms in the District of Columbia, $937,000,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2021. 

20 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

21 For agency operations and award management nec22 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act 

23 of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized by sec24 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 

25 motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
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1 ized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States 

2 Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum3 bia; and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Se4 curity for security guard services; $336,900,000: Provided, 

5 That not to exceed $8,280 is for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses: Provided further, That contracts may 

7 be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 2020 for 

8 maintenance and operation of facilities and for other serv9 ices to be provided during the next fiscal year. 

10 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

11 For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 

12 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent13 al of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, and the 

14 employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 

15 of title 5, United States Code) involved in carrying out sec16 tion 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

17 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et 

18 seq.), $4,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall 

19 be available for official reception and representation ex20 penses. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen23 eral as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

24 $15,700,000, of which $400,000 shall remain available until 

25 September 30, 2021. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

4 available for the current fiscal year for the National Science 

5 Foundation in this Act may be transferred between such 

6 appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in7 creased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any 

8 transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a 

9 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

10 shall not be available for obligation except in compliance 

11 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

12 The Director of the National Science Foundation 

13 (NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days 

15 in advance of any planned divestment through transfer, de16 commissioning, termination, or deconstruction of any NSF17 owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (including land, 

18 structures, and equipment) valued greater than $2,500,000. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropriations 

20 Act, 2020’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

6 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

7 $10,200,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

8 in this paragraph may be used to employ any individuals 

9 under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of 

10 the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one special as11 sistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none 

12 of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used 

13 to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, 

14 with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 

15 billable days: Provided further, That the Chair may accept 

16 and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 

17 Commission: Provided further, That none of the funds ap18 propriated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity 

19 or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of 

20 the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 

21 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Op24 portunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

25 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-
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1 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Amer2 icans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the Reha3 bilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the 

4 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 

5 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amendments Act of 

6 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair 

7 Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), including services 

8 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

9 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 

10 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; nonmonetary 

11 awards to private citizens; and up to $30,500,000 for pay12 ments to State and local enforcement agencies for author13 ized services to the Commission, $384,500,000: Provided, 

14 That the Commission is authorized to make available for 

15 official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 

16 $2,250 from available funds: Provided further, That the 

17 Commission may take no action to implement any work18 force repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until 

19 such time as the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified 

21 of such proposals, in accordance with the reprogramming 

22 requirements of section 505 of this Act: Provided further, 

23 That the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation 

24 to carry out the work of the Commission. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

4 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 

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

6 States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official reception 

7 and representation expenses, $99,400,000, to remain avail8 able until expended. 

9 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

10 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

11 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

12 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

13 Act of 1974, $425,500,000, of which $388,200,000 is for 

14 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

15 $5,300,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

16 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 

17 additional audits of recipients; $22,000,000 is for manage18 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self-help 

19 and information technology; $4,500,000 is for a Pro Bono 

20 Innovation Fund; and $1,500,000 is for loan repayment as21 sistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Corporation 

22 may continue to provide locality pay to officers and em23 ployees at a rate no greater than that provided by the Fed24 eral Government to Washington, DC-based employees as au25 thorized by section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, not-
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1 withstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal Services Corpora2 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided further, That the 

3 authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall be ap4 plicable to the Legal Services Corporation: Provided fur5 ther, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the 

6 Legal Services Corporation shall be considered an agency 

7 of the United States Government. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

9 CORPORATION

10 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 

11 Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose pro12 hibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions 

13 of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 

14 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the 

15 Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 

16 terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that 

17 all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 

18 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2019 and 2020, respec19 tively. 

20 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com23 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

24 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $3,616,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

4 States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger 

5 motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consult6 ants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

7 Code, $54,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 

9 made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 

10 shall be available for official reception and representation 

11 expenses. 

12 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For activities of the United States Trade Representa15 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and 

16 Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including 

17 transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Trade En18 forcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any transfer pursu19 ant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall be treated as 

20 a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act. 

21 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

24 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 

25 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $6,300,000, of which $500,000 shall 
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1 remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

2 not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official reception 

3 and representation expenses: Provided further, That, for the 

4 purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State Justice Insti5 tute shall be considered an agency of the United States Gov6 ernment. 

7 TITLE V 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

12 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

13 not authorized by the Congress. 

14 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

15 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

16 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

17 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

18 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

19 contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

20 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi21 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

22 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

23 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

24 existing law. 
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1 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica2 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

3 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica4 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

5 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected 

6 thereby. 

7 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

8 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen9 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

10 or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any 

11 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

12 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

13 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

14 a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a 

15 new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a pro16 gram, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel 

17 by any means for any project or activity for which funds 

18 have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or em19 ployees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, programs, or ac20 tivities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or ac21 tivities presently performed by Federal employees; (7) aug22 ments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of 

23 $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 

24 percent funding for any program, project, or activity, or 

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1 general savings, including savings from a reduction in per2 sonnel, which would result in a change in existing pro3 grams, projects, or activities as approved by Congress; un4 less the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

5 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

6 funds. 

7 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a 

8 court or Federal agency that any person intentionally af9 fixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or 

10 any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold 

11 in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 

12 United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any 

13 contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 

14 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli15 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 

16 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to author18 ized purchases of promotional items, funds made available 

19 by this Act shall be used to purchase items that are manu20 factured, produced, or assembled in the United States, its 

21 territories or possessions. 

22 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

23 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, Item 

24 (1)(f)(3). 
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1 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Jus2 tice, the National Science Foundation, and the National 

3 Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide to the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa5 tives and the Senate a quarterly report on the status of bal6 ances of appropriations at the account level. For unobli7 gated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed 

8 balances the quarterly reports shall separately identify the 

9 amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation 

10 from which the balances were derived. For balances that are 

11 obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly reports shall sepa12 rately identify amounts by the year of obligation. 

13 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be sub14 mitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

15 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

16 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 

17 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, the 

18 department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the max19 imum extent practicable under such accounting system and 

20 shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the ex21 tent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

22 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or agen23 cy funded under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, per24 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in25 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg-
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1 etary resources available to such department or agency: 

2 Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between ap3 propriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 

4 section is provided in addition to authorities included else5 where in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to 

6 carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 

7 of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail8 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 

9 the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 

10 That for the Department of Commerce, this section shall 

11 also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of 

12 loan collateral or grant property. 

13 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act shall 

14 be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to15 bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 

16 foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 

17 or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 

18 applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 

19 same type. 

20 SEC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 amounts deposited or available in the Fund established by 

22 section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98– 

23 473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in excess of 

24 $3,177,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 

25 the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwithstanding 
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1 section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from 

2 the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall be transferred 

3 to the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General 

4 and remain available until expended for oversight and au5 diting purposes; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the 

6 Office for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the 

7 requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian tribes 

8 to improve services for victims of crime. 

9 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the De10 partment of Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate 

11 against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of stu12 dents who participate in programs for which financial as13 sistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents or 

14 legal guardians of such students. 

15 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur18 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

19 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

20 SEC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart21 ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the National 

22 Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National 

23 Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Corporation 

24 shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act 

25 (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are 
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1 appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Con2 gress on the progress of such audits, which may include pre3 liminary findings and a description of areas of particular 

4 interest, within 180 days after initiating such an audit and 

5 every 180 days thereafter until any such audit is completed. 

6 (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 

7 described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is com8 pleted, the Secretary, Attorney General, Administrator, Di9 rector, or President, as appropriate, shall make the results 

10 of the audit available to the public on the Internet website 

11 maintained by the Department, Administration, Founda12 tion, or Corporation, respectively. The results shall be made 

13 available in redacted form to exclude— 

14 (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 

15 title 5, United States Code; and 

16 (2) sensitive personal information for any indi17 vidual, the public access to which could be used to 

18 commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 

19 unlawful purposes. 

20 (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 

21 by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state22 ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 

23 the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 

24 certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 

25 will be made available through a subcontract or in any 
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1 other manner to another person who has a financial interest 

2 in the person awarded the grant or contract. 

3 (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this 

4 section shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the 

5 Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con6 sultation with the Director of the Office of Government Eth7 ics, determines that a uniform set of rules and requirements, 

8 substantially similar to the requirements in such sub9 sections, consistently apply under the executive branch eth10 ics program to all Federal departments, agencies, and enti11 ties. 

12 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available under this Act may be used by the De14 partments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aero15 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

16 Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 

17 information system, as defined for security categorization 

18 in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s 

19 (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publica20 tion 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal 

21 Information and Information Systems’’ unless the agency 

22 has— 

23 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor24 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

25 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to in-
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1 form acquisition decisions for high-impact and mod2 erate-impact information systems within the Federal 

3 Government; 

4 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre5 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

6 threat information provided by the FBI and other ap7 propriate agencies; and 

8 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other appro9 priate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any 

10 risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the 

11 acquisition of such system, including any risk associ12 ated with such system being produced, manufactured, 

13 or assembled by one or more entities identified by the 

14 United States Government as posing a cyber threat, 

15 including but not limited to, those that may be 

16 owned, directed, or subsidized by the People’s Repub17 lic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Demo18 cratic People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Fed19 eration. 

20 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

21 available under this Act may be used to acquire a high22 impact or moderate-impact information system reviewed 

23 and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the as24 sessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 
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1 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 

2 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

3 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

4 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

5 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in the 

6 national interest of the United States; and 

7 (3) reported that determination to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa9 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen10 eral. 

11 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or jus13 tify the use of torture by any official or contract employee 

14 of the United States Government. 

15 SEC. 516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available under this Act or any other Act may be 

18 expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru19 mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex20 penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United 

21 States in connection with requiring an export license for 

22 the export to Canada of components, parts, accessories or 

23 attachments for firearms listed in Category I, section 121.1 

24 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (International Traf25 ficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it existed 
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1 on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 

2 wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions 

3 of subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting 

4 party for such articles. 

5 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export 

6 license— 

7 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

8 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter re9 quired by law, or from being otherwise eligible under 

10 the laws of the United States to possess, ship, trans11 port, or export the articles enumerated in subsection 

12 (a); and 

13 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

14 of— 

15 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo16 nents and parts for such firearms, other than for 

17 end use by the Federal Government, or a Provin18 cial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

19 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

20 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm list21 ed in Category I, other than for end use by the 

22 Federal Government, or a Provincial or Munic23 ipal Government of Canada; or 

24 (C) articles for export from Canada to an25 other foreign destination. 
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1 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Direc2 tors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent 

3 or temporary export without a license of any unclassified 

4 articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for end use 

5 in Canada or return to the United States, or temporary 

6 import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use 

7 in the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian 

8 citizen. 

9 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

10 this section on a temporary basis if the President deter11 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

12 the Government of Canada has implemented or maintained 

13 inadequate import controls for the articles specified in sub14 section (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles 

15 has and continues to take place for use in international 

16 terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in another na17 tion. The President shall terminate the requirements of a 

18 license when reasons for the temporary requirements have 

19 ceased. 

20 SEC. 517. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

22 States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 

23 other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 

24 to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 

25 officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli-
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1 cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and 

2 qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for 

3 a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ 

4 firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

5 SEC. 518. 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. 519. 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 1986; 

20 The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act 

21 of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 

22 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

23 SEC. 520. If at any time during any quarter, the pro24 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

25 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-
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1 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

2 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reasonable 

3 cause to believe that the total program cost has increased 

4 by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall imme5 diately inform the respective Secretary, Administrator, or 

6 Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Director shall 

7 notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

8 within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall in9 clude in such notice: the date on which such determination 

10 was made; a statement of the reasons for such increases; 

11 the action taken and proposed to be taken to control future 

12 cost growth of the project; changes made in the performance 

13 or schedule milestones and the degree to which such changes 

14 have contributed to the increase in total program costs or 

15 procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or pro16 curement costs; and a statement validating that the project’s 

17 management structure is adequate to control total project 

18 or procurement costs. 

19 SEC. 521. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

20 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 

21 or intelligence related activities are deemed to be specifi22 cally authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 

23 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) dur24 ing fiscal year 2020 until the enactment of the Intelligence 

25 Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. 
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1 SEC. 522. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 

3 contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award 

4 a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con5 tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award6 ing the contract or grant that, to the best of its knowledge 

7 and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal 

8 tax returns required during the three years preceding the 

9 certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense 

10 under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more 

11 than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any 

12 unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability re13 mains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of 

14 an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has 

15 been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not 

16 in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous 

17 administrative or judicial proceeding. 

18 (RESCISSIONS)

19 SEC. 523. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 

20 year appropriations available to the Department of Com21 merce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later 

22 than September 30, 2020, from the following accounts in 

23 the specified amounts— 
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1 (1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, 

2 Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 

3 $10,000,000; and 

4 (2) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin5 istration, Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture 

6 Fund’’, $5,000,000. 

7 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De8 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re9 scinded, not later than September 30, 2020, from the fol10 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

11 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $100,000,000; 

12 (2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

13 and Expenses’’, $71,974,000 including from, but not 

14 limited to, fees collected to defray expenses for the au15 tomation of fingerprint identification and criminal 

16 justice information services and associated costs; and 

17 (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi18 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $70,000,000. 

19 (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Na20 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration from prior 

21 year appropriations under the heading ‘‘Science’’, 

22 $70,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

23 (d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice and the 

24 National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall sub25 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
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1 Representatives and the Senate a report no later than Sep2 tember 1, 2020, specifying the amount of each rescission 

3 made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c). 

4 (e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and 

5 (c) shall not be from amounts that were designated by the 

6 Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement 

7 pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

8 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

9 1985. 

10 SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

12 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

13 10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

14 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

16 of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 

17 agency, who are stationed in the United States, at any sin18 gle conference occurring outside the United States unless— 

19 (1) such conference is a law enforcement training 

20 or operational conference for law enforcement per21 sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in at22 tendance are law enforcement personnel stationed out23 side the United States; or 

24 (2) such conference is a scientific conference and 

25 the department or agency head determines that such 
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1 attendance is in the national interest and notifies the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Senate within at least 15 days 

4 of that determination and the basis for that deter5 mination. 

6 SEC. 526. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available in this or any other Act may be used to 

8 transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or 

9 within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

10 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

11 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

12 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

13 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 

14 the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

15 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

16 SEC. 527. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

18 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

19 States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 

20 described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 

21 imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 

22 of the Department of Defense. 

23 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

24 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

25 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
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1 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

2 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

3 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

4 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

5 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

6 (2) is— 

7 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

8 control of the Department of Defense; or 

9 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

10 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

11 SEC. 528. The Director of the Office of Management 

12 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in13 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro14 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in ex15 pired grant accounts and include in its annual performance 

16 plan and performance and accountability reports the fol17 lowing: 

18 (1) Details on future action the department, 

19 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

20 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

21 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

22 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in 

23 expired grant accounts. 
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1 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex2 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

3 Treasury of the United States. 

4 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the 

5 total number of expired grant accounts with 

6 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

7 year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 

8 and the total finances that have not been obligated to 

9 a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

10 SEC. 529. (a) None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and Space 

12 Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and Tech13 nology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 

14 (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or 

15 execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of 

16 any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat17 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com18 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 

19 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

20 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

21 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

22 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

23 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

24 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 
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1 NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves2 tigation, have certified— 

3 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

4 technology, data, or other information with national 

5 security or economic security implications to China 

6 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

7 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

8 officials who have been determined by the United 

9 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

10 human rights. 

11 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

12 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

14 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to the 

15 activity in question and shall include a description of the 

16 purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major participants, 

17 and its location and timing. 

18 SEC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel 

20 to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation 

21 of any model of shotgun if— 

22 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

23 the proposed importation are met; and 

24 (2) no application for the importation of such 

25 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been 
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1 denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 

2 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particu3 larly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting 

4 purposes. 

5 SEC. 531. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net7 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

8 and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

11 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi12 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 

13 enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

14 SEC. 532. The Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

15 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 

16 National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

17 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

18 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

19 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

20 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

21 Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and the 

22 State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, signed 

23 by the respective department or agency head, to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
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1 and the Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

5 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of rati6 fication for the Treaty. 

7 SEC. 534. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

8 Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

9 available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 

10 fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 

11 below satisfactory performance or for performance that does 

12 not meet the basic requirements of a contract, unless the 

13 Agency determines that any such deviations are due to un14 foreseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are 

15 not significant within the overall scope of the project and/ 

16 or program and unless such awards or incentive fees are 

17 consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 

18 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit20 imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 

21 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of Jus22 tice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 

23 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available under this 

24 Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect 

25 to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, 
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1 California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Geor2 gia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

3 Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 

4 Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, 

5 New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North 

6 Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is7 land, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, 

8 Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyo9 ming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, the Com10 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United 

11 States Virgin Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent 

12 any of them from implementing their own laws that author13 ize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of med14 ical marijuana. 

15 SEC. 537. The Department of Commerce, the National 

16 Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National 

17 Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa19 tives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any 

20 employee of such Department or agency, including the pur21 pose of such travel. 

22 SEC. 538. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 

23 be available for obligation for the James Webb Space Tele24 scope (JWST) after December 31, 2019, if the individual 

25 identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 30104 of 
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1 title 51, United States Code, as responsible for JWST deter2 mines that the formulation and development costs (with de3 velopment cost as defined under section 30104 of title 51, 

4 United States Code) are likely to exceed $8,802,700,000, un5 less the program is modified so that the costs do not exceed 

6 $8,802,700,000. 

7 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

8 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

9 DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE10 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN11 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

12 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

13 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

14 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag15 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra16 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end17 ing September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 

18 TITLE I 

19 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

20 PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

21 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

24 $46,782,000, of which not to exceed $6,030,000 shall be 

25 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary: Pro-
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1 vided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 

2 in the Rural Development mission area for salaries and ex3 penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup4 port staff for the Office; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be 

5 available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed 

6 $4,711,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships 

7 and Public Engagement; not to exceed $23,176,000 shall be 

8 available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Ad9 ministration, of which $22,301,000 shall be available for 

10 Departmental Administration to provide for necessary ex11 penses for management support services to offices of the De12 partment and for general administration, security, repairs 

13 and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and ex14 penses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 

15 practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided 

16 further, That funds made available by this Act to an agency 

17 in the Administration mission area for salaries and ex18 penses are available to fund up to one administrative sup19 port staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,869,000 shall be 

20 available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres21 sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this 

22 Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af23 fairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 

24 exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Com25 munications: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agri-
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1 culture is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any 

2 office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of 

3 the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appro4 priation for any office shall be increased or decreased by 

5 more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 

6 $22,000 of the amount made available under this para7 graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be 

8 available for official reception and representation expenses, 

9 not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: 

10 Provided further, That the amount made available under 

11 this heading for Departmental Administration shall be re12 imbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 

13 travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re14 quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds 

15 made available under this heading for the Office of the As16 sistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be trans17 ferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded 

18 by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro19 vided further, That no funds made available under this 

20 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres21 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has noti23 fied the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

24 Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: 

25 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
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1 this heading, $3,000,000 shall be made available to the Of2 fice of the Secretary to carry out the duties of the working 

3 group established under section 770 of the Agriculture, 

4 Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

5 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 

6 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 

7 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

8 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Econo10 mist, $24,286,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for grants 

11 or cooperative agreements for policy research under 7 

12 U.S.C. 3155. 

13 OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and 

15 Appeals, $15,222,000. 

16 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro18 gram Analysis, $9,525,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor21 mation Officer, $101,400,000, of which not less than 

22 $48,950,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the depart23 ment. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan3 cial Officer, $13,500,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

5 RIGHTS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

7 Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That funds 

8 made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights 

9 mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

10 up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

11 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

13 $24,206,000. 

14 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu17 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

18 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 

19 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 

20 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the Depart21 ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 

22 and other actions needed for the Department and its agen23 cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit24 able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 

25 and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
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1 pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 

2 costs, $331,114,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri6 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

7 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 6901 et seq.), $3,503,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available 

11 herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Manage12 ment may be transferred to any agency of the Department 

13 for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the 

14 above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen17 eral, including employment pursuant to the Inspector Gen18 eral Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), 

19 $98,208,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 

20 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

21 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In22 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. 

23 App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con24 fidential operational expenses, including the payment of in25 formants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspec-
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1 tor General pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 

2 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of 

3 the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 

4 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

6 Counsel, $45,146,000. 

7 OFFICE OF ETHICS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

9 $4,136,000. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

11 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec13 retary for Research, Education, and Economics, $800,000: 

14 Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 

15 agency in the Research, Education, and Economics mission 

16 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

17 one administrative support staff for the Office. 

18 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv20 ice, $86,757,000. 

21 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

22 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

23 Statistics Service, $175,294,000, of which up to $45,300,000 

24 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri25 culture: Provided, That amounts made available for the 
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1 Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Current In2 dustrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and 

3 (f). 

4 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

7 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

8 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 

9 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

10 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 

11 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 

12 of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 

13 $1,424,966,000, of which $41,100,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, shall be used to carry out the science pro15 gram at the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility lo16 cated in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, That appropria17 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and 

18 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

19 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro20 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

21 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of build22 ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the 

23 cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed 

24 $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall 

25 each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to 
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1 be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 

2 $1,100,000 each, and except for two buildings to be con3 structed at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the 

4 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 

5 not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of 

6 the building or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided 

7 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

8 for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural Re9 search Service location for the construction of a research 

10 facility by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural 

11 Research Service and a condition of the lease shall be that 

12 any facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by 

13 the non-Federal entity and shall be removed upon the expi14 ration or termination of the lease agreement: Provided fur15 ther, That the limitations on alterations contained in this 

16 Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of ex17 isting facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, 

18 That appropriations hereunder shall be available for grant19 ing easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Cen20 ter: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall 

21 not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out 

22 the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided fur23 ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 

24 granting easements at any Agricultural Research Service 

25 location for the construction of a research facility by a non- 
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1 Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricul2 tural Research Service and a condition of the easements 

3 shall be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted 

4 by the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, 

5 if the Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in 

6 the interest of the United States: Provided further, That 

7 funds may be received from any State, other political sub8 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es9 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

10 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

11 by law: Provided further, That amounts made available 

12 under this heading may be used to provide public access 

13 to a river at a research facility of the Agricultural Research 

14 Service. 

15 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im17 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

18 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricul19 tural research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

20 where not otherwise provided, $304,800,000 to remain 

21 available until expended, of which $166,900,000 shall be al22 located for ARS facilities co-located with university part23 ners. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

2 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

3 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

4 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

5 for other expenses, $937,649,000, which shall be for the pur6 poses, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Na7 tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research and 

8 Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this Act: 

9 Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 institu10 tions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capacity 

11 building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agri12 culture and food research initiative, veterinary medicine 

13 loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship 

14 and institution challenge grants, and grants management 

15 systems shall remain available until expended: Provided 

16 further, That each institution eligible to receive funds under 

17 the Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: 

18 Provided further, That funds for education grants for Alas19 ka Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be 

20 made available to individual eligible institutions or con21 sortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally 

22 to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided fur23 ther, That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions 

24 shall be made available to institutions eligible to receive 

25 funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: Provided further, 
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1 That not more than 5 percent of the amounts made avail2 able by this or any other Act to carry out the Agriculture 

3 and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may 

4 be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay adminis5 trative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that 

6 authority. 

7 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

8 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

9 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

10 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

12 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

13 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 

14 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $509,082,000, 

15 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci16 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri17 culture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accompanying 

18 this Act: Provided, That funds for facility improvements at 

19 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 

20 Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds 

21 under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no 

22 less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for coop23 erative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith24 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of 
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1 Public Law 93–471 shall be available for retirement and 

2 employees’ compensation costs for extension agents. 

3 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

4 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

5 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex6 penses, $38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

7 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Insti8 tute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the 

9 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds for the 

10 Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain avail11 able until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That not12 withstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs shall 

13 not be charged against any Extension Implementation Pro14 gram Area grant awarded under the Crop Protection/Pest 

15 Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

16 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

17 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec19 retary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $901,000: 

20 Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 

21 agency in the Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission 

22 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

23 one administrative support staff for the Office. 
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

5 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for rep6 resentation allowances and for expenses pursuant to the 

7 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 

8 $1,027,916,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

9 until expended, shall be available for the control of out10 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

11 control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 

12 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 

13 $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

14 used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes 

15 or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which 

16 $37,857,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

17 for Animal Health Technical Services; of which $705,000 

18 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse Pro19 tection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 

20 $62,840,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

21 used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to re22 main available until expended, shall be for information 

23 technology infrastructure; of which $186,013,000, to remain 

24 available until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; 

25 of which, $13,826,000, to remain available until expended, 
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1 shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of 

2 which $16,523,000, to remain available until expended, 

3 shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 

4 $40,966,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

5 for emergency preparedness and response; of which 

6 $60,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

7 for tree and wood pests; of which $5,725,000, to remain 

8 available until expended, shall be for the National Veteri9 nary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain avail10 able until expended, shall be for the scrapie program for 

11 indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain available until 

12 expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management pro13 gram for aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts avail14 able under this heading for wildlife services methods devel15 opment, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

16 Provided further, That of amounts available under this 

17 heading for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall re18 main available until expended; of which $20,800,000, to re19 main available until expended, shall be used to carry out 

20 the science program at the National Bio- and Agro-defense 

21 Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided further, 

22 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a 

23 brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year 

24 that does not require minimum matching by the States of 

25 at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropria-
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1 tion shall be available for the operation and maintenance 

2 of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed five, of which 

3 two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That 

4 in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of 

5 the agricultural production industry of the United States, 

6 the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or 

7 funds available to the agencies or corporations of the De8 partment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be 

9 available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi10 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani11 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

12 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro13 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 

14 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), 

15 and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 

16 emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 

17 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 

18 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 

19 to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of 

20 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 

21 provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

22 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace23 ment value of the building. 

24 In fiscal year 2020, the agency is authorized to collect 

25 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 
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1 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub2 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 

3 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 

4 structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 

5 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv6 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 

7 be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until ex8 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 

9 assistance, goods, or services. 

10 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

11 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte12 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al13 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

14 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 

15 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail16 able until expended. 

17 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

18 MARKETING SERVICES

19 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

20 Service, $181,549,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be avail21 able for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113– 

22 79: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 

23 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and re24 pair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

25 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
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1 percent of the current replacement value of the building: 

2 Provided further, That up to $4,454,000 of this appropria3 tion may be used for United States Warehouse Act activities 

4 to supplement amounts made available by the United States 

5 Warehouse Act. 

6 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

7 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 

8 U.S.C. 9701). 

9 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

10 Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall be 

11 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 

12 expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 

13 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 

14 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

16 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

17 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 

20 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 

21 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 

22 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart23 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

24 Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise 

25 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,705,000 
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1 for formulation and administration of marketing agree2 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

3 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961 

4 (Public Law 87–128). 

5 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

6 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

7 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar8 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 

9 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 

10 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

11 EXPENSES

12 Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be 

13 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 

14 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 

15 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un16 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 

17 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 

18 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec21 retary for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That funds 

22 made available by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety 

23 mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

24 up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 
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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 

3 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 

4 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in5 cluding not to exceed $10,000 for representation allowances 

6 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 

7 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,054,344,000; and in 

8 addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 

9 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as au10 thorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva11 tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 

12 funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication 

13 Infrastructure system shall remain available until ex14 pended: Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time 

15 equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 

16 2020 for purposes dedicated solely to inspections and en17 forcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act 

18 (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That the Food 

19 Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementa20 tion of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further 

21 clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of Pub22 lic Law 113–79: Provided further, That this appropriation 

23 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

24 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

25 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
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1 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value 

2 of the building. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM

5 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec7 retary for Farm Production and Conservation, $901,000: 

8 Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an 

9 agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission 

10 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

11 one administrative support staff for the Office. 

12 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS

13 CENTER

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and 

17 Conservation Business Center, $206,530,000: Provided, 

18 That $60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the current 

19 fiscal year pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Secu20 rity and Rural Investment Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) 

21 shall be transferred to and merged with this account. 
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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

5 $1,127,837,000, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be 

6 for the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies at Farm 

7 Service Agency county offices and farm loan officers and 

8 shall be available until September 30, 2021, and of which 

9 $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 310I of 

10 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

11 U.S.C. 1936c): Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

12 of the funding made available under this heading for infor13 mation technology related to farm program delivery may 

14 be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives 

16 written or electronic notification of receipt from such Com17 mittees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each 

18 project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and per19 formance capabilities to be delivered and the mission bene20 fits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the 

21 entirety of the project/investment, including estimates for 

22 development as well as maintenance and operations, and 

23 (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each 

24 project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service 

25 Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being man-
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1 aged in accordance with applicable lifecycle management 

2 policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable De3 partment’s capital planning and investment control re4 quirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government 

5 Accountability Office and approved by the Committees on 

6 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided fur7 ther, That the agency shall submit a report by the end of 

8 the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020 to the Committees on 

9 Appropriations and the Government Accountability Office, 

10 that identifies for each project/investment that is oper11 ational (a) current performance against key indicators of 

12 customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service 

13 level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current per14 formance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a de15 tailed breakdown of current and planned spending on oper16 ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 

17 of whether the investment continues to meet business needs 

18 as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: Pro19 vided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 

20 services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of 

21 the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay22 ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro23 vided further, That other funds made available to the Agen24 cy for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged 

25 with this account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
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1 able to county committees shall remain available until ex2 pended: Provided further, That none of the funds available 

3 to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to close Farm 

4 Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That none 

5 of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 

6 used to permanently relocate county based employees that 

7 would result in an office with two or fewer employees with8 out prior notification and approval of the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

10 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

11 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul12 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 

13 $5,545,000. 

14 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

16 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

17 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

18 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

22 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

23 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

24 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
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1 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de2 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

3 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria4 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

5 12). 

6 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di10 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 

11 and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency 

12 loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition 

13 loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), 

14 guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and 

15 Indian highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to 

16 be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insur17 ance Fund, as follows: $2,750,000,000 for guaranteed farm 

18 ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 for farm ownership di19 rect loans; $1,960,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed op20 erating loans and $1,550,133,000 for direct operating loans; 

21 emergency loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe land acquisi22 tion loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

23 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

24 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 

25 $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem the 
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1 pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 

2 weevil eradication program loans. 

3 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 

4 including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 

5 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: 

6 farm operating loans, $58,440,000 for direct operating 

7 loans, $20,972,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating 

8 loans, emergency loans, $2,023,000 and $2,745,000 for In9 dian highly fractionated land loans, and $60,000 for boll 

10 weevil eradication loans, to remain available until ex11 pended. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $319,762,000: Provided, That of this amount, $294,114,000 

15 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

16 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Pro17 vided further, That of this amount $16,081,000 shall be 

18 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

19 ‘‘Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, Sal20 aries and Expenses’’. 

21 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

22 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, op23 erating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans 

24 may be transferred among these programs: Provided, That 

25 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
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1 gress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any trans2 fer. 

3 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agen6 cy, $58,361,000: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be avail7 able for compliance and integrity activities required under 

8 section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 

9 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)) in addition to other amounts 

10 provided: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

11 be available for official reception and representation ex12 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

13 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

14 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 

16 of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 

17 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 

18 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga19 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 

20 and water management as may be necessary to prevent 

21 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul22 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 

23 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis24 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 

25 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 
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1 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 

2 exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 

3 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 

4 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 

5 maintenance of aircraft, $835,228,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That appropriations 

7 hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 

8 construction and improvement of buildings and public im9 provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 

10 of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 

11 other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro12 vided further, That when buildings or other structures are 

13 erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 

14 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur15 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head16 ing, $11,200,000, shall remain available until expended for 

17 the authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 

18 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 

19 purpose of providing water to rural communities. 

20 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas22 ures, including but not limited to surveys and investiga23 tions, engineering operations, works of improvement, and 

24 changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 

25 Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 
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1 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with the provisions of 

2 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

3 $175,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That for funds provided by this Act or any other 

5 prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the watershed 

6 or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand 

7 acres in which such activities can be undertaken shall only 

8 apply for activities undertaken for the primary purpose of 

9 flood prevention (including structural and land treatment 

10 measures): Provided further, That of the amounts made 

11 available under this heading, $70,000,000 shall be allocated 

12 to projects and activities that can commence promptly fol13 lowing enactment; that address regional priorities for flood 

14 prevention, agricultural water management, inefficient ir15 rigation systems, fish and wildlife habitat, or watershed 

16 protection; or that address authorized ongoing projects 

17 under the authorities of section 13 of the Flood Control Act 

18 of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78–534) with a primary 

19 purpose of watershed protection by preventing floodwater 

20 damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, and 

21 banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport. 

22 CORPORATIONS 

23 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au24 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 

25 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 
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1 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 

2 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

3 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 

4 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro5 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

6 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

7 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

8 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed9 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 

10 be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

12 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec15 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

16 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 

17 pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 

18 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 

19 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 

20 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 

21 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri22 cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 

23 and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa24 tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul-
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1 tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor2 poration business. 

3 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

4 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

5 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor6 poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in7 vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 

8 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 

9 section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re10 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 6961). 

13 TITLE III 

14 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

16 DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec18 retary for Rural Development, $800,000. 

19 RURAL DEVELOPMENT

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis23 tration and implementation of Rural Development pro24 grams, including activities with institutions concerning the 

25 development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and 
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1 for cooperative agreements; $242,005,000: Provided, That 

2 notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro3 priated under this heading may be used for advertising and 

4 promotional activities that support Rural Development 

5 programs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 

6 funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 

7 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any 

8 amounts collected under such section, as amended by this 

9 Act, will immediately be credited to this account and will 

10 remain available until expended for such purposes. 

11 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

12 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di15 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

16 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 

17 housing insurance fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 shall be 

18 for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for unsub19 sidized guaranteed loans; $28,000,000 for section 504 hous20 ing repair loans; $40,000,000 for section 515 rental hous21 ing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 

22 housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single family 

23 housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 self24 help housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for 

25 section 524 site development loans. 
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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

2 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

3 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 

4 502 loans, $90,000,000 shall be for direct loans; section 504 

5 housing repair loans, $4,679,000; section 523 self-help hous6 ing land development loans, $577,000; section 524 site de7 velopment loans, $546,000; and repair, rehabilitation, and 

8 new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

9 $12,144,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

10 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available under 

11 this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees 

12 to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant 

13 to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

14 661 et seq.), and the interest on such loans may not be sub15 sidized: Provided further, That applicants in communities 

16 that have a current rural area waiver under section 541 

17 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treat18 ed as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 

19 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Provided 

20 further, That of the amounts available under this para21 graph for section 502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 

22 shall be available for direct loans for individuals whose 

23 homes will be built pursuant to a program funded with a 

24 mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 

25 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2020: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the Secretary shall implement provi2 sions to provide incentives to nonprofit organizations and 

3 public housing authorities to facilitate the acquisition of 

4 Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily housing prop5 erties by such nonprofit organizations and public housing 

6 authorities that commit to keep such properties in the RHS 

7 multifamily housing program for a period of time as deter8 mined by the Secretary, with such incentives to include, but 

9 not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit entities 

10 and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Invest11 ment on their own resources to include proceeds from low 

12 income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, 

13 grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, 

14 invested in a deal; and allow reimbursement of organiza15 tional costs associated with owner’s oversight of asset re16 ferred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up to $7,500 per 

17 property. 

18 In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 

19 contracts, as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the 

20 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $18,583,000, 

21 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

22 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

23 contracts: Provided, That any balances available for the 

24 Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred to and 

25 merged with this account. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $412,254,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

4 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex5 penses’’. 

6 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

7 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re8 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

9 of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in 

10 lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households 

11 as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act 

12 of 1949, $1,375,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall be 

13 available until September 30, 2021; and in addition such 

14 sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) 

15 of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 

16 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec17 tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance 

18 agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 

19 year shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, 

20 That upon request by an owner of a project financed by 

21 an existing loan under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the 

22 Secretary may renew the rental assistance agreement for 

23 a period of 20 years or until the term of such loan has 

24 expired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, 

25 That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 
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1 one-year agreements may be transferred and used for pur2 poses of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or reha3 bilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 

4 assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro5 vided further, That rental assistance provided under agree6 ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2020 for a farm labor 

7 multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 

8 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 

9 project until such assistance has remained unused for a pe10 riod of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a waiting 

11 list of tenants seeking such assistance or the project has 

12 rental assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such 

13 assistance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental 

14 assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to an15 other farm labor multi-family housing project financed 

16 under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided further, That 

17 except as provided in the fourth proviso under this heading 

18 and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

19 Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under 

20 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2020 for a 

21 project that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental 

22 assistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs. 
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1 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

4 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwith5 standing subsection (b) of such section, and for additional 

6 costs to conduct a demonstration program for the preserva7 tion and revitalization of multi-family rental housing prop8 erties described in this paragraph, $56,500,000, to remain 

9 available until expended: Provided, That of the funds made 

10 available under this heading, $32,000,000, shall be avail11 able for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 

12 (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in 

13 a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 

14 prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That 

15 the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between 

16 comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the 

17 tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds 

18 made available for such vouchers shall be subject to the 

19 availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, 

20 That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent prac21 ticable, administer such vouchers with current regulations 

22 and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 hous23 ing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Depart24 ment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided fur25 ther, That if the Secretary determines that the amount 
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1 made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is not 

2 needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for 

3 the demonstration program for the preservation and revital4 ization of multi-family rental housing properties described 

5 in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds made 

6 available under this heading, $24,500,000 shall be available 

7 for a demonstration program for the preservation and revi8 talization of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 

9 rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA 

10 multi-family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appro11 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has 

12 sufficient resources to preserve the project for the purpose 

13 of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income 

14 residents and farm laborers including reducing or elimi15 nating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, re16 ducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial as17 sistance including advances, payments and incentives (in18 cluding the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns 

19 on investment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

20 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

21 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

22 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided fur23 ther, That if the Secretary determines that additional funds 

24 for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, funds 

25 for the preservation and revitalization demonstration pro-
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1 gram may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 

2 if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a 

3 multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program 

4 similar to the demonstration program described herein, the 

5 Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstra6 tion program under this heading to carry out such legisla7 tion with the prior approval of the Committees on Appro8 priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 

9 in addition to any other available funds, the Secretary may 

10 expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 

11 funds made available under this heading, for administra12 tive expenses for activities funded under this heading. 

13 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

14 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

15 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 

16 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

18 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

19 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

20 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 

21 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di25 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and 
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1 described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm 

2 and Rural Development Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans 

3 and $500,000,000 for guaranteed loans. 

4 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

5 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in sec6 tion 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel7 opment Act, $45,778,000, to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of the amount appro9 priated under this heading shall be available for a Rural 

10 Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That 

11 such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 

12 ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 

13 community development organizations, low-income rural 

14 communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 

15 Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community 

16 facilities, community and economic development projects in 

17 rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

18 made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 

19 intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro20 gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur21 ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 

22 matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds 

23 for related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro24 vided: Provided further, That $5,778,000 of the amount ap25 propriated under this heading shall be to provide grants 
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1 for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemploy2 ment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106– 

3 387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity 

4 building in the State rural development offices: Provided 

5 further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

6 this heading shall be available for community facilities 

7 grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 

8 of such Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

9 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

10 are not applicable to the funds made available under this 

11 heading. 

12 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

13 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 

16 rural business development programs authorized by section 

17 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of 

18 section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop19 ment Act, $65,475,000, to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 

21 heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 

22 one grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

23 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 

24 promote economic development and $9,000,000 shall be for 

25 grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa 
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1 et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 

2 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Com3 mission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Commu4 nity Advancement Program purpose as described in section 

5 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

6 Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for ad7 ministrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of 

8 the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 

9 business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native 

10 American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a quali11 fied national organization to provide technical assistance 

12 for rural transportation in order to promote economic de13 velopment: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

14 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

15 are not applicable to funds made available under this head16 ing. 

17 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

20 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 

21 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

22 For the cost of direct loans, $5,219,000, as authorized 

23 by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 

24 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $557,000 shall be available through 

25 June 30, 2020, for Federally Recognized Native American 
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1 Tribes; and of which $1,072,000 shall be available through 

2 June 30, 2020, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

3 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro4 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

5 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

6 Budget Act of 1974. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

8 the direct loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred 

9 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop10 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

11 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

12 ACCOUNT

13 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

14 under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for 

15 the purpose of promoting rural economic development and 

16 job creation projects, $50,000,000. 

17 The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) 

18 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of pro19 moting rural economic development and job creation 

20 projects shall not exceed $10,000,000. 

21 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

22 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

23 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

24 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $15,600,000, of which 

25 $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
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1 propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro2 vided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants for 

3 cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or 

4 groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged 

5 groups and a majority of the boards of directors or gov6 erning boards of which are comprised of individuals who 

7 are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which 

8 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 

9 Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to sec10 tion 6402 of Public Law 107–171. 

11 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

12 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 

13 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

14 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

15 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $706,000: Provided, That the cost 

16 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

17 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

18 Budget Act of 1974. 

19 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

20 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants 

23 for rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 

24 waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 

25 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sec-
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1 tions 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Con2 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $484,980,000, 

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

4 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

5 described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which 

6 not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available for the rural util7 ities program described in section 306E of such Act: Pro8 vided, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appro9 priated under this heading shall be for grants authorized 

10 by section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

11 Development Act in addition to funding authorized by sec12 tion 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 

13 $68,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 

14 shall be for loans and grants including water and waste 

15 disposal systems grants authorized by section 

16 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated Farm 

17 and Rural Development Act, and Federally Recognized Na18 tive American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: 

19 Provided further, That funding provided for section 306D 

20 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 

21 be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 

22 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That not more 

23 than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D 

24 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 

25 be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical 
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1 assistance programs and not more than 2 percent of the 

2 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

3 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by a consor4 tium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105– 

5 83 for training and technical assistance programs: Pro6 vided further, That not to exceed $30,000,000 of the amount 

7 appropriated under this heading shall be for technical as8 sistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

9 to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 

10 makes a determination of extreme need, of which $8,000,000 

11 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit 

12 multi-State regional technical assistance organization, with 

13 experience in working with small communities on water 

14 and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such 

15 grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations 

16 of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, de17 velopment, operation, and management of water and waste 

18 water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall 

19 be for a qualified national Native American organization 

20 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 

21 tribal communities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

22 $19,570,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 

23 shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza24 tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist25 ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not 
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1 to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste management 

2 grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the amount 

3 appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 

4 merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 

5 Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 

6 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 

7 Provided further, That any prior year balances for high8 energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 

9 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be trans10 ferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High 

11 Energy Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sec12 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

13 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 

14 made available under this heading. 

15 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

16 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

19 as authorized by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural 

20 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) 

21 shall be made as follows: loans made pursuant to sections 

22 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, 

23 rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 

24 loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 5 percent 

25 rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural tele-
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1 communications loans, and for loans made pursuant to sec2 tion 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

3 $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be 

4 used for the construction, acquisition, design and engineer5 ing or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 

6 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon sub7 surface utilization and storage systems. 

8 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

9 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), 

10 including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 

11 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money 

12 rural telecommunications loans, $3,795,000. 

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

15 $33,270,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with 

16 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

17 Expenses’’. 

18 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

19 PROGRAM

20 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni21 cation loans, $29,851,000. 

22 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv23 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 

24 seq., $34,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for grants 
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1 authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

2 Development Act: Provided further, That funding provided 

3 under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consoli4 dated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be pro5 vided to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for 

6 a consortium as established by this section. 

7 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by sec8 tion 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,340,000, to re9 main available until expended: Provided, That the cost of 

10 direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con11 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

12 In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans14 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

15 Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

16 950aaa. 

17 TITLE IV 

18 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

20 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec22 retary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

23 $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 

24 to an agency in the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services 
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1 mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 

2 up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

3 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

4 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

7 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), 

8 except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; 

10 $23,602,569,000 to remain available through September 30, 

11 2021, of which such sums as are made available under sec12 tion 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

13 of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this Act, 

14 shall be merged with and available for the same time period 

15 and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 

16 amount available, $12,475,000 shall be available to carry 

17 out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

18 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 

19 available, $30,000,000 shall be available to provide competi20 tive grants to State agencies for subgrants to local edu21 cational agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, 

22 with a value of greater than $1,000, needed to serve 

23 healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support 

24 the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 

25 breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total 
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1 amount available, $28,000,000 shall remain available until 

2 expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Ap3 propriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided 

4 further, That section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell Na5 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended 

6 in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2010 through 2019’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘2010 through 2020’’: Provided further, That sec8 tion 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

9 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first 

10 sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘For fiscal year 2020’’: Provided further, That section 

12 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence 

14 by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 

15 year 2020’’. 

16 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

17 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple19 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

20 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

21 $6,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

22 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of 

23 the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 

24 not less than $80,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding 

25 peer counselors and other related activities, and 
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1 $19,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Provided fur2 ther, That none of the funds provided in this account shall 

3 be available for the purchase of infant formula except in 

4 accordance with the cost containment and competitive bid5 ding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Pro6 vided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 

7 available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 

8 other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 

9 authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 

10 upon termination of a federally mandated vendor morato11 rium and subject to terms and conditions established by the 

12 Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 

13 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency. 

14 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nu16 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $69,163,287,000, 

17 of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through De18 cember 31, 2021, shall be placed in reserve for use only in 

19 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 

20 to carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro21 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 

22 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided further, 

23 That of the funds made available under this heading, 

24 $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education serv25 ices to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes par-
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1 ticipating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian 

2 Reservations: Provided further, That this appropriation 

3 shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re4 quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 

5 That funds made available for Employment and Training 

6 under this heading shall remain available through Sep7 tember 30, 2021: Provided further, That funds made avail8 able under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), 

9 and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

10 shall remain available through September 30, 2021: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds made available under 

12 this heading may be obligated or expended in contravention 

13 of section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

14 (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds made avail15 able under this heading may be used to enter into contracts 

16 and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to con17 duct activities related to program integrity provided that 

18 such activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition 

19 Act of 2008. 

20 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 

22 and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au23 thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 

24 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 

25 Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance for the nu-
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1 clear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 

2 the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 

3 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

4 Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri5 tion Act of 1966, $344,248,000, to remain available through 

6 September 30, 2021: Provided, That none of these funds 

7 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor8 poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 

9 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2020 to 

11 support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 

12 as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 

13 Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 

14 available through September 30, 2021: Provided further, 

15 That of the funds made available under section 27(a) of 

16 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), 

17 the Secretary may use up to 15 percent for costs associated 

18 with the distribution of commodities. 

19 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

20 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 

21 Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition 

22 assistance program, $160,891,000: Provided, That of the 

23 funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the pur24 poses of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as amended 

25 by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec6 retary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, 

7 $875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act 

8 to any agency in the Trade and Foreign Agricultural Af9 fairs mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

10 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office. 

11 OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex 

13 Alimentarius, $4,775,000, including not to exceed $40,000 

14 for official reception and representation expenses. 

15 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

19 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representation 

20 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

21 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

22 $217,920,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall remain 

23 available until September 30, 2021, for overseas operations 

24 to include the payment of locally employed staff: Provided, 

25 That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim-
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1 burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 

2 of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and 

3 institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the ag4 ricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 

5 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development: Provided fur7 ther, That funds made available for middle-income country 

8 training programs, funds made available for the Borlaug 

9 International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellow10 ship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricul11 tural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offset12 ting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 

13 subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Serv14 ice, shall remain available until expended. 

15 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

16 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

19 program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 

20 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, shall 

21 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

22 ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

23 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

24 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other25 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
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1 ing interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

2 Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connection with 

3 dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

4 $1,716,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

6 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

8 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

9 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $210,255,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 

11 Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa12 cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 

13 such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro14 vided herein: Provided further, That of the amount made 

15 available under this heading, not more than 10 percent, but 

16 not less than $15,000,000, shall remain available until ex17 pended to purchase agricultural commodities as described 

18 in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural 

19 Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 

20 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

21 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com24 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

25 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,381,000, to cover common over-
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1 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 

2 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 

3 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $6,063,000 

4 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

5 for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 

6 and of which $318,000 shall be transferred to and merged 

7 with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 

8 and Expenses’’. 

9 TITLE VI 

10 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

11 ADMINISTRATION 

12 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

13 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis16 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve17 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu18 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 

19 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 

20 this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 

21 of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to amounts appro22 priated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out 

23 the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st 

24 Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for miscellaneous 

25 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
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1 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

2 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 

3 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

4 107–188; $5,761,442,000: Provided, That of the amount 

5 provided under this heading, $1,074,714,000 shall be de6 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

7 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and re8 main available until expended; $220,142,000 shall be de9 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

10 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

11 available until expended; $513,223,000 shall be derived 

12 from human generic drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

13 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

14 available until expended; $41,923,000 shall be derived from 

15 biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 

16 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and 

17 remain available until expended; $30,611,000 shall be de18 rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

19 379j–12, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

20 available until expended; $20,151,000 shall be derived from 

21 generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

22 379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

23 available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 

24 from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

25 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
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1 available until expended: Provided further, That in addi2 tion to and notwithstanding any other provision under this 

3 heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 

4 medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, bio5 similar biological product user fees, animal drug user fees, 

6 and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed the re7 spective fiscal year 2020 limitations are appropriated and 

8 shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

9 expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip10 tion drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar 

11 biological product, animal drug, and generic new animal 

12 drug assessments for fiscal year 2020, including any such 

13 fees collected prior to fiscal year 2020 but credited for fiscal 

14 year 2020, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2020 limita15 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept pay16 ment during fiscal year 2020 of user fees specified under 

17 this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2021, prior to 

18 the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such fees 

19 assessed for fiscal year 2021 for which the Secretary accepts 

20 payment in fiscal year 2020 shall not be included in 

21 amounts under this heading: Provided further, That none 

22 of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate 

23 any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: 

24 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: 

25 (1) $1,081,356,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety 
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1 and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the 

2 Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 

3 $16,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood 

4 manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood; 

5 (2) $1,967,193,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua6 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

7 of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $419,302,000 shall be for the Cen8 ter for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related 

9 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 

10 $240,966,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine 

11 and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

12 Affairs; (5) $580,486,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 

13 and Radiological Health and for related field activities in 

14 the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $66,712,000 shall be 

15 for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

16 $661,739,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products 

17 and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

18 Affairs; (8) $189,634,000 shall be for Rent and Related ac19 tivities, of which $54,889,000 is for White Oak Consolida20 tion, other than the amounts paid to the General Services 

21 Administration for rent; (9) $239,382,000 shall be for pay22 ments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 

23 (10) $314,672,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

24 Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office 

25 of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and 
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1 Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Pol2 icy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Sci3 entist, and central services for these offices: Provided fur4 ther, That not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be 

5 for official reception and representation expenses, not other6 wise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Pro7 vided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to sec8 tion 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

9 (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made 

10 available under this heading for other activities: Provided 

11 further, That of the amounts that are made available under 

12 this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, and that are not derived 

13 from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and 

14 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health 

15 and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for 

16 oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and 

17 Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds oth18 erwise made available for oversight of the Food and Drug 

19 Administration: Provided further, That funds may be 

20 transferred from one specified activity to another with the 

21 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress. 

23 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 

24 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 

25 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 21 
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1 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food rein2 spection fees, and voluntary qualified importer program 

3 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing facility 

4 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription drug 

5 wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees author6 ized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider 

7 licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

8 360eee–3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 

9 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and medical countermeasure priority re10 view voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, 

11 and, contingent upon the enactment of the Over-the-Counter 

12 Monograph User Fee Act of 2019, fees relating to over-the13 counter monograph drugs authorized by part 10 of sub14 chapter C of Chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug and 

15 Cosmetic Act shall be credited to this account, to remain 

16 available until expended. 

17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

18 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten19 sion, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equip20 ment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Adminis21 tration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to re22 main available until expended. 
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1 FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de4 scribed under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 

5 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 

6 under the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $75,000,000, 

7 to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

8 amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated 

9 pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 

10 Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under sec11 tion 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by 

12 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation 

13 for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services Food and 

14 Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for the 

15 purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon 

16 a determination by the Commissioner that funds trans17 ferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary 

18 for the purposes provided, such amounts may be transferred 

19 back to the account: Provided further, That such transfer 

20 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

21 provided by law. 
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

2 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

3 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

4 Not to exceed $77,000,000 (from assessments collected 

5 from farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agri6 cultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during 

7 the current fiscal year for administrative expenses as au8 thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limita9 tion shall not apply to expenses associated with receiver10 ships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 

11 limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

13 TITLE VII 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

15 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 

17 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart18 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

19 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 

20 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

21 motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, 

22 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith23 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

24 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

25 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational 
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1 costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public 

2 safety. 

3 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

4 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 

5 balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act 

6 or any other available unobligated discretionary balances 

7 that are remaining available of the Department of Agri8 culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 

9 plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 

10 financial, administrative, and information technology serv11 ices of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 

12 of Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available 

13 until expended: Provided, That none of the funds made 

14 available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 

15 to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval 

16 of the agency administrator: Provided further, That none 

17 of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pur18 suant to this section shall be available for obligation with19 out written notification to and the prior approval of the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 

21 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by 

22 this Act or made available to the Department’s Working 

23 Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expendi24 ture to make any changes to the Department’s National Fi25 nance Center without written notification to and prior ap-
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1 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress as required by section 716 of this Act: Provided 

3 further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 

5 Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to ini6 tiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to re7 move or relocate any systems, missions, or functions of the 

8 offices of the Chief Financial Officer or any personnel from 

9 the National Finance Center prior to written notification 

10 to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 

11 of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the re12 quirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That 

13 the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices of the Chief Fi14 nancial Officer shall actively market to existing and new 

15 Departments and other government agencies National Fi16 nance Center shared services including, but not limited to, 

17 payroll, financial management, and human capital shared 

18 services and allow the National Finance Center to perform 

19 technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual in20 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the Depart21 ment of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in excess 

22 of the true costs of the shared services provided by the Na23 tional Finance Center and budgeted for the National Fi24 nance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 

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1 ment, including equipment for the improvement, delivery, 

2 and implementation of financial, administrative, and in3 formation technology services, and other systems of the Na4 tional Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraor5 dinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided fur6 ther, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available 

7 for obligation unless the Secretary submits written notifica8 tion of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations 

9 of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limi10 tations on the obligation of funds pending notification to 

11 Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obligation 

12 that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to re13 spond to a declared state of emergency that significantly 

14 impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; or 

15 to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to 

16 a safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance 

17 Center. 

18 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 

19 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

20 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

21 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

22 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

23 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

24 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu25 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 
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1 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange2 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 

3 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay4 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 

5 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 

6 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 

7 provided in this Act. 

8 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri9 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

10 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

11 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

12 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop13 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica14 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

15 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

16 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the De17 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 

18 new information technology systems or significant up19 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 

20 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi21 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech22 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith23 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap24 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

25 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 
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1 without written notification to and the prior approval of 

2 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con3 gress: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 

4 11319 of title 40, United States Code, none of the funds 

5 available to the Department of Agriculture for information 

6 technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other 

7 agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written ap8 proval by the Chief Information Officer: Provided further, 

9 That the Chief Information Officer may authorize an agen10 cy to obligate funds without written approval from the 

11 Chief Information Officer for projects, contracts, or other 

12 agreements up to $250,000 based upon the performance of 

13 an agency measured against the performance plan require14 ments described in the explanatory statement accom15 panying Public Law 113–235. 

16 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 

17 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 

18 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex19 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

20 year. 

21 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an 

23 insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Elec24 trification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility that 

25 is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under such 
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1 Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 313B(a) 

2 of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such 

3 Act. 

4 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

5 law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances 

6 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex7 penses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall remain 

8 available through September 30, 2021, for information tech9 nology expenses: Provided, That except as otherwise specifi10 cally provided by law, unobligated balances from appro11 priations made available for salaries and expenses in this 

12 Act for the Rural Development mission area shall remain 

13 available through September 30, 2021, for information tech14 nology expenses. 

15 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by this Act may be used for first-class travel 

17 by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in con18 travention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 

19 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

20 SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or 

21 amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

22 79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or 

23 subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which 

24 indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is au-
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1 thorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 

2 Commodity Credit Corporation— 

3 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and 

4 related administrative expenses, including technical 

5 assistance, associated with the implementation of the 

6 program, without regard to the limitation on the total 

7 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 

8 section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 

9 Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

10 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 

11 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

12 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

13 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained in 

14 such section. 

15 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 

16 more than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex17 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan18 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri19 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 

20 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 

21 awarded grants. 

22 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net24 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

25 and exchanging of pornography. 
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1 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

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

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

5 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 

6 14222 of Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this 

7 section referred to as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds 

8 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

9 other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

10 personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of the 

11 Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section re12 ferred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,331,784,000 (exclu13 sive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), 

14 as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod15 ities—$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; 

16 Removal of Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Adminis17 tration of Section 32 Commodity Purchases—$35,853,000: 

18 Provided, That of the total funds made available in the mat19 ter preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on Octo20 ber 1, 2020, such unobligated balances shall carryover into 

21 fiscal year 2021 and shall remain available until expended 

22 for any of the purposes of section 32, except that any such 

23 carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) of sec24 tion 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obli25 gated until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written 
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1 notification of the expenditures to the Committees on Ap2 propriations of both Houses of Congress at least two weeks 

3 in advance: Provided further, That, with the exception of 

4 any available carryover funds authorized in any prior ap5 propriations Act to be used for the purposes of clause (3) 

6 of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

8 pay the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart9 ment of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 

10 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

11 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

12 of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan13 guage as part of the President’s budget submission to the 

14 Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appro15 priations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Develop16 ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agen17 cies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 

18 previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been 

19 enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget unless 

20 such budget submission identifies which additional spend21 ing reductions should occur in the event the user fees pro22 posals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening 

23 of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2021 appro24 priations Act. 
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1 SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

2 or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

3 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

4 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 

5 accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

6 available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail7 able for obligation or expenditure through a reprogram8 ming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized 

9 by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 

10 Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by sec11 tion 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act 

12 of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89– 

13 106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

14 (1) creates new programs; 

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

16 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

17 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

18 denied or restricted; 

19 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

20 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 

21 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

22 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

23 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary of 

24 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

25 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

2 in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use 

3 of such authority. 

4 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

5 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

6 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

7 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

8 in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 

9 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 

10 obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or 

11 projects through a reprogramming or use of the authorities 

12 referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess of 

13 $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

14 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac15 tivities; 

16 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist17 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per18 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

19 (3) results from any general savings from a re20 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

21 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap22 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri23 culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv24 ices (as the case may be) notifies in writing and re25 ceives approval from the Committees on Appropria-
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1 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in 

2 advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 

3 funds or the use of such authority. 

4 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

5 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

6 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 both Houses of Congress before implementing any program 

8 or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year 

9 unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or spe10 cifically funded by any other Act. 

11 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

12 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

13 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

14 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

15 in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees available 

16 to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for— 

17 (1) modifying major capital investments funding 

18 levels, including information technology systems, that 

19 involves increasing or decreasing funds in the current 

20 fiscal year for the individual investment in excess of 

21 $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is 

22 less; 

23 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 

24 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 
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1 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 

2 with five or more personnel; or 

3 (3) carrying out activities or functions that were 

4 not described in the budget request; unless the agencies 

5 funded by this Act notify, in writing, the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 

7 30 days in advance of using the funds for these pur8 poses. 

9 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

10 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the 

11 Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from the 

12 Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

13 written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the no14 tification as required in this section. 

15 SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

16 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

17 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any 

18 guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount that 

19 does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal por20 tion of the loan. 

21 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food 

23 and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Administra24 tion shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available 

25 reports, questions, or responses to questions that are a result 
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1 of information requested for the appropriations hearing 

2 process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Depart3 ment of Health and Human Services, or non-Farm Credit 

4 Administration employee. 

5 SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, 

6 none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an 

7 executive branch agency to produce any prepackaged news 

8 story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 

9 States unless the story includes a clear notification within 

10 the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 

11 prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that ex12 ecutive branch agency. 

13 SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agri14 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 

15 funded by this Act or any other Act to any other agency 

16 or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a 

17 fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency or of18 fice is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 

19 for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period 

20 of assignment. 

21 SEC. 721. Not later than 30 days after the date of en22 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Com23 missioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and the 

24 Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall submit 

25 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
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1 gress a detailed spending plan by program, project, and ac2 tivity for all the funds made available under this Act in3 cluding appropriated user fees, as defined in the report ac4 companying this Act. 

5 SEC. 722. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

6 made available for the supplemental nutrition program as 

7 authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

8 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $800,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

9 SEC. 723. The Secretary shall continue an inter10 mediary loan packaging program based on the pilot pro11 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re12 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec13 retary shall continue agreements with current intermediary 

14 organizations and with additional qualified intermediary 

15 organizations. The Secretary shall work with these organi16 zations to increase effectiveness of the section 502 single 

17 family direct loan program in rural communities and shall 

18 set aside and make available from the national reserve sec19 tion 502 loans an amount necessary to support the work 

20 of such intermediaries and provide a priority for review 

21 of such loans. 

22 SEC. 724. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

23 require budget authority and the program level has been 

24 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

25 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran-
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1 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior to 

2 the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary 

3 notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

4 both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in advance. 

5 SEC. 725. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

6 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec7 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

8 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria9 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) shall 

10 be available for obligation without written notification to, 

11 and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropria12 tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 

13 or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation 

14 only for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment nec15 essary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and in16 formation technology services, including cloud adoption and 

17 migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Depart18 ment of Agriculture. 

19 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

21 ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanc22 ing Retailer Standards in the Supplemental Nutrition As23 sistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department 

24 of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 

25 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture 
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1 amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de fined in 

2 section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula3 tions, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term 

4 ‘‘staple food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code 

5 of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items that 

6 qualify as acceptable varieties in each staple food category 

7 so that the total number of such items in each staple food 

8 category exceeds the number of such items in each staple 

9 food category included in the final rule as published on De10 cember 15, 2016: Provided, That until the Secretary pro11 mulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall 

12 apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties and 

13 breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro14 gram retailers that were in effect on the day before the date 

15 of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public 

16 Law 113–79). 

17 SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act or any other Act may be used— 

19 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agri20 cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the 

21 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 

22 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; or 

23 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

24 sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 

25 grown or cultivated in accordance with subsection sec-
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1 tion 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or Subtitle 

2 G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within 

3 or outside the State in which the hemp is grown or 

4 cultivated. 

5 SEC. 728. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 

6 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary 

7 of Agriculture shall have the same authority with respect 

8 to loans guaranteed under such section and eligible lenders 

9 for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) 

10 and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with 

11 respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and eli12 gible lenders for such loans. 

13 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any 

15 rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing or 

16 requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

17 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological product 

18 subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

19 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to 

20 such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) 

21 unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or re22 quire such distribution. 

23 SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl25 edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for investiga-
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1 tional use of a drug or biological product under section 

2 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 

3 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 

4 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which a 

5 human embryo is intentionally created or modified to in6 clude a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission 

7 shall be deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, 

8 and the exemption may not go into effect. 

9 SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this 

10 or any other Act may be used to carry out the final rule 

11 promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration and 

12 put into effect November 16, 2015, in regards to the hazard 

13 analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements of 

14 the current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, 

15 and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals rule 

16 with respect to the regulation of the production, distribu17 tion, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of the 

18 alcoholic beverage production process. 

19 SEC. 732. There is hereby appropriated $10,000,000, 

20 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 

21 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

22 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may 

23 allow eligible entities, or comparable entities that provide 

24 energy efficiency services using their own billing mecha25 nism to offer loans to customers in any part of their service 
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1 territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured hous2 ing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if re3 placement would be more cost effective in saving energy. 

4 SEC. 733. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

5 (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates 

6 the following factors in the country or region being 

7 audited, as applicable— 

8 (A) veterinary control and oversight; 

9 (B) disease history and vaccination prac10 tices; 

11 (C) livestock demographics and traceability; 

12 (D) epidemiological separation from poten13 tial sources of infection; 

14 (E) surveillance practices; 

15 (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

16 (G) emergency preparedness and response; 

17 and 

18 (2) promptly make publicly available the final 

19 reports of any audits or reviews conducted pursuant 

20 to subsection (1). 

21 (b) This section shall be applied in a manner con22 sistent with United States obligations under its inter23 national trade agreements. 

24 SEC. 734. No food that bears or contains partially hy25 drogenated oils (as defined in the order published by the 
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1 Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Register on 

2 June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 34650 et seq.)) shall be consid3 ered to be adulterated within the meaning of subsection 

4 (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C)(i) of section 402 of the Federal Food, 

5 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)) because such 

6 food contains such partially hydrogenated oils until the ap7 plicable compliance dates specified by FDA in the Federal 

8 Register on May 21, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 23358 et seq.). 

9 SEC. 735. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility 

10 shall be transferred without reimbursement from the Sec11 retary of Homeland Security to the Secretary of Agri12 culture. 

13 SEC. 736. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for 

14 the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that provides 

15 forestry inventory analysis, forest management and eco16 nomic outcomes modelling for certain currently enrolled 

17 Conservation Reserve Program participants. The Secretary 

18 shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation to enter into 

19 agreements with and provide grants to qualified non-profit 

20 organizations dedicated to conservation, forestry and wild21 life habitats, that also have experience in conducting accu22 rate forest inventory analysis through the use of advanced, 

23 cost-effective technology. The Secretary shall focus the anal24 ysis on lands enrolled for at least eight years and located 

25 in areas with a substantial concentration of acres enrolled 
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1 under conservation practices devoted to multiple bottom2 land hardwood tree species including CP03, CP03A, CP11, 

3 CP22, CP31 and CP40. 

4 SEC. 737. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

5 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

6 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to re7 main available until expended, to implement non-renewable 

8 agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural 

9 lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 

10 Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

11 SEC. 738. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to 

12 carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

13 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 

15 expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 3 

16 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal 

17 of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs and cats 

18 for use in research, experiments, teaching, or testing. 

19 SEC. 740. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 

20 this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis21 posal, and solid waste management programs authorized by 

22 sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the 

23 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

24 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 

25 alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or 
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1 wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 

2 used in the project are produced in the United States. 

3 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 

4 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

5 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

6 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 

7 clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 

8 precast concrete, and construction materials. 

9 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat10 egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this 

11 section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of 

12 the Secretary finds that— 

13 (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 

14 with the public interest; 

15 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

16 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail17 able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or 

18 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 

19 in the United States will increase the cost of the over20 all project by more than 25 percent. 

21 (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 

22 for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 

23 shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 

24 copy of the request and information available to the Sec25 retary or the designee concerning the request, and shall 
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1 allow for informal public input on the request for at least 

2 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. 

3 The Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 

4 accompanying information available by electronic means, 

5 including on the official public Internet Web site of the De6 partment. 

7 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con8 sistent with United States obligations under international 

9 agreements. 

10 (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 

11 the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 

12 Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac13 count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub14 section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require15 ments of this section. 

16 (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 

17 project for which the engineering plans and specifications 

18 include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 

19 by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re20 ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 

21 date of enactment of this Act. 

22 (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 

23 States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, 

24 the District of Columbia, and each federally recognized In25 dian tribe. 
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1 SEC. 741. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco2 nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 

3 2020, an amount of funds made available in title III under 

4 the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 

5 Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural 

6 Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities 

7 Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural 

8 Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural 

9 Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the 

10 amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds 

11 provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year 

12 any such funds were obligated under such headings for 

13 REAP Zones. 

14 SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 

15 remain available until expended, for a pilot program for 

16 the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit orga17 nizations and public housing authorities to provide tech18 nical assistance, including financial and legal services, to 

19 RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the ac20 quisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas 

21 where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 

22 housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 

23 housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to 

24 keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing pro25 gram for a period of time as determined by the Secretary. 
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1 SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

3 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

4 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu5 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

6 1913. 

7 SEC. 744. In response to an eligible community where 

8 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural 

9 disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought 

10 or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water 

11 through the Emergency Community Water Assistance 

12 Grant Program for an additional period of time not to ex13 ceed 120 days beyond the established period provided under 

14 the Program in order to protect public health. 

15 SEC. 745. Of the total amounts made available by this 

16 Act for direct loans and grants in the following headings: 

17 ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

18 Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mutual and 

19 Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service— 

20 Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Serv21 ice—Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’; 

22 ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Business Pro23 gram Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 

24 Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account’’; 

25 ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative 
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1 Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural 

2 Water and Waste Disposal Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Util3 ities Service—Rural Electrification and Telecommuni4 cations Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities 

5 Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband 

6 Program’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 per7 cent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in per8 sistent poverty counties under this section, including, not9 withstanding any other provision regarding population 

10 limits, any county seat of such a persistent poverty county 

11 that has a population that does not exceed the authorized 

12 population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, That 

13 for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 

14 counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or 

15 more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 

16 years, as measured by the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial 

17 censuses, and 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5- 

18 year average: Provided further, That with respect to specific 

19 activities for which program levels have been made avail20 able by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 

21 the requirements of this section shall be applied to such pro22 gram level. 

23 SEC. 746. In addition to any other funds made avail24 able in this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated 

25 $5,000,000 to carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard B. 
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1 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to 

2 remain available until expended. 

3 SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 

4 remain available until September 30, 2021, for the cost of 

5 loans and grants that is consistent with section 4206 of the 

6 Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Sec7 retary to support projects that provide access to healthy food 

8 in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, 

9 and to revitalize low-income communities. 

10 SEC. 748. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and 

11 Plant Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 

12 $8,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 

13 for one-time control and management and associated activi14 ties directly related to the multiple-agency response to citrus 

15 greening. 

16 SEC. 749. None of the funds made available by this 

17 or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule pro18 mulgated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled 

19 ‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 

20 Holding of Produce for Human Consumption,’’ and pub21 lished on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation 

22 of the production, distribution, sale, or receipt of grape 

23 varietals that are grown, harvested and used solely for wine 

24 and receive commercial processing that adequately reduces 
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1 the presence of microorganisms of public health signifi2 cance. 

3 SEC. 750. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 

4 remain available until September 30, 2021, for a pilot pro5 gram for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 

6 to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs 

7 and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 

8 opportunities for military veterans. 

9 SEC. 751. For school year 2019–2020, none of the 

10 funds made available by this Act may be used to implement 

11 or enforce the matter following the first comma in the sec12 ond sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, 

13 Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to the substitution 

14 of vegetables for fruits under the school breakfast program 

15 established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

16 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 

17 SEC. 752. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

18 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

19 issue a final rule based on the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Na20 tional Organic Program; Origin of Livestock,’’ published in 

21 the Federal Register on April 28, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 

22 23455): Provided, That the final rule shall incorporate pub23 lic comments submitted in response to the proposed rule. 

24 SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 

25 to remain available until expended, to carry out section 
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1 12513 of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Secretary 

2 shall take measures to ensure an equal distribution of funds 

3 between the three regional innovation initiatives. 

4 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to 

5 remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 

6 section 2103 of Public Law 115–334. 

7 SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 

8 remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out 

9 section 4208 of Public Law 115–334. 

10 SEC. 756. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to 

11 carry out section 4206 of Public Law 115–334. 

12 SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, 

13 for an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health and 

14 Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Build15 ings and Facilities’’ to remain available until expended and 

16 in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such 

17 purposes, for necessary expenses of plans, construction, re18 pair, improvement, extension, alteration, demolition and 

19 purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by FDA. 

20 SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to 

21 carry out section 6424 of Public Law 115–334. 

22 SEC. 759. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

23 made available to carry out section 749 of Division A of 

24 Public Law 115–31 and section 739 of Division A of Public 

25 Law 115–141, $15,073,000 are rescinded. 
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1 SEC. 760. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

2 available by this or any other Act, there is hereby appro3 priated $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

4 under the heading ‘‘Rural Water Technical Assistance 

5 Grant Program Account’’ for the cost of a pilot program 

6 in coordination with a regional research university consor7 tium for research and direct services to address challenges 

8 facing traditional rural wastewater systems needs: Pro9 vided, That the pilot should address the wastewater needs 

10 of historically impoverished communities that have had dif11 ficult soil conditions for traditional wastewater treatment 

12 systems. 

13 SEC. 761. (a) Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrifica14 tion Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be 

15 applied for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter 

16 until the specified funding has been expended as if the fol17 lowing were inserted after the final period in subsection 

18 (b)(2): ‘‘In addition, the Secretary shall use $425,000,000 

19 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2019 

20 for an additional amount for the same purpose and under 

21 the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated by 

22 Sec. 779 of Public Law 115–141 and shall use $128,000,000 

23 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 

24 for an additional amount for the same purpose and under 

25 the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated for 
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1 water and waste disposal grants under section 306(a)(2) 

2 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.’’: 

3 Provided, That any use of such funds shall be treated as 

4 a reprogramming of funds under section 716 of this Act. 

5 (b) Section 762(b) of division B of Public Law 116– 

6 6 shall no longer apply. 

7 SEC. 762. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

8 available by this or any other Act, there is hereby appro9 priated $9,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

10 under the heading ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agri11 culture—Research and Education Activities’’ and 

12 $15,500,000, to remain available until expended, under the 

13 heading ‘‘Economic Research Service’’ for salaries and ex14 penses, including for relocation expenses, the costs of alter15 ation and repair of leased buildings and improvements pur16 suant to 7 U.S.C. 2250, and other transition costs, for the 

17 relocation of employees and certain operations to the Kan18 sas City metropolitan area, as directed by the decision of 

19 the Secretary of Agriculture dated June 13, 2019. 

20 SEC. 763. No food containing genetically engineered 

21 salmon shall be permitted to be introduced, or delivered for 

22 introduction, into interstate commerce until the conclusion 

23 and transmittal to Congress of a consumer study of the effi24 cacy of the Department of Agriculture’s National Bioengi25 neered Food Disclosure Standard for informing consumers 
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1 of the genetically engineered content of salmon products, as 

2 set forth in 21 CFR 528.1092: Provided, That the study 

3 shall be performed by a commission constituted jointly by 

4 the United States Department of Agriculture and the Food 

5 and Drug Administration under the Federal Advisory Com6 mittee Act and shall commence no later than 180 days after 

7 the enactment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 764. (a) Title I of the Additional Supplemental 

9 Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 

10 116–20) is amended in the matter under the heading ‘‘De11 partment of Agriculture—Office of the Secretary’’ by insert12 ing ‘‘to cooperative processors for reduced quantity and 

13 quality sugar beets,’’ after ‘‘planting in 2019,’’: Provided, 

14 That amounts repurposed under this section that were pre15 viously designated by the Congress as an emergency require16 ment pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def17 icit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 

18 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

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

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be available only if 

21 the President subsequently so designates all such amounts 

22 and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

23 (b) This section shall become effective immediately 

24 upon enactment of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 765. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per3 sonnel— 

4 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed5 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

6 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

7 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

8 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

9 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

10 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

11 regulation). 

12 SEC. 766. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition 

13 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘for a period’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2018’’ and in15 serting ‘‘prior to December 31, 2020’’. 

16 SEC. 767. Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

17 this Act, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Adminis18 tration shall issue a request for information to determine 

19 the next steps that will address the recent pulmonary ill20 nesses reported to be associated with the use of e-cigarettes 

21 and vaping products. As part of such request for informa22 tion, the Commissioner shall request public comment on 

23 product design and how to prevent consumers from modi24 fying or adding any substances to these products that are 

25 not intended by the manufacturer: Provided, That the Food 
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1 and Drug Administration shall provide an update to the 

2 Committee on Appropriations on a quarterly basis. 

3 REPORT ON FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS REACHING

4 UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS

5 SEC. 768. The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct 

6 a study on the challenges that the food distribution program 

7 on Indian reservations established under section 4(b) of the 

8 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) and 

9 other food distribution programs administered by the Sec10 retary of Agriculture face in reaching underserved popu11 lations, with an emphasis on the homebound and the elder12 ly, to better capture data on the population of people unable 

13 to physically travel to a distribution location for food. 

14 SEC. 769. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag16 riculture shall submit to Congress a report that describes 

17 the economic and environmental impacts of importing or18 chids in growing media. 

19 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

20 shall include— 

21 (1) a description of— 

22 (A) the economic impact of importing or23 chids in growing media on a State-by-State 

24 basis, with data collected from local growers; and 

25 (B) any incidents of pests detected on or26 chids imported with growing media; and 
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1 (2) an analysis with respect to the additional re2 sources that are necessary to prevent and mitigate the 

3 introduction of pests resulting from importing orchids 

4 in growing media. 

5 SEC. 770. (a) There is appropriated $3,000,000 to 

6 carry out section 1673(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Con7 servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5926(d)). 

8 (b) The amount made available under the heading 

9 ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY’’ in title I for necessary ex10 penses of the Office of the Secretary shall be reduced by 

11 $3,000,000, which shall be derived by reducing the amount 

12 provided under that heading for Departmental Administra13 tion by $3,000,000. 

14 SEC. 771. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this Act, the amount made available under the heading ‘‘EX16 TENSION ACTIVITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL INSTI17 TUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE’’ under the heading 

18 ‘‘AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be in19 creased by $5,000,000, which shall be used by increasing 

20 by that amount the amount specified for the Farm and 

21 Ranch Stress Assistance Network in the table titled ‘‘Na22 tional Institute of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activi23 ties’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

24 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

25 the amount made available for the Office of the Chief Fi-
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1 nancial Officer under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

2 FINANCIAL OFFICER’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRICUL3 TURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be reduced by 

4 $5,000,000. 

5 SEC. 772. (a) There is appropriated $5,000,000 to 

6 carry out section 1450 of the National Agricultural Re7 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

8 U.S.C. 3222e). 

9 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

10 the amount provided under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE

11 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI12 CULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be reduced by 

13 $5,000,000. 

14 SEC. 773. In providing assistance under title V of the 

15 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) using amounts 

16 made available under title III, the Secretary of Agriculture 

17 shall prioritize the maintenance needs for rural housing fa18 cilities and staff needs, which shall include prioritizing— 

19 (1) oversight of aging rental housing program 

20 properties with capital repair needs; 

21 (2) the needs of staff overseeing the Rural Hous22 ing Service and field staff conducting housing inspec23 tions; and 

24 (3) enforcement against property owners when 

25 those owners fail to make necessary repairs. 
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1 SEC. 774. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this Act, the amount appropriated under this Act to the 

3 Rural Utilities Service under the heading ‘‘DISTANCE

4 LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM’’ for 

5 grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 

6 rural areas shall be increased by $1,000,000. 

7 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

8 the amount appropriated under this Act to the Department 

9 of Agriculture under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE BUILD10 INGS AND FACILITIES’’ shall be reduced by $1,000,000. 

11 SEC. 775. (a) There is appropriated $3,000,000 to 

12 carry out the emergency and transitional pet shelter and 

13 housing assistance grant program established under section 

14 12502(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 

15 U.S.C. 20127). 

16 (b) The amount made available under the heading 

17 ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY’’ in title I for necessary ex18 penses of the Office of the Secretary shall be reduced by 

19 $3,000,000, which shall be derived by reducing the amount 

20 provided under that heading for Departmental Administra21 tion by $3,000,000. 

22 SEC. 776. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 this Act, the amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘SAL24 ARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘ANIMAL AND

25 PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE’’ in title I shall be 
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1 increased by $1,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended, which shall be for surveillance, testing, prevention, 

3 and research relating to Eastern equine encephalitis in im4 pacted States. 

5 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

6 the amount appropriated under this Act to the Department 

7 of Agriculture under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE CHIEF

8 FINANCIAL OFFICER’’ shall be reduced by $1,000,000. 

9 SEC. 777. (a) There is appropriated $5,000,000 to 

10 carry out section 222 of the Department of Agriculture Re11 organization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923). 

12 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

13 the amount provided under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI15 CULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be reduced by 

16 $6,000,000. 

17 SEC. 778. (a) There is appropriated $2,000,000 to 

18 carry out section 30 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

19 (7 U.S.C. 2036d). 

20 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

21 the amount provided under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI23 CULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be reduced by 

24 $2,000,000. 
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 

2 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

4 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE5 RIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 

6 AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

7 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

8 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

9 Department of the Interior, environment, and related agen10 cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for 

11 other purposes, namely: 

12 TITLE I 

13 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

14 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

15 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

16 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve17 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classifica18 tion, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, 

19 and performance of other functions, including maintenance 

20 of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of 

21 lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bu22 reau of Land Management, including the general adminis23 tration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential 

24 of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 

25 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,250,274,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended: Provided, That amounts in the 

2 fee account of the BLM Permit Processing Improvement 

3 Fund may be used for any bureau-related expenses associ4 ated with the processing of oil and gas applications for per5 mits to drill and related use authorizations. 

6 In addition, $40,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis7 tration program operations, including the cost of admin8 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 

9 until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the 

10 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 

11 claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 

12 authorized for fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final 

13 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,250,274,000, 

14 and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 

15 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 

16 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 

17 LAND ACQUISITION

18 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

19 For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, 

20 and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administra21 tive expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests 

22 therein, $28,800,000, to be derived from the Land and 

23 Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until 

24 expended. 
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1 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail2 able for Land Acquisition and derived from the Land and 

3 Water Conservation Fund, $2,367,000 is hereby perma4 nently rescinded from projects with cost savings or failed 

5 or partially failed projects: Provided, That no amounts may 

6 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con7 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concur8 rent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

11 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

12 and development of resources and for construction, oper13 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

14 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

15 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 

16 and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adja17 cent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests 

18 therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent 

19 to such grant lands; $106,985,000, to remain available until 

20 expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 

21 receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Or22 egon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made 

23 a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant 

24 fund and shall be transferred to the General Fund in the 

25 Treasury in accordance with the second paragraph of sub-
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1 section (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 

2 U.S.C. 2605). 

3 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

4 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands 

5 and interests therein, and improvement of Federal range6 lands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy 

7 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwith8 standing any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent of all 

9 moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 

10 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) 

11 and the amount designated for range improvements from 

12 grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead13 Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior 

14 pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 

16 $600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 

17 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

18 For administrative expenses and other costs related to 

19 processing application documents and other authorizations 

20 for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs 

21 of providing copies of official public land documents, for 

22 monitoring construction, operation, and termination of fa23 cilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for re24 habilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 

25 collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 
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1 and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 

2 185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

3 notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 

4 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any 

5 moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that 

6 section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or set7 tlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 

8 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available 

9 and may be expended under the authority of this Act by 

10 the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public 

11 lands administered through the Bureau of Land Manage12 ment which have been damaged by the action of a resource 

13 developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized per14 son, without regard to whether all moneys collected from 

15 each such action are used on the exact lands damaged which 

16 led to the action: Provided further, That any such moneys 

17 that are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to 

18 the exact land for which funds were collected may be used 

19 to repair other damaged public lands. 

20 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

21 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

22 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

23 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Public 

24 Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as may 

25 be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, appraisals, 
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1 and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under sec2 tion 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain 

3 available until expended. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 

6 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, con7 tracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable 

8 agreements with public and private entities, including with 

9 States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for 

10 purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary struc11 tures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary build12 ings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States 

13 has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 

14 of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning vio15 lations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous 

16 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized 

17 or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 

18 on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Pro19 vided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 

20 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and 

21 partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 

22 printing services from cooperators in connection with joint23 ly produced publications for which the cooperators share the 

24 cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau 

25 determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
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1 quality standards: Provided further, That projects to be 

2 funded pursuant to a written commitment by a State gov3 ernment to provide an identified amount of money in sup4 port of the project may be carried out by the Bureau on 

5 a reimbursable basis. Appropriations herein made shall not 

6 be available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild 

7 horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contrac8 tors or for the sale of wild horses and burros that results 

9 in their destruction for processing into commercial prod10 ucts. 

11 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

12 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

13 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

14 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 

15 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 

16 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

17 resources, $1,357,182,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2021, of which $4,088,000 shall be for activities 

19 under section 5(d)(2) of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act 

20 (Public Law 106–506; 114 Stat. 2353; 130 Stat. 1786): 

21 Provided, That not to exceed $18,318,000 shall be used for 

22 implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 

23 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) 

24 (except for processing petitions, developing and issuing pro25 posed and final regulations, and taking any other steps to 
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1 implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 

2 (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)). 

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re5 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con6 servation, management, investigation, protection, and utili7 zation of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 

8 of lands and interests therein; $43,226,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 LAND ACQUISITION

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 

13 title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex14 penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 

15 therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 

16 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $58,770,000, 

17 to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

18 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

19 none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition 

20 projects may be used to pay for any administrative over21 head, planning or other management costs. 

22 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail23 able for the Fish and Wildlife Service and derived from the 

24 Land and Water Conservation Fund, $3,628,000 is hereby 

25 permanently rescinded from projects with cost savings or 
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1 failed or partially failed projects: Provided further, That 

2 no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des3 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur4 suant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

6 1985. 

7 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

10 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 

11 $53,495,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

12 $22,695,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan13 gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which $30,800,000 

14 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

15 Fund. 

16 Of the unobligated balances made available from the 

17 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, 

18 $18,771,000 is permanently rescinded from projects or from 

19 other grant programs with an unobligated carry over bal20 ance: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

21 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer22 gency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution 

23 on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def24 icit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

2 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 

3 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 

4 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

5 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 

6 the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 

7 4401 et seq.), $44,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended. 

9 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

10 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 

11 Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), 

12 $4,910,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

14 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele15 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian 

16 Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), 

17 the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 

18 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Conservation Act of 

19 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine Turtle Con20 servation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $12,800,000, 

21 to remain available until expended. 

22 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

23 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

24 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 

25 Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
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1 Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish 

2 and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordi3 nation Act, for the development and implementation of pro4 grams for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 

5 species that are not hunted or fished, $65,171,000, to re6 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

7 amount provided herein, $4,809,000 is for a competitive 

8 grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remain9 ing provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 

10 $6,362,000 is for a competitive grant program to implement 

11 approved plans for States, territories, and other jurisdic12 tions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 

13 Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 

14 remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided fur15 ther, That the Secretary shall, after deducting $10,571,000 

16 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount pro17 vided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District 

18 of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each 

19 a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; 

20 and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir21 gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar22 iana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 

23 of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary 

24 shall apportion the remaining amount in the following 

25 manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to 
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1 which the land area of such State bears to the total land 

2 area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based 

3 on the ratio to which the population of such State bears 

4 to the total population of all such States: Provided further, 

5 That the amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall 

6 be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned 

7 a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 

8 for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year 

9 or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 

10 That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 

11 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Federal 

12 share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent 

13 of the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That 

14 the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 

15 from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any 

16 amount apportioned in 2020 to any State, territory, or 

17 other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of September 

18 30, 2021, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appro19 priated in 2022, in the manner provided herein. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

22 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 

23 carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex24 penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and re25 imbursable agreements with public and private entities. Ap-
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1 propriations and funds available to the United States Fish 

2 and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage 

3 to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas 

4 caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase 

5 of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities inci6 dent to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 

7 as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the 

8 maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and 

9 other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to 

10 which the United States has title, and which are used pur11 suant to law in connection with management, and inves12 tigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That not13 withstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooper14 ative cost sharing and partnership arrangements author15 ized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 

16 connection with jointly produced publications for which the 

17 cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either 

18 in cash or services and the Service determines the coop19 erator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 

20 Provided further, That the Service may accept donated air21 craft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, 

22 That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for 

23 non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited under 

24 the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Re25 source Management’’ and shall be available to the Sec-
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1 retary, without further appropriation, to be used for ex2 penses of processing of such non-toxic shot type or coating 

3 applications and revising regulations as necessary, and 

4 shall remain available until expended. 

5 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

6 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

7 For expenses necessary for the management, operation, 

8 and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by 

9 the National Park Service and for the general administra10 tion of the National Park Service, $2,564,597,000, of which 

11 $10,032,000 shall be for planning and interagency coordi12 nation in support of Everglades restoration and 

13 $135,980,000 shall be for maintenance, repair, or rehabili14 tation projects for constructed assets and $153,575,000 for 

15 cyclic maintenance projects for constructed assets and cul16 tural resources shall remain available until September 30, 

17 2021: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head18 ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 5 

19 of Public Law 95–348: Provided further, That notwith20 standing section 9(a) of the United States 

21 Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 

22 114–196; 130 Stat. 691), $3,300,000 of the funds made 

23 available under this heading shall be provided to the organi24 zation selected under section 9(b) of that Act for expenditure 

25 by the United States Semiquincentennial Commission in 
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1 accordance with that Act: Provided further, That, of the 

2 funds made available under this heading, $3,576,000 shall 

3 be made available for the Partnership Wild and Scenic Riv4 ers program and similarly managed rivers: Provided fur5 ther, That, notwithstanding sections 7(b), 8, and 9 of the 

6 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act 

7 (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public Law 115–102), of the 

8 amount made available under this heading, $500,000 shall 

9 be provided to the 400 Years of African-American History 

10 Commission for expenditure on activities authorized by that 

11 Act through July 1, 2021. 

12 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

13 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro14 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage part15 nership programs, environmental compliance and review, 

16 international park affairs, and grant administration, not 

17 otherwise provided for, $68,084,000. 

18 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

19 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 

20 Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 

21 54, United States Code), $113,160,000, to be derived from 

22 the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2020, of which $14,000,000 shall be for 

24 Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation of na25 tional significant sites, structures and artifacts as author-
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1 ized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage2 ment Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an indi3 vidual Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by 

4 non-Federal funds: Provided further, That individual 

5 projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Provided fur6 ther, That all projects to be funded shall be approved by 

7 the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House 

8 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur9 ther, That of the funds provided for the Historic Preserva10 tion Fund, $750,000 is for competitive grants for the survey 

11 and nomination of properties to the National Register of 

12 Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks asso13 ciated with communities currently under-represented, as de14 termined by the Secretary, $16,250,000 is for competitive 

15 grants to preserve the sites and stories of the Civil Rights 

16 movement, $9,000,000 is for grants to Historically Black 

17 Colleges and Universities, and $7,500,000 is for competitive 

18 grants for the restoration of historic properties of national, 

19 State and local significance listed on or eligible for inclu20 sion on the National Register of Historic Places, to be made 

21 without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of 

22 section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National His23 torical Preservation Act: Provided further, That such com24 petitive grants shall be made without imposing the match25 ing requirements in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United 
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1 States Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined in chap2 ter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local 

3 governments, including Certified Local Governments, and 

4 non-profit organizations. 

5 CONSTRUCTION

6 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace7 ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 

8 for programs and areas administered by the National Park 

9 Service, $392,185,000, to remain available until expended: 

10 Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2020 with 

12 a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5- 

13 Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement 

14 may be issued which includes the full scope of the project: 

15 Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 

16 contain the clause availability of funds found at 48 CFR 

17 52.232–18: Provided further, That National Park Service 

18 Donations, Park Concessions Franchise Fees, and Recre19 ation Fees may be made available for the cost of adjust20 ments and changes within the original scope of effort for 

21 projects funded by the National Park Service Construction 

22 appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 

23 Interior shall consult with the Committees on Appropria24 tions, in accordance with current reprogramming thresh-
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1 olds, prior to making any charges authorized by this sec2 tion. 

3 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of 

6 title 54, United States Code, including administrative ex7 penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest 

8 therein, in accordance with the statutory authority applica9 ble to the National Park Service, $199,899,000, to be de10 rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

11 to remain available until expended, of which $140,000,000 

12 is for the State assistance program and of which 

13 $10,000,000 shall be for the American Battlefield Protection 

14 Program grants as authorized by chapter 3081 of title 54, 

15 United States Code. 

16 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail17 able for the National Park Service and derived from the 

18 Land and Water Conservation Fund, $2,279,000 is hereby 

19 permanently rescinded from projects or from other grant 

20 programs with an unobligated carry over balance: Pro21 vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

22 that were designed by the Congress as an emergency require23 ment pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 

24 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

25 of 1985. 
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1 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 

3 section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to 

4 challenge cost share agreements, $20,000,000, to remain 

5 available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects 

6 and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 percent of 

7 the total cost of each project or program shall be derived 

8 from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, as9 sets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 

10 letter of credit. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 In addition to other uses set forth in section 

14 101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees 

15 credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure 

16 by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at 

17 any unit within the National Park System to extinguish 

18 or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold sur19 render interest. Such funds may only be used for this pur20 pose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated fran21 chise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 

22 exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce li23 ability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be cred24 ited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period 

25 not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting 
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1 unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or 

2 reduce liability. 

3 For the costs of administration of the Land and Water 

4 Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

5 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 

6 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 

7 may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au8 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

9 amounts to remain available until expended. 

10 National Park Service funds may be transferred to the 

11 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 

12 Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 

13 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount for 

14 FHWA administrative support costs. 

15 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

16 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

17 For expenses necessary for the United States Geological 

18 Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research cov19 ering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the min20 eral and water resources of the United States, its territories 

21 and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 

22 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their mineral and 

23 water resources; give engineering supervision to power per24 mittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licens25 ees; administer the minerals exploration program (30 
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1 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 

2 affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 

3 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related 

4 purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and dissemi5 nate data relative to the foregoing activities; 

6 $1,209,601,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2021; of which $79,337,000 shall remain available until ex8 pended for satellite operations; and of which $71,164,000 

9 shall be available until expended for deferred maintenance 

10 and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 

11 cost: Provided, That none of the funds provided for the eco12 system research activity shall be used to conduct new sur13 veys on private property, unless specifically authorized in 

14 writing by the property owner: Provided further, That no 

15 part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more than 

16 one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water resources 

17 data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation 

18 with States and municipalities. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

21 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 

22 necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur23 nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo24 physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra25 tively determined that such procedures are in the public in-
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1 terest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings 

2 and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 

3 stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses 

4 of the United States National Committee for Geological 

5 Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of 

6 persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to represent 

7 the United States in the negotiation and administration 

8 of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by 

9 appropriations herein made may be accomplished through 

10 the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as 

11 defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro12 vided further, That the United States Geological Survey 

13 may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly 

14 with individuals or indirectly with institutions or non15 profit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for 

16 the temporary or intermittent services of students or recent 

17 graduates, who shall be considered employees for the pur18 pose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, 

19 relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and 

20 chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 

21 claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees 

22 for any other purposes. 
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1 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

2 OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

3 For expenses necessary for granting and administering 

4 leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for 

5 oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related 

6 purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving op7 erations related thereto, as authorized by law; for environ8 mental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing 

9 other laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or 

10 Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or coopera11 tive agreements, $193,426,000, of which $133,426,000 is to 

12 remain available until September 30, 2021, and of which 

13 $60,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 

15 amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this ap16 propriation from additions to receipts resulting from in17 creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 

18 and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the 

19 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the 

20 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, as21 sessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative ac22 tivities: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

23 shall be reduced as such collections are received during the 

24 fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appro25 priation estimated at not more than $133,426,000: Pro-
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1 vided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available 

2 for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach 

3 and marine cleanup activities. 

4 BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

5 OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

6 For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations 

7 related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 

8 for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine9 related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as author10 ized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regu11 lations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 

12 Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching 

13 grants or cooperative agreements, $146,341,000, of which 

14 $120,341,000 is to remain available until September 30, 

15 2021, and of which $26,000,000 is to remain available until 

16 expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 

17 reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited 

18 to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting 

19 from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 

20 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted 

21 by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

22 pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, includ23 ing studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous ad24 ministrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 

25 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are 
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1 received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final 

2 fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than 

3 $120,341,000. 

4 For an additional amount, $41,000,000, to remain 

5 available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected 

6 by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which 

7 shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees col8 lected in fiscal year 2020, as provided in this Act: Provided, 

9 That to the extent that amounts realized from such inspec10 tion fees exceed $41,000,000, the amounts realized in excess 

11 of $41,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation and 

12 remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 

13 fiscal year 2020, not less than 50 percent of the inspection 

14 fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

15 Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission16 related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly 

17 development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the 

18 Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the Outer Continental 

19 Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), including the re20 view of applications for permits to drill. 

21 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

22 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

23 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 

24 VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
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1 $14,899,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li2 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 

3 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

4 ENFORCEMENT

5 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

7 the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 

8 Public Law 95–87, $117,768,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2021: Provided, That appropriations for the 

10 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

11 may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State 

12 and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining 

13 Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

14 In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en15 force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 

16 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That fees assessed and 

18 collected by the Office pursuant to such section 507 shall 

19 be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collec20 tions, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 

21 That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 

22 shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal 

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

24 estimated at not more than $117,678,000. 
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1 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

2 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur3 face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 

4 Law 95–87, $24,713,000, to be derived from receipts of the 

5 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain avail6 able until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public 

7 Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is authorized 

8 to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent 

9 debt owed to the United States Government to pay for con10 tracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds 

11 made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 

12 be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of 

13 projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose 

14 of environmental restoration related to treatment or abate15 ment of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Pro16 vided further, That such projects must be consistent with 

17 the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control 

18 and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts pro19 vided under this heading may be used for the travel and 

20 per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 

21 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

22 sponsored training. 

23 In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until 

24 expended, for grants to States and federally recognized In25 dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 
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1 other related activities in accordance with the terms and 

2 conditions described in the report accompanying this Act: 

3 Provided, That such additional amount shall be used for 

4 economic and community development in conjunction with 

5 the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Con6 trol and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Pro7 vided further, That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 

8 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian 

9 States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet 

10 the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such 

11 section, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts 

12 to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest 

13 amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and 

14 $10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally recognized In15 dian Tribes without regard to their status as certified or 

16 uncertified under the Surface Mining Control and Reclama17 tion Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of 

18 abandoned mine lands and other related activities in ac19 cordance with the terms and conditions described in the re20 port accompanying this Act and shall be used for economic 

21 and community development in conjunction with the prior22 ities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and 

23 Reclamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That such addi24 tional amount shall be allocated to States and Indian 
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1 Tribes within 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 INDIAN AFFAIRS

4 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

5 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian pro8 grams, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 

9 November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Deter10 mination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 

11 5301 et seq.), $1,533,461,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2021, except as otherwise provided herein; 

13 of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception 

14 and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

15 $74,734,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Pro16 vided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Sec17 retary may exceed such cap, for welfare payments from the 

18 amounts provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to 

19 Indian communities affected by the disaster: Provided fur20 ther, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal or21 ganizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use 

22 their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance 

23 costs: Provided further, That not later than 120 days after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau 

25 of Indian Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Appro-
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1 priations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives a report describing 

3 the facilities investments required to improve the direct 

4 service and tribally operated detention and public safety 

5 facilities in Indian country that are in poor condition, in6 cluding associated cost estimates: Provided further, That 

7 not to exceed $57,424,000 shall remain available until ex8 pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attor9 ney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, and 

10 the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, 

11 That any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized 

12 tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 2021, 

13 may be transferred during fiscal year 2022 to an Indian 

14 forest land assistance account established for the benefit of 

15 the holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund ac16 count: Provided further, That any such unobligated bal17 ances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2022: 

18 Provided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu19 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase 

20 uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for per21 sonnel: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

22 may accept transfers of funds from U.S. Customs and Bor23 der Protection to supplement any other funding available 

24 for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau 
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1 of Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal 

2 Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 

3 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

4 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

5 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter6 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

7 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 

8 Education for fiscal year 2020, such sums as may be nec9 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep10 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of law, no amounts made available under this 

12 heading shall be available for transfer to another budget ac13 count. 

14 CONSTRUCTION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

16 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte17 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

18 and other facilities, including architectural and engineering 

19 services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in 

20 lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for con21 struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant 

22 to Public Law 87–483; $128,723,000, to remain available 

23 until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may be 

24 available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irriga25 tion Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclama-
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1 tion: Provided further, That any funds provided for the 

2 Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of November 

3 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available on a nonre4 imbursable basis: Provided further, That in order to ensure 

5 timely completion of construction projects, the Secretary 

6 may assume control of a project and all funds related to 

7 the project, if, within 18 months of the date of enactment 

8 of this Act, any Public Law 93–638 contractor receiving 

9 funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has 

10 not completed the planning and design phase of the project 

11 and commenced construction: Provided further, That this 

12 appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the 

13 Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 

14 appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion 

15 needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa16 tion: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

17 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived from the 

18 Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the 

19 WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1749). 

20 Of the unobligated balances made available for the 

21 ‘‘Construction, Resources Management’’ account, 

22 $2,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 

23 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des24 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur25 suant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

2 1985. 

3 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

4 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

5 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

6 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle7 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 

8 111–11, 111–291, and 114–322, and for implementation of 

9 other land and water rights settlements, $45,644,000, to re10 main available until expended. 

11 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

13 $10,779,000, of which $1,455,000 is for administrative ex14 penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: 

15 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

16 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 

18 funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any 

19 part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to exceed 

20 $174,616,164. 

21 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

22 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian edu25 cation programs, as authorized by law, including the Sny-
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1 der Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian 

2 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 

3 (25 U.S.C.5301 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 

4 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled Schools 

5 Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $905,841,000, to re6 main available until September 30, 2021, except as other7 wise provided herein: Provided, That Federally recognized 

8 Indian tribes and tribal organizations of Federally recog9 nized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations 

10 for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, That 

11 not to exceed $685,223,000 for school operations costs of Bu12 reau-funded schools and other education programs shall be13 come available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available 

14 until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That notwith15 standing any other provision of law, including but not lim16 ited to the Indian Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 

17 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education 

18 Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C.), not to exceed $83,407,000 

19 within and only from such amounts made available for 

20 school operations shall be available for administrative cost 

21 grants associated with grants approved prior to July 1, 

22 2020: Provided further, That in order to enhance safety of 

23 Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur24 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

25 personnel. 
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1 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

2 For construction, repair, improvements, and mainte3 nance of buildings, utilities and other facilities necessary 

4 for the operation of Indian education programs, including 

5 architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi6 tion of lands, and interests in lands: $238,250,000, to re7 main available until expended; Provided, That in order to 

8 ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec9 retary may assume control of a project and all funds related 

10 to the project, if, within 18 months of the date of enactment 

11 of this Act, any Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et 

12 seq.) grantee or Public Law 93–638 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 

13 contractor receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in 

14 any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design 

15 phase of the project and commenced construction. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In18 dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro19 grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree20 ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera21 tion with States and other organizations. 

22 Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 

23 the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 

24 support of the management, operation, and maintenance of 

25 the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
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1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

2 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 

3 of Indian Education for central office oversight, Education 

4 Management, and Executive Direction and Administrative 

5 Services (except executive direction and administrative 

6 services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional of7 fices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 

8 available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 

9 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 

10 of Indian Education under the provisions of the Indian 

11 Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act 

12 as amended. 

13 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

14 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 

15 the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di16 minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 

17 that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship be18 tween the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s abil19 ity to access future appropriations. 

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

21 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 

22 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools 

23 under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to support 

24 the operation of any elementary or secondary school in the 

25 State of Alaska. 
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1 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education 

2 shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or 

3 dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved 

4 by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau 

5 of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, 

6 except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this 

7 prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional 

8 grade when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed 

9 to support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of 

10 Indian Education, or more than one grade to expand the 

11 elementary grade structure for the Bureau-funded schools 

12 with a K–2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropria13 tions made available in this or any prior Act for schools 

14 funded by the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with 

15 the Bureau’s funding formula, only to the schools in the 

16 Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any 

17 school or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 

18 2012. Funds made available under this Act may not be used 

19 to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as 

20 that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education 

21 Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a char22 ter school that is in existence on the date of the enactment 

23 of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school 

24 before September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during 

25 that period, but only if the charter school pays to the Bu-
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1 reau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau 

2 for the use of the real and personal property (including 

3 buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 

4 separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau 

5 does not assume any obligation for charter school programs 

6 of the State in which the school is located if the charter 

7 school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 

8 schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per9 forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 

10 and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 

11 Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 

12 United States Code. 

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

14 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 

15 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi16 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

17 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 

18 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and adminis19 trative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) dis20 tribution formula. 

21 Funds available under this Act may not be used to 

22 establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 

23 system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 

24 may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 

25 to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
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1 programs for non-public schools located within the jurisdic2 tional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve 

3 tribal members, do not include grades beyond those cur4 rently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 

5 an educational environment with educator presence and 

6 academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, 

7 comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health 

8 and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities 

9 Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations 

10 at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary 

11 costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to stu12 dents such as those caused by busing students extended dis13 tances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act 

14 may be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilita15 tion, construction or other facilities-related costs for such 

16 assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided further, 

17 That the term ‘‘satellite school’’ means a school location 

18 physically separated from the existing Bureau school by 

19 more than 50 miles but that forms part of the existing 

20 school in all other respects. 

21 Funds made available within Operation of Indian 

22 Programs, Operation of Indian Education Programs, Con23 struction, and Education Construction may be used to exe24 cute requested adjustments in tribal priority allocations. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

2 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

3 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses for management of the Depart6 ment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agree7 ments, as authorized by law, $136,244,000, to remain avail8 able until September 30, 2021; of which not to exceed 

9 $15,000 may be for official reception and representation ex10 penses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available 

11 for workers compensation payments and unemployment 

12 compensation payments associated with the orderly closure 

13 of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which 

14 $9,000,000 for the Appraisal and Valuation Service Office 

15 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

16 Fund and shall remain available until expended; and of 

17 which $11,061,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource 

18 valuation activities shall remain available until expended: 

19 Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and re20 source valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred 

21 to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Oper22 ation of Indian Programs’’ account, and the Bureau of In23 dian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Pro24 grams’’ account and the Office of the Special Trustee for 

25 American Indians ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Pro-
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1 vided further, That funds made available through contracts 

2 or grants obligated during fiscal year 2019, as authorized 

3 by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 

4 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 

5 contractor or grantee. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 For fiscal year 2020, up to $400,000 of the payments 

8 authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 

9 may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay10 ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 

11 amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay12 ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 

13 available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of title 

14 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the event 

15 the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for payments 

16 pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make the full 

17 payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local 

18 government, then the payment to each local government 

19 shall be made proportionally: Provided further, That the 

20 Secretary may make adjustments to payment to individual 

21 units of local government to correct for prior overpayments 

22 or underpayments: Provided further, That no payment shall 

23 be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible units 

24 of local government if the computed amount of the payment 

25 is less than $100. 
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1 INSULAR AFFAIRS

2 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

3 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

4 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and 

5 other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Public 

6 Law 108–188, $102,131,000, of which: (1) $92,640,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended for territorial assistance, 

8 including general technical assistance, maintenance assist9 ance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activities, and 

10 brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judici11 ary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, 

12 as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the 

13 Government of American Samoa, in addition to current 

14 local revenues, for construction and support of govern15 mental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin 

16 Islands, as authorized by law; grants to the Government 

17 of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Govern18 ment of the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by 

19 law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,491,000 

20 shall be available until September 30, 2021, for salaries and 

21 expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 

22 financial transactions of the territorial and local govern23 ments herein provided for, including such transactions of 

24 all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 

25 governments, may be audited by the Government Account-
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1 ability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 

2 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That 

3 Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be 

4 provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the 

5 Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 

6 Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 

7 Public Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for 

8 the program of operations and maintenance improvement 

9 are appropriated to institutionalize routine operations and 

10 maintenance improvement of capital infrastructure with 

11 territorial participation and cost sharing to be determined 

12 by the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time13 ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 

14 any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head15 ing in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used 

16 as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard 

17 mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the 

18 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist19 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

20 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

21 For grants and necessary expenses, $8,463,000, to re22 main available until expended, as provided for in sections 

23 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for 

24 the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Com25 pacts of Free Association for the Government of the Repub-
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1 lic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Mi2 cronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 and Public 

3 Law 108–188: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 

4 under this heading, $5,000,000 is for deposit into the Com5 pact Trust Fund of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 

6 as compensation authorized by Public Law 108–188 for ad7 verse financial and economic impacts. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary 

11 may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds pro12 vided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Pub13 lic Law 104–134, that are allocated for Guam, to the Sec14 retary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or guar15 anteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount 

16 of the subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administra17 tion, for the purposes authorized by the Rural Electrifica18 tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 

19 Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and re20 pair projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain avail21 able until expended: Provided, That such costs, including 

22 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec23 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

24 further, That such loans or loan guarantees may be made 

25 without regard to the population of the area, credit else-
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1 where requirements, and restrictions on the types of eligible 

2 entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 

3 section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De4 velopment Act: Provided further, That any funds trans5 ferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be in addition 

6 to funds otherwise made available to make or guarantee 

7 loans under such authorities. 

8 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

11 $66,816,000. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen15 eral, $53,000,000. 

16 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

17 INDIANS

18 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by di21 rect expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, com22 pacts, and grants, $111,540,000, to remain available until 

23 expended, of which not to exceed $19,016,000 from this or 

24 any other Act, may be available for historical accounting: 

25 Provided, That funds for trust management improvements 
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1 and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to or 

2 merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of 

3 Indian Programs’’ account, the Bureau of Indian Edu4 cation, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ ac5 count, the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

6 account, and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Op7 erations’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 

8 available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal 

9 year 2020, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination 

10 Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available 

11 until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided fur12 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

13 Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly state14 ment of performance for any Indian trust account that has 

15 not had activity for at least 15 months and has a balance 

16 of $15 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

17 issue an annual account statement and maintain a record 

18 of any such accounts and shall permit the balance in each 

19 such account to be withdrawn upon the express written re20 quest of the account holder: Provided further, That not to 

21 exceed $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make pay22 ments to correct administrative errors of either disburse23 ments from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or 

24 Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, 

25 That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be cred-
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1 ited to and remain available in this account for this pur2 pose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be re3 quired to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance 

4 of less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 

5 receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts 

6 claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

7 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Re8 form Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provi9 sion of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 

10 of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a contin11 uous period of at least five years and shall not be required 

12 to generate periodic statements of performance for the indi13 vidual accounts: Provided further, That with respect to the 

14 eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain 

15 sufficient records to determine the balance of the individual 

16 accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and 

17 such funds shall remain available to the individual account 

18 holders. 

19 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

20 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire sup23 pression operations, fire science and research, emergency re24 habilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire as25 sistance by the Department of the Interior, $952,338,000, 
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1 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

2 $18,427,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of 

3 fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also available 

4 for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 

5 from which funds were previously transferred for such pur6 poses: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

7 $194,000,000 is for fuels management activities: Provided 

8 further, That of the funds provided $20,470,000 is for 

9 burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons 

10 hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsist11 ence and lodging without cost from funds available from 

12 this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

13 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of 

14 the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 

15 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United 

16 States property, may be credited to the appropriation from 

17 which funds were expended to provide that protection, and 

18 are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur19 ther, That using the amounts designated under this title 

20 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 

21 procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, 

22 for fuels management activities, and for training and moni23 toring associated with such fuels management activities on 

24 Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 

25 that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
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1 That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 

2 between the Federal Government and any non-Federal enti3 ty may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 

4 parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require5 ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, 

6 for purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain 

7 maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, 

8 nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation 

9 Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 

10 or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth 

11 groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities 

12 that will hire or train locally a significant percentage, de13 fined as 50 percent or more, of the project workforce to com14 plete such contracts: Provided further, That in imple15 menting this section, the Secretary shall develop written 

16 guidance to field units to ensure accountability and con17 sistent application of the authorities provided herein: Pro18 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

19 may be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wild20 life Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for 

21 the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the En22 dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 

23 consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, 

24 in connection with wildland fire management activities: 

25 Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may 
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1 use wildland fire appropriations to enter into leases of real 

2 property with local governments, at or below fair market 

3 value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire facili4 ties on such leased properties, including but not limited to 

5 fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial at6 tack and fire support facilities, and to make advance pay7 ments for any such lease or for construction activity associ8 ated with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary 

9 of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may author10 ize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 

11 management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 

12 $50,000,000, between the Departments when such transfers 

13 would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management 

14 programs and projects: Provided further, That funds pro15 vided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support 

16 of Federal emergency response actions: Provided further, 

17 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail18 able for assistance to or through the Department of State 

19 in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 

20 information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 

21 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be available 

22 to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related 

23 natural resource activities outside the United States and 

24 its territories and possessions, including technical assist25 ance, education and training, and cooperation with United 
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1 States and international organizations: Provided further, 

2 That of the funds provided under this heading $383,657,000 

3 is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) 

4 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

5 of 1985, as amended. 

6 In addition to the amounts provided under this head7 ing for wildfire suppression operations, $300,000,000, to re8 main available until expended, is additional new budget 

9 authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) 

10 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

11 of 1985: Provided, That the Secretary of the Department 

12 of the Interior may transfer such amounts to the Depart13 ment of Agriculture for wildfire suppression operations. 

14 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

15 For necessary expenses of the Department of the Inte16 rior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the 

17 response action, including associated activities, performed 

18 pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

19 Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 

20 $10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

22 RESTORATION

23 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

24 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res25 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the 
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1 Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provi2 sions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com3 pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the 

4 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 

5 seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), 

6 and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to remain avail7 able until expended. 

8 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

9 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 

10 financial and business management system, information 

11 technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart12 ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 

13 operations throughout the Department, $68,235,000, to re14 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

15 funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may be 

16 used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund ac17 count other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation 

18 of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on 

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess 

21 reasonable charges to State, local and tribal government em22 ployees for training services provided by the National In23 dian Program Training Center, other than training related 

24 to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary 

25 may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 
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1 equipment or professional services of the National Indian 

2 Program Training Center to State, local and tribal govern3 ment employees or persons or organizations engaged in cul4 tural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in 

5 section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the pre6 vailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or serv7 ices in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Train8 ing Center: Provided further, That all funds received pursu9 ant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited to this 

10 account, shall be available until expended, and shall be used 

11 by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the National In12 dian Program Training Center: Provided further, That the 

13 Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agree14 ments to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s 

15 collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other 

16 mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

18 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail19 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 

20 which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 

21 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 

22 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 

23 or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

24 replacement aircraft. 
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1 OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

2 For necessary expenses for management of the collec3 tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 

4 revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agree5 ments, as authorized by law, $147,330,000, to remain avail6 able until September 30, 2021; of which $50,651,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended for the purpose of mineral 

8 revenue management activities: Provided, That notwith9 standing any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be avail10 able for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain 

11 Indian leases in which the Secretary concurred with the 

12 claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian 

13 allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erro14 neous payments. 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

18 SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be 

19 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

20 or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer21 gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 

22 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam23 aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable 

24 causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made available 

25 under this authority until funds specifically made available 
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1 to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 

2 been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pur3 suant to this section must be replenished by a supplemental 

4 appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as pos5 sible. 

6 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

7 SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi8 ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 

9 in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs 

10 of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency 

11 prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under 

12 the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the 

13 emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its ju14 risdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or ac15 tual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other un16 avoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 

17 actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage 

18 assessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases 

19 of hazardous substances into the environment; for the pre20 vention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 

21 grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under 

22 the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority 

23 in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 

24 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 

25 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no 
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1 year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Rec2 lamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary 

3 to permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event 

4 a primacy State is not carrying out the regulatory provi5 sions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, That appropria6 tions made in this title for wildland fire operations shall 

7 be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 

8 the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other 

9 Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or 

10 other equipment in connection with their use for wildland 

11 fire operations, with such reimbursement to be credited to 

12 appropriations currently available at the time of receipt 

13 thereof: Provided further, That for wildland fire operations, 

14 no funds shall be made available under this authority until 

15 the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for 

16 ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall be exhausted within 30 

17 days: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 

18 section must be replenished by a supplemental appropria19 tion, which must be requested as promptly as possible: Pro20 vided further, That such replenishment funds shall be used 

21 to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which 

22 emergency funds were transferred. 

23 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

24 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of 

25 the Interior in this title shall be available for services as 
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1 authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

2 when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to 

3 exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehi4 cles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; 

5 hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for 

7 telephone service in private residences in the field, when au8 thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and 

9 the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for 

10 library membership in societies or associations which issue 

11 publications to members only or at a price to members 

12 lower than to subscribers who are not members. 

13 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT

14 SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 

15 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

16 Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 

17 Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro18 priations Acts made under the same headings shall be avail19 able for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust manage20 ment and reform activities. Total funding for historical ac21 counting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 

22 designated in this Act for such purpose. 

23 REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

24 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute 
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1 any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base 

2 funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by transferring 

3 funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, 

4 overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution meth5 odologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Pri6 ority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal 

7 year 2020. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, over8 lapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodolo9 gies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. 

10 ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

11 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, 

13 waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part 

14 of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York 

15 and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating 

16 and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation 

17 and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Lib18 erty Islands, and of other program and administrative ac19 tivities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including 

20 franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by ex21 change; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 

22 enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other 

23 agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and 

24 conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 
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1 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

2 SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall 

3 collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be depos4 ited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforce5 ment’’ account, from the designated operator for facilities 

6 subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 

7 (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are 

8 above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in 

9 place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2020 

10 shall be: 

11 (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 

12 processing equipment or gathering lines; 

13 (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with 

14 any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

15 (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 

16 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

17 wells. 

18 (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspec19 tions completed in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal year 

20 2020 shall be: 

21 (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 

22 water depths of 500 feet or more; and 

23 (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 

24 water depths of less than 500 feet. 
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1 (d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under 

2 subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment required with3 in 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated 

4 operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end 

5 of the month in which the inspection occurred, with pay6 ment required within 30 days of billing. 

7 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND

8 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES

9 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

10 Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear 

11 cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and 

12 other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear 

13 contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 

14 of title 41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term 

15 restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long16 term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 

17 horses and burros by such organizations or entities on pri18 vate land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may 

19 not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of 

20 the Secretary. 

21 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

22 SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

23 shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threat24 ened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system 

25 of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, 
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1 that are released from federally operated or federally fi2 nanced hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases 

3 of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must 

4 have a visible mark that can be readily identified by com5 mercial and recreational fishers. 

6 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

7 SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 during fiscal year 2020, in carrying out work involving co9 operation with State, local, and tribal governments or any 

10 political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record ob11 ligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, 

12 except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year 

13 shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the 

14 end of the fiscal year. 

15 HUMANE TRANSFER OF EXCESS ANIMALS

16 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 the Secretary of the Interior may transfer excess wild horses 

18 or burros that have been removed from the public lands to 

19 other Federal, State, and local government agencies for use 

20 as work animals: Provided, That the Secretary may make 

21 any such transfer immediately upon request of such Fed22 eral, State, or local government agency: Provided further, 

23 That any excess animal transferred under this provision 

24 shall lose its status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro 

25 as defined in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
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1 Act: Provided further, That any Federal, State, or local gov2 ernment agency receiving excess wild horses or burros as 

3 authorized in this section shall not: destroy the horses or 

4 burros in a way that results in their destruction into com5 mercial products; sell or otherwise transfer the horses or 

6 burros in a way that results in their destruction for proc7 essing into commercial products; or euthanize the horses or 

8 burros except upon the recommendation of a licensed veteri9 narian, in cases of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES

11 PROGRAM

12 SEC. 112. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, 

14 the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants 

15 to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private non16 profit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor 

17 under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize 

18 the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by 

19 other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and 

20 consistent with such provisions of law. 

21 (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 

22 subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement 

23 would not— 

24 (1) result in the displacement of individuals cur25 rently employed by the Department, including partial 
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1 displacement through reduction of non-overtime 

2 hours, wages, or employment benefits; 

3 (2) result in the use of an individual under the 

4 Department of the Interior Experienced Services Pro5 gram for a job or function in a case in which a Fed6 eral employee is in a layoff status from the same or 

7 substantially equivalent job within the Department; 

8 or 

9 (3) affect existing contracts for services. 

10 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)

11 SEC. 113. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, 

12 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’. 

14 OBLIGATION OF FUNDS

15 SEC. 114. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the De16 partment of the Interior shall be available for obligation 

17 and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 

18 enactment of this Act. 

19 SAGE-GROUSE

20 SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 

21 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte22 rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan23 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 

24 (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 

25 (Centrocercus urophasianus); 
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1 (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis2 tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 

3 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION

4 AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION

5 SEC. 116. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 

6 implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

7 Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may transfer 

8 funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus 

9 affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the 

10 reprogramming guidelines described in the report accom11 panying this Act. 

12 LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING

13 SEC. 117. The Bureau of Indian Affairs shall conduct 

14 a study to identify the law enforcement staffing needs of 

15 Indian Tribes, which shall include— 

16 (1) a detailed analysis, by Indian Tribe, of law 

17 enforcement hiring impediments and challenges; 

18 (2) a strategy on how to recruit and train law 

19 enforcement officers and fill law enforcement vacan20 cies; and 

21 (3) a proposed strategy that could be used to ad22 dress the impediments and challenges identified in 

23 paragraph (1). 

24 GAO STUDY ON OUTDOOR RECREATION

25 SEC. 118. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered agen2 cy’’ means— 

3 (A) the Department of Agriculture; 

4 (B) the Department of the Interior; 

5 (C) the Corps of Engineers; 

6 (D) the National Marine Fisheries Service; 

7 and 

8 (E) the Office of National Marine Sanc9 tuaries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

10 Administration. 

11 (2) OUTDOOR RECREATION.—The term ‘‘outdoor 

12 recreation’’ means all recreational activities under13 taken for pleasure that— 

14 (A) generally involve some level of inten15 tional physical exertion; and 

16 (B) occur in nature-based environments 

17 outdoors. 

18 (b) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General of 

19 the United States shall conduct a study that— 

20 (1) identifies each program carried out by a cov21 ered agency that directly impacts the outdoor recre22 ation sector, including each program that affects the 

23 management and conservation of, and access to, the 

24 land, waters, and natural resources of the United 

25 States; and 
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1 (2) describes, for each program identified under 

2 paragraph (1), the spending level for that program 

3 during each of the 20 fiscal years preceding the year 

4 in which the report is submitted. 

5 (c) REQUIRED COORDINATION.—In conducting the 

6 study under subsection (b), the Comptroller General of the 

7 United States shall coordinate with the outdoor recreation 

8 industry, nongovernmental organizations, the Bureau of 

9 Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce, and 

10 other interested stakeholders. 

11 (d) REPORT.—Not later 240 days after the date of en12 actment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

13 States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con14 gress a report that describes the results of the study con15 ducted under subsection (b). 

16 TITLE II 

17 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

18 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

19 For science and technology, including research and de20 velopment activities, which shall include research and devel21 opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental 

22 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; nec23 essary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel 

24 expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and sup25 plies; and other operating expenses in support of research 
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1 and development, $713,259,000, to remain available until 

2 September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the funds included 

3 under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be for Research: Na4 tional Priorities as specified in the report accompanying 

5 this Act. 

6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

7 For environmental programs and management, in8 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

9 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of pas10 senger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 

11 aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in soci12 eties or associations which issue publications to members 

13 only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 

14 who are not members; administrative costs of the 

15 brownfields program under the Small Business Liability 

16 Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; imple17 mentation of a coal combustion residual permit program 

18 under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016; 

19 and not to exceed $31,000 for official reception and rep20 resentation expenses, $2,623,582,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the funds in22 cluded under this heading, $17,700,000 shall be for Envi23 ronmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in 

24 the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

25 of the funds included under this heading, $471,741,000 shall 
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1 be for Geographic Programs specified in the report accom2 panying this Act. 

3 In addition, $5,000,000 to remain available until ex4 pended, for necessary expenses of activities described in sec5 tion 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 

6 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursuant 

7 to that section of that Act and deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Serv8 ice Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal 

9 year 2020 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 

10 and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain avail11 able until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 

12 appropriated in this paragraph from the general fund for 

13 fiscal year 2020 shall be reduced by the amount of discre14 tionary offsetting receipts received during fiscal year 2020, 

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

16 from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Pro17 vided further, That to the extent that amounts realized from 

18 such receipts exceed $5,000,000, those amount in excess of 

19 $5,000,000 shall be deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee 

20 Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 

21 2020, shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and 

22 expenses in this account, and shall remain available until 

23 expended: Provided further, That of the funds included in 

24 the first paragraph under this heading, the Chemical Risk 

25 Review and Reduction program project shall be allocated 
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1 for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of any fees appro2 priated, not less than the amount of appropriations for that 

3 program project for fiscal year 2014. 

4 HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM FUND

5 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the 

6 Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the 

7 development, operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the 

8 hazardous waste electronic manifest system established by 

9 such section, $8,000,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from 

11 the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections 

12 under such section 3024 are received during fiscal year 

13 2020, which shall remain available until expended and be 

14 used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, so as to 

15 result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the 

16 general fund estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur17 ther, That to the extent such offsetting collections received 

18 in fiscal year 2020 exceed $8,000,000, those excess amounts 

19 shall remain available until expended and be used for nec20 essary expenses in this appropriation. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen23 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

24 Act of 1978, $41,489,000, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2021. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al3 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

4 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

5 $34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 

9 Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 

10 of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), 

11 (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611) $1,167,783,000, to re12 main available until expended, consisting of such sums as 

13 are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 2019, 

14 as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend15 ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up 

16 to $1,167,783,000 as a payment from general revenues to 

17 the Hazardous Substance Superfund for purposes as au18 thorized by section 517(b) of SARA: Provided, That funds 

19 appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other 

20 Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of 

21 CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

22 under this heading, $9,586,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office 

23 of Inspector General’’ appropriation to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2021, and $17,775,000 shall be paid 
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1 to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ appropriation to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2021. 

3 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

4 PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under6 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub7 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to re8 main available until expended, of which $66,572,000 shall 

9 be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank clean10 up activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid 

11 Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for carrying out 

12 the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act speci13 fied in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Pro14 vided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appro15 priations made available under this heading to implement 

16 section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide fi17 nancial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for 

18 the development and implementation of programs to man19 age underground storage tanks. 

20 INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

21 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 

22 Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 

23 Act of 1990, $18,290,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 

24 Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended. 
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1 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For environmental programs and infrastructure as3 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving 

4 funds and performance partnership grants, $4,247,028,000, 

5 to remain available until expended, of which— 

6 (1) $1,638,826,000 shall be for making capital7 ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

8 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

9 Control Act; and of which $1,126,088,000 shall be for 

10 making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 

11 State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe 

12 Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 

13 2020, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project 

14 applications and projects are consistent with State 

15 Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the 

16 funds made available under this title to each State for 

17 Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 

18 grants shall be used by the State for projects to ad19 dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 

20 improvements, or other environmentally innovative 

21 activities: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, 

22 funds made available under this title to each State for 

23 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 

24 grants may, at the discretion of each State, be used 

25 for projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
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1 energy efficiency improvements, or other environ2 mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 

3 notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal 

4 Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the 

5 amounts in a State water pollution control revolving 

6 fund that may be used by a State to administer the 

7 fund shall not apply to amounts included as prin8 cipal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2020 

9 and prior years where such amounts represent costs 

10 of administering the fund to the extent that such 

11 amounts are or were deemed reasonable by the Ad12 ministrator, accounted for separately from other as13 sets in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the 

14 fund, including administration: Provided further, 

15 That for fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the provi16 sions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 

17 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants 

18 made under title II of such Act for American Samoa, 

19 Guam, the commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 

20 the United States Virgin Islands, and the District of 

21 Columbia may also be made for the purpose of pro22 viding assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design 

23 activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for 

24 any proposed project for the construction of treatment 

25 works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replace-
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1 ment of privately owned treatment works serving one 

2 or more principal residences or small commercial es3 tablishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

4 2020, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub5 sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and section 

6 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

7 funds reserved by the Administrator for grants under 

8 section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

9 Act may also be used to provide assistance: (1) solely 

10 for facility plans, design activities, or plans, speci11 fications, and estimates for any proposed project for 

12 the construction of treatment works; and (2) for the 

13 construction, repair, or replacement of privately 

14 owned treatment works serving one or more principal 

15 residences or small commercial establishments: Pro16 vided further, That for fiscal year 2020, notwith17 standing any provision of the Federal Water Pollu18 tion Control Act and regulations issued pursuant 

19 thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the funds re20 served by the Administrator for grants under section 

21 518(c) of such Act may also be used for grants for 

22 training, technical assistance, and educational pro23 grams relating to the operation and management of 

24 the treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such 

25 Act: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, funds 
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1 reserved under section 518(c) of such Act shall be 

2 available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined 

3 in section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian res4 ervations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Sec5 retary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined 

6 in Public Law 92–203: Provided further, That for fis7 cal year 2020, notwithstanding the limitation on 

8 amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollu9 tion Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 

10 funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is 

11 greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on 

12 amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 

13 Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds ap14 propriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for 

15 State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be re16 served by the Administrator for grants under section 

17 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided fur18 ther, That for fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the 

19 amounts specified in section 205(c) of the Federal 

20 Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the 

21 aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean Water 

22 State Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 

23 sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may be 

24 reserved by the Administrator for grants made under 

25 title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for 
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1 American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

2 Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin Is3 lands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, 

4 notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 

5 in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up 

6 to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 

7 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 

8 under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 

9 by the Administrator for grants made under section 

10 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided fur11 ther, That 10 percent of the funds made available 

12 under this title to each State for Clean Water State 

13 Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 20 percent 

14 of the funds made available under this title to each 

15 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap16 italization grants shall be used by the State to pro17 vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 

18 form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 

19 loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 

20 shall be so used by the State only where such funds 

21 are provided as initial financing for an eligible re22 cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 

23 obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 

24 was incurred on or after the date of enactment of this 

25 Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to the date 
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1 of enactment of this Act if the State, with concurrence 

2 from the Administrator, determines that such funds 

3 could be used to help address a threat to public health 

4 from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water or 

5 if a Federal or State emergency declaration has been 

6 issued due to a threat to public health from height7 ened exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water 

8 supply before the date of enactment of this Act: Pro9 vided further, That in a State in which such an emer10 gency declaration has been issued, the State may use 

11 more than 20 percent of the funds made available 

12 under this title to the State for Drinking Water State 

13 Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide ad14 ditional subsidy to eligible recipients; 

15 (2) $19,511,000 shall be for architectural, engi16 neering, planning, design, construction and related 

17 activities in connection with the construction of high 

18 priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 

19 of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation 

20 with the appropriate border commission: Provided, 

21 That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to 

22 address the water, wastewater and other critical in23 frastructure needs of the colonias in the United States 

24 along the United States-Mexico border shall be made 

25 available to a county or municipal government unless 
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1 that government has established an enforceable local 

2 ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 

3 that jurisdiction the development or construction of 

4 any additional colonia areas, or the development 

5 within an existing colonia the construction of any 

6 new home, business, or other structure which lacks 

7 water, wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure; 

8 (3) $29,186,000 shall be for grants to the State 

9 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 

10 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil11 lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State of 

12 Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) no 

13 more than 5 percent of the funds may be used for ad14 ministrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State 

15 of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the 

16 Statewide priority list established in conjunction with 

17 the Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

18 for all water, sewer, waste disposal, and similar 

19 projects carried out by the State of Alaska that are 

20 funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollu21 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated 

22 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 

23 seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of 

24 the funds provided for projects in regional hub com25 munities; 
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1 (4) $85,166,000 shall be to carry out section 

2 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re3 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

4 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree5 ments, and associated program support costs: Pro6 vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 

7 assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 

8 further, That for purposes of this section, the term 

9 ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 

10 has had 20 percent or more of its population living 

11 in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 

12 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most recent 

13 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; 

14 (5) $85,166,000 shall be for grants under title 

15 VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 

16 (6) $56,306,000 shall be for targeted airshed 

17 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 

18 in the report accompanying this Act; 

19 (7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 

20 quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 

21 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 

22 Act (Public Law 114–322); 

23 (8) $25,816,000 shall be for grants for small and 

24 disadvantaged communities authorized in section 
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1 2104 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for 

2 the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322); 

3 (9) $19,511,000 shall be for grants for reducing 

4 lead in drinking water authorized in section 2105 of 

5 the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 

6 Act (Public Law 114–322); 

7 (10) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 

8 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 300j–19a(l)), as amended by section 2005 of the 

10 America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public 

11 Law 115–270); 

12 (11) $29,186,000 shall be for grants under sec13 tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)), as amended by section 2107 of 

15 the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 

16 Act (Public Law 114–322) and section 2006(a) of the 

17 America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public 

18 Law 115–270); 

19 (12) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under section 

20 1465 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 300j–25), as added by section 2006(b) of the Amer22 ica’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 

23 115–270); 

24 (13) $13,000,000 shall be for grants under sec25 tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
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1 Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)), as added by section 4103 

2 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 

3 (Public Law 115–270); 

4 (14) $20,497,000 shall be for grants under sec5 tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

6 (33 U.S.C. 1301), as amended by section 4106 of the 

7 America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public 

8 Law 115–270); 

9 (15) $1,000,000 shall be for grants authorized in 

10 section 4304 of the America’s Water Infrastructure 

11 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); and 

12 (16) $1,086,769,000 shall be for grants, includ13 ing associated program support costs, to States, feder14 ally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal con15 sortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi16 media or single media pollution prevention, control 

17 and abatement and related activities, including ac18 tivities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this 

19 heading in Public Law 104–134, and for making 

20 grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for par21 ticulate matter monitoring and data collection activi22 ties subject to terms and conditions specified by the 

23 Administrator, of which: $46,190,000 shall be for car24 rying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,332,000 shall 

25 be for Environmental Information Exchange Network 
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1 grants, including associated program support costs; 

2 $1,449,000 shall be for grants to States under section 

3 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which 

4 shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the 

5 heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust 

6 Fund Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the 

7 Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) 

8 of the Internal Revenue Code other than section 

9 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 

10 of the funds available for grants under section 106 of 

11 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be for 

12 State participation in national- and State-level sta13 tistical surveys of water resources and enhancements 

14 to State monitoring programs; $24,000,000 shall be 

15 for multipurpose grants, including interagency agree16 ments. 

17 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaran20 teed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Fi21 nance and Innovation Act of 2014, $65,000,000, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ23 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

24 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro25 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
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1 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, 

2 including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, in3 cluding capitalized interest, any part of which is to be 

4 guaranteed, not to exceed $13,500,000,000: Provided fur5 ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

6 $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of direct loans 

7 and for the cost of guaranteed loans for projects described 

8 in section 5026(9) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and 

9 Innovation Act of 2014 to State infrastructure financing 

10 authorities, as authorized by section 5033(e) of such Act. 

11 In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 

12 to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Fi13 nance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this 

14 account, to remain available until expended. 

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

16 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 

17 section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Inno18 vation Act of 2014, $8,000,000, to remain available until 

19 September 30, 2021. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL

21 PROTECTION AGENCY

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS)

23 For fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

24 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ25 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
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1 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro2 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

3 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree4 ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 

5 consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the 

6 Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

7 programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 

8 except that no such cooperative agreements may be awarded 

9 from funds designated for State financial assistance agree10 ments. 

11 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

12 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg13 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

14 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 

15 amended by Public Law 116–8, the Pesticide Registration 

16 Improvement Extension Act of 2018. 

17 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insec18 ticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 

19 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environmental 

20 Protection Agency may assess fees under section 33 of 

21 FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2020. 

22 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

23 $301,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes 

24 Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environmental 

25 Programs and Management’’ to the head of any Federal de-
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1 partment or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to 

2 carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes 

3 Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality 

4 Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 

5 an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal de6 partment or agency to carry out these activities; and to 

7 make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organiza8 tions, institutions, and individuals for planning, research, 

9 monitoring, outreach, and implementation in furtherance 

10 of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great 

11 Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

12 The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs 

13 and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous 

14 Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage 

15 Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the 

16 construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova17 tion of facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed 

18 $150,000 per project. 

19 For fiscal year 2020, and notwithstanding section 

20 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

21 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use the 

22 amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 

23 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to sec24 tions 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
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1 The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 

2 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs 

3 and Management’’ for fiscal year 2020 to provide grants 

4 to implement the Southeastern New England Watershed 

5 Restoration Program. 

6 Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 

7 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

8 not less than $1,000,000 of the funds made available under 

9 this title for the National Estuary Program shall be for 

10 making competitive awards described in section 320(g)(4). 

11 TITLE III 

12 RELATED AGENCIES 

13 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

14 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

15 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Sec17 retary for Natural Resources and Environment, $875,000: 

18 Provided, That funds made available by this Act to any 

19 agency in the Natural Resources and Environment mission 

20 area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to 

21 one administrative support staff for the office. 

22 FOREST SERVICE

23 FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other25 wise provided for, $953,750,000, to remain available 
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1 through September 30, 2023: (1) for the base salary and 

2 expenses of permanent employees carrying out administra3 tive and general management support functions, in an 

4 amount not to exceed $257,050,000; (2) for the costs of facil5 ity maintenance, repairs, and leases for buildings and sites 

6 where these support functions take place; (3) for the costs 

7 of: (A) all utility and telecommunication expenses of the 

8 Forest Service, and (B) business services; and (4) for infor9 mation technology including cyber security requirements: 

10 Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be 

11 used for necessary administrative support function expenses 

12 of the Forest Service not otherwise provided for and nec13 essary for its operation. 

14 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

15 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re16 search as authorized by law, $257,640,000, to remain avail17 able through September 30, 2023: Provided, That of the 

18 funds provided, $14,810,000 is for the forest inventory and 

19 analysis program: Provided further, That all authorities for 

20 the use of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and 

21 cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 

22 Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in 

23 the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research. 
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1 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

2 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro3 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri4 tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health manage5 ment, and conducting an international program as author6 ized, $317,964,000, to remain available through September 

7 30, 2023, as authorized by law; of which $63,990,000 is to 

8 be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

9 to be used for the Forest Legacy Program, to remain avail10 able until expended. 

11 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

12 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other13 wise provided for, for management, protection, improve14 ment, and utilization of the National Forest System, and 

15 for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to such 

16 lands, $1,857,280,000, to remain available through Sep17 tember 30, 2023: Provided, That of the funds provided, 

18 $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest 

19 Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration 

20 treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided 

21 further, That not later than 90 days after the date of enact22 ment of this Act, the Chief of the Forest Service shall submit 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Re24 sources of the House of Representatives and the Committees 

25 on Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources of 
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1 the Senate a report detailing the status of efforts to accel2 erate forest ecosystem restoration under the Four Forest 

3 Restoration Initiative: Provided further, That of the funds 

4 provided, $24,330,000 shall be for forest products: Provided 

5 further, That of the funds provided, $149,990,000 shall be 

6 for hazardous fuels management activities, of which not to 

7 exceed $15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any 

8 authorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State 

9 and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of 

10 creating incentives for increased use of biomass from Na11 tional Forest System lands: Provided further, That 

12 $20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 

13 to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agree14 ments or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management 

15 activities, and for training or monitoring associated with 

16 such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal 

17 land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines 

18 such activities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided 

19 further, That funds made available to implement the Com20 munity Forestry Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, 

21 title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in 

22 accordance with authorities made available to the Forest 

23 Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropria24 tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of 

25 the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the 
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1 Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing 

2 on a National Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 

3 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing Association 

4 or direct permittee for a conservation practice approved by 

5 the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which the 

6 cost of the conservation practice is incurred. And, that the 

7 amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing Asso8 ciation or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal 

9 year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year there10 after for use on the project for conservation practices ap11 proved by the Secretary. 

12 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not other15 wise provided for, $107,940,000, to remain available 

16 through September 30, 2023, for construction, capital im17 provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 

18 other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, re19 construction, decommissioning of roads that are no longer 

20 needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of 

21 the transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads 

22 and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 

23 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds 

24 becoming available in fiscal year 2019 under the Act of 

25 March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the 
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1 General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available 

2 for transfer or obligation for any other purpose unless the 

3 funds are appropriated. 

4 LAND ACQUISITION

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 

7 chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, including ad8 ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, 

9 or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 

10 applicable to the Forest Service, $73,741,000, to be derived 

11 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to re12 main available until expended. 

13 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made avail14 able for Forest Service and derived from the Land and 

15 Water Conservation Fund, $2,000,000 is hereby perma16 nently rescinded from projects with cost savings or failed 

17 projects or partially failed that had funds returned: Pro18 vided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

19 that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re20 quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 

21 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

22 Control Act of 1985. 
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1 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

2 ACTS

3 For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries 

4 of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; 

5 the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San 

6 Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, Cali7 fornia; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National 

8 Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $700,000, to be 

9 derived from forest receipts. 

10 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

11 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from 

12 funds deposited by State, county, or municipal govern13 ments, public school districts, or other public school authori14 ties, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited 

15 by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Ex16 change Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 

17 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 30, 

18 2023, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Pub19 lic Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 

20 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

21 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protec22 tion, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received 

23 during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic 

24 livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western 

25 States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94– 
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1 579, to remain available through September 30, 2023, of 

2 which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for adminis3 trative expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha4 bilitation, protection, and improvements. 

5 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

6 RANGELAND RESEARCH

7 For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 

8 $45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023, 

9 to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 

10 above Act. 

11 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

12 SUBSISTENCE USES

13 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage 

14 Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII 

15 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 

16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,500,000, to remain available 

17 through September 30, 2023. 

18 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

21 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

22 wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 

23 other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer24 gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 

25 lands and water, $1,964,730,000, to remain available 
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1 through September 30, 2023: Provided, That such funds in2 cluding unobligated balances under this heading, are avail3 able for repayment of advances from other appropriations 

4 accounts previously transferred for such purposes: Provided 

5 further, That any unobligated funds appropriated in a pre6 vious fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be 

7 transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Pro8 vided further, That such funds shall be available to reim9 burse State and other cooperating entities for services pro10 vided in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disas11 ters to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 

12 for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 

13 emergency management agency: Provided further, That 

14 funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 

15 emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of im16 plementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal 

17 Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as 

18 mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided fur19 ther, That of the funds provided under this head20 ing,$1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppres21 sion operations, and is provided to the meet the terms of 

22 section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 

23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

24 In addition to the amounts provided under this head25 ing for wildfire suppression operations, $1,950,000,000, to 
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1 remain available until expended, is additional new budget 

2 authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) 

3 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

4 of 1985: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may 

5 transfer such amounts to the Department of Interior for 

6 wildfire suppression operations. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

10 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 

11 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from 

12 excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, op13 eration, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to main14 tain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland 

15 fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwith16 standing other provisions of law, existing aircraft being re17 placed may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 

18 used to offset the purchase price for the replacement air19 craft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to 

20 exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) 

21 purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other 

22 public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of 

23 land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

24 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the Na25 tional Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a 
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1 note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

2 5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accord3 ance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

4 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 

5 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage6 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency reha7 bilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under 

8 its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning 

9 conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the House 

10 and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire sup11 pression funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland 

12 Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Pro13 vided, That all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must 

14 be replenished by a supplemental appropriation which must 

15 be requested as promptly as possible. 

16 Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 

17 the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 

18 transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland fire 

19 management, hazardous fuels management, and State fire 

20 assistance when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 

21 wildland fire management programs and projects. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 

23 Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of discre24 tionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by this 

25 Act to or within the National Forest System Account, or 
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1 reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of hazardous 

2 fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of burned-over 

3 National Forest System lands and water, such transferred 

4 funds shall remain available through September 30, 2023: 

5 Provided, That none of the funds transferred pursuant to 

6 this section shall be available for obligation without written 

7 notification to and the prior approval of the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 

9 further, That this section does not apply to funds derived 

10 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

11 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

12 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter13 national Development in connection with forest and range14 land research, technical information, and assistance in for15 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

16 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

17 States and its territories and possessions, including tech18 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

19 with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 

20 Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 

21 sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 

22 and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ23 ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the De24 partment of State, and the Millennium Challenge Corpora25 tion), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and organiza-
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1 tions to provide technical assistance and training programs 

2 overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 

3 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

4 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of 

5 the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 

6 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 

7 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform8 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such 

9 lands. 

10 None of the funds made available to the Forest Service 

11 in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year 

12 shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 

13 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 

14 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 106–224 

15 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107– 

16 171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

17 None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 

18 be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 

19 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac20 cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 

21 the report accompanying this Act. 

22 Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 

23 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

24 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

25 $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
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1 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Depart2 ment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as 

3 Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall pro4 hibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 

5 by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the 

6 Department of Agriculture’s National Information Tech7 nology Center and the Department of Agriculture’s Inter8 national Technology Service. 

9 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 

10 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 

11 the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out 

12 by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out 

13 under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 

14 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 

15 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is 

16 available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official recep17 tion and representation expenses. 

18 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 

19 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up 

20 to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the Na21 tional Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership 

22 projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without 

23 regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects 

24 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

25 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal 
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1 funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 

2 $300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: 

3 Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the 

4 end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private 

5 contributions to match funds made available by the Forest 

6 Service on at least a one-for-one basis: Provided further, 

7 That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Fed8 eral or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same 

9 rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal match10 ing funds. 

11 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up 

12 to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service 

13 may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foun14 dation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 

15 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on 

16 or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 

17 Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall 

18 be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Founda19 tion or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foun20 dation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non21 Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 

22 recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 

23 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

24 available for interactions with and providing technical as-
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1 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

2 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

3 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

4 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

5 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

6 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

7 663. 

8 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be 

9 used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 

10 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

11 3056(c)(2)). 

12 The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur13 pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 

14 maintenance and decommissioning. 

15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 

16 appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, not 

17 to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of 

18 the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for 

19 travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC as20 sistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 

21 meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land pur22 chase negotiations and similar matters unrelated to civil 

23 litigation. Future budget justifications for both the Forest 

24 Service and the Department of Agriculture should clearly 
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1 display the sums previously transferred and the sums re2 quested for transfer. 

3 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

4 funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

5 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 

6 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for pur7 poses of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

9 through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 

10 Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 

11 following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 

12 prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 

13 item and account, to the House and Senate Committees on 

14 Appropriations. 

15 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

16 SERVICES 

17 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

18 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

19 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 

20 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and 

21 Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improve22 ment Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service 

23 Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, 

24 $4,318,884,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2021, except as otherwise provided herein, together with 
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1 payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 

2 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b, for services furnished by the In3 dian Health Service: Provided, That funds made available 

4 to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant 

5 agreements, or any other agreements or compacts authorized 

6 by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist7 ance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be 

8 obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and 

9 thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal orga10 nization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

11 That $2,000,000 shall be available for grants or contracts 

12 with public or private institutions to provide alcohol or 

13 drug treatment services to Indians, including alcohol de14 toxification services: Provided further, That $967,363,000 

15 for Purchased/Referred Care, including $53,000,000 for the 

16 Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain 

17 available until expended: Provided further, That of the 

18 funds provided, up to $44,000,000 shall remain available 

19 until expended for implementation of the loan repayment 

20 program under section 108 of the Indian Health Care Im21 provement Act: Provided further, That of the funds pro22 vided, $97,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

23 to supplement funds available for operational costs at tribal 

24 clinics operated under an Indian Self-Determination and 

25 Education Assistance Act compact or contract where health 
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1 care is delivered in space acquired through a full service 

2 lease, which is not eligible for maintenance and improve3 ment from the Indian Health Service, and $58,000,000 

4 shall be for accreditation emergencies, including 

5 supplementing activities funded under the heading ‘‘Indian 

6 Health Facilities’’, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used 

7 to supplement amounts otherwise available for Purchased/ 

8 Referred Care: Provided further, That the amounts collected 

9 by the Federal Government as authorized by sections 104 

10 and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 

11 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year 

12 for breach of contracts shall be deposited in the Fund au13 thorized by section 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) 

14 and shall remain available until expended and, notwith15 standing section 108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), 

16 funds shall be available to make new awards under the loan 

17 repayment and scholarship programs under sections 104 

18 and 108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 

19 further, That the amounts made available within this ac20 count for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Pro21 gram, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 

22 Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for 

23 the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy author24 ity for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Programs at 

25 Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for transformation and 
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1 modernization costs of the Electronic Health Record Sys2 tem, for an initiative to improve recruitment and retention 

3 of healthcare providers and certain other critical profes4 sions, for national quality and oversight activities, to im5 prove collections from public and private insurance at In6 dian Health Service and tribally operated facilities, and 

7 for accreditation emergencies shall be allocated at the dis8 cretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service and 

9 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

10 That funds provided in this Act may be used for annual 

11 contracts and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, pro12 vided the total obligation is recorded in the year the funds 

13 are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts col14 lected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

15 under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care 

16 Improvement Act shall remain available until expended for 

17 the purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable 

18 conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the 

19 Social Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 

20 design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, 

21 That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 

22 under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 

23 1613) shall remain available until expended: Provided fur24 ther, That amounts received by tribes and tribal organiza25 tions under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
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1 Act shall be reported and accounted for and available to 

2 the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended: 

3 Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may 

4 collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes and tribal or5 ganizations operating health facilities pursuant to Public 

6 Law 93–638, such individually identifiable health informa7 tion relating to disabled children as may be necessary for 

8 the purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individ9 uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 

10 seq.): Provided further, That of the funds provided, 

11 $72,280,000 is for the Indian Health Care Improvement 

12 Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out activities 

13 typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities ac14 count. 

15 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

16 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

17 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter18 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

19 the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2020, such sums 

20 as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

22 this heading shall be available for transfer to another budget 

23 account. 
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1 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

2 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 

3 and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, in4 cluding quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, speci5 fications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and 

6 erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; 

7 and for provision of domestic and community sanitation 

8 facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act 

9 of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Deter10 mination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement 

11 Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and 

12 titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re13 spect to environmental health and facilities support activi14 ties of the Indian Health Service, $902,878,000, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan17 ning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of 

18 health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes 

19 may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will 

20 be located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 

21 may be used by the Indian Health Service to purchase 

22 TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for 

23 distribution to the Indian Health Service and tribal facili24 ties: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

25 to the Indian Health Service may be used for sanitation 
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1 facilities construction for new homes funded with grants by 

2 the housing programs of the United States Department of 

3 Housing and Urban Development. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

5 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 

6 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 

7 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 

8 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level po9 sitions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehi10 cles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase 

11 of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular 

12 buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments for 

13 telephone service in private residences in the field, when au14 thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; uni15 forms or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

16 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings that 

17 relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health 

18 Service: Provided, That in accordance with the provisions 

19 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian 

20 patients may be extended health care at all tribally admin21 istered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to 

22 charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 

23 the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651– 

24 2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility pro25 viding the service and shall be available without fiscal year 
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1 limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

2 other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Depart3 ment of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian 

4 Health Service shall be administered under Public Law 86– 

5 121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 

6 93–638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the 

7 Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad8 ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 

9 subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 

10 and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 

11 funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 

12 Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the De13 partment of Health and Human Services unless identified 

14 in the budget justification and provided in this Act, or ap15 proved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria16 tions through the reprogramming process: Provided further, 

17 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

18 previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or19 ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement author20 ized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination 

21 and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may 

22 be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con23 tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 

24 title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 

25 to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi-
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1 tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail2 able to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used 

3 to implement the final rule published in the Federal Reg4 ister on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health 

5 and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the 

6 health care services of the Indian Health Service until the 

7 Indian Health Service has submitted a budget request re8 flecting the increased costs associated with the proposed 

9 final rule, and such request has been included in an appro10 priations Act and enacted into law: Provided further, That 

11 with respect to functions transferred by the Indian Health 

12 Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 

13 Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those 

14 entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in ad15 vance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements 

16 received therefrom, along with the funds received from those 

17 entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, 

18 may be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation 

19 account from which the funds were originally derived, with 

20 such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 

21 further, That reimbursements for training, technical assist22 ance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service will 

23 contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and 

24 overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, serv25 ices, or technical assistance: Provided further, That the In-
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1 dian Health Service may provide to civilian medical per2 sonnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health 

3 Service housing allowances equivalent to those that would 

4 be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the 

5 United States Public Health Service serving in similar po6 sitions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appro7 priation structure for the Indian Health Service may not 

8 be altered without advance notification to the House and 

9 Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

12 SCIENCES

13 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

14 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

15 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ16 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

17 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund 

18 Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

19 $81,000,000. 

20 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

21 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

22 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub23 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out ac24 tivities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 

25 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
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1 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of 

2 the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $76,691,000: Provided, That 

3 notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of per4 forming a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of 

5 CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other 

6 appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, in7 cluding, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 

8 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 

9 healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 

10 any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or 

11 activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound 

12 by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Pro13 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 

14 this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess 

15 of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of 

16 CERCLA during fiscal year 2020, and existing profiles 

17 may be updated as necessary. 

18 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

19 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

20 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

21 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

22 For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned 

23 to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En24 vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ25 mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im-
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1 provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 

2 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and rep3 resentation expenses, $2,994,000: Provided, That notwith4 standing section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 

5 Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, ap6 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con7 sent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising all 

8 powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

9 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur12 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 

13 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, 

14 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services au15 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not 

16 to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate pay17 able for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 

18 $12,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Haz19 ard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than 

20 three career Senior Executive Service positions: Provided 

21 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 the individual appointed to the position of Inspector Gen23 eral of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall, 

24 by virtue of such appointment, also hold the position of In25 spector General of the Board: Provided further, That not-
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1 withstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector Gen2 eral of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of In3 spector General of EPA in performing the duties of the In4 spector General of the Board, and shall not appoint any 

5 individuals to positions within the Board. 

6 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

10 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

11 531, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria13 tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 

14 groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 

15 lands residents, those in significantly substandard housing, 

16 and all others certified as eligible and not included in the 

17 preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the 

18 funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by 

19 the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict 

20 any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of November 

21 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands partitioned 

22 to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is pro23 vided for such household: Provided further, That no 

24 relocatee will be provided with more than one new or re25 placement home: Provided further, That the Office shall re-
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1 locate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 

2 received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation 

3 or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo reserva4 tion or on the land acquired pursuant to section 11 of Pub5 lic Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 

6 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

7 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

8 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

9 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

10 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized 

11 by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 

12 4411 et seq.), $10,210,000, which shall become available on 

13 July 1, 2019, and shall remain available until September 

14 30, 2020. 

15 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 

18 as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 

19 science, and history; development, preservation, and docu20 mentation of the National Collections; presentation of pub21 lic exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dis22 semination, and exchange of information and publications; 

23 conduct of education, training, and museum assistance pro24 grams; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements 

25 of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, fa-
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1 cilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services 

2 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, re3 pair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $751,110,000, 

4 to remain available until September 30, 2020, except as oth5 erwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $6,908,000 

6 for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, 

7 exhibition reinstallation, and the repatriation of skeletal re8 mains program shall remain available until expended; and 

9 including such funds as may be necessary to support Amer10 ican overseas research centers: Provided further, That of the 

11 funds appropriated herein, not less than $4,292,000 shall 

12 be made available for the Smithsonian Latino Center and 

13 related initiative: Provided further, That of the funds ap14 propriated herein, not less than $3,700,000 shall be made 

15 available for the Women’s History Initiative: Provided, 

16 That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 

17 payments to independent contractors performing research 

18 services or participating in official Smithsonian presen19 tations: Provided, That the Smithsonian Institution may 

20 expend Federal appropriations designated in this Act for 

21 lease or rent payments, as rent payable to the Smithsonian 

22 Institution, and such rent payments may be deposited into 

23 the general trust funds of the Institution to be available as 

24 trust funds for expenses associated with the purchase of a 

25 portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., 
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1 Washington, D.C. to the extent that Federally supported ac2 tivities will be housed there: Provided further, That the use 

3 of such amounts in the general trust funds of the Institution 

4 for such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt serv5 ice for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an 

6 obligation of the Federal Government: Provided further, 

7 That no appropriated funds may be used directly to service 

8 debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring a 

9 portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., 

10 Washington, D.C., or of planning, designing, and con11 structing improvements to such building: Provided further, 

12 That the Smithsonian Institution may not sell its owner13 ship interest, or any portion thereof, in such building with14 out prior written notification to the House and Senate 

15 Committees on Appropriations 30 days in advance. 

16 FACILITIES CAPITAL

17 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

18 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso19 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by 

20 section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and 

21 for construction, including necessary personnel, 

22 $296,499,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

23 not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 

24 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
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1 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery 

4 of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, 

5 and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized 

6 by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended 

7 by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolu8 tion 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as au9 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when au10 thorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in 

11 library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 

12 publications or services are available to members only, or 

13 to members at a price lower than to the general public; pur14 chase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uni15 forms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as author16 ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); purchase or rental of 

17 devices and services for protecting buildings and contents 

18 thereof, and maintenance, alteration, improvement, and re19 pair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase 

20 of services for restoration and repair of works of art for 

21 the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without ad22 vertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such 

23 rates or prices and under such terms and conditions as the 

24 Gallery may deem proper, $147,022,000, to remain avail25 able until September 30, 2021, of which not to exceed 
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1 $3,640,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

4 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and ren5 ovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occu6 pied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or other7 wise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10 

8 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 years, 

9 that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations 

10 in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $25,203,000, 

11 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of this 

12 amount, $1,000,000 shall be available for design of an off13 site art storage facility in partnership with Smithsonian 

14 Institution: Provided further, That contracts awarded for 

15 environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior re16 pair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of 

17 Art may be negotiated with selected contractors and award18 ed on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. 

19 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

20 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

21 For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance 

22 and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per23 forming Arts, $25,690,000. 
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1 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

2 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora3 tion of the existing features of the building and site of the 

4 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

5 $17,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

7 SCHOLARS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

10 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

11 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

12 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $14,000,000, to remain avail13 able until September 30, 2021. 

14 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

15 HUMANITIES

16 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

17 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun19 dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

20 $157,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 

21 for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in 

22 the arts, including arts education and public outreach ac23 tivities, through assistance to organizations and individuals 

24 pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and 
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1 for administering the functions of the Act, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun6 dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

7 $157,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 

8 $143,850,000 shall be available for support of activities in 

9 the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for 

10 administering the functions of the Act; and $13,150,000 

11 shall be available to carry out the matching grants program 

12 pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 

13 $11,900,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That 

14 appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be 

15 available for obligation only in such amounts as may be 

16 equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of 

17 money, and other property accepted by the chairman or by 

18 grantees of the National Endowment for the Humanities 

19 under the provisions of sections 11(a)(2)(B) and 

20 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years 

21 for which equal amounts have not previously been appro22 priated. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 None of the funds appropriated to the National Foun25 dation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to 
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1 process any grant or contract documents which do not in2 clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none of 

3 the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 

4 Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception 

5 and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 

6 from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for 

7 official reception and representation expenses: Provided fur8 ther, That the Chairperson of the National Endowment for 

9 the Arts may approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the 

10 aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed 5 per11 cent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per 

12 year: Provided further, That such small grant actions are 

13 taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed and direct dele14 gation of authority from the National Council on the Arts 

15 to the Chairperson. 

16 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 

19 chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,050,000: Pro20 vided, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to 

21 cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall 

22 be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to re23 main available until expended without further appropria24 tion: Provided further, That the Commission is authorized 

25 to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings 
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1 and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the 

2 Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Com3 mission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, 

4 study, or education: Provided further, That one-tenth of one 

5 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be 

6 used for official reception and representation expenses. 

7 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

8 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

9 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,750,000. 

10 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on His13 toric Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $7,000,000. 

14 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan17 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 

18 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

19 3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent 

20 of the funds provided under this heading may be used for 

21 official reception and representational expenses associated 

22 with hosting international visitors engaged in the planning 

23 and physical development of world capitals. 
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1 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

2 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

3 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

4 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), 

5 $59,500,000, of which $1,715,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2022, for the Museum’s equipment re7 placement program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Muse8 um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for 

9 the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That, not later than 120 

11 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

12 of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shall sub13 mit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 

14 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives a report that describes the efforts of the United 

16 States Holocaust Memorial Museum to support memory 

17 and a range of educational programs relating to the Holo18 caust, including the collection and usage of historical docu19 mentation, such as survivor testimony. 

20 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 

23 Memorial Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available 

24 until expended. 
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1 WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Women’s Suffrage Cen4 tennial Commission, as authorized by the Women’s Suffrage 

5 Centennial Commission Act (section 431(a)(3) of division 

6 G of Public Law 115–31), $1,000,000, to remain available 

7 until expended. 

8 WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centen11 nial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I 

12 Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and the 

13 Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De14 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

15 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War I Cen16 tennial Commission, $7,000,000, to remain available until 

17 expended: Provided, That in addition to the authority pro18 vided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World War I Commis19 sion may accept money, in-kind personnel services, contrac20 tual support, or any appropriate support from any execu21 tive branch agency for activities of the Commission. 
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1 ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF

2 COMMISSION ON NATIVE CHILDREN

3 For necessary expenses of the Alyce Spotted Bear and 

4 Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, $500,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 TITLE IV 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

10 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

11 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica12 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

13 promote public support or opposition to any legislative pro14 posal on which Congressional action is not complete other 

15 than to communicate to Members of Congress as described 

16 in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

17 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

18 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

19 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

20 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

21 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

22 SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead 

23 charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including work24 ing capital fund and cost pool charges, from programs, 

25 projects, activities and subactivities to support government- 
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1 wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative func2 tions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall 

3 be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to 

4 approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

5 of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such esti6 mates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropria7 tions for approval. 

8 MINING APPLICATIONS

9 SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

10 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

11 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or proc12 ess applications for a patent for any mining or mill site 

13 claim located under the general mining laws. 

14 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

15 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

16 concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec17 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all require18 ments established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Re19 vised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode 

20 claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 

21 Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and 

22 section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill 

23 site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with 

24 by the applicant by that date. 
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1 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2021, the Secretary 

2 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com3 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

4 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 

5 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 

6 by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 

7 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related 

8 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 

9 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

10 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

11 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the 

12 Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third13 party contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau 

14 of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 

15 the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli16 cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land 

17 Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and 

18 pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the 

19 standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Man20 agement in the retention of third-party contractors. 

21 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

22 SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 

23 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

24 2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fiscal 

25 year 2020. 
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1 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2020 LIMITATION

2 SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 

3 2020 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 

4 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 

5 Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 

6 Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support 

7 Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract support 

8 costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance 

9 contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 

10 for fiscal year 2020 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Bu11 reau of Indian Education or the Indian Health Service: 

12 Provided, That such amounts provided by this Act are not 

13 available for payment of claims for contract support costs 

14 for prior years, or for repayments of payments for settle15 ments or judgments awarding contract support costs for 

16 prior years. 

17 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

18 SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

19 considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of 

20 the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 

21 Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more 

22 than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for 

23 a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this sec24 tion exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of 

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1 Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, 

2 That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in 

3 good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan 

4 for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall 

5 be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 

6 jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an acceler7 ated basis. 

8 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

9 SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex10 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

11 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 

12 or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 

13 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument es14 tablished pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 

15 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, 

16 except where such activities are allowed under the Presi17 dential proclamation establishing such monument. 

18 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

19 SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

20 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or in21 terests in lands may be expended for the filing of declara22 tions of taking or complaints in condemnation without the 

23 approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro24 priations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to 

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1 Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds 

2 appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida 

3 to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 

4 TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

5 SEC. 410. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 

6 be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the 

7 value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and 

8 stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allow9 ance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when ap10 praised using a residual value appraisal. The western red 

11 cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs 

12 of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available 

13 to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States 

14 at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red 

15 cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United 

16 States domestic processors may be exported to foreign mar17 kets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yel18 low cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the 

19 election of the timber sale holder. 

20 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

21 SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may 

23 be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such con24 tract is entered into in accordance with the requirements 

25 of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 
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1 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acqui2 sition Regulation, unless— 

3 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract 

4 to be entered into without regard for these require5 ments, including formula grants for States, or feder6 ally recognized Indian tribes; 

7 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 

8 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

9 (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any 

10 other Federal laws that specifically authorize a con11 tract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 

12 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 

13 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 

14 of enactment of this Act. 

15 POSTING OF REPORTS

16 SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail17 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

18 post on the public website of that agency any report re19 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

20 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

21 it shall serve the national interest. 

22 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

23 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

24 national security; or 

25 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 
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1 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

2 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

3 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

4 than 45 days. 

5 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES

6 SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En7 dowment for the Arts— 

8 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to 

9 an individual if such grant is awarded to such indi10 vidual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage 

11 Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship. 

12 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 

13 ensure that no funding provided through a grant, ex14 cept a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or 

15 regional group, may be used to make a grant to any 

16 other organization or individual to conduct activity 

17 independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in 

18 this subsection shall prohibit payments made in ex19 change for goods and services. 

20 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 

21 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 

22 contents of the season, including identified programs 

23 or projects. 
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1 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM

2 PRIORITIES

3 SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding finan4 cial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts 

5 and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated 

6 under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment 

7 for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 

8 services or awarding financial assistance for projects, pro9 ductions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved 

10 populations. 

11 (b) In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a 

13 population of individuals, including urban minori14 ties, who have historically been outside the purview of 

15 arts and humanities programs due to factors such as 

16 a high incidence of income below the poverty line or 

17 to geographic isolation. 

18 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 

19 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 

20 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec21 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the 

23 size involved. 

24 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as25 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
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1 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 

2 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 

3 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services 

4 or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 

5 workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowl6 edge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the 

7 arts. 

8 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

9 section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu10 manities Act of 1965— 

11 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat12 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro13 grams that are of national impact or availability or 

14 are able to tour several States; 

15 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex16 ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to 

17 any single State, excluding grants made under the 

18 authority of paragraph (1); 

19 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress 

20 annually and by State, on grants awarded by the 

21 Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of 

22 such Act; and 

23 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 

24 grants to improve and support community-based 

25 music performance and education. 
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1 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

2 SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi3 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 

4 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Ap5 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 

6 quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations 

7 including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 

8 funds in each program and activity. 

9 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

10 SEC. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 

12 Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula13 tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 

14 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, 

15 nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting 

16 from biological processes associated with livestock produc17 tion. 

18 GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

19 SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 none of the funds made available in this or any other Act 

21 may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that 

22 provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas 

23 emissions from manure management systems. 
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1 FUNDING PROHIBITION

2 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 

3 or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 

4 of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 

5 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 

6 et seq.) or any other law. 

7 EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

8 SEC. 419. The terms and conditions of section 325 of 

9 Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing 

10 permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not sub11 ject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 

12 Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall 

13 remain in effect for fiscal year 2020. 

14 FUNDING PROHIBITION

15 SEC. 420. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net17 work unless such network is designed to block access to por18 nography websites. 

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

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

21 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi22 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
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1 FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND

2 ENHANCEMENT ACT

3 SEC. 421. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility 

4 Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 

5 580d note; Public Law 109–54) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

7 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

8 SEC. 422. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by 

9 a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized 

10 by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the construction, 

12 alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system 

13 or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products 

14 used in the project are produced in the United States. 

15 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 

16 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

17 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

18 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 

19 clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 

20 precast concrete, and construction materials. 

21 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat22 egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ23 mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 

24 ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
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1 (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 

2 with the public interest; 

3 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

4 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail5 able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 

6 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 

7 in the United States will increase the cost of the over8 all project by more than 25 percent. 

9 (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver 

10 under this section, the Administrator shall make available 

11 to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request 

12 and information available to the Administrator concerning 

13 the request, and shall allow for informal public input on 

14 the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 

15 based on the request. The Administrator shall make the re16 quest and accompanying information available by elec17 tronic means, including on the official public Internet Web 

18 site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

19 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con20 sistent with United States obligations under international 

21 agreements. 

22 (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 

23 of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 

24 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the 
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1 provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management 

2 and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

3 MIDWAY ISLAND

4 SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures on 

6 Midway Island that have been recommended by the United 

7 States Navy for inclusion in the National Register of His8 toric Places (54 U.S.C. 302101). 

9 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION

10 SEC. 424. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 

11 Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) 

12 and (b) and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There 

14 is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out 

15 section 4(a)(1)(H), $25,690,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

16 ‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be 

17 appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 

18 and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $17,600,000 for fiscal year 

19 2020.’’. 

20 LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS21 FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR

22 WILDFIRES

23 SEC. 425. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 

24 to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with volun25 teer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire 
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1 protection associations, and similar organizations to pro2 vide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 

3 supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 

4 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of title 

5 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized 

6 to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior fire7 fighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the func8 tions of the Department’s wildland fire management pro9 gram to such organizations. 

10 RECREATION FEES

11 SEC. 426. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 

12 Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by sub13 stituting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

14 POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY

15 SEC. 427. To support the key role that forests in the 

16 United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 

17 the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 

18 of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental 

19 Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, 

20 jointly— 

21 (1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 

22 bioenergy— 

23 (A) is consistent across all Federal depart24 ments and agencies; and 
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1 (B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of 

2 forest biomass for energy, conservation, and re3 sponsible forest management; and 

4 (2) establish clear and simple policies for the use 

5 of forest biomass as an energy solution, including 

6 policies that— 

7 (A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 

8 bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 

9 energy source, provided the use of forest biomass 

10 for energy production does not cause conversion 

11 of forests to non-forest use; 

12 (B) encourage private investment through13 out the forest biomass supply chain, including 

14 in— 

15 (i) working forests; 

16 (ii) harvesting operations; 

17 (iii) forest improvement operations; 

18 (iv) forest bioenergy production; 

19 (v) wood products manufacturing; or 

20 (vi) paper manufacturing; 

21 (C) encourage forest management to im22 prove forest health; and 

23 (D) recognize State initiatives to produce 

24 and use forest biomass. 
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1 SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS

2 SEC. 428. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 

4 issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 

5 CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alas6 ka that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ units 

7 in those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is 

8 issued, the Administrator shall implement the law and reg9 ulations in effect prior to such date. 

10 CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS

11 SEC. 429. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 

13 dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 

14 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities identi15 fied in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of 

16 the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 

17 SEC. 430. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

18 Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

19 available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive 

20 fees for contractor performance that has been judged to be 

21 below satisfactory performance or for performance that does 

22 not meet the basic requirements of a contract, unless the 

23 Agency determines that any such deviations are due to un24 foreseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are 

25 not significant within the overall scope of the project and/ 
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1 or program and unless such awards or incentive fees are 

2 consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 

3 SEC. 431. (a) Not later than 1 year after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage5 ment and Budget shall submit to Congress and post on the 

6 website of the Office of Management and Budget a report 

7 on each project funded by an agency that is appropriated 

8 funds under this division— 

9 (1) that is more than 5 years behind schedule; or 

10 (2) for which the amount spent on the project is 

11 not less than $1,000,000,000 more than the original 

12 cost estimate for the project. 

13 (b) Each report submitted and posted under subsection 

14 (a) shall include, for each project included in the report— 

15 (1) a brief description of the project, including— 

16 (A) the purpose of the project; 

17 (B) each location in which the project is 

18 carried out; 

19 (C) the year in which the project was initi20 ated; 

21 (D) the Federal share of the total cost of the 

22 project; and 

23 (E) each primary contractor, subcontractor, 

24 grant recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the 

25 project; 
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1 (2) an explanation of any change to the original 

2 scope of the project, including by the addition or nar3 rowing of the initial requirements of the project; 

4 (3) the original expected date for completion of 

5 the project; 

6 (4) the current expected date for completion of 

7 the project; 

8 (5) the original cost estimate for the project, as 

9 adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price 

10 Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the 

11 Bureau of Labor Statistics; 

12 (6) the current cost estimate for the project, as 

13 adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price 

14 Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the 

15 Bureau of Labor Statistics; 

16 (7) an explanation for a delay in completion or 

17 increase in the original cost estimate for the project; 

18 and 

19 (8) the amount of and rationale for any award, 

20 incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded 

21 for the project. 

22 SEC. 432. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 this division, funds made available under the heading ‘‘EN24 VIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT’’ under the 

25 heading ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’’ 
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1 under title II shall be reduced by $5,489,000, which shall 

2 be reduced from amounts for Operations and Administra3 tion as described in the report accompanying this Act. 

4 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this divi5 sion, the amount made available under the heading ‘‘STATE

6 AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS’’ under the heading ‘‘EN7 VIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’’ under title II 

8 shall be increased by $5,489,000. 

9 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this divi10 sion, the amount made available under paragraph (2) 

11 under the heading ‘‘STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE

12 GRANTS’’ under the heading ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PRO13 TECTION AGENCY’’ under title II shall be increased by 

14 $5,489,000. 

15 GEOGRAPHIC PROGRAMS

16 SEC. 433. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this division, the amount made available for Geographic 

18 Programs under the heading ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

19 AND MANAGEMENT’’ under the heading ‘‘ENVIRON20 MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’’ under title II shall 

21 be increased by 3 percent, and the amount made available 

22 for each Geographic Program described in the report accom23 panying this Act shall be increased by 3 percent. 

24 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this divi25 sion, the amount authorized to be transferred under the 

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1 PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’’ 

2 under the heading ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

3 AGENCY’’ under title II shall be increased by the addi4 tional amount made available for the Great Lakes Restora5 tion Initiative under subsection (a). 

6 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this divi7 sion, funds made available under the heading ‘‘ENVIRON8 MENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT’’ under the heading 

9 ‘‘ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’’ under 

10 title II for operations and administration, as specified in 

11 the report accompanying this Act, shall be reduced by an 

12 amount equal to the total amount additionally appro13 priated for Geographic Programs under subsection (a). 

14 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 

15 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria16 tions Act, 2020’’. 

17 DIVISION D—TRANSPORTATION, AND 

18 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 

19 AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA20 TIONS ACT, 2020 

21 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

22 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

23 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 

24 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

25 September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

6 $113,910,000, of which not to exceed $3,065,000 shall be 

7 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 

8 exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the immediate Of9 fice of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,428,000 shall 

10 be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 

11 exceed $10,331,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

12 Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 

13 $14,300,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

14 Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 

15 $2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

16 Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 

17 $29,244,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

18 Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall 

19 be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 

20 $1,859,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 

21 Secretariat; not to exceed $12,181,000 shall be available for 

22 the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re23 sponse; and not to exceed $16,814,000 shall be available for 

24 the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 

25 the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
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1 funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec2 retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Pro3 vided further, That no appropriation for any office shall 

4 be increased or decreased by more than 7 percent by all 

5 such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change 

6 in funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted for 

7 approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appro8 priations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 

9 shall be for allocation within the Department for official 

10 reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 

11 determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public 

13 Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation 

14 up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided 

15 further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 

16 be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Pub17 lic Affairs. 

18 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

19 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As20 sistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $8,000,000, 

21 of which $2,218,000 shall remain available until September 

22 30, 2022: Provided, That there may be credited to this ap23 propriation, to be available until expended, funds received 

24 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori25 ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for training: 
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1 Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, ju2 dicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innova3 tive Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed 

4 to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

5 for Research and Technology of the Department of Trans6 portation: Provided further, That of the amount made 

7 available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be to estab8 lish an emergency planning transportation data initiative 

9 to conduct research and develop models for data integration 

10 of geo-located weather and roadways information for emer11 gency and other severe weather conditions to improve public 

12 safety and emergency evacuation and response capabilities. 

13 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

14 For capital investments in surface transportation in15 frastructure, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through 

16 September 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans17 portation shall distribute funds provided under this heading 

18 as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local gov19 ernment, transit agency, port authority, or a collaboration 

20 among such entities on a competitive basis for projects that 

21 will have a significant local or regional impact: Provided 

22 further, That projects eligible for funding provided under 

23 this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway 

24 or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States 

25 Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 
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1 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight 

2 rail transportation projects; port infrastructure investments 

3 (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of 

4 entry); and projects investing in surface transportation fa5 cilities that are located on tribal land and for which title 

6 or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal Gov7 ernment: Provided further, That of the amount made avail8 able under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount 

9 not to exceed $15,000,000 for the planning, preparation or 

10 design of projects eligible for funding under this heading: 

11 Provided further, That grants awarded under the previous 

12 proviso shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: Pro13 vided further, That the Secretary may use up to 20 percent 

14 of the funds made available under this heading for the pur15 pose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of 

16 projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under chapter 

17 6 of title 23, United States Code, or sections 501 through 

18 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 

19 Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, if the Sec20 retary finds that such use of the funds would advance the 

21 purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That in dis22 tributing funds provided under this heading, the Secretary 

23 shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo24 graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 

25 addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the in-
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1 vestment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided 

2 further, That a grant funded under this heading shall be 

3 not less than $5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: 

4 Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the 

5 funds made available under this heading may be awarded 

6 to projects in a single State: Provided further, That the Fed7 eral share of the costs for which an expenditure is made 

8 under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, 

9 up to 80 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

10 give priority to projects that require a contribution of Fed11 eral funds in order to complete an overall financing pack12 age: Provided further, That not less than 30 percent of the 

13 funds provided under this heading shall be for projects lo14 cated in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects lo15 cated in a rural area, the minimum grant size shall be 

16 $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 

17 share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That 

18 projects conducted using funds provided under this heading 

19 must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of 

20 chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 

21 That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select 

22 the grants and credit assistance awarded under this head23 ing: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up 

24 to three percent of the funds provided under this heading, 

25 and may transfer portions of those funds to the Administra-
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1 tors of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal 

2 Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administra3 tion, and the Maritime Administration to fund the award 

4 and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under 

5 the National Infrastructure Investments program: Provided 

6 further, That none of the funds provided in the previous 

7 proviso may be used to hire additional personnel: Provided 

8 further, That the Secretary shall consider and award 

9 projects based solely on the selection criteria from the fiscal 

10 year 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Provided fur11 ther, That, notwithstanding the previous proviso, the Sec12 retary shall not use the Federal share or an applicant’s 

13 ability to generate non-Federal revenue as a selection cri14 teria in awarding projects: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity no 

16 later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 

17 further, That such Notice of Funding Opportunity shall re18 quire application submissions 90 days after the publishing 

19 of such Notice: Provided further, That of the applications 

20 submitted under the previous two provisos, the Secretary 

21 shall make grants no later than 270 days after enactment 

22 of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines. 
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1 NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE

2 FINANCE BUREAU

3 For necessary expenses of the National Surface Trans4 portation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 

5 49 U.S.C. 116, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the House 

7 and Senate Committees on Appropriations no less than 15 

8 days prior to exercising the transfer authority granted 

9 under section 116(h) of title 49, United States Code. 

10 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

11 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

12 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

13 re-engineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 

14 available through September 30, 2021. 

15 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

16 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

17 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in18 formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net19 work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 

20 and assessment of information technology against business, 

21 security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed22 eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc23 ture enhancements, and implementation of enhanced secu24 rity controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain 

25 available through September 30, 2021. 
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1 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

3 $9,470,000. 

4 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

5 DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

7 planning, research, systems development, development ac8 tivities, and making grants, $7,879,000, to remain avail9 able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

10 $1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency 

11 Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): 

12 Provided further, That there may be transferred to this ap13 propriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 

14 transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses in15 curred under this heading for IIPIC activities not related 

16 to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, That the 

17 tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available 

18 to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 

19 major infrastructure projects not related to transportation 

20 only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide fund21 ing to the Department as provided for under the previous 

22 proviso. 

23 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

24 For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

25 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
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1 $319,793,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

2 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

3 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

4 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro5 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex6 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur7 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

8 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap9 ital Fund without majority approval of the Working Cap10 ital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Sec11 retary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 

12 against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project 

13 funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and 

14 the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 

15 Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 

16 Committees. 

17 SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND

18 OUTREACH

19 For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 

20 business utilization and outreach activities, $3,488,000, to 

21 remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

22 notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used 

23 for business opportunities related to any mode of transpor24 tation. 
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1 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 In addition to funds made available from any other 

4 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

5 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $162,000,000, to be derived 

6 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail7 able until expended: Provided, That in determining between 

8 or among carriers competing to provide service to a commu9 nity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy re10 quirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic es11 sential air service minimum requirements shall not include 

12 the 15-passenger capacity requirement under section 

13 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur14 ther, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act 

15 shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community 

16 located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub air17 port before the Secretary has negotiated with the commu18 nity over a local cost share: Provided further, That amounts 

19 authorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro20 gram under section 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, 

21 shall be made available immediately from amounts other22 wise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

23 Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator 

24 may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the ac-
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1 count established under section 45303 of title 49, United 

2 States Code. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 OF TRANSPORTATION

5 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

7 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 

8 assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 

9 appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex10 cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 

11 this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com12 pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 

13 notification. 

14 SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of 

15 the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings 

16 of the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda 

17 for each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and 

18 Finance to record the decisions and actions of each meeting. 

19 SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 

20 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Work21 ing Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide partial 

22 or full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim23 bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 

24 for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 

25 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
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1 benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and sec2 tion 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the De3 partment shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in 

4 the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to 

5 provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Government em6 ployees: Provided further, That such reserve will not exceed 

7 one month of benefits payable and may be used only for 

8 the purpose of providing for the continuation of transit ben9 efits: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund will 

10 be fully reimbursed by each customer agency from available 

11 funds for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 

12 SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act may be obli13 gated or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses 

14 for an employee of the Department of Transportation with15 out the prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary 

16 for Administration. 

17 SEC. 105. Not later than 90 days after the date of en18 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

19 submit to the Committees on Appropriations, Commerce, 

20 Science, and Transportation, and Environment and Public 

21 Works of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations 

22 and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep23 resentatives a report on efforts by the Department of Trans24 portation to engage with local communities, metropolitan 

25 planning organizations, and regional transportation com-
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1 missions on advancing data and intelligent transportation 

2 systems technologies and other smart cities solutions. 

3 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act shall be used to terminate the Intelligent Transpor5 tation System Program Advisory Committee established 

6 under section 5305(h) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 512 

7 note; Public Law 109–59). 

8 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

9 OPERATIONS

10 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin12 istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 

13 and research activities related to commercial space trans14 portation, administrative expenses for research and develop15 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper16 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub17 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 

18 the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 

19 for replacement only, in addition to amounts made avail20 able by Public Law 115–254, $10,540,511,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2021, of which 

22 $10,540,511,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air23 way Trust Fund: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

24 under this heading— 
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1 (1) $1,359,607,000 shall be available for aviation 

2 safety activities; 

3 (2) $7,925,734,000 shall be available for air traf4 fic organization activities; 

5 (3) $26,040,000 shall be available for commercial 

6 space transportation activities; 

7 (4) $800,646,000 shall be available for finance 

8 and management activities; 

9 (5) $61,538,000 shall be available for NextGen 

10 and operations planning activities; 

11 (6) $118,642,000 shall be available for security 

12 and hazardous materials safety; and 

13 (7) $248,304,000 shall be available for staff of14 fices: 

15 Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget activ16 ity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be trans17 ferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided 

18 further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any ap19 propriation by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That 

20 any transfer in excess of 5 percent shall be treated as a 

21 reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 

22 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

24 Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each fis25 cal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
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1 tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 

2 update to the report submitted to Congress in December 

3 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Pro4 vided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall 

5 be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 31 that 

6 such report has not been submitted to the Congress: Pro7 vided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal 

8 year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress 

9 a companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy 

10 for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and air11 craft certification staff in a format similar to the one uti12 lized for the controller staffing plan, including stated attri13 tion estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: 

14 Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated 

15 shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 

16 March 31 that such report has not been submitted to Con17 gress: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter 

18 into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 

19 organization to assist in the development of aviation safety 

20 standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 

21 Act shall be available for new applicants for the second ca22 reer training program: Provided further, That none of the 

23 funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation 

24 Administration to finalize or implement any regulation 

25 that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifi-
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1 cally authorized by law after the date of the enactment of 

2 this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to 

3 this appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received 

4 from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, 

5 other public authorities, and private sources for expenses 

6 incurred in the provision of agency services, including re7 ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 

8 facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer9 tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer10 tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major 

11 repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the 

12 funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 

13 $170,000,000 shall be used to fund direct operations of the 

14 current air traffic control towers in the contract tower pro15 gram, including the contract tower cost share program, and 

16 any airport that is currently qualified or that will qualify 

17 for the program during the fiscal year: Provided further, 

18 That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 

19 and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 

20 or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro21 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

23 used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers program 

24 at any airport: Provided further, That of the funds appro25 priated under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall 
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1 be used for a veterans pilot training competitive grant pro2 gram. 

3 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

6 acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im7 provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

8 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip9 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

10 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec11 essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test12 ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 

13 of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur14 nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 

15 and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta16 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

17 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 

18 from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 

19 for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 

20 the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $3,153,801,000, of 

21 which $514,730,000 shall remain available until September 

22 30, 2021, $2,518,544,000 shall remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2022, and $120,527,000 shall remain available 

24 until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this 

25 appropriation funds received from States, counties, munici-
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1 palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for 

2 expenses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 

3 modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur4 ther, That no later than March 31, the Secretary of Trans5 portation shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan 

6 for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes 

7 funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2021 

8 through 2025, with total funding for each year of the plan 

9 constrained to the funding targets for those years as esti10 mated and approved by the Office of Management and 

11 Budget: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail12 able for Enterprise, Concept Development, Human Factors, 

13 and Demonstration, not less than $9,500,000 shall be avail14 able for the remote tower pilot program as authorized by 

15 section 161 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 

16 U.S.C. 47104 note). 

17 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

20 research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

21 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 

22 including construction of experimental facilities and acqui23 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $194,230,000, to 

24 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

25 to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
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1 That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset2 ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu3 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 

4 which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 

5 engineering, and development: Provided further, That funds 

6 made available under this heading shall be used in accord7 ance with the report accompanying this Act: Provided fur8 ther, That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level 

9 specified under this heading in the report accompanying 

10 this Act may be transferred to any other funding level speci11 fied under this heading in the report accompanying this 

12 Act: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or de13 crease any funding level by more than 10 percent: Provided 

14 further, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be 

15 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of 

16 this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expendi17 ture except in compliance with the procedures set forth in 

18 that section. 

19 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in25 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
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1 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub2 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

3 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author4 izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 

5 commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 

6 systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 

7 section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in8 spection activities and administration of airport safety pro9 grams, including those related to airport operating certifi10 cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 

11 $3,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

12 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 

14 available for the planning or execution of programs the obli15 gations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal 

16 year 2020, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 

17 United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 

18 funds under this heading shall be available for the replace19 ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter20 minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 

21 are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 

22 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 

23 title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of al24 lowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 

25 paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a 
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1 project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 

2 is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 

3 for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 

4 2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds lim6 ited under this heading, not more than $113,000,000 shall 

7 be available for administration, not less than $15,000,000 

8 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro9 gram, not less than $39,224,000 shall be available for Air10 port Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain 

11 available until expended, shall be available and transferred 

12 to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 

13 out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro14 gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligi15 ble under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such 

16 program may include the participation of an airport that 

17 serves a community or consortium that is not larger than 

18 a small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifications 

19 effective at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a re20 quest for proposals. 

21 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air23 ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

24 grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 

25 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
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1 States Code, $450,000,000, to remain available through 

2 September 30, 2022: Provided, That amounts made avail3 able under this heading shall be derived from the general 

4 fund, and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment 

5 formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 

6 percentages under chapter 471: Provided further, That the 

7 Secretary shall distribute funds provided under this head8 ing as discretionary grants to airports: Provided further, 

9 That the amount made available under this heading shall 

10 not be subject to any limitation on obligations for the 

11 Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act: 

12 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 

13 Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of 

14 the funds provided under this heading to fund the award 

15 and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under 

16 this heading. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

20 to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 

21 the federally funded research and development center con22 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

23 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 

24 fiscal year 2020. 
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1 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

2 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air3 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis4 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

5 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 

6 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

7 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi8 bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 

9 between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree10 ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 

11 assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 

12 without cost to the Federal Aviation Administration for air 

13 traffic control facilities. 

14 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

15 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

16 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 

17 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account 

18 at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to 

19 satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 

20 SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 

21 title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro22 priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 

23 and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 

24 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able for paying premium pay under section 5546(a) of title 
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1 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administra2 tion employee unless such employee actually performed 

3 work during the time corresponding to such premium pay. 

4 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli5 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 

6 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi7 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

8 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 none of the funds made available under this Act or any 

10 prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im11 plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper12 ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 

13 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 

14 blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 

15 number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis16 tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 

17 that is made available to the public, except data made 

18 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

19 flights of that owner or operator. 

20 SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able for salaries and expenses of more than nine political 

22 and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad23 ministration. 

24 SEC. 118. None of the funds made available under this 

25 Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 
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1 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation 

2 Administration provides to the House and Senate Commit3 tees on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related 

4 to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 

5 fees are consistent with Executive Order 13642. 

6 SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

7 to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 

8 Administration or reduce its services unless the Adminis9 trator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro10 priations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 

11 SEC. 119A. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

12 by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 

13 prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 

14 New Jersey. 

15 SEC. 119B. None of the funds provided under this Act 

16 may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

17 Administration to withhold from consideration and ap18 proval any new application for participation in the Con19 tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Pro20 gram participants as long as the Federal Aviation Admin21 istration has received an application from the airport, and 

22 as long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligi23 ble using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Adminis24 tration published establishment criteria. 
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1 SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to close, consolidate, or re-designate any 

3 field or regional airports division office unless the Adminis4 trator submits a request for the reprogramming of funds 

5 under section 405 of this Act. 

6 SENSE OF CONGRESS

7 SEC. 119D. It is the sense of Congress that the Admin8 istrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, as part of 

9 ongoing efforts to review regulations regarding the emer10 gency medical equipment carried by passenger airlines, 

11 should continue to prioritize the demands of our nation’s 

12 growing opioid epidemic and take timely action to issue 

13 additional guidance to air carriers to ensure the expeditious 

14 inclusion of opioid antagonists in emergency medical kits. 

15 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 Not to exceed $453,549,689, together with advances 

20 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad21 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

22 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad23 ministration. In addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred 

24 to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance 

25 with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. 
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1 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

2 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

5 of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

6 programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 

7 Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface 

8 Transportation Act shall not exceed total obligations of 

9 $46,365,092,000 for fiscal year 2020: Provided, That the 

10 Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 

11 23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of ex12 pert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and 

13 project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing 

14 of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the 

15 costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit in16 struments: Provided further, That such fees are available 

17 until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That 

18 such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses 

19 that are also available for such purpose, and are not subject 

20 to any obligation limitation or the limitation on adminis21 trative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States 

22 Code. 
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1 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

2 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

4 out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

5 programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 

6 $47,104,092,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

7 (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 

8 until expended. 

9 HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

10 There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 

11 Transportation $2,700,000,000: Provided, That the 

12 amounts made available under this heading shall be derived 

13 from the general fund, shall be in addition to any funds 

14 provided for fiscal year 2020 in this or any other Act for: 

15 (1) ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, 

16 United States Code; or (2) the Appalachian Development 

17 Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) of 

18 Public Law 102–240, and shall not affect the distribution 

19 or amount of funds provided in any other Act: Provided 

20 further, That section 1101(b) of Public Law 114–94 shall 

21 apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 

22 further, That of the funds made available under this head23 ing, $1,250,000,000 shall be set aside for activities eligible 

24 under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, 

25 and for the elimination of hazards and the installation of 
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1 protective devices at railway-highway crossings, 

2 $100,000,000 shall be set aside for the nationally significant 

3 Federal lands and tribal projects program under section 

4 1123 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

5 (FAST) Act (Public Law 114–94), $1,250,000,000 shall be 

6 set aside for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation pro7 gram for qualifying States, and $100,000,000 shall be set 

8 aside for necessary expenses for construction of the Appa9 lachian Development Highway System as authorized under 

10 section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Provided further, 

11 That for the purposes of funds made available under this 

12 heading for activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of 

13 title 23, United States Code, and for the elimination of haz14 ards and the installation of protective devices at railway15 highway crossings, the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 

16 States or the District of Columbia: Provided further, That 

17 for the purposes of funds made available under this heading 

18 for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 

19 System, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a State that 

20 contains 1 or more counties (including any political sub21 division located within the area) in the Appalachian region 

22 as defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, United States 

23 Code: Provided further, That the funds made available 

24 under this heading for activities eligible under section 

25 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, and for the 
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1 elimination of hazards and the installation of protective de2 vices at railway-highway crossings, shall be suballocated in 

3 the manner described in section 133(d) of such title, except 

4 that the set-aside described in section 133(h) of such title 

5 shall not apply to funds made available under this heading: 

6 Provided further, That the funds made available under this 

7 heading for (1) activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) 

8 of such title and for the elimination of hazards and the in9 stallation of protective devices at railway-highway cross10 ings, and (2) a bridge replacement and rehabilitation pro11 gram shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 

12 1 of such title and shall remain available through Sep13 tember 30, 2023: Provided further, That the funds made 

14 available under this heading for activities eligible under 

15 section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, and 

16 for the elimination of hazards and the installation of protec17 tive devices at railway-highway crossings, shall be appor18 tioned to the States in the same ratio as the obligation limi19 tation for fiscal year 2020 is distributed among the States 

20 in section 120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided further, That the 

21 funds made available under this heading for the nationally 

22 significant Federal lands and tribal projects program under 

23 section 1123 of the FAST Act shall remain available 

24 through September 30, 2023: Provided further, That for the 

25 purposes of funds made available under this heading for 
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1 a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program, the term 

2 ‘‘qualifying State’’ means any of the 50 States with a popu3 lation of less than 5,000,000 and in which less than 65 per4 cent of National Highway System bridges are classified as 

5 in good condition: Provided further, That the Secretary 

6 shall distribute funds made available under this heading 

7 for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to 

8 each qualifying State by the proportion that the percentage 

9 of National Highway System bridges not classified as in 

10 good condition in such qualifying State bears to the sum 

11 of the percentages of National Highway System bridges not 

12 classified as in good condition in all qualifying States: Pro13 vided further, That the funds made available under this 

14 heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation pro15 gram shall be used for highway bridge replacement or reha16 bilitation projects on public roads: Provided further, That 

17 for purposes of this heading for the bridge replacement and 

18 rehabilitation program, the Secretary shall (1) calculate 

19 population based on the latest available data from the de20 cennial census conducted under section 141(a) of title 13, 

21 United States Code, and (2) calculate the percentages of 

22 bridges not classified as in good condition based on the Na23 tional Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 2018: Provided 

24 further, That funds made available under this heading for 

25 construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
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1 System shall remain available until expended: Provided 

2 further, That a project carried out with funds made avail3 able under this heading for construction of the Appalachian 

4 Development Highway System shall be carried out in the 

5 same manner as a project under section 14501 of title 40, 

6 United States Code: Provided further, That subject to the 

7 following proviso, funds made available under this heading 

8 for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 

9 System shall be apportioned to Appalachian States accord10 ing to the percentages derived from the 2012 Appalachian 

11 Development Highway System Cost-to-Complete Estimate, 

12 adopted in Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution 

13 Number 736, and confirmed as each Appalachian State’s 

14 relative share of the estimated remaining need to complete 

15 the Appalachian Development Highway System, adjusted 

16 to exclude those corridors that such States have no current 

17 plans to complete, as reported in the 2013 Appalachian De18 velopment Highway System Completion Report: Provided 

19 further, That the Secretary shall adjust apportionments 

20 made under the preceding proviso so that no Appalachian 

21 State shall be apportioned an amount in excess of 30 per22 cent of the amount made available for construction of the 

23 Appalachian Development Highway System under this 

24 heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 

25 with the Appalachian Regional Commission in making ad-
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1 justments under the preceding two provisos: Provided fur2 ther, That the Federal share of the costs for which an ex3 penditure is made for construction of the Appalachian De4 velopment Highway System under this heading shall be up 

5 to 100 percent. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of 

9 Transportation shall— 

10 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

11 for Federal-aid highways— 

12 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

13 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 

14 23, United States Code; and 

15 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

16 Transportation Statistics; 

17 (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 

18 limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 

19 the unobligated balance of amounts— 

20 (A) made available from the Highway Trust 

21 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 

22 Federal-aid highway and highway safety con23 struction programs for previous fiscal years the 

24 funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 
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1 (or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 

2 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 

3 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

4 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

5 (3) determine the proportion that— 

6 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

7 highways, less the aggregate of amounts not dis8 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

9 subsection; bears to 

10 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

11 appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 

12 highway safety construction programs (other 

13 than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro14 visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

15 through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author16 ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 

17 23, United States Code, equal to the amount re18 ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 

19 year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis20 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

21 subsection; 

22 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed23 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis24 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 

25 programs (other than programs to which paragraph 
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1 (1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 

2 the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act and 

3 title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the 

4 Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 

5 multiplying— 

6 (A) the proportion determined under para7 graph (3); by 

8 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro9 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

10 year; and 

11 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed12 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis13 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 

14 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed15 eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 

16 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

17 under title 23, United States Code (other than the 

18 amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per19 formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 

20 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

21 under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor22 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 

23 proportion that— 

24 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

25 for the programs that are apportioned under title 
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1 23, United States Code, to each State for such 

2 fiscal year; bears to 

3 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

4 be appropriated for the programs that are ap5 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

6 all States for such fiscal year. 

7 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

8 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

9 not apply to obligations under or for— 

10 (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 

11 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As12 sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 

13 2714); 

14 (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 

15 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 

16 (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 

17 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

18 Stat. 2119); 

19 (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 

20 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As21 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

22 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 

23 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 

24 Stat. 2027); 
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1 (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 

2 (as in effect on June 8, 1998); 

3 (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

4 (as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 

5 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

6 those fiscal years); 

7 (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob8 ligation authority was made available under the 

9 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 

10 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to 

11 remain available until expended, but only to the ex12 tent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 

13 been used; 

14 (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

15 (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 

16 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

17 those fiscal years); 

18 (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 

19 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds ob20 ligated in accordance with that section were not sub21 ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 

22 which the funds were initially made available for ob23 ligation; and 
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1 (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 

2 (but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2020, only 

3 in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 

4 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU5 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

6 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

7 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita8 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 

9 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

10 fiscal year; and 

11 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 

12 able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre13 viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri14 ority to those States having large unobligated bal15 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

16 effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub17 lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 

18 Code. 

19 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

20 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para22 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

23 highways shall apply to contract authority for trans24 portation research programs carried out under— 
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1 (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 

2 Code; and 

3 (B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface 

4 Transportation Act. 

5 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

6 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

7 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 

8 years; and 

9 (B) be in addition to the amount of any 

10 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal11 aid highway and highway safety construction 

12 programs for future fiscal years. 

13 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

14 FUNDS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

16 the date of distribution of obligation limitation under 

17 subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the 

18 States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the 

19 program under section 202 of title 23, United States 

20 Code) that— 

21 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

22 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro23 grams; and 

24 (B) the Secretary determines will not be al25 located to the States (or will not be apportioned 
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1 to the States under section 204 of title 23, 

2 United States Code), and will not be available 

3 for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 

4 imposition of any obligation limitation for such 

5 fiscal year. 

6 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

7 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu8 tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 

9 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

10 State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 

11 purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 

12 States Code. 

13 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re14 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

15 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur16 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

17 be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur18 pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, 

19 That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation 

20 for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

21 programs. 

22 SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 

23 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re24 quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary 

25 of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
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1 comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 

2 the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall pro3 vide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 

4 on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy 

5 America requirements. 

6 SEC. 123. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

7 the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 

8 credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any ap9 plication approval to provide credit assistance under sec10 tions 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec11 retary of Transportation provides notification in writing 

12 to the following committees: the House and Senate Commit13 tees on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 

14 Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 

15 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans16 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa17 tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but not 

18 be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description 

19 of the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 

20 a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 

21 amount of credit assistance. 

22 SEC. 124. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

23 be used to make a grant for a project under section 117 

24 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 

25 60 days before making a grant under that section, provides 
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1 written notification to the House and Senate Committees 

2 on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an eval3 uation and justification for the project and the amount of 

4 the proposed grant award: Provided, That the written noti5 fication required in the previous proviso shall be made no 

6 later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 

8 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 

9 eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 

10 title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 

11 territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obli12 gation limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans13 portation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 

14 amount was originally designated or directed notifies the 

15 Secretary of Transportation of its intent to use its authority 

16 under this section and submits a quarterly report to the 

17 Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 

18 would be applied: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

19 the original period of availability of funds to be obligated 

20 under this section, such funds and associated obligation 

21 limitation shall remain available for obligation for a period 

22 of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the Secretary 

23 of Transportation is notified: Provided further, That the 

24 Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with funds 
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1 made available under this section shall be the same as asso2 ciated with the earmark. 

3 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 

4 means— 

5 (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined 

6 in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 

7 identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 

8 statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 

9 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

10 the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed11 eral Highway Administration; or 

12 (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 

13 XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 

14 identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 

15 statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 

16 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

17 the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed18 eral Highway Administration. 

19 (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer20 cised only for those projects or activities that have obligated 

21 less than 10 percent of the amount made available for obli22 gation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, and shall 

23 be applied to projects within the same general geographic 

24 area within 100 miles for which the funding was des25 ignated, except that a State or territory may apply such 
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1 authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or 

2 activities the State or territory certifies have been closed 

3 and for which payments have been made under a final 

4 voucher. 

5 (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of 

6 the information provided by the States and territories each 

7 quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria8 tions. 

9 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

10 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

14 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen15 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe16 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 

17 title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing 

18 America’s Surface Transportation Act, $288,000,000, to be 

19 derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

20 Transit Account), together with advances and reimburse21 ments received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin22 istration, the sum of which shall remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 

24 execution or administration of motor carrier safety oper25 ations and programs authorized under title 49, United 
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1 States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 

2 $288,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 

3 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2020, of which $9,073,000, to re4 main available for obligation until September 30, 2022, is 

5 for the research and technology program, and of which 

6 $35,334,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep7 tember 30, 2022, is for information management. 

8 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

9 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

10 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

14 sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United 

15 States Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface 

16 Transportation Act, $391,135,561, to be derived from the 

17 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac18 count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

19 That funds available for the implementation or execution 

20 of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obli21 gations of $391,135,561 in fiscal year 2020 for ‘‘Motor Car22 rier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the sums ap23 propriated under this heading: 

24 (1) $308,700,000 shall be available for the motor 

25 carrier safety assistance program; 
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1 (2) $33,200,000 shall be available for the com2 mercial driver’s license program implementation pro3 gram; 

4 (3) $45,900,000 shall be available for the high 

5 priority activities program, of which $1,000,000 is to 

6 be made available from prior year unobligated con7 tract authority provided for Motor Carrier Safety in 

8 the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

9 (Public Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 

10 109–59), or other appropriations or authorization 

11 Acts; and 

12 (4) $3,335,561 shall be made available for com13 mercial motor vehicle operators grants, of which 

14 $2,335,561 is to be made available from prior year 

15 unobligated contract authority provided for Motor 

16 Carrier Safety in the Transportation Equity Act for 

17 the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), SAFETEA– 

18 LU (Public Law 109–59), or other appropriations or 

19 authorization Acts. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

21 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

22 SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis23 tration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 viola24 tions by certified mail, registered mail, or another manner 
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1 of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the 

2 persons responsible for the violations. 

3 SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

4 made available to the Department of Transportation by this 

5 Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to imple6 ment, administer, or enforce the requirements of section 

7 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regulation 

8 issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with re9 spect to the use of electronic logging devices by operators 

10 of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) 

11 of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 602 

12 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 

13 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 

14 SEC. 132. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis15 tration shall update annual inspection regulations under 

16 Appendix G to subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, Code 

17 of Federal Regulations, as recommended by GAO–19–264. 

18 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

19 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

20 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 

21 Secretary, $194,000,000: Provided, That $178,501,000 shall 

22 be for traffic and highway safety activities authorized under 

23 chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United 

24 States Code: Provided further, That $499,000 shall be for 

25 in-vehicle alcohol detection device research: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That $15,000,000 shall be for behavioral safety activi2 ties under section 403 of title 23, United States Code, of 

3 which $6,000,000 shall be for behavioral research on Auto4 mated Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance 

5 Systems and improving consumer responses to safety re6 calls; $4,000,000 shall be for grants, pilot program activi7 ties, and innovative solutions to reduce impaired-driving 

8 fatalities in collaboration with eligible entities; and 

9 $5,000,000 shall be for grants, pilot program activities, and 

10 innovative solutions to evaluate driver behavior to tech11 nologies that protect law enforcement, first responders, 

12 roadside crews, and others while on the job: Provided fur13 ther, That the amounts in the previous proviso shall be in 

14 addition to any amounts made available under the heading, 

15 ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquidation of Contraction Au16 thorization) (Limitation on Obligations)’’ for carrying out 

17 the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code: 

18 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

19 under this heading, $40,000,000 shall remain available 

20 through September 30, 2021. 
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1 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

6 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, section 4011 of the Fixing 

7 America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 

8 94), and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 

9 $155,300,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

10 (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain avail11 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in 

12 this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 

13 programs for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2020 

14 are in excess of $155,300,000: Provided further, That of the 

15 sums appropriated under this heading: 

16 (1) $149,800,000 shall be for programs author17 ized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 4011 of the Fix18 ing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public 

19 Law 114–94); and 

20 (2) $5,500,000 shall be for the National Driver 

21 Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 

22 United States Code: 

23 Provided further, That within the $155,300,000 obligation 

24 limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall 

25 remain available until September 30, 2021, and shall be 
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1 in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 

2 obligations for future years. 

3 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

8 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 

9 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

10 Act, to remain available until expended, $623,017,000, to 

11 be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 

12 Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none of the funds 

13 in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution 

14 of programs for which the total obligations in fiscal year 

15 2020 are in excess of $623,017,000 for programs authorized 

16 under 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) 

17 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Pro18 vided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 

19 heading: 

20 (1) $279,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 

21 Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 

22 (2) $285,900,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority 

23 Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 

24 (3) $30,500,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility 

25 Enforcement Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; and 
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1 (4) $26,817,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Ex2 penses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing Amer3 ica’s Surface Transportation Act: 

4 Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 

5 construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of6 fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private 

7 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 

8 $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National Priority 

9 Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired 

10 Driving Countermeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) 

11 of that section) shall be available for technical assistance 

12 to the States: Provided further, That with respect to the 

13 ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8), any 

14 amounts transferred to increase the amounts made avail15 able under section 402 shall include the obligation authority 

16 for such amounts: Provided further, That the Administrator 

17 shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro18 priations of any exercise of the authority granted under the 

19 previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8) within 5 

20 days. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

22 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

23 SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail24 able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra25 tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 
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1 United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 

2 for State management reviews and to pay for core com3 petency development training and related expenses for high4 way safety staff. 

5 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro6 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra7 tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 

8 obligation authority was made available in previous public 

9 laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 

10 has not lapsed or been used. 

11 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

12 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin14 istration, not otherwise provided for, $221,698,000, of which 

15 $18,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

16 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel18 opment, $40,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING

20 PROGRAM

21 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 

22 direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 

23 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 

24 Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, such 
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1 authority shall exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 

2 guarantee is outstanding. 

3 FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD

4 REPAIR

5 For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Part6 nership for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by 

7 section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, $300,000,000, 

8 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec9 retary may withhold up to one percent of the amount pro10 vided under this heading for the costs of award and project 

11 management oversight of grants carried out under section 

12 24911 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 

13 That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Oppor14 tunity that encompasses previously unawarded funds pro15 vided under this heading in fiscal year 2019 by Public Law 

16 116–6 no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act 

17 and announce the selection of projects to receive awards for 

18 such funds no later than 210 days after the enactment of 

19 this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 

20 the Notice of Funding Opportunity that encompasses funds 

21 provided under this heading in this Act no later than 270 

22 days after enactment of this Act and announce the selection 

23 of projects to receive awards for such funds no later than 

24 450 days after the enactment of this Act. 
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1 CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY

2 IMPROVEMENTS

3 For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 

4 Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as author5 ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 

6 $255,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United States Code, 

8 shall not apply to projects for the implementation of posi9 tive train control systems otherwise eligible under section 

10 24407(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur11 ther, That amounts available under this heading for projects 

12 selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may be 

13 transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the appro14 priate agencies to be administered in accordance with chap15 ter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 

16 That the Secretary shall not limit eligible projects from con17 sideration for funding for planning, engineering, environ18 mental, construction, and design elements of the same 

19 project in the same application: Provided further, That un20 obligated balances remaining after 4 years from the date 

21 of enactment may be used for any eligible project under sec22 tion 22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur23 ther, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent 

24 of the amount provided under this heading for the costs of 

25 award and project management oversight of grants carried 
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1 out under section 22907 of title 49, United States Code: 

2 Provided further, That the Secretary shall announce the se3 lection of projects to receive awards for funds provided 

4 under this heading in fiscal year 2019 by Public Law 116– 

5 6 no later than 210 days after the enactment of this Act: 

6 Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice 

7 of Funding Opportunity that encompasses funds provided 

8 under this heading in this Act no later than 270 days after 

9 enactment of this Act and announce the selection of projects 

10 to receive awards for such funds no later than 450 days 

11 after the enactment of this Act. 

12 RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT

13 For necessary expenses related to Restoration and En14 hancement Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 

15 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold 

17 up to one percent of the funds provided under this heading 

18 to fund the costs of award and project management and 

19 oversight. 

20 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

21 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

22 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

23 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

24 activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as author25 ized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
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1 Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 

2 $680,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro3 vided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 

4 percent of the funds provided under both this heading and 

5 the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad 

6 Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs of project 

7 management and oversight of activities authorized by sec8 tion 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94: Provided 

9 further, That in addition to the project management over10 sight funds authorized under section 11101(c) of division 

11 A of Public Law 114–94, the Secretary may retain up to 

12 an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this 

13 heading to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Cor14 ridor Commission established under section 24905 of title 

15 49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 

16 amounts made available under this heading and the ‘‘Na17 tional Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 

18 Corporation’’ heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be 

19 made available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and sta20 tions into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities 

21 Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

22 under this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to 

23 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading, 

24 $100,000,000 shall be made available to fund the replace-
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1 ment of the single-level passenger cars used on Northeast 

2 Corridor and State Supported Corridor routes. 

3 NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

4 PASSENGER CORPORATION

5 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

6 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

7 activities associated with the National Network as author8 ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 

9 Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 

10 $1,320,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 

12 $2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 

13 expenses associated with the State-Supported Route Com14 mittee established under section 24712 of title 49, United 

15 States Code: Provided further, That at least $50,000,000 of 

16 the amount provided under this heading shall be available 

17 for the development, installation and operation of railroad 

18 safety technology, including the implementation of a posi19 tive train control system, on State-supported routes as de20 fined under section 24102(13) of title 49, United States 

21 Code, on which positive train control systems are not re22 quired by law or regulation: Provided further, That none 

23 of the funds provided under this heading shall be used by 

24 Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (b) of section 

25 24706 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to long- 
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1 distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 

2 United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator 

3 on a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system 

4 is not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emer5 gency or during maintenance or construction outages im6 pacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the fre7 quency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail 

8 service on any portion of such route operated in fiscal year 

9 2018, including implementation of service permitted by sec10 tion 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu 

11 of rail service. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National 

15 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 

16 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em17 ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 

18 the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 

19 when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 

20 a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: 

21 Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 

22 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

23 within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a summary of all 

24 overtime payments incurred by the Corporation for 2019 

25 and the three prior calendar years: Provided further, That 
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1 such summary shall include the total number of employees 

2 that received waivers and the total overtime payments the 

3 Corporation paid to those employees receiving waivers for 

4 each month for 2019 and for the three prior calendar years. 

5 SEC. 151. It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 

7 much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 rid8 ers in 325 communities in 40 States and are particu9 larly important in rural areas; and 

10 (2) long-distance passenger rail routes and serv11 ices should be sustained to ensure connectivity 

12 throughout the National Network (as defined in sec13 tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 

14 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

16 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

17 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

18 53 of title 49, United States Code, $113,165,000: Provided, 

19 That none of the funds provided or limited in this Act may 

20 be used to create a permanent office of transit security 

21 under this heading: Provided further, That upon submission 

22 to the Congress of the fiscal year 2021 President’s budget, 

23 the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 

24 the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allo25 cations for fiscal year 2021. 
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1 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

6 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 

7 and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

8 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 

9 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 

10 amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

11 Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 

12 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

13 Act $10,800,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit 

14 Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain avail15 able until expended: Provided, That funds available for the 

16 implementation or execution of programs authorized under 

17 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 

18 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by the 

19 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, section 

20 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of 

21 the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, shall not 

22 exceed total obligations of $10,150,348,462 in fiscal year 

23 2020: Provided further, That the Federal share of the cost 

24 of activities carried out under 49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall 

25 not exceed 80 percent, except that if there is substantial 
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1 public interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve a 

2 greater Federal share. 

3 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

4 For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 

5 grants under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 

6 state of good repair grants under section 5337 of such title, 

7 formula grants for rural areas under section 5311 of such 

8 title, high density state apportionments under section 

9 5340(d) of such title, and the bus testing facilities under 

10 sections 5312 and 5318 of such title, $560,000,000 to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That 

12 $390,000,000 shall be available for grants as authorized 

13 under section 5339 of such title, of which $195,000,000 shall 

14 be available for the buses and bus facilities formula grants 

15 as authorized under section 5339(a) of such title, and 

16 $195,000,000 shall be available for the buses and bus facili17 ties competitive grants as authorized under section 5339(b) 

18 of such title: Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall be 

19 available for the low or no emission grants as authorized 

20 under section 5339(c) of such title: Provided further, That 

21 $40,000,000 shall be available for the state of good repair 

22 grants as authorized under section 5337 of such title: Pro23 vided further, That $40,000,000 shall be available for for24 mula grants for rural areas as authorized under section 

25 5311 of such title: Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall 
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1 be available for the high density state apportionments as 

2 authorized under section 5340(d) of such title: Provided fur3 ther, That notwithstanding section 5318(a) of such title, 

4 $3,000,000 shall be available for the operation and mainte5 nance of bus testing facilities by institutions of higher edu6 cation selected pursuant to section 5312(h) of such title: 

7 Provided further, That $7,000,000 shall be available for 

8 demonstration and deployment of innovative mobility solu9 tions as authorized under section 5312 of such title: Pro10 vided further, That the Secretary shall enter into a contract 

11 or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, each 

12 institution of higher education selected pursuant to section 

13 5312(h) of such title, to operate and maintain a facility 

14 to conduct the testing of low or no emission vehicle new 

15 bus models using the standards established pursuant to sec16 tion 5318(e)(2) of such title: Provided further, That the 

17 term ‘‘low or no emission vehicle’’ has the meaning given 

18 the term in section 5312(e)(6) of such title: Provided fur19 ther, That the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the cost 

20 of testing a low or no emission vehicle new bus model at 

21 each selected institution of higher education: Provided fur22 ther, That the entity having the vehicle tested shall pay 20 

23 percent of the cost of testing: Provided further, That a low 

24 or no emission vehicle new bus model tested that receives 

25 a passing aggregate test score in accordance with the stand-
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1 ards established under section 5318(e)(2) of such title, shall 

2 be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of sec3 tion 5318(e) of such title: Provided further, That amounts 

4 made available by this heading shall be derived from the 

5 general fund: Provided further, That the amounts made 

6 available under this heading shall not be subject to any lim7 itation on obligations for transit programs set forth in any 

8 Act. 

9 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

10 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 

11 $5,000,000: Provided, That the assistance provided under 

12 this heading not duplicate the activities of 49 U.S.C. 

13 5311(b) or 49 U.S.C. 5312. 

14 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 

16 capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 

17 United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 

18 America’s Surface Transportation Act, $1,978,000,000, to 

19 remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided fur20 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head21 ing, $1,500,000,000 shall be available for projects author22 ized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States Code, 

23 $300,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 

24 under section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code, 

25 $78,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under 
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1 section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code, and 

2 $100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 

3 under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 

4 Transportation Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 

5 shall continue to administer the capital investment grants 

6 program in accordance with the procedural and substantive 

7 requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 

8 and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 

9 Transportation Act. 

10 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

11 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

12 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran13 sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 

14 B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail15 able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans16 portation shall approve grants for capital and preventive 

17 maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan 

18 Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing 

19 a request for each specific project: Provided further, That 

20 the Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metro21 politan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest pri22 ority on those investments that will improve the safety of 

23 the system before approving such grants: Provided further, 

24 That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the 
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1 rail system, may waive the requirements of section 

2 601(e)(1) of division B of Public Law 110–432. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro6 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

7 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

8 made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre9 viously made available for obligation. 

10 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 

12 ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Tran13 sit Administration for projects specified in this Act or iden14 tified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 

15 September 30, 2023, and other recoveries, shall be directed 

16 to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for 

17 which they were originally provided. 

18 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 any funds appropriated before October 1, 2019, under any 

20 section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 

21 remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 

22 administered under the most recent appropriation heading 

23 for any such section. 

24 SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 none of the funds made available in this Act shall be used 
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1 to enter into a full funding grant agreement for a project 

2 with a New Starts share greater than 51 percent: Provided, 

3 That the Secretary shall not impede or hinder project ad4 vancement or approval for any project seeking a Federal 

5 contribution from the capital investment grant program of 

6 greater than 40 percent of projects costs as authorized under 

7 section 5309. 

8 SEC. 164. None of the funds made available under this 

9 Act may be used for the implementation or furtherance of 

10 new policies detailed in the ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ letter distrib11 uted by the Federal Transit Administration to capital in12 vestment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 2018. 

13 SEC. 165. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act or any other Act may be used to adjust apportionments 

15 or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant to section 

16 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

17 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

18 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora19 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 

20 the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 

21 the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 

22 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

23 limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 

24 Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary 
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1 in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 

2 budget for the current fiscal year. 

3 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

4 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

6 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities on those 

7 portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, 

8 and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop9 ment Corporation, $36,000,000, to be derived from the Har10 bor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 

11 662: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

12 this heading, not less than $16,000,000 shall be used on cap13 ital asset renewal activities. 

14 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

15 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

17 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs 

18 of the United States, $300,000,000, to remain available 

19 until expended. 

20 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac23 tivities authorized by law, $142,619,000: Provided, That of 

24 the sums appropriated under this heading— 
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1 (1) $73,351,000 shall remain available until 

2 September 30, 2021 for the operations of the United 

3 States Merchant Marine Academy; 

4 (2) $8,000,000 shall remain available until ex5 pended for the maintenance and repair, equipment, 

6 and capital improvements at the United States Mer7 chant Marine Academy; 

8 (3) $3,000,000 shall remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2021 for the Maritime Environment and 

10 Technology Assistance program authorized under sec11 tion 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 

12 (4) $7,000,000 shall remain available until ex13 pended for the Short Sea Transportation Program 

14 (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for the 

15 purposes authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) and 

16 (3) of title 46, United States Code: 

17 Provided further, That not later than January 12, 2020, 

18 the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall 

19 transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro20 priations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual 

21 harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy 

22 as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110– 

23 417: Provided further, That available balances under this 

24 heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program (Amer25 ica’s Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries shall be 
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1 available to carry out activities authorized under sections 

2 55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: Pro3 vided further, That from funds provided under the previous 

4 two provisos, the Secretary of Transportation shall make 

5 grants no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act 

6 in such amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided fur7 ther, That any available unobligated balances and obligated 

8 balances not yet expended from previous appropriations 

9 under this heading for programs and activities supporting 

10 State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to and 

11 merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administra12 tion, State Maritime Academy Operations’’ and shall be 

13 made available for the same purposes as the appropriations 

14 for ‘‘Maritime Administration, State Maritime Academy 

15 Operations’’. 

16 STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS

17 For necessary expenses of operations, support and 

18 training activities for State Maritime Academies, 

19 $342,280,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

20 under this heading— 

21 (1) $30,080,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten23 sion, marine insurance, and capacity improvement of 

24 National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships in sup25 port of State Maritime Academies, of which 
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1 $8,080,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

2 be for expenses related to training mariners for costs 

3 associated with training vessel sharing pursuant to 

4 46 U.S.C. 51504(g)(3) for costs associated with mobi5 lizing, operating and demobilizing the vessel, includ6 ing travel costs for students, faculty and crew, the 

7 costs of the general agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, 

8 operational fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined 

9 by the Secretary; 

10 (2) $300,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis12 sion Vessel Program, including funds for construction, 

13 planning, administration, and design of school ships; 

14 (3) $2,400,000 shall remain available through 

15 September 30, 2021, for the Student Incentive Pro16 gram; 

17 (4) $3,800,000 shall remain available until ex18 pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 

19 (5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2021, for direct payments for State Mari21 time Academies. 

22 ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

23 To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 

24 under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
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1 amended by Public Law 113–281, $20,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 SHIP DISPOSAL

4 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso5 lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar6 itime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available 

7 until expended. 

8 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran12 teed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred 

13 to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and 

14 Training’’, Maritime Administration. 

15 PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

16 To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized 

17 under section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, 

18 $91,600,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 

19 That projects eligible for funding provided under this head20 ing shall be projects for coastal seaports and inland water21 ways ports: Provided further, That the Maritime Adminis22 tration shall distribute funds provided under this heading 

23 as discretionary grants to port authorities or commissions 

24 or their subdivisions and agents under existing authority, 

25 as well as to a State or political subdivision of a State or 
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1 local government, a tribal government, a public agency or 

2 publicly chartered authority established by one or more 

3 States, a special purpose district with a transportation 

4 function, a multistate or multijurisdictional group of enti5 ties, or a lead entity described above jointly with a private 

6 entity or group of private entities: Provided further, That 

7 projects eligible for funding provided under this heading 

8 shall be either within the boundary of a port, or outside 

9 the boundary of a port, and directly related to port oper10 ations or to an intermodal connection to a port that will 

11 improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement 

12 of goods into, out of, around, or within a port, as well as 

13 the unloading and loading of cargo at a port: Provided fur14 ther, That the Federal share of the costs for which an ex15 penditure is made under this heading shall be up to 80 per16 cent: Provided further, That for grants awarded under this 

17 heading, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Pro18 vided further, That for projects located in rural areas, the 

19 Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 

20 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent of 

21 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail22 able for necessary costs of grant administration. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

24 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

25 Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
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1 Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv2 ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 

3 lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop4 erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro5 vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 

6 the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 

7 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

8 rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu9 pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 

10 shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

11 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

14 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 

15 Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $24,215,000, 

16 of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 

17 30, 2022. 

18 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

19 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma20 terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma21 terials Safety Administration, $60,000,000, of which 

22 $7,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2022: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 

24 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 

25 of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
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1 there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 

2 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu3 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

4 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 

5 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per6 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 

7 functions. 

8 PIPELINE SAFETY

9 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

10 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

11 For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 

12 program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to dis13 charge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pol14 lution Act of 1990, $165,000,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2022, of which $23,000,000 shall be derived 

16 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 

17 $134,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 

18 Fund; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from fees 

19 collected under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Un20 derground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for 

21 the purpose of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141: Provided, 

22 That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under 

23 this heading shall be for the One-Call State grant program. 
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1 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

2 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 

4 Preparedness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000 

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2022, from 

6 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) 

7 and (c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 

8 5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 

9 available from this account shall be available to pay admin10 istrative costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 

11 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation lim12 itation, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 

13 shall be available to develop a hazardous materials response 

14 training curriculum for emergency responders, including 

15 response activities for the transportation of crude oil, eth16 anol and other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with 

17 National Fire Protection Association standards, and to 

18 make such training available through an electronic format: 

19 Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made avail20 able under this heading shall also be available to carry out 

21 49 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen25 eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
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1 Act of 1978, as amended, $92,600,000: Provided, That the 

2 Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car3 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

4 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

5 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

6 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

7 regulation by the Department of Transportation. 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

9 TRANSPORTATION

10 SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica11 ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 

12 shall be available for maintenance and operation of air13 craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur14 chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in 

15 foreign countries on official department business; and uni16 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

17 5901–5902). 

18 (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro19 priations to the Department and its operating administra20 tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, oper21 ation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that 

22 advance the Department’s, or its operating administra23 tions’, missions. 
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1 (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or pro2 cured by the Department prior to the enactment of this Act 

3 shall be deemed authorized. 

4 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 

5 Department of Transportation shall be available for services 

6 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

7 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 

8 an Executive Level IV. 

9 SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 

10 this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 

11 in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 

12 motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 

13 as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 

14 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 

15 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

16 not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 

17 if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

18 SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political 

20 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans21 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 

22 this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 

23 the Department of Transportation. 

24 SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad25 ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
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1 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

2 and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 

3 be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis4 tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed5 eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 

6 account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 

7 in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

8 SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 

9 to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 

10 a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary grant 

11 unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 

12 and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 

13 full business days before any project competitively selected 

14 to receive any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, 

15 loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of cred16 it commitment, or full funding grant agreement is an17 nounced by the Department or its modal administrations: 

18 Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification 

19 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 

20 any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief pro21 gram: Provided further, That no notification shall involve 

22 funds that are not available for obligation. 

23 (b) In addition to the notification required in sub24 section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 

25 to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
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1 a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agreement 

2 or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Transpor3 tation provides the House and Senate Committees on Ap4 propriations a comprehensive list of all such loans, loan 

5 guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or discre6 tionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 full 

7 business days before such announcement: Provided, That the 

8 requirement to provide a list in this subsection does not 

9 apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 

10 relief program: Provided further, That no list shall involve 

11 funds that are not available for obligation. 

12 SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 

13 fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans14 portation from travel management centers, charge card pro15 grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 

16 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart17 ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De18 partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri19 teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 

20 SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 

21 prior Act that the Secretary determines represent improper 

22 payments by the Department of Transportation to a third23 party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 

24 are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
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1 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 

2 the Department of Transportation in recovering im3 proper payments: Provided, That amounts made 

4 available in this Act shall be available until ex5 pended; and 

6 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in re7 covering improper payments or contractor support in 

8 the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor9 mation Act of 2002, as amended by the Improper 

10 Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 and 

11 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Im12 provement Act of 2012, and Fraud Reduction and 

13 Data Analytics Act of 2015: Provided, That amounts 

14 in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 

15 (2)— 

16 (A) shall be credited to and merged with the 

17 appropriation from which the improper pay18 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

19 purposes and period for which such appropria20 tions are available: Provided further, That where 

21 specific project or accounting information associ22 ated with the improper payment or payments is 

23 not readily available, the Secretary may credit 

24 an appropriate account, which shall be available 
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1 for the purposes and period associated with the 

2 account so credited; or 

3 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail4 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis5 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

6 to depositing such recovery in the Treasury, the 

7 Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 

8 Committees on Appropriations of the amount 

9 and reasons for such transfer: Provided further, 

10 That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘im11 proper payments’’ has the same meaning as that 

12 provided in section 2(e)(2) of Public Law 111– 

13 204. 

14 SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 

16 to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro17 vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria18 tions, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 

19 provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap20 propriations, and said reprogramming action shall be ap21 proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit22 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

23 Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 

24 committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit25 tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
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1 sooner than 30 days following the date on which the re2 programming action has been approved or denied by the 

3 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

4 SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 

5 administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Sec6 retary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 

7 agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of 

8 goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 

9 benefit to the applicable modal administration or adminis10 trations. 

11 SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author12 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand13 ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 

14 transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, including distribution of transit bene16 fits by various paper and electronic media. 

17 SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may use 

18 funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a 

19 contract under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 

20 geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 

21 otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regulation, 

22 policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal 

23 Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administra24 tion grant from imposing such hiring preference on a con25 tract or construction project with which the Department of 
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1 Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer2 tifies the following: 

3 (1) that except with respect to apprentices or 

4 trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 

5 individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil6 ity to perform the work that the contract requires re7 sides in the jurisdiction; 

8 (2) that the grant recipient will include appro9 priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 

10 the contractor does not displace any of its existing 

11 employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 

12 and 

13 (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train14 ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 

15 preference does not delay or displace any transpor16 tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor17 tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im18 provement Program. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans20 portation Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

6 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of7 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 

8 Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 

9 and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 

10 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 

11 Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,217,000, 

12 to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

13 That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 

14 under this heading shall be available to the Secretary for 

15 official reception and representation expenses as the Sec16 retary may determine. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

18 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 

19 Support Offices, $563,378,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the sums appro21 priated under this heading— 

22 (1) $73,562,000 shall be available for the Office 

23 of the Chief Financial Officer; 

24 (2) $103,916,000 shall be available for the Office 

25 of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
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1 $20,000,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce2 ment Center; 

3 (3) $206,849,000 shall be available for the Office 

4 of Administration; 

5 (4) $39,827,000 shall be available for the Office 

6 of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 

7 (5) $57,861,000 shall be available for the Office 

8 of Field Policy and Management; 

9 (6) $19,445,000 shall be available for the Office 

10 of the Chief Procurement Officer; 

11 (7) $4,242,000 shall be available for the Office of 

12 Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 

13 (8) $57,676,000 shall be available for the Office 

14 of the Chief Information Officer: 

15 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 

16 may be used for necessary administrative and non-adminis17 trative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 

18 Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur19 chase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 

20 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

21 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 

22 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap23 propriated under this heading may be used for advertising 

24 and promotional activities that directly support program 

25 activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
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1 Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 

2 on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 

3 the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur4 ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all 

5 signed reports required by Congress: Provided further, That 

6 none of the funds made available under this heading for 

7 the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial 

8 transformation initiative shall be available for obligation 

9 until after the Secretary has published all mitigation allo10 cations made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 

11 Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning 

12 and Development—Community Development Fund’’ in 

13 Public Law 115–123 and the necessary administrative re14 quirements pursuant to section 1102 of Public Law 116– 

15 20: Provided further, That only after the terms and condi16 tions of the previous proviso have been met, not more than 

17 10 percent of the funds made available under this heading 

18 for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial 

19 transformation initiative may be obligated until the Sec20 retary submits to the House and Senate Committees on Ap21 propriations, for approval, a plan for expenditure that in22 cludes the financial and internal control capabilities to be 

23 delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, key mile24 stones to be met, and the relationship between the proposed 
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1 use of funds made available under this heading and the pro2 jected total cost and scope of the initiative. 

3 PROGRAM OFFICES

4 For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of5 fices, $844,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2021: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 

7 heading— 

8 (1) $225,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

9 of Public and Indian Housing; 

10 (2) $123,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

11 of Community Planning and Development; 

12 (3) $387,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

13 of Housing, of which not less than $13,200,000 shall 

14 be for the Office of Recapitalization; 

15 (4) $28,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

16 of Policy Development and Research; 

17 (5) $72,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

18 of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 

19 (6) $9,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 

20 Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 

21 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the working capital fund for the Department of 

24 Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para25 graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
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1 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including reim3 bursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under this 

4 heading shall be available only for Federal shared services 

5 used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for any 

6 such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 

7 management, space renovation, furniture, or supply serv8 ices the Secretary has determined shall be provided through 

9 the Fund: Provided, That amounts within the Fund shall 

10 not be available to provide services not specifically author11 ized under this heading: Provided further, That the Fund 

12 shall be reimbursed from available funds of agencies and 

13 offices in the Department for which such services are per14 formed at rates which will return in full all expenses of 

15 such services, but shall not be reimbursed for, and amounts 

16 within the Fund shall not be available for, the operational 

17 expenses of the Fund (including staffing, contracts, systems, 

18 and software): Provided further, That upon a determination 

19 by the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) 

20 authorized under this heading shall be provided through the 

21 Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries and 

22 expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Adminis23 trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Govern24 ment National Mortgage Association’’, for such services 

25 shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain available until 
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1 expended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 

2 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of its 

3 plans for executing such transfers at least fifteen (15) days 

4 in advance of such transfers: Provided further, That the 

5 Secretary may transfer not to exceed an additional 

6 $5,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, to 

7 be merged with the Fund and to remain available until ex8 pended for any purpose under this heading. 

9 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

10 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

11 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten12 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

13 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

14 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

15 $19,833,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

16 be available on October 1, 2019 (in addition to the 

17 $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 

18 that shall be available on October 1, 2019), and 

19 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

20 be available on October 1, 2020: Provided, That the 

21 amounts made available under this heading are provided 

22 as follows: 

23 (1) $21,502,000,000 shall be available for renew24 als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con25 tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
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1 vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 

2 assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ3 ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 

4 vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, from amounts provided under this 

6 paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 

7 calendar year 2020 funding cycle shall provide re8 newal funding for each public housing agency based 

9 on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas10 ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 

11 applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec12 retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 

13 and by making any necessary adjustments for the 

14 costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch15 ers under this paragraph including tenant protection 

16 and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, 

17 That none of the funds provided under this paragraph 

18 may be used to fund a total number of unit months 

19 under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 

20 authorized level of units under contract, except for 

21 public housing agencies participating in the MTW 

22 demonstration, which are instead governed by the 

23 terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: Pro24 vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 

25 necessary to stay within the amount specified under 
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1 this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 

2 this paragraph), prorate each public housing agency’s 

3 allocation otherwise established pursuant to this para4 graph: Provided further, That except as provided in 

5 the following provisos, the entire amount specified 

6 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 

7 under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public 

8 housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 

9 method described above, and the Secretary shall notify 

10 public housing agencies of their annual budget by the 

11 latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act or March 

12 1, 2020: Provided further, That the Secretary may ex13 tend the notification period with the prior written 

14 approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap15 propriations: Provided further, That public housing 

16 agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 

17 shall be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements 

18 and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments 

19 under the previous provisos: Provided further, That 

20 the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ cal21 endar year 2020 allocations based on the excess 

22 amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted as23 sets accounts, including HUD-held programmatic re24 serves (in accordance with VMS data in calendar 

25 year 2019 that is verifiable and complete), as deter-
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1 mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That public 

2 housing agencies participating in the MTW dem3 onstration shall also be subject to the offset, as deter4 mined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to 

5 the single fund budget authority provisions of their 

6 MTW agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 

7 2020 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That 

8 the Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the 

9 previous two provisos throughout the calendar year to 

10 prevent the termination of rental assistance for fami11 lies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter12 mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 

13 proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 

14 further, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available 

15 only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 

16 housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 

17 by a public housing agency that experienced a signifi18 cant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in re19 newal costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen cir20 cumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of 

21 the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use during 

22 the previous 12-month period in order to be available 

23 to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of 

24 the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated with 

25 HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD– 
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1 VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies 

2 that despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 

3 as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 

4 required to terminate rental assistance for families as 

5 a result of insufficient funding: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 

7 previous proviso based on need, as determined by the 

8 Secretary; 

9 (2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as10 sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

11 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

12 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 

13 to assistance under section 8, the family unification 

14 program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 

15 witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 

16 in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 

17 from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en18 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author19 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 

20 Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol21 untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

22 including replacement and relocation assistance or for 

23 project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of 

24 unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in sec25 tion 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 
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1 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, 

2 as amended, or under the authority as provided under 

3 this Act: Provided, That when a public housing devel4 opment is submitted for demolition or disposition 

5 under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro6 vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 

7 an imminent health and safety risk to residents: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary may only provide 

9 replacement vouchers for units that were occupied 

10 within the previous 24 months that cease to be avail11 able as assisted housing, subject only to the avail12 ability of funds: Provided further, That of the 

13 amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 

14 $3,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protec15 tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this 

16 paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas 

17 and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 per18 cent of household income, as the result of: (A) the ma19 turity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 

20 loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 

21 prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a 

22 rental assistance contract for which the tenants are 

23 not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection 

24 assistance under existing law; or (C) the expiration of 

25 affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 
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1 preservation program administered by the Secretary: 

2 Provided further, That such tenant protection assist3 ance made available under the previous proviso may 

4 be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or sec5 tion 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 

6 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the 

7 Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the pre8 vious provisos, including, but not limited to, require9 ments for defining eligible at-risk households within 

10 60 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur11 ther, That any tenant protection voucher made avail12 able from amounts under this paragraph shall not be 

13 reissued by any public housing agency, except the re14 placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by no15 tice, when the initial family that received any such 

16 voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au17 thority for any public housing agency to issue any 

18 such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, 

19 That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as20 sistance from amounts made available under this 

21 paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 

22 subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 

23 Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where the 

24 owner has received a Notice of Default and the units 

25 pose an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
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1 Provided further, That to the extent that the Secretary 

2 determines that such units are not feasible for contin3 ued rental assistance payments or transfer of the sub4 sidy contract associated with such units to another 

5 project or projects and owner or owners, any remain6 ing amounts associated with such units under such 

7 contract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 

8 amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist9 ance under the preceding proviso; 

10 (3) $1,977,000,000 shall be for administrative 

11 and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad12 ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist13 ance program, of which up to $20,000,000 shall be 

14 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous15 ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 

16 their section 8 programs, including fees associated 

17 with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 

18 administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD– 

19 VASH vouchers, and other special purpose incre20 mental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 

21 $1,957,000,000 of the amount provided in this para22 graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 

23 the calendar year 2020 funding cycle based on section 

24 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provi25 sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment 
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1 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 

2 of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 

3 That if the amounts made available under this para4 graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 

5 under the previous proviso, the Secretary may de6 crease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 

7 percentage applicable to all agencies receiving fund8 ing under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec9 essary to provide full payment of amounts determined 

10 under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated bal11 ances, including recaptures and carryovers, remain12 ing from funds appropriated to the Department of 

13 Housing and Urban Development under this heading 

14 from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 

15 vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

16 amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That 

17 all public housing agencies participating in the MTW 

18 demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW 

19 agreements, and shall be subject to the same uniform 

20 percentage decrease as under the previous proviso: 

21 Provided further, That amounts provided under this 

22 paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 

23 provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 

24 under section 8, including related development activi25 ties; 
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1 (4) $218,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 

2 assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran3 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex5 penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex6 penses of public housing agencies in administering 

7 the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall 

8 be funded under the same terms and be subject to the 

9 same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 

10 administrative and other expenses to public housing 

11 agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading: Pro12 vided further, That upon turnover, section 811 special 

13 purpose vouchers funded under this heading in this or 

14 prior Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, 

15 shall be provided to non-elderly persons with disabil16 ities; 

17 (5) $1,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and 

18 associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VASH 

19 to serve Native American veterans that are homeless 

20 or at-risk of homelessness living on or near a reserva21 tion or other Indian areas: Provided, That such 

22 amount shall be made available for renewal grants to 

23 recipients that received assistance under prior Acts 

24 under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided 

25 further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to 
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1 specify criteria for renewal grants, including data on 

2 the utilization of assistance reported by grant recipi3 ents: Provided further, That such assistance shall be 

4 administered in accordance with program require5 ments under the Native American Housing Assistance 

6 and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and modeled 

7 after the HUD–VASH program: Provided further, 

8 That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or 

9 specify alternative requirements for any provision of 

10 any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin11 isters in connection with the use of funds made avail12 able under this paragraph (except for requirements 

13 related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 

14 standards, and the environment), upon a finding by 

15 the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re16 quirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 

17 administration of such assistance: Provided further, 

18 That grant recipients shall report to the Secretary on 

19 utilization of such rental assistance and other pro20 gram data, as prescribed by the Secretary: Provided 

21 further, That the Secretary may reallocate, as deter22 mined by the Secretary, amounts returned or recap23 tured from awards under prior Acts; 

24 (6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 

25 assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
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1 gram administered in conjunction with the Depart2 ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 

3 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 

4 Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development shall make such funding available, not6 withstanding section 203 (competition provision) of 

7 this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 

8 eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des9 ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet10 erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as11 sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart12 ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad13 ministrative performance, and other factors as speci14 fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop15 ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De16 partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 

17 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

18 may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 

19 consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 

20 Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg21 ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De22 velopment administers in connection with the use of 

23 funds made available under this paragraph (except 

24 for requirements related to fair housing, non25 discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
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1 ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 

2 waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 

3 the effective delivery and administration of such 

4 voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance 

5 made available under this paragraph shall continue 

6 to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn7 over; 

8 (7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for the 

9 family unification program as authorized under sec10 tion 8(x) of the Act for new incremental voucher as11 sistance to assist eligible youth as defined by such sec12 tion 8(x)(2)(B): Provided, That assistance made 

13 available under this paragraph shall continue to re14 main available for such eligible youth upon turnover: 

15 Provided further, That of the total amount made 

16 available under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 

17 shall be available on a noncompetitive basis to public 

18 housing agencies that partner with public child wel19 fare agencies to identify such eligible youth, that re20 quest such assistance to timely assist such eligible 

21 youth, and that meet any other criteria as specified 

22 by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 

23 shall review utilization of the assistance made avail24 able under the previous proviso, at an interval to be 

25 determined by the Secretary, and unutilized voucher 
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1 assistance that is no longer needed shall be recaptured 

2 by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to the pre3 vious proviso: Provided further, That for any public 

4 housing agency administering voucher assistance ap5 propriated in a prior Act under the family unifica6 tion program, or made available and competitively 

7 selected under this paragraph for eligible youth, that 

8 determines that it no longer has an identified need for 

9 such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall no10 tify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture 

11 such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to 

12 any other public housing agency or agencies based on 

13 need for voucher assistance in connection with such 

14 specified program or eligible youth, as applicable; and 

15 (8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe16 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

17 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

18 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

19 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry20 over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart21 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head22 ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous23 ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 

24 for fiscal year 2020 and prior years may be used for re25 newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
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1 and for performance-based contract administrators, not2 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro3 priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 

4 authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 

5 terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That 

6 amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the 

7 current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts 

8 from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 

9 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 

10 budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 

11 hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 

12 for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 

13 to amounts otherwise available. 

14 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

15 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

16 carry out capital and management activities for public 

17 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

18 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 

19 ‘‘Act’’) $2,855,000,000, to remain available until September 

20 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi21 sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2020, the Sec22 retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele23 gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec24 retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

25 Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 
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1 regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec2 tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 

3 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 

4 that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 

5 will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro6 vided further, That of the total amount made available 

7 under this heading, up to $14,000,000 shall be to support 

8 ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment 

9 activities: Provided further, That of the total amount made 

10 available under this heading, up to $1,000,000 shall be to 

11 support the costs of administrative and judicial receiver12 ships: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 

13 under this heading, not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be avail14 able for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding sec15 tion 203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer16 gency capital needs including safety and security measures 

17 necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well 

18 as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer19 gencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially de20 clared emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert 

21 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2020, of which 

23 $20,000,000 shall be available for public housing agencies 

24 under administrative and judicial receiverships or under 

25 the control of a Federal monitor: Provided further, That 
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1 of the amount made available under the previous proviso, 

2 not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security 

3 measures: Provided further, That in addition to the amount 

4 in the previous proviso for such safety and security meas5 ures, any amounts that remain available, after all applica6 tions received on or before September 30, 2021, for emer7 gency capital needs have been processed, shall be allocated 

8 to public housing agencies for such safety and security 

9 measures: Provided further, That for funds provided under 

10 this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act 

11 shall be 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary 

12 may waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow 

13 public housing agencies to fund activities authorized under 

14 section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary shall notify public housing agencies requesting waiv16 ers under the previous proviso if the request is approved 

17 or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: Pro18 vided further, That from the funds made available under 

19 this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in 

20 fiscal year 2020 to public housing agencies that are des21 ignated high performers: Provided further, That the Depart22 ment shall notify public housing agencies of their formula 

23 allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

24 further, That of the total amount provided under this head25 ing, $40,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
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1 to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based 

2 paint hazards and other housing-related hazards including 

3 mold in public housing: Provided further, That of the 

4 amounts available under the previous proviso, no less than 

5 $25,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to public hous6 ing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint haz7 ards in public housing by carrying out the activities of risk 

8 assessments, abatement, and interim controls (as those 

9 terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential Lead10 Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

11 4851b)): Provided further, That for purposes of environ12 mental review, a grant under the previous two provisos 

13 shall be considered funds for projects or activities under title 

14 I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 

15 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations implementing 

17 such section: Provided further, That for funds made avail18 able under the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall 

19 allow a PHA to apply for up to 20 percent of the funds 

20 made available under the first two provisos and prioritize 

21 need when awarding grants. 

22 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

23 For 2020 payments to public housing agencies for the 

24 operation and management of public housing, as authorized 

25 by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
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1 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,650,000,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the total 

3 amount available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be 

4 available to the Secretary to allocate pursuant to a need5 based application process notwithstanding section 203 of 

6 this title and not subject to the Operating Fund formula 

7 at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations to pub8 lic housing agencies that experience financial insolvency, 

9 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That after 

10 all such insolvency needs are met, the Secretary may dis11 tribute any remaining funds to all public housing agencies 

12 on a pro-rata basis pursuant to the Operating Fund for13 mula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations. 

14 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

15 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 

16 Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous17 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci18 fied under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, 

19 and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD20 assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty 

21 into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods 

22 with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transpor23 tation and access to jobs, $100,000,000, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2022: Provided, That grant funds may 

25 be used for resident and community services, community 
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1 development, and affordable housing needs in the commu2 nity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties 

3 to affordable housing: Provided further, That the use of 

4 funds made available under this heading shall not be 

5 deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 

6 of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 

7 to an additional period of affordability determined by the 

8 Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That 

9 grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 

10 or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in11 clude local governments, tribal entities, public housing au12 thorities, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit 

13 developers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 

14 further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant15 ee shall be treated as a public housing agency under section 

16 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

17 1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject to 

18 the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 

19 section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 

20 less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 

21 agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 

22 partnerships with other local organizations including as23 sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organi24 zations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 

25 with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, 
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1 Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, 

2 the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Envi3 ronmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 

4 other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That 

5 no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this 

6 heading may be provided as grants to undertake com7 prehensive local planning with input from residents and 

8 the community: Provided further, That unobligated bal9 ances, including recaptures, remaining from funds appro10 priated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis11 tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 

12 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 

13 heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

14 amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary shall issue the Notice of Funding Availability for 

16 funds made available under this heading no later than 60 

17 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 

18 Secretary shall make grant awards no later than one year 

19 from the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts that 

20 the Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwith21 standing section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act 

22 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until Sep23 tember 30, 2020, obligate any available unobligated bal24 ances made available under this heading in this, or any 

25 prior Act. 
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1 SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS

2 For activities and assistance related to Self-Sufficiency 

3 Programs, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 

4 $130,000,000: Provided, That the amounts made available 

5 under this heading are provided as follows: 

6 (1) $80,000,000 shall be for the Family Self-Suf7 ficiency program to support family self-sufficiency co8 ordinators under section 23 of the United States 

9 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote 

10 the development of local strategies to coordinate the 

11 use of assistance under sections 8 and 9 of such Act 

12 with public and private resources, and enable eligible 

13 families to achieve economic independence and self14 sufficiency: Provided, That the Secretary may, by 

15 Federal Register notice, waive or specify alternative 

16 requirements under subsections (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), 

17 or (c)(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facili18 tate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency pro19 gram for individuals receiving assistance under dif20 ferent provisions of the Act, as determined by the Sec21 retary: Provided further, That owners of a privately 

22 owned multifamily property with a section 8 contract 

23 may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro24 gram available to the assisted tenants of such prop25 erty in accordance with procedures established by the 
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1 Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures es2 tablished pursuant to the previous proviso shall per3 mit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in 

4 accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow own5 ers to use funding from residual receipt accounts to 

6 hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Suffi7 ciency program; 

8 (2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Oppor9 tunity and Self-Sufficiency program to provide for 

10 supportive services, service coordinators, and con11 gregate services as authorized by section 34 of the 

12 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z– 

13 6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 

14 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 

15 seq.); and 

16 (3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initia17 tive, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Pro18 vided, That funding provided under this paragraph 

19 shall be available for competitive grants to partner20 ships between public housing authorities, local work21 force investment boards established under section 107 

22 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 

23 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and orga24 nizations that provide support to help public housing 

25 residents obtain employment and increase earnings: 
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1 Provided further, That applicants must demonstrate 

2 the ability to provide services to residents, partner 

3 with workforce investment boards, and leverage serv4 ice dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

5 allow public housing agencies to request exemptions 

6 from rent and income limitation requirements under 

7 sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 

8 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to im9 plement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and 

10 conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a find11 ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter12 native requirements are necessary for the effective im13 plementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a vol14 untary program for residents: Provided further, That 

15 the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal 

16 Register any waivers or alternative requirements pur17 suant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days 

18 before the effective date of such notice. 

19 NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For activities and assistance authorized under title I 

22 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter23 mination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et 

24 seq.), title I of the Housing and Community Development 

25 Act of 1974 with respect to Indian tribes (42 U.S.C. 
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1 5306(a)(1)), and related technical assistance, $820,000,000, 

2 to remain available until September 30, 2024, unless other3 wise specified: Provided, That the amounts made available 

4 under this heading are provided as follows: 

5 (1) $646,000,000 shall be available for the Native 

6 American Housing Block Grants program, as author7 ized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not8 withstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount of 

9 the allocation under title I of such Act for each In10 dian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

11 under section 302 of such Act with the need compo12 nent based on single-race census data and with the 

13 need component based on multi-race census data, and 

14 the amount of the allocation for each Indian tribe 

15 shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 

16 amounts: Provided further, That the Department will 

17 notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 

18 days of the date of enactment of this Act; 

19 (2) $2,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 

20 guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 

21 by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, 

22 including the costs of modifying such notes and other 

23 obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

24 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Pro25 vided further, That these funds are available to sub-
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1 sidize the total principal amount of any notes and 

2 other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran3 teed, not to exceed $32,000,000; 

4 (3) $100,000,000 shall be available for competi5 tive grants under the Native American Housing Block 

6 Grants program, as authorized under title I of 

7 NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli8 gate this additional amount for competitive grants to 

9 eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that 

10 apply for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 

11 this additional amount, the Secretary shall consider 

12 need and administrative capacity, and shall give pri13 ority to projects that will spur construction and reha14 bilitation: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of 

15 this additional amount may be transferred, in aggre16 gate, to ‘‘Program Offices—Public and Indian Hous17 ing’’ for necessary costs of administering and over18 seeing the obligation and expenditure of this addi19 tional amount: Provided further, That any funds 

20 transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2025; 

22 (4) $65,000,000 shall be available for grants to 

23 Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian Community 

24 Development Block Grant program under title I of the 

25 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
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1 notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 

2 which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 

3 (including section 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 

4 may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent 

5 threats to health and safety: Provided, That not to ex6 ceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro7 priated under this paragraph shall be expended for 

8 planning and management development and adminis9 tration: Provided further, That funds provided under 

10 this paragraph shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2022; and 

12 (5) $7,000,000 shall be available for providing 

13 training and technical assistance to Indian tribes, In14 dian housing authorities and tribally designated 

15 housing entities, to support the inspection of Indian 

16 housing units, contract expertise, and for training 

17 and technical assistance related to funding provided 

18 under this heading and other headings under this Act 

19 for the needs of Native American families and Indian 

20 country: Provided, That of the funds made available 

21 under this paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 shall 

22 be available for a national organization as authorized 

23 under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): 

24 Provided further, That amounts made available under 

25 this paragraph may be used, contracted, or competed 
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1 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

2 That the amounts made available under this para3 graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co4 operative agreements for such purposes with public 

5 and private organizations, agencies, institutions, and 

6 other technical assistance providers to support the ad7 ministration of negotiated rulemaking under section 

8 106 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administra9 tion of the allocation formula under section 302 of 

10 NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administration 

11 of performance tracking and reporting under section 

12 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167), and that in all 

13 such cooperative agreements the principal purpose of 

14 such agreements shall be considered to be the provi15 sion of funds to carry out the public purpose of fur16 thering the purposes of NAHASDA, regardless of the 

17 inclusion of any services that directly or indirectly 

18 benefit the Department: Provided further, That of the 

19 funds made available under this paragraph, not less 

20 than $1,000,000 shall be available to support utiliza21 tion, outreach, and capacity building with tribes and 

22 tribal housing organization for the Tribal HUD23 VASH program. 
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1 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec4 tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

5 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,100,000, to remain 

6 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ7 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

8 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro9 vided further, That an additional $500,000, to remain 

10 available until expended, shall be available for administra11 tive contract expenses including management processes and 

12 systems to carry out the loan guarantee program: Provided 

13 further, That the Secretary may subsidize total loan prin14 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to 

15 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided further, That for any unobligated balances (including 

17 amounts of uncommitted limitation) remaining from 

18 amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 

19 115–31, Public Law 115–141, and Public Law 116–6, and 

20 for any recaptures occurring in fiscal year 2019 or in fu21 ture fiscal years of amounts made available under this 

22 heading in prior fiscal years, the second proviso of each 

23 such heading shall be applied as if ‘‘these funds are avail24 able to’’ was struck and ‘‘the Secretary may’’ was inserted 

25 in its place. 
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1 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

2 For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro3 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 

4 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 

5 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $1,745,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2024: Provided, That notwithstanding sec7 tion 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home 

8 Lands may not invest grant amounts provided under this 

9 heading in investment securities and other obligations: Pro10 vided further, That amounts made available under this 

11 heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used to pro12 vide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families 

13 both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwith14 standing any other provision of law. 

15 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

16 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

17 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per18 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous19 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

20 $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2021, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

22 854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

24 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

25 that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 
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1 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

2 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program re3 quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 

4 such section: Provided further, That the Department shall 

5 notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 

6 of enactment of this Act. 

7 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

8 For carrying out the community development block 

9 grant program under title I of the Housing and Community 

10 Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

11 seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), $3,325,000,000, to remain avail12 able until September 30, 2022, unless otherwise specified: 

13 Provided, That unless explicitly provided for under this 

14 heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 

15 funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 

16 for planning and management development and adminis17 tration: Provided further, That a metropolitan city, urban 

18 county, unit of general local government, Indian tribe, or 

19 insular area that directly or indirectly receives funds under 

20 this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 

21 or any portion of such funds to another such entity in ex22 change for any other funds, credits or non-Federal consider23 ations, but must use such funds for activities eligible under 

24 title I of the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

25 section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds provided under this 
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1 heading may be provided to a for-profit entity for an eco2 nomic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless 

3 such project has been evaluated and selected in accordance 

4 with guidelines required under subsection (e)(2): Provided 

5 further, That of the total amount provided under this head6 ing, $25,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under sec7 tion 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 

8 Act (Public Law 115–271): Provided further, That the 

9 funds allocated pursuant to the previous proviso shall not 

10 adversely affect the amount of any formula assistance re11 ceived by a State under this heading: Provided further, 

12 That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such activi13 ties based on the percentages shown in Table 1 of the Notice 

14 establishing the funding formula published in 84 FR 16027 

15 (April 17, 2019): Provided further, That the Department 

16 shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 

17 days of enactment of this Act. 

18 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

21 of 1974, during fiscal year 2020, commitments to guarantee 

22 loans under section 108 of the Housing and Community 

23 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of 

24 which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal 

25 amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
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1 limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in sub2 section (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary 

3 shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection 

4 (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost 

5 of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 

6 be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con7 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 

8 commitment authority funded by fees may be used to guar9 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other 

10 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 

11 communities in the State in accordance with the require12 ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any State 

13 receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the pre14 vious proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such guar15 antee to the units of general local government in nonentitle16 ment areas that received the commitment. 

17 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

18 For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 

19 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

20 Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,250,000,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 

22 notwithstanding the amount made available under this 

23 heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 

24 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca25 tions of such amount: Provided further, That the Depart-
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1 ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with2 in 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

3 section 218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not 

4 apply with respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw 

5 funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that other6 wise expired or would expire in 2020, 2021, or 2022 under 

7 that section: Provided further, That section 231(b) of such 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply to any uninvested 

9 funds that otherwise were deducted or would be deducted 

10 from the line of credit in the participating jurisdictions 

11 HOME Investment Trust Fund in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 

12 or 2022 under that section. 

13 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

14 PROGRAM

15 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op16 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

17 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

18 amended, $54,000,000, to remain available until September 

19 30, 2022: Provided, That of the total amount provided 

20 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 

21 the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as au22 thorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Pro23 gram Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, 

24 That of the total amount provided under this heading, 

25 $35,000,000 shall be made available for the second, third, 
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1 and fourth capacity building activities authorized under 

2 section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 

3 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall 

4 be made available for rural capacity building activities: 

5 Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 

6 this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for capac7 ity building by national rural housing organizations with 

8 experience assessing national rural conditions and pro9 viding financing, training, technical assistance, informa10 tion, and research to local nonprofits, local governments, 

11 and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities: 

12 Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 

13 this heading, $4,000,000, shall be made available for a pro14 gram to rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or 

15 low-income veterans, as authorized under section 1079 of 

16 Public Law 113–291: Provided further, That funds pro17 vided under the previous proviso shall be awarded within 

18 180 days of enactment of this Act. 

19 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

20 For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au21 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

22 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Continuum of 

23 Care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 

24 such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro25 gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act 
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1 $2,761,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2022: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 

3 are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program 

4 shall remain available until expended and may be used for 

5 any purpose under such program: Provided further, That 

6 not less than $280,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 

7 this heading shall be available for such Emergency Solu8 tions Grants program: Provided further, That not less than 

9 $2,344,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this head10 ing shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 

11 Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: Provided 

12 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

13 heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for 

14 grants for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 

15 projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible activi16 ties the Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist 

17 survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as18 sault, or stalking: Provided further, That such projects shall 

19 be eligible for renewal under the continuum of care program 

20 subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 

21 applicants: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the 

22 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

23 for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 

24 further, That for all match requirements applicable to funds 

25 made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
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1 prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could have used) 

2 as a source of match funds other funds administered by the 

3 Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or 

4 was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of 

5 any such funds: Provided further, That none of the funds 

6 provided under this heading shall be available to provide 

7 funding for new projects, except for projects created through 

8 reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the con9 tinuum of care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated 

10 and ranked based on the degree to which they improve the 

11 continuum of care’s system performance: Provided further, 

12 That the Secretary shall prioritize funding under the Con13 tinuum of Care program to continuums of care that have 

14 demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower 

15 performing projects to higher performing projects: Provided 

16 further, That the Secretary shall provide incentives to create 

17 projects that coordinate with housing providers and 

18 healthcare organizations to provide permanent supportive 

19 housing and rapid rehousing services: Provided further, 

20 That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds ap21 propriated under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior 

22 years for project-based rental assistance for rehabilitation 

23 projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for purposes 

24 under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which 

25 such funds were appropriated: Provided further, That all 
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1 balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 

2 from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans3 ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 

4 Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2020: Provided 

5 further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

6 formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may rep7 resent initial or final amounts allocated) for the Emergency 

8 Solutions Grant program within 60 days of enactment of 

9 this Act: Provided further, That up to $80,000,000 of the 

10 funds appropriated under this heading shall be to imple11 ment projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive ap12 proach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up 

13 to 25 communities with a priority for communities with 

14 substantial rural populations in up to eight locations, can 

15 dramatically reduce youth homelessness: Provided further, 

16 That of the amount made available under the previous pro17 viso, up to $5,000,000 shall be available to provide technical 

18 assistance on youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, 

19 and reporting of data and performance measures under the 

20 comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addi21 tion to and in coordination with other technical assistance 

22 funds provided under this title: Provided further, That 

23 amounts made available for the Continuum of Care pro24 gram under this heading in this and prior Acts may be 

25 used to competitively or non-competitively renew or replace 
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1 grants for youth homeless demonstration projects under the 

2 Continuum of Care program, notwithstanding any conflict 

3 with the requirements of the Continuum of Care program: 

4 Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 

5 assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro6 vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 

7 under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Pro8 vided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 and 

9 under or families headed by youth aged 24 and under who 

10 are living in unsafe situations may be served by youth-serv11 ing providers funded under this heading: Provided further, 

12 That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) of the McKin13 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act may be served by any 

14 project funded under this heading to provide both transi15 tional housing and rapid re-housing: Provided further, 

16 That when awarding funds under the Continuum of Care 

17 program, the Secretary shall not deviate from the FY 2018 

18 Notice of Funding Availability with respect to the tier 2 

19 funding process, the Continuum of Care application scor20 ing, and for new projects, the project quality threshold re21 quirements, except as otherwise provided under this Act or 

22 as necessary to award all available funds or consider the 

23 most recent data from each Continuum of Care. 
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1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

3 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

4 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), 

6 not otherwise provided for, $12,160,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 

8 2019 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro9 priated under this heading that became available October 

10 1, 2019), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, shall be available on October 1, 2020: Provided, 

12 That the amounts made available under this heading shall 

13 be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project14 based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha15 bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project16 based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha17 bilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 

18 section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for 

20 units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

21 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 

22 Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 

23 Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra24 tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi25 ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided 
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1 further, That of the total amounts provided under this head2 ing, not to exceed $345,000,000 shall be available for per3 formance-based contract administrators for section 8 

4 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): 

5 Provided further, That the Secretary may also use such 

6 amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based con7 tract administrators for the administration of: interest re8 duction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the Na9 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supple10 ment payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and 

11 Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 

12 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

13 1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly 

14 under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

15 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for sup16 portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 

17 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

18 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance con19 tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 

20 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 

21 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 

22 Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured 

23 under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for 

24 Assisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate 

25 Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec-
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1 tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based con2 tract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for 

3 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 

4 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the 

5 request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in resid6 ual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 

7 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that 

8 authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require 

9 that surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bear10 ing residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 

11 amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted 

12 to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 

13 available until expended: Provided further, That amounts 

14 deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available 

15 in addition to the amount otherwise provided by this head16 ing for uses authorized under this heading. 

17 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

18 For capital advances, including amendments to cap19 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au20 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 

21 amended, for project rental assistance for the elderly under 

22 section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to con23 tracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts 

24 for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for senior pres25 ervation rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as 
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1 authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 

2 Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 

3 supportive services associated with the housing, 

4 $696,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2023: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 

6 heading, up to $107,000,000 shall be for service coordina7 tors and the continuation of existing congregate service 

8 grants for residents of assisted housing projects: Provided 

9 further, That amounts under this heading shall be available 

10 for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspec11 tion-related activities associated with section 202 projects: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provi13 sions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of 

14 project rental assistance, except that the initial contract 

15 term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in dura16 tion: Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, 

17 project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for 

18 any project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance 

19 contract, and that upon termination of such contract are 

20 in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 

21 shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 

22 account, to remain available until September 30, 2023: Pro23 vided further, That amounts deposited in this account pur24 suant to the previous proviso shall be available, in addition 

25 to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the 
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1 purposes authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

2 That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry3 over, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated 

4 under this heading shall be available for the current pur5 poses authorized under this heading in addition to the pur6 poses for which such funds originally were appropriated: 

7 Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 

8 this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for a program to be estab9 lished by the Secretary to make grants to experienced non10 profit organizations, States, local governments, or public 

11 housing agencies for safety and functional home modifica12 tion repairs to meet the needs of low-income elderly home13 owners to enable them to remain in their primary residence: 

14 Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

15 under the previous proviso, no less than $5,000,000 shall 

16 be available to meet such needs in communities with sub17 stantial rural populations: Provided further, That bene18 ficiaries of the grant assistance provided in the previous 

19 two provisos under this heading in the Department of Hous20 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 

21 (Public Law 116–6) shall be homeowners. 

22 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

23 For capital advances, including amendments to cap24 ital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 

25 with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran-
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1 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 8013), as amended, for project rental assistance for sup3 portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 

4 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts pursu5 ant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 

6 Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to con7 tracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts 

8 for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project rent9 al assistance to State housing finance agencies and other 

10 appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) 

11 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and for 

12 supportive services associated with the housing for persons 

13 with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such 

14 Act, $184,155,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2023: Provided, That amounts made available under this 

16 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Cen17 ter inspections and inspection-related activities associated 

18 with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, upon the 

19 request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in resid20 ual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 

21 811 project rental assistance contract, and that upon termi22 nation of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 

23 determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the De24 partment and deposited in this account, to remain available 

25 until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That amounts 
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1 deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 

2 shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise pro3 vided by this heading for the purposes authorized under this 

4 heading: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in5 cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 

6 transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 

7 used for the current purposes authorized under this heading 

8 in addition to the purposes for which such funds originally 

9 were appropriated. 

10 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

11 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

12 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

13 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $45,000,000, 

14 to remain available until September 30, 2021, including 

15 up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services and 

16 not less than $3,000,000 for the certification of housing 

17 counselors as required under 12 U.S.C. 1701x: Provided, 

18 That grants made available from amounts provided under 

19 this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment 

20 of this Act: Provided further, That funds shall be used for 

21 providing counseling and advice to tenants and home22 owners, both current and prospective, with respect to prop23 erty maintenance, financial management or literacy, and 

24 such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 

25 in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan-
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1 cial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 

2 homeownership; for program administration; and for hous3 ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 

4 of providing such grants from amounts provided under this 

5 heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree6 ments, as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 

7 appropriations. 

8 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

9 For amendments to contracts under section 236(f)(2) 

10 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State11 aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $3,000,000, to re12 main available until expended: Provided, That such 

13 amount, together with unobligated balances from recaptured 

14 amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from termi15 nated contracts under such section of law, and any unobli16 gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re17 maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 

18 fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 

19 up to one year for expiring contracts under such section 

20 of law. 

21 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

22 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

23 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 

24 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $13,000,000, 

25 to remain available until expended, of which $13,000,000 
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1 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

2 Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro3 priated under this heading shall be available from the gen4 eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 

5 obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 

6 collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 

7 Provided further, That the amount made available under 

8 this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

9 collections are received during fiscal year 2020 so as to re10 sult in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the gen11 eral fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such sec12 tion 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a 

13 final fiscal year 2020 appropriation: Provided further, 

14 That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

15 shall issue a final rule to complete rulemaking initiated by 

16 the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Manufactured Housing Pro17 gram: Minimum Payments to the States’’ published in the 

18 Federal Register on December 16, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 

19 91083): Provided further, That for the dispute resolution 

20 and installation programs, the Secretary may assess and 

21 collect fees from any program participant: Provided further, 

22 That such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and 

23 the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 

24 as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary ex25 penses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
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1 the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary 

2 may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary under such 

3 Act through the use of approved service providers that are 

4 paid directly by the recipients of their services. 

5 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

6 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 New commitments to guarantee single family loans in8 sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 

9 exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That during fiscal year 2020, 

11 obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 

12 of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 

13 shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That the fore14 going amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to 

15 nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with 

16 sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 

17 and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 

18 Fund: Provided further, That for administrative contract 

19 expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, 

20 $130,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2021: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 

22 commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 

23 2020, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex24 penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

25 guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
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1 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

2 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

3 $30,000,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 

4 limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the Na5 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal 

6 year 2020 the Secretary may insure and enter into new 

7 commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 of the 

8 National Housing Act only to the extent that the net credit 

9 subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed zero: Pro10 vided further, That for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall 

11 not take any action against a lender solely on the basis 

12 of compare ratios that have been adversely affected by de13 faults on mortgages secured by properties in areas where 

14 a major disaster was declared in 2017 or 2018 pursuant 

15 to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

16 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

17 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

19 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author20 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

21 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

22 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

23 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

24 30, 2020: Provided, That during fiscal year 2020, gross ob25 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
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1 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the 

2 National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, which 

3 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

4 in connection with the sale of single family real properties 

5 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such 

6 Act. 

7 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

8 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

9 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 

11 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 

12 amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

13 $550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2021: Provided, That $29,626,000, to remain available 

15 until September 30, 2021, shall be for necessary salaries 

16 and expenses of the Office of Government National Mortgage 

17 Association: Provided further, That to the extent that guar18 anteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or be19 fore April 1, 2020, an additional $100 for necessary salaries 

20 and expenses shall be available until expended for each 

21 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 

22 (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 

23 $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 

24 this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That re25 ceipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pur-
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1 suant to title III of the National Housing Act, as amended, 

2 shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account. 

3 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

4 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

5 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro6 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

7 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

8 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

9 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out 

10 the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel11 opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 

12 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $96,000,000, to re13 main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

14 with respect to amounts made available under this heading, 

15 notwithstanding section 203 of this title, the Secretary may 

16 enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic enti17 ties, other Federal agencies, State or local governments and 

18 their agencies, Indian tribes, tribally designated housing 

19 entities, or colleges or universities for research projects: Pro20 vided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, 

21 such partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute 

22 at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: 

23 Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements en24 tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the 

25 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply 
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1 with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability 

2 and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 

3 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) 

4 with respect to documentation of award decisions: Provided 

5 further, That prior to obligation of technical assistance 

6 funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan to the House 

7 and Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will 

8 allocate funding for this activity at least 30 days prior to 

9 obligation: Provided further, That none of the funds pro10 vided under this heading may be available for the doctoral 

11 dissertation research grant program. 

12 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

13 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

14 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other15 wise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

16 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

17 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

18 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

19 $65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 

20 Provided, That grants made available from amounts pro21 vided under this heading shall be awarded within one year 

22 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwith23 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and col24 lect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 

25 Academy, and may use such funds to develop on-line 
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1 courses and provide such training: Provided further, That 

2 no funds made available under this heading shall be used 

3 to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 

4 Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 

5 or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

6 under this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Sec7 retary of Housing and Urban Development for the creation 

8 and promotion of translated materials and other programs 

9 that support the assistance of persons with limited English 

10 proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Depart11 ment of Housing and Urban Development. 

12 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

13 HOMES

14 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

15 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author16 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

17 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $290,000,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2022, of which $45,000,000 

19 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec20 tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development 

21 Act of 1970, which shall include research, studies, testing, 

22 and demonstration efforts, including education and out23 reach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 

24 housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for 

25 purposes of environmental review pursuant to the National 
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1 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 

2 and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such 

3 Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the 

4 Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or 

5 under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under 

6 this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special 

7 project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 

8 Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Pro9 vided further, That not less than $100,000,000 of the 

10 amounts made available under this heading for the award 

11 of grants pursuant to section 1011 of the Residential Lead12 Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 shall be pro13 vided to areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement 

14 needs: Provided further, That $64,000,000 of the funds ap15 propriated under this heading shall be for the implementa16 tion of projects in not more than ten communities to dem17 onstrate how intensive, extended, multi-year interventions 

18 can dramatically reduce the presence of lead-based paint 

19 hazards in those communities: Provided further, That each 

20 project shall serve no more than four contiguous census 

21 tracts in which there are high concentrations of housing 

22 stock built before 1940, in which low-income families with 

23 children make up a significantly higher proportion of the 

24 population as compared to the State average, and that are 

25 located in jurisdictions in which instances of elevated blood 
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1 lead levels reported to the State are significantly higher 

2 than the State average: Provided further, That such projects 

3 shall be awarded not less than $6,000,000 and not more 

4 than $9,000,000: Provided further, That funding awarded 

5 for such projects shall be made available for draw down con6 tingent upon the grantee meeting cost-savings, productivity, 

7 and grant compliance benchmarks established by the Sec8 retary: Provided further, That each recipient of funds for 

9 such projects shall contribute an amount not less than 10 

10 percent of the total award, and that the Secretary shall give 

11 priority to applicants that secure commitments for addi12 tional contributions from public and private sources: Pro13 vided further, That grantees currently receiving grants 

14 made under this heading shall be eligible to apply for such 

15 projects, provided that they are deemed to be in compliance 

16 with program requirements established by the Secretary: 

17 Provided further, That each applicant shall certify adequate 

18 capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out 

19 the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding 

20 availability: Provided further, That amounts made avail21 able under this heading in this or prior appropriations 

22 Acts, still remaining available, may be used for any pur23 pose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 

24 which such amounts were appropriated if a program com-
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1 petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 

2 competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

3 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

4 For the development, modernization, and enhancement 

5 of, modifications to, and infrastructure for Department6 wide and program-specific information technology systems, 

7 for the continuing operation and maintenance of both De8 partment-wide and program-specific information systems, 

9 and for program-related maintenance activities, 

10 $280,000,000, of which $260,000,000 shall remain available 

11 until September 30, 2021, and of which $20,000,000 shall 

12 remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 

13 any amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall 

14 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

15 any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro16 priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be 

17 used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition 

18 to any other information technology purposes for which 

19 such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That 

20 not more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 

21 this heading for development, modernization and enhance22 ment may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 

23 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for ap24 proval, a plan for expenditure that—(A) identifies for each 

25 modernization project: (i) the functional and performance 
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1 capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be 

2 realized, (ii) the estimated life-cycle cost, and (iii) key mile3 stones to be met; and (B) demonstrates that each moderniza4 tion project is: (i) compliant with the Department’s enter5 prise architecture, (ii) being managed in accordance with 

6 applicable life-cycle management policies and guidance, 

7 (iii) subject to the Department’s capital planning and in8 vestment control requirements, and (iv) supported by an 

9 adequately staffed project office. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In12 spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 

13 of 1978, as amended, $132,489,000: Provided, That the In14 spector General shall have independent authority over all 

15 personnel issues within this office: Provided further, That 

16 the Office of Inspector General shall procure and rely upon 

17 the services of an independent external auditor to audit the 

18 fiscal year 2020 and subsequent financial statements of the 

19 Department of Housing and Urban Development including 

20 the financial statements of the Federal Housing Adminis21 tration and the Government National Mortgage Association. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

2 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

5 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au6 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

7 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

8 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

9 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 

10 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 

11 cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 

12 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 

13 or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 

14 finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen15 cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 

16 Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 

17 January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith18 standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 

19 up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 

20 and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 

21 project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 

22 a lower interest rate. 

23 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 

24 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2020 to investigate 

25 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise law-
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1 ful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including 

2 the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 

3 that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 

4 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a 

5 court of competent jurisdiction. 

6 SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

7 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur8 suant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive 

9 basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 

10 of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 

11 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

12 SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 

14 Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 

15 be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis16 trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 

17 and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa18 cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov19 ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 

20 Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed21 eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 

22 Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 

23 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 

24 (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
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1 SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

2 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap3 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De4 velopment shall be available for any program, project or 

5 activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti6 mates submitted to Congress. 

7 SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart8 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 

9 to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au10 thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 

11 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor12 poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

13 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

14 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

15 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

16 forth in the budget for 2020 for such corporation or agency 

17 except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections 

18 of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan 

19 or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent ex20 pressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in 

21 support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or 

22 prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall 

23 not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations 

24 of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 
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1 are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 

2 States Government. 

3 SEC. 207. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel4 opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 

5 Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom6 mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 

7 program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart8 ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa9 tion to these Committees upon request. 

10 SEC. 208. No funds provided under this title may be 

11 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage As12 sociation that makes applicable requirements under the 

13 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

14 SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 

16 fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the Secretary of Housing and 

17 Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 

18 all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec19 retary and statutorily required low-income and very low20 income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 

21 multifamily housing project or projects to another multi22 family housing project or projects. 

23 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 

24 assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac25 commodate the financing and other requirements related to 
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1 rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 

2 which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 

3 project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 

4 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 

5 to the following conditions: 

6 (1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

7 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

8 project: The number of low-income and very low9 income units and the configuration (i.e., bed10 room size) provided by the transferring project 

11 shall be no less than when transferred to the re12 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

13 amount of Federal assistance provided to the 

14 transferring project shall remain the same in the 

15 receiving project or projects. 

16 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer17 ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re18 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

19 receiving project or projects to allow for a recon20 figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar21 ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 

22 provided there is no increase in the project-based 

23 assistance budget authority. 
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1 (2) The transferring project shall, as determined 

2 by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco3 nomically nonviable. 

4 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 

5 exceed applicable physical standards established by 

6 the Secretary. 

7 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

8 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re9 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer10 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern11 mental officials. 

12 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

13 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the re14 ceiving project or projects shall not be required to va15 cate their units in the transferring project or projects 

16 until new units in the receiving project are available 

17 for occupancy. 

18 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 

19 in the best interest of the tenants. 

20 (7) If either the transferring project or the re21 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci22 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 

23 project resulting from additional financing obtained 

24 by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in25 sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 
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1 project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 

2 may waive this requirement upon determination that 

3 such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing 

4 of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of 

5 the receiving project or projects. 

6 (8) If the transferring project meets the require7 ments of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of 

8 the receiving project or projects shall execute and 

9 record either a continuation of the existing use agree10 ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 

11 in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 

12 are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric13 tions. 

14 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de15 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

16 of 1974(2 U.S.C. 661a)) of any FHA-insured mort17 gage, except to the extent that appropriations are pro18 vided in advance for the amount of any such in19 creased cost. 

20 (d) For purposes of this section— 

21 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in22 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 

23 and/or regulations governing the program under 

24 which the project is insured or assisted; 
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1 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

2 means housing that meets one of the following condi3 tions— 

4 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

5 insured under the National Housing Act; 

6 (B) housing that has project-based assist7 ance attached to the structure including projects 

8 undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 

9 under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

10 and Affordability Housing Act; 

11 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

12 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

13 1701q); 

14 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

15 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

16 1701q), as such section existed before the enact17 ment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford18 able Housing Act; 

19 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

20 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford21 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 

22 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

23 to a use agreement; 

24 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 
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1 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1437f(b)); 

4 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

5 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 

6 provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 

7 such section existed immediately before October 

8 1, 1983); 

9 (C) rent supplement payments under sec10 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 

11 Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 

12 (D) interest reduction payments under sec13 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

14 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 

15 Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 

16 (E) assistance payments made under sec17 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

18 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and 

19 (F) assistance payments made under section 

20 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af21 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 

22 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

23 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

24 which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, 
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1 and statutorily required low-income and very low-in2 come use restrictions are to be transferred; 

3 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

4 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

5 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

6 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in7 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

8 projects; and 

9 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

10 Housing and Urban Development. 

11 (e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall conduct 

12 an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, 

13 including the effect of such transfers on the operational effi14 ciency, contract rents, physical and financial conditions, 

15 and long-term preservation of the affected properties. 

16 SEC. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

17 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

18 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

19 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

20 higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 

21 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 

22 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

23 (3) is not a veteran; 

24 (4) is unmarried; 

25 (5) does not have a dependent child; 
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1 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

2 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

3 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

5 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 

6 (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 

7 or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 

8 (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

9 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

10 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

11 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

12 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per13 son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as15 sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 

16 other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 

17 under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 

18 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 

19 education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Edu20 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered 

21 income to that individual, except for a person over the age 

22 of 23 with dependent children. 

23 SEC. 211. The funds made available for Native Alas24 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

25 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same 
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1 Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 

2 funds in fiscal year 2005. 

3 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 in fiscal year 2020, in managing and disposing of any mul5 tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 

6 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur7 ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con8 tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 

9 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or 

10 other Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any 

11 rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 

12 States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are 

13 attached to any dwelling units in the property. To the ex14 tent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the ten15 ants and the local government, that such a multifamily 

16 property owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for 

17 continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 

18 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs 

19 of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail20 able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad21 justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

22 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

23 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) and (2) environ24 mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec25 tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 
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1 tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 

2 assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist3 ing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 

4 The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 

5 that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to fore6 closure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem7 edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 

8 threats to health and safety after written notice to and in9 formed consent of the affected tenants and use of other avail10 able remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 

11 After disposition of any multifamily property described 

12 under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels 

13 on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under 

14 section 524 of MAHRAA. 

15 SEC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and oper16 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 

17 from any asset management requirement imposed by the 

18 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec19 tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency 

20 seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under 

21 the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 

22 management requirements. 

23 SEC. 214. With respect to the use of amounts provided 

24 in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 

25 improvement and management of public housing as author-
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1 ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 

2 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 

3 shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 

4 asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 

5 use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec6 tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 

7 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a pub8 lic housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 

9 under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under sec10 tion 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 

11 fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 

12 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

13 SEC. 215. No official or employee of the Department 

14 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 

15 an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 

16 Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im17 plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re18 ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 

19 The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 

20 trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation 

21 under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative 

22 Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Government Na23 tional Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage24 Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and 
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1 ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of 

2 Housing and Urban Development. 

3 SEC. 216. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 

4 and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2020, notify 

5 the public through the Federal Register and other means, 

6 as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of 

7 the availability of assistance or notice of funding avail8 ability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund ad9 ministered by the Secretary that is to be competitively 

10 awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 

11 fiscal year 2020, the Secretary may make the NOFA avail12 able only on the Internet at the appropriate Government 

13 web site or through other electronic media, as determined 

14 by the Secretary. 

15 SEC. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 

16 litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 

17 and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses appro18 priations. The annual budget submission for the program 

19 offices and the Office of General Counsel shall include any 

20 such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate 

21 line item request. No funds provided in this title may be 

22 used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney fees until 

23 the Department submits for review a spending plan for such 

24 costs to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria25 tions. 
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1 SEC. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 

2 to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds ap3 propriated for any office under the headings ‘‘Administra4 tive Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any other 

5 such office or account: Provided, That no appropriation for 

6 any such office or account shall be increased or decreased 

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

8 without prior written approval of the House and Senate 

9 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees 3 

11 business days in advance of any such transfers under this 

12 section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 

13 SEC. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 

14 payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi15 tions, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 

16 Urban Development (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sec17 retary’’), and comply with any standards under applicable 

18 State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relat19 ing to the physical condition of any property covered under 

20 a housing assistance payment contract. 

21 (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 

22 (c) when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 

23 contract or contract for similar project-based assistance— 

24 (1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition 

25 Standards (UPCS) score of 60 or less; or 
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1 (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 

2 within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de3 ficiencies identified by the inspector at the project 

4 have been corrected. 

5 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

6 projects with assistance attached to the units under section 

7 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

8 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 

9 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 

10 assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 

11 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

12 (c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC in13 spection, the Secretary must provide the owner with a No14 tice of Default with a specified timetable, determined by the 

15 Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary 

16 must also provide a copy of the Notice of Default to the 

17 tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any 

18 contract administrator. If the owner’s appeal results in a 

19 UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw 

20 the Notice of Default. 

21 (2) At the end of the time period for correcting 

22 all deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if 

23 the owner fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the 

24 Secretary may— 
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1 (A) require immediate replacement of 

2 project management with a management agent 

3 approved by the Secretary; 

4 (B) impose civil money penalties, which 

5 shall be used solely for the purpose of supporting 

6 safe and sanitary conditions at applicable prop7 erties, as designated by the Secretary, with pri8 ority given to the tenants of the property affected 

9 by the penalty; 

10 (C) abate the section 8 contract, including 

11 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec12 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

13 (D) pursue transfer of the project to an 

14 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab15 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

16 promptly make all required repairs and to ac17 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long as 

18 such renewal is offered; 

19 (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract 

20 to another project or projects and owner or own21 ers; 

22 (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, includ23 ing suspensions or debarments from Federal pro24 grams; 
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1 (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

2 to manage the property and cure all project defi3 ciencies or seek a judicial order of specific per4 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

5 deficiencies; 

6 (H) work with the owner, lender, or other 

7 related party to stabilize the property in an at8 tempt to preserve the property through compli9 ance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of 

10 capital provided by a third-party that requires 

11 time to effectuate; or 

12 (I) take any other regulatory or contractual 

13 remedies available as deemed necessary and ap14 propriate by the Secretary. 

15 (d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 

16 ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 

17 to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 

18 relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 

19 after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 

20 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

21 and the local government, that the property is not feasible 

22 for continued rental assistance payments under such section 

23 8 or other programs, based on consideration of— 

24 (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 

25 property and all available Federal, State, and local 
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1 resources, including rent adjustments under section 

2 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 

3 Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 

4 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be 

5 remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 

6 may contract for project-based rental assistance pay7 ments with an owner or owners of other existing hous8 ing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 

9 (e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all prop10 erties covered by this section that are assessed through the 

11 Real Estate Assessment Center and have UPCS physical in12 spection scores of less than 60 or have received an unsatis13 factory management and occupancy review within the past 

14 36 months. The report shall include— 

15 (1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad16 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

17 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

18 identify properties that have such conditions multiple 

19 times; 

20 (2) actions that the Department of Housing and 

21 Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 

22 such identified properties; and 

23 (3) any administrative or legislative rec24 ommendations to further improve the living condi-
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1 tions at properties covered under a housing assistance 

2 payment contract. 

3 This report shall be due to the Senate and House Commit4 tees on Appropriations no later than 30 days after the en5 actment of this Act, and on the first business day of each 

6 Federal fiscal year quarter thereafter while this section re7 mains in effect. 

8 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 

10 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance 

11 program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

12 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 

13 housing agency for any amount of salary, including bo14 nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 

15 official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 

16 of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu17 tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen18 cy fiscal year 2020. 

19 SEC. 221. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

20 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

21 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies 

22 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 

23 less than 3 full business days before any project, State, lo24 cality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 
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1 other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 

2 by the Department or its offices. 

3 SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 

5 Assessment (PNA). 

6 SEC. 223. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

8 the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 

9 Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 

10 securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 

11 or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise re12 places a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 

13 condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any 

14 other political subdivision of a State. 

15 SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general 

17 local government as a metropolitan city (as defined in sec18 tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

19 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under sec20 tion 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

21 SEC. 225. Amounts made available under this Act 

22 which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a re23 imbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy De24 velopment and Research in the Department of Housing and 

25 Urban Development and functions thereof, for research, 
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1 evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are unex2 pended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or 

3 cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall imme4 diately become available and may be reobligated in that fis5 cal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, eval6 uation, or statistical purposes for which the amounts are 

7 made available to that Office subject to reprogramming re8 quirements in section 405 of this Act. 

9 SEC. 226. None of the funds provided in this Act or 

10 any other act may be used for awards, including perform11 ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart12 ment of Housing and Urban Development subject to admin13 istrative discipline (including suspension from work), in 

14 this or the prior fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not 

15 be effective prior to the effective date of any such adminis16 trative discipline or after any final decision over-turning 

17 such discipline. 

18 SEC. 227. Funds made available in this title under 

19 the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used by 

20 the Secretary to participate in Performance Partnership 

21 Pilots authorized under section 526 of division H of Public 

22 Law 113–76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113– 

23 235, section 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, sec24 tion 525 of division H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 

25 of division H of Public Law 115–141, section 524 of divi-
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1 sion B of Public Law 115–245 and such authorities as are 

2 enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in an appro3 priations Act for fiscal year 2020: Provided, That such par4 ticipation shall be limited to no more than 10 continuums 

5 of care and housing activities to improve outcomes for dis6 connected youth. 

7 SEC. 228. With respect to grant amounts awarded 

8 under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal 

9 years 2015 through 2020 for the continuum of care (CoC) 

10 program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the 

11 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by 

12 program income of grant recipients may count toward 

13 meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, provided the 

14 costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient’s 

15 CoC program. 

16 SEC. 229. (a) From amounts made available under 

17 this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, 

18 the Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipi19 ents of funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKin20 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 

21 seq.) to transition from one Continuum of Care program 

22 component to another. 

23 (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 

24 the funding recipient must have the consent of the Con-
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1 tinuum of Care and meet standards determined by the Sec2 retary. 

3 SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used by the Department of Housing and Urban 

5 Development to direct a grantee to undertake specific 

6 changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out the 

7 final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Hous8 ing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice 

9 entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assess10 ment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). 

11 SEC. 231. The Promise Zone designations and Promise 

12 Zone Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such 

13 designations, made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

14 Development in prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect 

15 in accordance with the terms and conditions of such agree16 ments. 

17 SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to establish and apply review criteria, in19 cluding rating factors or preference points, for participa20 tion in or coordination with EnVision Centers, in the eval21 uation, selection, and award of any funds made available 

22 and requiring competitive selection under this Act, except 

23 with respect to any such funds otherwise authorized for En24 Vision Center purposes under this Act. 
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1 SEC. 233. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any prior Act may be used to require or enforce any 

3 changes to the terms and conditions of the public housing 

4 annual contributions contract between the Secretary and 

5 any public housing agency, as such contract was in effect 

6 as of December 31, 2017, unless such changes are mutually 

7 agreed upon by the Secretary and such agency: Provided, 

8 That such agreement by an agency may be indicated only 

9 by a written amendment to the terms and conditions con10 taining the duly authorized signature of its chief executive: 

11 Provided Further, That the Secretary may not withhold 

12 funds to compel such agreement by an agency which cer13 tifies to its compliance with its contract. 

14 SEC. 234. None of the amounts made available in this 

15 Act or in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop16 ment Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) may 

17 be used to consider Family Self-Sufficiency performance 

18 measures or performance scores in determining funding 

19 awards for programs receiving Family Self-Sufficiency pro20 gram coordinator funding provided in this Act or in the 

21 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appro22 priations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6). 

23 SEC. 235. (a) All unobligated balances from funds ap24 propriated under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 

25 Urban Development Public and Indian Housing—Tenant 
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1 Based Rental Assistance’’ in chapter 10 of title I of division 

2 B of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and 

3 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110– 

4 329) are hereby rescinded. 

5 (b) All unobligated balances from funds appropriated 

6 under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban De7 velopment Public and Indian Housing—Project-Based 

8 Rental Assistance’’ in chapter 10 of title I of division B 

9 of the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Con10 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110–329; 

11 122 Stat. 324) (as amended by section 1203 of Public Law 

12 111–32; 123 Stat. 1859) are hereby rescinded. 

13 SEC. 236. Any public housing agency designated as a 

14 Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of (Public 

15 Law 114–113) may, upon such designation, use funds (ex16 cept for special purpose funding, including special purpose 

17 vouchers) previously allocated to any such public housing 

18 agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing 

19 Act of 1937, including any reserve funds held by the public 

20 housing agency or funds held by the Department of Housing 

21 and Urban Development, pursuant to the authority for use 

22 of section 8 or 9 funding provided under such section and 

23 section 204 of title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 

24 and Housing and Urban Development and Independent 

25 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134), 
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1 notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were ap2 propriated 

3 SEC. 237. None of the amounts made available by this 

4 Act or by Public Law 116-6 may be used to prohibit any 

5 public housing agency under receivership or the direction 

6 of a Federal monitor from applying for, receiving, or using 

7 funds made available under the heading ‘‘Public Housing 

8 Capital Fund’’ for competitive grants to evaluate and re9 duce lead-based paint hazards in this Act or that remain 

10 available and not awarded from prior Acts, or be used to 

11 prohibit a public housing agency from using such funds to 

12 carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement agree13 ment, consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar docu14 ment for a violation of the Lead Safe Housing or Lead Dis15 closure Rules. 

16 SEC. 238. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel17 opment shall include in the budget materials submitted to 

18 Congress in support of the budget of the President submitted 

19 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal 

20 year 2021, recommendations and any associated costs for 

21 future research on insurance models designed to reduce evic22 tions or expand access to rental opportunities for tenants, 

23 such as rental payment insurance. 

24 SEC. 239. It is the sense of Congress that— 
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1 (1) more than 17,000,000 people live in manu2 factured homes and benefit from high-quality afford3 able homes which provide stability; 

4 (2) owners of manufactured homes have dis5 proportionately low-income households, and in 2013, 

6 the median annual household income for living in 

7 manufactured housing was $28,400; 

8 (3) approximately 75 percent of manufactured 

9 home households earn less than $50,000 per year; 

10 (4) more than 10 percent of veterans in the 

11 United States live in manufactured homes; 

12 (5) in late 1990, manufactured housing represented 2 13 ⁄3 of the new affordable housing produced in 

14 the United States and remains a significant source of 

15 unsubsidized affordable housing in the United States; 

16 (6) in 2015, the average cost per square foot for 

17 a new manufactured home was 48 dollars, less than 

18 half of the cost per square foot for a new-site built, 

19 structure-only home, which was $101; 

20 (7) in 2009, 43 percent of all new homes that 

21 sold for less than $150,000 were manufactured homes; 

22 (8) manufactured homes account for 23 percent 

23 of new home sales under $200,000; 
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1 (9) more than 50,000 manufactured home com2 munities, also referred to as ‘‘mobile home parks’’, 

3 exist throughout the United States; 

4 (10) more than 2,900,000 manufactured homes 

5 are placed in manufactured home communities; 

6 (11) manufactured home communities provide 

7 critical affordable housing, but receive very little Fed8 eral, State, or local funds to subsidize the cost of man9 ufactured homes; 

10 (12) manufactured home owners in such commu11 nities may own the home, but they do not own the 

12 land under the home, which leaves the home owners 

13 vulnerable to rent increases, arbitrary rule enforce14 ment, and in the case of a manufactured home com15 munity owner converting the land to some other use, 

16 community closure; 

17 (13) an eviction or closure of a manufactured 

18 home community is very disruptive to a resident who 

19 may be unable to pay the thousands of dollars it takes 

20 to move the manufactured home or find a new loca21 tion for the manufactured home; 

22 (14) in an effort to preserve a crucial source of 

23 affordable housing within the past two decades, a na24 tional network of housing providers has helped resi25 dents purchase and own the land under the manufac-
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1 tured home community, and manage the manufac2 tured home community; 

3 (15) nationwide, there are more than 1,000 sta4 ble, permanent ownership cooperatives or nonprofit5 owned developments in more than a dozen States; 

6 (16) members of manufactured home commu7 nities continue to own such homes individually, own 

8 an equal share of the land beneath the entire manu9 factured home community, participate in the gov10 erning of the community, and elect a board of direc11 tors who make major decisions within the manufac12 tured home community by a democratic vote; 

13 (17) in New Hampshire, more than 30 percent 

14 of manufactured home communities are owned by 

15 residents; 

16 (18) resident-owned cooperatives and nonprofit 

17 owned communities have also flourished in Vermont, 

18 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Washington, Oregon, 

19 and Minnesota; 

20 (19) nationwide, only 2 percent of all manufac21 tured home communities are resident or nonprofit22 owned; 

23 (20) when the owner of a manufactured home 

24 community or his or her heirs sell the community to 
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1 the highest bidder, it can result in displacement for 

2 dozens and sometimes hundreds of families; and 

3 (21) Congress should endeavor to protect resi4 dents of manufactured home communities by encour5 aging the owners of those properties to sell them to 

6 nonprofit organizations or to the residents themselves 

7 to own cooperatively. 

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

9 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

10 TITLE III 

11 RELATED AGENCIES 

12 ACCESS BOARD

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as author15 ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

16 amended, $9,200,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

17 other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro18 priation funds received for publications and training ex19 penses: Provided further, That of this amount, $800,000 

20 shall be for activities authorized under section 432 of Public 

21 Law 115–254. 

22 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com25 mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 
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1 Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including 

2 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 

3 motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uni4 forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5 5901–5902, $28,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

6 $2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen7 tation expenses. 

8 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen12 eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 

13 carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

14 1978, as amended, $23,274,000: Provided, That the Inspec15 tor General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 

16 out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 

17 amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of 

18 fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

19 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

20 regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora21 tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 

22 enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 

23 studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 

24 and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws and 

25 regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within 
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1 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 

2 further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, 

3 and employ such officers and employees as may be nec4 essary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties 

5 of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable 

6 laws and regulations that govern such selections, appoint7 ments, and employment within the Corporation: Provided 

8 further, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 

9 for fiscal year 2021, the Inspector General shall submit to 

10 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 

11 budget request for fiscal year 2021 in similar format and 

12 substance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 

13 Federal Government. 

14 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 

17 Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

18 and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

19 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

20 equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 

21 therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), 

22 $110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 

23 for official reception and representation expenses. The 

24 amounts made available to the National Transportation 

25 Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to 
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1 make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 

2 year 2001 for a capital lease. 

3 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

4 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

5 CORPORATION

6 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor7 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 

8 authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $151,000,000, of which 

10 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro11 gram: Provided, That an additional $1,000,000, to remain 

12 available until September 30, 2023, shall be for the pro13 motion and development of shared equity housing models. 

14 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 

17 Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

18 $37,100,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab20 lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation 

21 Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 

22 collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 

23 under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 

24 appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a 

25 dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re-
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1 ceived during fiscal year 2020, to result in a final appro2 priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 

3 $35,850,000. 

4 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

5 HOMELESSNESS

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 

8 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent9 al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 

10 consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

11 Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home12 lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 

13 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend14 ed, $3,700,000. 

15 TITLE IV 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

17 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

18 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

19 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

20 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund21 ed in this Act. 

22 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

23 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis24 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria25 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
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1 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

2 this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 

3 contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

4 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi5 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

6 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

7 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

8 existing law. 

9 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 

11 that— 

12 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 

13 skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform14 ance of official duties; 

15 (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 

16 of emotional response or psychological stress in some 

17 participants; 

18 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

19 of the content and methods to be used in the training 

20 and written end of course evaluation; 

21 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

22 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

23 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ24 ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 

25 dated September 2, 1988; or 
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1 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici2 pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work3 place. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

5 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

6 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

7 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

8 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 

9 appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 

10 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

11 in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the 

12 Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 

13 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga14 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 

15 that— 

16 (1) creates a new program; 

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

18 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro19 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

20 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

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

22 activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 

23 Appropriations for a different purpose; 
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1 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac2 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which3 ever is less; 

4 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi5 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 

6 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 

7 division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 

8 administration, or department different from the 

9 budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations or the table accompanying the report 

11 accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, 

12 unless prior approval is received from the House and 

13 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

14 That not later than 60 days after the date of enact15 ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 

16 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to 

18 establish the baseline for application of reprogram19 ming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 

20 year: Provided further, That the report shall in21 clude— 

22 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

23 separate column to display the prior year en24 acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust25 ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en-
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1 acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 

2 year enacted level; 

3 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap4 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

5 level by object class and program, project, and 

6 activity as detailed in this Act, the table accom7 panying the explanatory statement accom8 panying this Act, accompanying reports of the 

9 House and Senate Committee on Appropriations, 

10 or in the budget appendix for the respective ap11 propriations, whichever is more detailed, and 

12 shall apply to all items for which a dollar 

13 amount is specified and to all programs for 

14 which new budget (obligational) authority is 

15 provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 

16 discretionary grant allocations; and 

17 (C) an identification of items of special con18 gressional interest. 

19 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

20 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re21 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2020 from ap22 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 

23 fiscal year 2020 in this Act, shall remain available through 

24 September 30, 2021, for each such account for the purposes 

25 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
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1 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 

2 approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 

3 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 

4 with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 

5 Act. 

6 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 

7 any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 

8 power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em9 ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 

10 of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 

11 economic development that primarily benefits private enti12 ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran13 sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 

14 as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 

15 (including energy-related, communication-related, water-re16 lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc17 tures designated for use by the general public or which have 

18 other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 

19 the general public and are subject to regulation and over20 sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 

21 immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields 

22 as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 

23 Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 

24 be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 
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1 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in3 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur4 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

5 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 

7 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

8 filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 

9 held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 

10 of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 

11 or her period of active military or naval service, and has 

12 within 90 days after his or her release from such service 

13 or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe14 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora15 tion to his or her former position and has been certified 

16 by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 

17 perform the duties of his or her former position and has 

18 not been restored thereto. 

19 SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act 

20 may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 

21 in expending the assistance the entity will comply with sec22 tions 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 

23 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

24 SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

25 available under this Act shall be made available to any per-
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1 son or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 

2 American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 

3 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

5 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

6 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per9 mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 

10 States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 

11 of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera12 tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the U.S.- 

13 E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such 

14 approval would contravene United States law or Article 17 

15 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree16 ment. 

17 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

18 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

19 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

20 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

21 with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree22 ment and United States law. 

23 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

25 of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department 
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1 of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 

2 United States, at any single international conference unless 

3 the relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate 

4 Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 

5 that such attendance is important to the national interest: 

6 Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter7 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out8 side of the United States attended by representatives of the 

9 United States Government and of foreign governments, 

10 international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza11 tions. 

12 SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

13 made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 

14 Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 

15 rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an 

16 amount in excess of the amount authorized for district court 

17 civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 

18 States Code. 

19 SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, the 

21 Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any 

22 other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty 

23 vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet in24 ventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo25 randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 
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1 SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net3 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

4 and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

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

9 SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under 

11 this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 

12 materials available to the department or agency over which 

13 that Inspector General has responsibilities under the In14 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 

15 or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, 

16 documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 

17 except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspec18 tor General and expressly limits the Inspector General’s 

19 right of access. 

20 (b) A department or agency covered by this section 

21 shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 

22 records, documents, and other materials in a timely man23 ner. 

24 (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 

25 with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
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1 formation provided by the establishment over which that In2 spector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 

3 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

4 (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 

5 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 

7 days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

8 SEC. 419. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 

10 incentive fees for contractors whose performance has been 

11 judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, 

12 or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract, 

13 unless the Agency determines that any such deviations are 

14 due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 

15 changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of 

16 the project and/or program unless such awards or incentive 

17 fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the FAR. 

18 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 

19 Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

20 Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 3055 

AMENDMENT