H. R. 1865 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 

An Act 

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2020, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 

Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 

Sec. 6. Availability of funds. 

Sec. 7. Adjustments to compensation. 

Sec. 8 Office of Management and Budget Reporting Requirements. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 

AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

Title I—Department of Labor 

Title II—Department of Health and Human Services 

Title III—Department of Education 

Title IV—Related Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 

ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

Title I—Agricultural Programs 

Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 

Title III—Rural Development Programs 

Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 

Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 

Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration 

Title VII—General Provisions 

DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil 

Title II—Department of the Interior 

Title III—Department of Energy 

Title IV—Independent Agencies 

Title V—General Provisions 

DIVISION D—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

Title I—Department of the Interior 
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Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—General Provisions 

DIVISION E—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

Title I—Legislative Branch 

Title II—General Provisions 

DIVISION F—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

Title I—Department of Defense 

Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—Overseas Contingency Operations 

Title V—Natural Disaster Relief 

Title VI—General Provisions 

DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 

RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

Title I—Department of State and Related Agency 

Title II—United States Agency for International Development 

Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 

Title IV—International Security Assistance 

Title V—Multilateral Assistance 

Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance 

Title VII—General Provisions 

DIVISION H—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, 

AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

Title I—Department of Transportation 

Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Title III—Related Agencies 

Title IV—General Provisions—This Act 

DIVISION I—EXTENSIONS 

Title I—Immigration Extensions 

Title II—National Flood Insurance Program Extension 

Title III—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Extension 

Title IV—Export-Import Bank Extension 

Title V—Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Extension 

Title VI—NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension 

Title VII—INKSNA Extension 

Title VIII—Brand USA Extension 

Title IX—DC Opportunity Scholarship Extensions 

Title X—Budgetary Effects 

DIVISION J—FOREIGN POLICY 

DIVISION K—NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM COMMEMORATIVE 

COIN 

DIVISION L—DHS CYBER HUNT AND INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS 

DIVISION M—BIPARTISAN AMERICAN MINERS 

DIVISION N—HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS 

DIVISION O—SETTING EVERY COMMUNITY UP FOR RETIREMENT 

ENHANCEMENT 

DIVISION P—OTHER MATTER 

Title I—Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 

Title II—Great Lakes 

Title III—Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 

Title IV—White Horse Hill National Game Preserve 

Title V—Pittman-Robertson Fund 

Title VI—John F. Kennedy Center 

Title VII—Preserving America’s Battlefields 

Title VIII—Veterans Affairs Report on Disability Compensation and the Positive Association With Exposure to an Herbicide Agent 
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Title IX—Disaster Recovery Workforce 

Title X—Television Viewer Protection 

Title XI—Eligibility to Receive Signals Under a Distant-Signal Satellite License 

Title XII—Groundfish Trawl Fishery 

Title XIII—Temporary Relief from Certain ERISA Requirements 

Title XIV—Library of Congress Technical Corrections 

Title XV—Senate Entities 

Title XVI—Legislative Branch Inspectors General Independence 

Title XVII—Managing Political Fund Activity 

Title XVIII—Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Study 

Title XIX—International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 

Title XX—European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 

DIVISION Q—REVENUE PROVISIONS 

SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 

Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 

referring only to the provisions of that division. 

SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 

The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the 

House section of the Congressional Record on or about December 

17, 2019, and submitted by the Chairwoman of the Committee 

on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with 

respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions 

A through H of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement 

of a committee of conference. 

SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2020. 

SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

(a) Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as 

an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President 

subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

designations to the Congress. 

(b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for 

Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if 

applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all 

such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment 

shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 

Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments 

for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2020. 

SEC. 8. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

(a) As of the date of enactment of this Act, section 150 of 

the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 

116–59), as added by the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2020 (division A of Public Law 116–69), shall no longer have any 

force or effect. 

(b) Notwithstanding the ‘‘7 calendar days’’ requirement in section 251(a)(7)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
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Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(a)(7)(B)), for any appropriations 

Act for fiscal year 2020 enacted before January 1, 2020, the Office 

of Management and Budget shall transmit to the Congress its 

report under that section estimating the discretionary budgetary 

effects of such Acts not later than January 15, 2020. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) and the National 

Apprenticeship Act, $3,611,200,000, plus reimbursements, shall be 

available. Of the amounts provided: 

(1) for grants to States for adult employment and training 

activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment 

and training activities, $2,819,832,000 as follows: 

(A) $854,649,000 for adult employment and training 

activities, of which $142,649,000 shall be available for the 

period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and of which 

$712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 

2020 through June 30, 2021; 

(B) $913,130,000 for youth activities, which shall be 

available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 

2021; and 

(C) $1,052,053,000 for dislocated worker employment 

and training activities, of which $192,053,000 shall be 

available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 

2021, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for 

the period October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: 

Provided, That the funds available for allotment to outlying 

areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall 

not be subject to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) 

of such Act; and 

(2) for national programs, $791,368,000 as follows: 

(A) $270,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 

national reserve, of which $70,859,000 shall be available 

for the period July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, 

and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period 

October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021: Provided, 

That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of 

the WIOA may be used to provide assistance to a State 

for statewide or local use in order to address cases where 

there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors 

or across multiple local areas and such workers remain 

dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development 

plan with emerging economic development needs; and train 

such eligible dislocated workers: Provided further, That 

funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of 
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the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and demonstration projects, respectively, that provide assistance 

to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of 

the WIOA, of the funds provided under this subparagraph, 

the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 

funds to provide technical assistance and carry out additional activities related to the transition to the WIOA: 

Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 

subparagraph, $70,000,000 shall be for training and 

employment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in such section) 

and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 

(i) $30,000,000 shall be for workers in the Appalachian region, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1) 

and workers in the Lower Mississippi, as defined in 

section 4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public Law 

100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 2009aa(2)); 

(ii) $40,000,000 shall be for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career 

training programs at community colleges, defined as 

public institutions of higher education, as described 

in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act and 

at which the associate’s degree is primarily the highest 

degree awarded, with other eligible institutions of 

higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the 

Higher Education Act, eligible to participate through 

consortia, with community colleges as the lead grantee: 

Provided, That the Secretary shall follow the requirements for the program in House Report 116–62: Provided further, That any grant funds used for 

apprenticeships shall be used to support only 

apprenticeship programs registered under the National 

Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) 

of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; 

(B) $55,000,000 for Native American programs under 

section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 

the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 

(C) $91,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 

programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including 

$85,229,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 

70 percent shall be for employment and training services), 

$6,122,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which 

not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), 

and $545,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall 

be available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 

30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor 

shall take no action limiting the number or proportion 

of eligible participants receiving related assistance services 

or discouraging grantees from providing such services; 

(D) $94,534,000 for YouthBuild activities as described 

in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 

the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 
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(E) $98,079,000 for ex-offender activities, under the 

authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: 

Provided, That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 

competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries 

for activities that prepare young ex-offenders and school 

dropouts for employment, with a priority for projects 

serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 

(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which 

shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through 

June 30, 2021; and 

(G) $175,000,000 to expand opportunities through 

apprenticeships only registered under the National 

Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) 

of the WIOA, to be available to the Secretary to carry 

out activities through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and other arrangements, with States and other 

appropriate entities, which shall be available for the period 

July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. 

JOB CORPS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal 

administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor 

vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and 

other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the WIOA, $1,743,655,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 

(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall 

be available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 

2021; 

(2) $108,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and 

acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for 

the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, and which 

may include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major 

items of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 

up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs 

of such centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding provision shall not be available for obligation after June 

30, 2021: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and (3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which 

shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2019 

through September 30, 2020: 

Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be 

used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers. 

COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred 

to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, which shall be available 

for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and may 
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be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) 

of the OAA. 

FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

For payments during fiscal year 2020 of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of 

chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 

of that Act; and for training, employment and case management 

services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State 

administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 

2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, 

allowances, training, employment and case management services, 

and related State administration provided pursuant to section 

231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 

and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 

$680,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary 

to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for 

any period subsequent to September 15, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation 

provided under this heading may remain available for obligation 

beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 

245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

OPERATIONS

For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,290,583,000 which may be expended from 

the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 

(1) $2,540,816,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to 

States for the administration of State unemployment insurance 

laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act 

(including not less than $175,000,000 to carry out reemployment services and eligibility assessments under section 306 

of such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as defined 

in such section, including those who are profiled as most likely 

to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for such services 

and assessments: Provided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 

is specified for grants under section 306 of the Social Security 

Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) 

of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

of 1985, as amended, and $58,000,000 is additional new budget 

authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II) of 

such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support of the 

Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the 

administration of unemployment insurance for Federal 

employees and for ex-service members as authorized under 

5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 

and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade 

Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment 

Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the 

Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and shall be available 

for obligation by the States through December 31, 2020, except 

that funds used for automation shall be available for Federal 

obligation through December 31, 2020, and for State obligation 
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through September 30, 2022, or, if the automation is being 

carried out through consortia of States, for State obligation 

through September 30, 2026, and for expenditure through September 30, 2027, and funds for competitive grants awarded 

to States for improved operations and to conduct in-person 

reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment 

insurance improper payment reviews and provide reemployment services and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall 

be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2020, 

and for obligation by the States through September 30, 2022, 

and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center 

of Excellence shall be available for obligation by the State 

through September 30, 2021, and funds used for unemployment 

insurance workloads experienced through September 30, 2020 

shall be available for Federal obligation through December 

31, 2020; 

(2) $12,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the FederalState unemployment insurance system; 

(3) $646,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together with 

$21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for 

grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the WagnerPeyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for 

the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 

(4) $22,318,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities of the Employment Service, including administration of 

the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance 

and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 

(5) $68,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administration of foreign labor certifications and related activities under 

the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which 

$54,528,000 shall be available for the Federal administration 

of such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for grants 

to States for the administration of such activities; and 

(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide 

workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop 

system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be 

available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2020 

through June 30, 2021: 

Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured 

Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2020 is projected by the 

Department of Labor to exceed 1,706,000, an additional $28,600,000 

from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 

100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 

for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the 

Social Security Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 

this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 

title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State 

to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title 

III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major 

disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided further, 

That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 

under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 

behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New 

Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
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the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 

under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on 

behalf of States to the entity operating the State Information Data 

Exchange System: Provided further, That funds appropriated in 

this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career 

center system, or which are used to support the national activities 

of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment service, 

or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, 

or agreements with States and non-State entities: Provided further, 

That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations 

under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to 

support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment 

insurance system, may award subgrants to other States and nonState entities under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 

to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

this Act for activities authorized under title III of the Social Security 

Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund 

integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed 

under the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal 

Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided 

further, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating 

in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to 

such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States 

participating in the consortium or to the entity operating the 

Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 

in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration 

of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the 

request: Provided further, That the Secretary may collect fees for 

the costs associated with additional data collection, analyses, and 

reporting services relating to the National Agricultural Workers 

Survey requested by State and local governments, public and private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations 

and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 

29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the information collection 

and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited to 

this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 

2021, for such purposes. 

ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS

For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as 

authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, 

and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by 

section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for 

nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund established by section 

901(e) of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund 

as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 

Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be necessary, 

which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2021. 

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed $49,982,000 which 
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may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 

Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, $181,000,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall be 

made available through September 30, 2021, for the procurement 

of expert witnesses for enforcement litigation. 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Corporation’’) is 

authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing 

authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, 

and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 

be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated 

administrative expenses, through September 30, 2020, for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2020 shall be available for obligations for 

administrative expenses in excess of $452,858,000: Provided further, 

That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in 

plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 

2020, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 

available through September 30, 2024, for obligations for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the amounts 

provided for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be 

incurred and shall be available through September 30, 2024 for 

obligation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination or 

termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program 

related expenses after approval by the Office of Management and 

Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 

That an additional amount shall be available for obligation through 

September 30, 2024 to the extent the Corporation’s costs exceed 

$250,000 for the provision of credit or identity monitoring to affected 

individuals upon suffering a security incident or privacy breach, 

not to exceed an additional $100 per affected individual. 

WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, 

including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and 

their employees for inspection services rendered, $242,000,000. 
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OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management 

Standards, $43,187,000. 

OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, $105,976,000. 

OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Compensation 

Programs, $115,424,000, together with $2,177,000 which may be 

expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 

44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 

SPECIAL BENEFITS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses 

(except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or 

any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of 

benefits as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 

in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the 

Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obligations 

incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and 

benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor 

Workers’ Compensation Act, $234,600,000, together with such 

amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent 

year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other 

benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current 

year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees’ 

Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, 

That amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 

by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer 

at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, 

disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2019, shall remain available 

until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and 

expenses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any 

other corporation or instrumentality required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) 

to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, 

such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities through September 

30, 2020: Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 

account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration 
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of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, $74,777,000 shall 

be made available to the Secretary as follows: 

(1) For enhancement and maintenance of automated data 

processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, 

$24,540,000; 

(2) For automated workload processing operations, 

including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 

(3) For periodic roll disability management and medical review, $25,535,000; 

(4) For program integrity, $1,734,000; and 

(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury 

as miscellaneous receipts: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any person 

filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 

81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information 

(including Social Security account number) as such regulations 

may prescribe. 

SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107–275, $20,970,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit 

payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred 

in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary. 

For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter 

of fiscal year 2021, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL

ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $59,846,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may 

require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act 

provide as part of such claim such identifying information (including 

Social Security account number) as may be prescribed. 

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability 

Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available until expended, for 

payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), 

and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and repayment 

of, and payment of interest on advances, as authorized by section 

9501(d)(4) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may 

be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2020 for expenses of 

operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 

as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $38,246,000 for 

transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries 

and Expenses’’; not to exceed $32,844,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 

$330,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of 
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Inspector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into 

miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 

Treasury. 

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, $581,787,000, including not to exceed $108,575,000 

which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States 

under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 

(the ‘‘Act’’), which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the 

costs of State occupational safety and health programs required 

to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 

18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain 

up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition 

and fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may 

utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and 

education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2020, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 

Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in 

accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer 

national and international laboratory recognition programs that 

ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers 

in the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to 

prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which is applicable to any person 

who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain 

a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 

shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any 

standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with respect 

to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is included within 

a category having a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) 

occupational injury and illness rate, at the most precise industrial 

classification code for which such data are published, less than 

the national average rate as such rates are most recently published 

by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 

(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 

(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response 

to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations 

found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement 

period and for any willful violations found; 

(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 

to imminent dangers; 

(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 

to health hazards; 

(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 

to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one 
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or more employees or which results in hospitalization of two 

or more employees, and to take any action pursuant to such 

investigation authorized by the Act; and 

(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with respect 

to complaints of discrimination against employees for exercising 

rights under the Act: 

Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to 

any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does 

not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer 

employees: Provided further, That $11,537,000 shall be available 

for Susan Harwood training grants, of which not less than 

$4,500,000 is for Susan Harwood Training Capacity Building 

Developmental grants, as described in Funding Opportunity 

Number SHTG–FY–16–02 (referenced in the notice of availability 

of funds published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2016 (81 

Fed. Reg. 30568)) for program activities starting not later than 

September 30, 2020 and lasting for a period of 12 months: Provided 

further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs. 

MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration, $379,816,000, including purchase and bestowal of 

certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and firstaid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up 

to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities and not less 

than $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, 

board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and 

health education and training activities: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health 

Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 

from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, 

materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such 

sums for such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is 

authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects 

in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 

is authorized to promote health and safety education and training 

in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, 

industry, and safety associations: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety 

Association as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 

reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and 

Health Administration officials as officers in local chapters or in 

the national organization: Provided further, That any funds available to the Department of Labor may be used, with the approval 

of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival 

operations in the event of a major disaster. 
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local 

agencies and their employees for services rendered, $587,000,000, 

together with not to exceed $68,000,000 which may be expended 

from the Employment Security Administration account in the 

Unemployment Trust Fund. 

Within this amount, $27,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2024, for costs associated with the physical move of 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ headquarters, including replication 

of space, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and related costs, as well 

as relocation of the data center to a shared facility. 

OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment 

Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and 

award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to 

the training and employment of people with disabilities, 

$38,500,000. 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 

including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $348,056,000, 

together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended 

from the Employment Security Administration account in the 

Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That $67,325,000 for the 

Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through December 31, 2020: Provided further, That funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used 

to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral 

and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, 

by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: 

Provided further, That not more than $53,825,000 shall be for 

programs to combat exploitative child labor internationally and 

not less than $13,500,000 shall be used to implement model programs that address worker rights issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has free trade 

agreements or trade preference programs: Provided further, That 

$8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2021: Provided further, 

That funds available for program evaluation may be used to administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That 

grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through 

fair and open competition: Provided further, That funds available 

for program evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate 

account in the Department for such purpose: Provided further, 
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That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 

of any transfer: Provided further, That the funds available to the 

Women’s Bureau may be used for grants to serve and promote 

the interests of women in the workforce: Provided further, That 

of the amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, not less 

than $1,294,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the Women 

in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 

VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

Not to exceed $256,341,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 

Fund to carry out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of 

title 38, United States Code, of which: 

(1) $180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants under 

38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support disabled veterans’ outreach 

program specialists under section 4103A of such title and local 

veterans’ employment representatives under section 4104(b) 

of such title, and for the expenses described in section 

4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obligation by the 

States through December 31, 2020, and not to exceed 3 percent 

for the necessary Federal expenditures for data systems and 

contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and 

performance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 

funds may be used to support such specialists and representatives in the provision of services to transitioning members 

of the Armed Forces who have participated in the Transition 

Assistance Program and have been identified as in need of 

intensive services, to members of the Armed Forces who are 

wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military 

treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and to the 

spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or 

injured members; 

(2) $29,379,000 is for carrying out the Transition Assistance 

Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 10 U.S.C. 1144; 

(3) $43,548,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 

41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 2021A and 2023 

of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That, up to $500,000 

may be used to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O 

of Public Law 115–31); and 

(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment 

and Training Services Institute under 38 U.S.C. 4109: 

Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount 

not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation from which such reallocation is made. 

In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 

$55,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless veterans 

and veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from 

certain institutions under sections 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 

38, United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding subsections 

(c)(3) and (d) of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants 

through September 30, 2020, to provide services under such section: 

Provided further, That services provided under sections 2021 or 

under 2021A may include, in addition to services to homeless veterans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were 
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homeless at some point within the 60 days prior to program entry 

or veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 60 

days, and that services provided under section 2023 may include, 

in addition to services to the individuals described in subsection 

(e) of such section, services to veterans recently released from 

incarceration who are at risk of homelessness: Provided further, 

That notwithstanding paragraph (3) under this heading, funds 

appropriated in this paragraph may be used for data systems and 

contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and 

performance information: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 

such funds shall be available for expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

1553. 

In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the HIRE 

Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) of the HIRE 

Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available to the Secretary 

to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to any other funds 

available for such purposes, including funds available under paragraph (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) of 

division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public 

Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not apply. 

IT MODERNIZATION

For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized 

infrastructure technology investment activities related to support 

systems and modernization, $25,269,000, which shall be available 

through September 30, 2021. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General 

in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

1978, $85,187,000, together with not to exceed $5,660,000 which 

may be expended from the Employment Security Administration 

account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the 

Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an 

individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect 

cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 

(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 

for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between 

a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or 

activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 

transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by this 

section shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 

any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this 

Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
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the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 

15 days in advance of any transfer. 

SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none 

of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement 

of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services 

rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor 

in industries and host countries already identified by the United 

States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, none 

of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants 

under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and 

Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be 

used for any purpose other than competitive grants for training 

individuals who are older than 16 years of age and are not currently 

enrolled in school within a local educational agency in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H–1B visas 

to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 

support such training. 

SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration’’ shall be 

used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary 

and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect 

costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation 

shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 

in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 

are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit 

for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses 

from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors 

including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation 

levels for comparable State or local government employees, and 

the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs 

involved including Employment and Training Administration programs. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 

transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training 

Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, 

for technical assistance services to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is determined that those services will be more 

efficiently performed by Federal employees: Provided, That this 

section shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer 

not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation made 

available to the Employment and Training Administration by this 

Act to ‘‘Program Administration’’ in order to carry out program 

integrity activities relating to any of the programs or activities 

that are funded under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding proviso, 

the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent of funds 

made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the ‘‘Office of Job 

Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such account to carry out program integrity activities related to the Job Corps program: Provided 

further, That funds transferred under the authority provided by 
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this subsection shall be available for obligation through September 

30, 2021. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 

percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any 

of the programs or activities that are funded under such accounts. 

Any funds reserved under this section shall be transferred to 

‘‘Departmental Management’’ for use by the Office of the Chief 

Evaluation Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 

available for obligation through September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

such funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 

of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days in advance 

of any transfer. 

(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: ‘‘Training 

and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Community Service 

Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance 

and Employment Service Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security 

Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 

‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health 

Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding 

made available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ and 

‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries 

and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans Employment and Training’’. 

SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the following text 

is part of such section: 

‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply for a 

period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major disaster to any 

employee— 

‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims resulting from 

or relating to such major disaster, by an employer not engaged, 

directly or through an affiliate, in underwriting, selling, or 

marketing property, casualty, or liability insurance policies or 

contracts; 

‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average weekly 

compensation of not less than $591.00 per week or any minimum weekly amount established by the Secretary, whichever 

is greater, for the number of weeks such employee is engaged 

in any of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 

‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 

‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, individuals who 

suffered injuries or other damages or losses arising from 

or relating to a disaster, witnesses, or physicians; 

‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or reviewing factual 

information to prepare damage estimates; 

‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommendations 

regarding coverage or compensability of claims or determining liability or value aspects of claims; 

‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 

‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding litigation. 
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‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 

‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 

‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any disaster or catastrophe declared or designated by any State or Federal agency 

or department; 

‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or evaluate 

claims resulting from or relating to such major disaster’ means 

an individual who timely secured or secures a license required 

by applicable law to engage in and perform the activities 

described in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 

to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer that 

maintains worker compensation insurance coverage or protection for its employees, if required by applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, State, and local income and payroll 

taxes from the wages, salaries and any benefits of such 

employees; and 

‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, by reason 

of ownership or control of 25 percent or more of the outstanding 

shares of any class of voting securities of one or more companies, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under 

common control with, another company.’’. 

(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE CROSSING

OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if a petition 

for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an employer in the seafood 

industry is granted, the employer may bring the nonimmigrants 

described in the petition into the United States at any time 

during the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 

which the employer is seeking the services of the nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 

(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH DAY.—An 

employer in the seafood industry may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States after the date that is 90 

days after the start date for which the employer is seeking 

the services of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 

(A) completes a new assessment of the local labor 

market by— 

(i) listing job orders in local newspapers on 2 separate Sundays; and 

(ii) posting the job opportunity on the appropriate 

Department of Labor Electronic Job Registry and at 

the employer’s place of employment; and 

(B) offers the job to an equally or better qualified 

United States worker who— 

(i) applies for the job; and 

(ii) will be available at the time and place of need. 

(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not consider an employer 

in the seafood industry who brings H–2B nonimmigrants into 

the United States during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be staggering the date of need in violation of 

section 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 

any other applicable provision of law. 
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(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted to the United States 

pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 

SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for the purposes 

of the H–2B program shall be the greater of—(1) the actual wage 

level paid by the employer to other employees with similar experience and qualifications for such position in the same location; 

or (2) the prevailing wage level for the occupational classification 

of the position in the geographic area in which the H–2B nonimmigrant will be employed, based on the best information available 

at the time of filing the petition. In the determination of prevailing 

wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the Secretary shall 

accept private wage surveys even in instances where Occupational 

Employment Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary determines that the methodology and data in the provided 

survey are not statistically supported. 

SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 

enforce the definition of corresponding employment found in 20 

CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule definition found 

in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. Further, for the 

purpose of regulating admission of temporary workers under the 

H–2B program, the definition of temporary need shall be that 

provided in 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 

SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to $2,000,000 of excess personal 

property, at a value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship 

programs for the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 

SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Department 

of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736, chapter 141) 

shall be applied as if the following text is part of such Act: 

‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is authorized to 

employ law enforcement officers or special agents to— 

‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of Labor during 

the workday of the Secretary and during any activity that 

is preliminary or postliminary to the performance of official 

duties by the Secretary; 

‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protection provided 

to the Secretary, to a member of the immediate family of 

the Secretary who is participating in an activity or event 

relating to the official duties of the Secretary; 

‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Secretary 

(including during periods not described in paragraph (1)) and 

to the members of the immediate family of the Secretary if 

there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, 

in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary; 

and 

‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of Labor 

or another senior officer representing the Secretary of Labor 

at a public event if there is a unique and articulable threat 

of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established 

by the Secretary. 

‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may authorize a 

law enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection 
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(a), for the purpose of performing the duties authorized under 

subsection (a), to— 

‘‘(1) carry firearms; 

‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any offense against 

the United States committed in the presence of such officer 

or special agent; 

‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, including identifying and mitigating potential threats and conducting advance 

work to review security matters relating to sites and events; 

‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and 

‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations into potential 

threats to the security of the Secretary, in coordination with 

the Inspector General of the Department of Labor. 

‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law enforcement officer 

or special agent employed under subsection (a) shall exercise any 

authority provided under this section in accordance with any— 

‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and 

‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.’’. 

(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or divest, 

by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, including an 

agreement or partnership to construct a new Job Corps center, 

all or a portion of the real property on which the Treasure Island 

Job Corps Center is situated. Any sale or other disposition will 

not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation 

relating to the disposition of Federal real property, including but 

not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United 

States Code and subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the 

United States Code. The net proceeds of such a sale shall be 

transferred to the Secretary, which shall be available until expended 

to carry out the Job Corps Program on Treasure Island. 

(RESCISSION)

SEC. 115. Of the unobligated funds available under section 

286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1356(s)(2)), $150,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 116. Funds made available in prior Acts under the heading 

‘‘Department of Labor—Employment and Training Administration— 

State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’ for fiscal years 2015 through 2019 for automation acquisitions that are being carried out through consortia of States shall 

be available for expenditure for 6 fiscal years after the final fiscal 

year that such funds are available to incur new obligations. 

SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to— 

(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement between 

the United States Department of Labor and the United States 

Department of Agriculture; or 

(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Centers, except 

if such closure is necessary to prevent the endangerment of 

the health and safety of the students, the capacity of the 

program is retained, and the requirements of section 159(j) 

of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act are met. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
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TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health Service 

Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with respect to 

primary health care and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act 

of 1988, $1,626,522,000: Provided, That no more than $1,000,000 

shall be available until expended for carrying out the provisions 

of section 224(o) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more 

than $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for carrying 

out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS 

Act, and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and 

Human Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining 

to administrative claims made under such law. 

HEALTH WORKFORCE

For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act with 

respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921 of the 

Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement 

Act of 1986, $1,194,506,000, of which $138,916,000 shall remain 

available through September 30, 2021 to carry out sections 750, 

755, 756, 760, 781, and 791 of the PHS Act: Provided, That sections 

751(j)(2) and 762(k) of the PHS Act and the proportional funding 

amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(f) of the 

PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under this heading: 

Provided further, That for any program operating under section 

751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as the 

‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements contained 

in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full 

project period of a grant under such section: Provided further, That no funds shall be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS 

Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure of 

information under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality 

Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of 

the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs 

of operating the programs authorized by such sections and shall 

remain available until expended for the National Practitioner Data 

Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this account 

to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of 

the PHS Act may be used to make prior year adjustments to 

awards made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 

That $120,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

purposes of providing primary health services, assigning National 

Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) members to expand the delivery 

of substance use disorder treatment services, notwithstanding the 

assignment priorities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 

333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making payments 

under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section 338B 

of such Act: Provided further, That, within the amount made available in the previous proviso, $15,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended for the purposes of making payments under the 
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NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of the PHS 

Act to individuals participating in such program who provide primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, TriballyOperated 638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health Programs 

(as those terms are defined by the Secretary), notwithstanding 

the assignment priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of 

such Act: Provided further, That for purposes of the previous two 

provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as 

if the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical substance 

use disorder treatment services, including those provided by masters 

level, licensed substance use disorder treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be available to make grants to establish or expand 

optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship programs 

that are accredited or in the accreditation process, with a preference 

for those in Federally Qualified Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practitioners in primary care or behavioral health. Of the funds made available under this heading, $50,000,000 

shall remain available until expended for grants to public institutions of higher education to expand or support graduate education 

for physicians provided by such institutions: Provided, That, in 

awarding such grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public 

institutions of higher education located in States with a projected 

primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by the 

Secretary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are limited 

to such public institutions of higher education in States in the 

top quintile of States with a projected primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the minimum amount of a grant so awarded to such an 

institution shall be not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided 

further, That such a grant may be awarded for a period not to 

exceed 5 years: Provided further, That such a grant awarded with 

respect to a year to such an institution shall be subject to a 

matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that 

is not less than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal funds 

provided in the grant to such institution with respect to such 

year. 

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act 

with respect to maternal and child health and title V of the Social 

Security Act, $943,784,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 

502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than 

$119,116,000 shall be available for carrying out special projects 

of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) 

of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described 

in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act. 

RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM

For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $2,388,781,000, of which 

$1,970,881,000 shall remain available to the Secretary through 

September 30, 2022, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS 

Act, and of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 

AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of section 

2616 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which $70,000,000, to remain 
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available until expended, shall be available to the Secretary for 

carrying out a program of grants and contracts under title XXVI 

or section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending the nationwide 

HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants issued under such section 

311(c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the PHS 

Act, including the limitation on administrative expenses. 

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect 

to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research 

Act of 2005, $123,593,000, of which $122,000 shall be available 

until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long 

Hansen’s Disease Center. 

RURAL HEALTH

For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with respect 

to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health 

and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social 

Security Act, $318,294,000, of which $53,609,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, 

shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 

flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility 

grants, $19,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital 

Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and adoption 

of health information technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be 

to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with 

funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) available for 

the purchase and implementation of telehealth services, including 

pilots and demonstrations on the use of electronic health records 

to coordinate rural veterans care between rural providers and the 

Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record system: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS 

Act, $12,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural Health: 

Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall remain available through 

September 30, 2022, to support the Rural Residency Development 

Program: Provided further, That $110,000,000 shall be for the Rural 

Communities Opioids Response Program. 

FAMILY PLANNING

For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act 

to provide for voluntary family planning projects, $286,479,000: 

Provided, That amounts provided to said projects under such title 

shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling 

shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended 

for any activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office. 

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

For program support in the Health Resources and Services Administration, $155,300,000: Provided, That funds made available 

under this heading may be used to supplement program support 

funding provided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 
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‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White 

HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 

VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 

Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as may be necessary 

for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with 

respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant 

to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That for necessary administrative 

expenses, not to exceed $10,200,000 shall be available from the 

Trust Fund to the Secretary. 

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 

2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory diseases, 

$433,105,000. 

HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, AND

TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION

For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS 

Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted 

diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, $1,273,556,000. 

EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 

of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, 

with respect to emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, 

$570,372,000. 

CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION

For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the 

PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health 

promotion, $984,964,000: Provided, That funds made available 

under this heading may be available for making grants under 

section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, 

or tribal organizations: Provided further, That of the funds made 

available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to 

continue and expand community specific extension and outreach 

programs to combat obesity in counties with the highest levels 

of obesity: Provided further, That the proportional funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 

funds made available under this heading. 
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BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, DISABILITIES AND

HEALTH

For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act 

with respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities 

and health, $160,810,000. 

PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 

respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and 

workforce development, $555,497,000. 

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 

respect to environmental health, $196,850,000. 

INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to injury prevention and control, $677,379,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, sections 

101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine 

Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and 

New Emergency Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of 

the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, $342,800,000. 

ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION

PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That this amount shall 

be available consistent with the provision regarding administrative 

expenses in section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 

106–554. 

GLOBAL HEALTH

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 

respect to global health, $570,843,000, of which: (1) $128,421,000 

shall remain available through September 30, 2021 for international 

HIV/AIDS; and (2) $173,400,000 shall remain available through 

September 30, 2022 for global disease detection and emergency 

response: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and 

insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 

PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with 

respect to public health preparedness and response, and for 

expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian 
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populations, $850,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this title 

as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry may detail staff without reimbursement for 

up to 180 days to support an activation of the CDC Emergency 

Operations Center, so long as the Director or Administrator, as 

applicable, provides a notice to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days 

of the use of this authority and a full report within 30 days after 

use of this authority which includes the number of staff and funding 

level broken down by the originating center and number of days 

detailed: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

heading may be used to support a contract for the operation and 

maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of activities throughout 

CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address public health 

preparedness emergencies. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $25,000,000, 

which shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That funds made available to this account in this or any prior 

Act that are available for the acquisition of real property or for 

construction or improvement of facilities shall be available to make 

improvements on non-federally owned property, provided that any 

improvements that are not adjacent to federally owned property 

do not exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such 

improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, That funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn 

Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a 

replacement mine safety research facility: Provided further, That 

in addition, the prior year unobligated balance of any amounts 

assigned to former employees in accounts of CDC made available 

for Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and merged 

with the amounts made available under this heading to support 

the replacement of the mine safety research facility. 

CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 2821 

of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 

for activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act 

for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $198,570,000, 

of which up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to the reserve of 

the Working Capital Fund authorized under this heading in division 

F of Public Law 112–74: Provided, That paragraphs (1) through 

(3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not 

apply to funds appropriated under this heading and in all other 

accounts of the CDC: Provided further, That employees of CDC 

or the Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations under 

authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, 

shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes 
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only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 

applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of 

detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC may use up 

to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for 

official reception and representation expenses when specifically 

approved by the Director of CDC: Provided further, That in addition, 

such sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which 

shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 

Provided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certification Program shall be available through September 

30, 2021. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to cancer, $6,245,442,000, of which up to $30,000,000 

may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National 

Cancer Institute—Frederick Federally Funded Research and 

Development Center in Frederick, Maryland. 

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood 

and blood products, $3,624,258,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $477,429,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY

DISEASES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, 

$2,114,314,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $2,374,687,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $5,885,470,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to general medical sciences, $2,937,218,000, of which 

$1,230,821,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 

of the PHS Act: Provided, That not less than $386,573,000 is 

provided for the Institutional Development Awards program. 
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EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH

AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to child health and human development, 

$1,556,879,000. 

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $824,090,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to environmental health sciences, $802,598,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to aging, $3,543,673,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN

DISEASES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, 

$624,889,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION

DISORDERS

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, 

$490,692,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to nursing research, $169,113,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $545,373,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to drug abuse, $1,462,016,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to mental health, $1,968,374,000. 

NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to human genome research, $606,349,000. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, 

$403,638,000. 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to complementary and integrative health, 

$151,740,000. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to minority health and health disparities research, 

$335,812,000: Provided, That funds may be used to implement 

a reorganization that is presented to an advisory council in a 

public meeting and for which the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate have been notified 

30 days in advance. 

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of 

the PHS Act), $80,760,000. 

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to health information communications, $456,911,000: 

Provided, That of the amounts available for improvement of 

information systems, $4,000,000 shall be available until September 

30, 2021: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2020, the National 

Library of Medicine may enter into personal services contracts 

for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health 

(referred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES

For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act 

with respect to translational sciences, $832,888,000: Provided, That 

up to $60,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 

of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least $578,141,000 is provided to the Clinical 

and Translational Sciences Awards program. 

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, 

NIH, $2,239,787,000: Provided, That funding shall be available 

for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles 

for replacement only: Provided further, That all funds credited 

to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal 

year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided 
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further, That $180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided further, That 

$626,511,000 shall be available for the Common Fund established 

under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 

of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be for official reception and 

representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director 

of the NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 

within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend up to 

$8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities 

as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided 

further, That $50,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I 

of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283K), relating to biomedical and behavioral research facilities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 

be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the ‘‘Office 

of Inspector General’’ for oversight of grant programs and operations 

of the NIH, including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of 

its grant application evaluation and selection processes, and shall 

be in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight 

of the NIH: Provided further, That the funds provided in the previous proviso may be transferred from one specified activity to 

another with 15 days prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 

further, That the Inspector General shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate before submitting to the Committees an audit plan for 

fiscal years 2020 and 2021 no later than 30 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That amounts available 

under this heading are also available to establish, operate, and 

support the Research Policy Board authorized by section 2034(f) 

of the 21st Century Cures Act. 

In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000 

is appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric 

Research Initiative Fund described in section 9008 of title 26, 

United States Code, for the purpose of carrying out section 

402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as 

authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation 

of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, 

including the acquisition of real property, $200,000,000, to remain 

available through September 30, 2024. 

NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described 

in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition 

to amounts available for such purposes in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, $492,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That such amounts are appropriated 

pursuant to section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 

amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and 

may be transferred by the Director of the National Institutes of 

Health to other accounts of the National Institutes of Health solely 
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for the purposes provided in such Act: Provided further, That upon 

a determination by the Director that funds transferred pursuant 

to the previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, 

such amounts may be transferred back to the Account: Provided 

further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading 

is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

MENTAL HEALTH

For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with 

respect to mental health, and the Protection and Advocacy for 

Individuals with Mental Illness Act, $1,644,974,000: Provided, That 

of the funds made available under this heading, $68,887,000 shall 

be for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided 

further, That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, 

no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall 

be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out subpart 

I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) 

technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 

activities, and further that the total available under this Act for 

section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts 

appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry 

out the Children’s Mental Health Services program may be used 

to carry out demonstration grants or contracts for early interventions with persons not more than 25 years of age at clinical high 

risk of developing a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, 

That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 

appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That States shall expend at least 10 percent of the amount each 

receives for carrying out section 1911 of the PHS Act to support 

evidence-based programs that address the needs of individuals with 

early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders, regardless of the age of the individual at onset: Provided further, That 

$200,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2022 for grants 

to communities and community organizations who meet criteria 

for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to 

section 223(a) of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, That none 

of the funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be 

subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, That of the 

funds made available under this heading, $19,000,000 shall be 

to carry out section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act 

of 2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect 

to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such Act with respect 

to substance abuse treatment and prevention, and the SUPPORT 

for Patients and Communities Act, $3,756,556,000: Provided, That 

$1,500,000,000 shall be for State Opioid Response Grants for carrying out activities pertaining to opioids and stimulants undertaken 

by the State agency responsible for administering the substance 

abuse prevention and treatment block grant under subpart II of 
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part B of title XIX of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.): 

Provided further, That of such amount $50,000,000 shall be made 

available to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided further, That 15 percent of the remaining amount shall be for the States 

with the highest mortality rate related to opioid use disorders: 

Provided further, That of the amounts provided for State Opioid 

Response Grants not more than 2 percent shall be available for 

Federal administrative expenses, training, technical assistance, and 

evaluation: Provided further, That of the amount not reserved by 

the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall make allocations 

to States, territories, and the District of Columbia according to 

a formula using national survey results that the Secretary determines are the most objective and reliable measure of drug use 

and drug-related deaths: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

submit the formula methodology to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not less 

than 15 days prior to publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement: Provided further, That prevention and treatment activities 

funded through such grants may include education, treatment 

(including the provision of medication), behavioral health services 

for individuals in treatment programs, referral to treatment services, recovery support, and medical screening associated with such 

treatment: Provided further, That each State, as well as the District 

of Columbia, shall receive not less than $4,000,000: Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following 

amounts shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: 

(1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX 

of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national 

data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that 

the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities 

shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 

II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance 

abuse treatment programs: Provided further, That none of the funds 

provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid Response 

Grants shall be subject to section 241 of such Act. 

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse prevention, $206,469,000. 

HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

For program support and cross-cutting activities that supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’ in 

carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection 

and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 

$128,830,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the 

PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry out national surveys 

on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and analyze program 

data, and to conduct public awareness and technical assistance 

activities: Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be collected 

for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a 

public or private entity upon request, which shall be credited to 
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this appropriation and shall remain available until expended for 

such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made available in 

this Act for carrying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain 

available through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That funds 

made available under this heading may be used to supplement 

program support funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental 

Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse 

Prevention’’. 

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A 

of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the 

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act 

of 2003, $338,000,000: Provided, That section 947(c) of the PHS 

Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That 

in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act 

fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of 

data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES

GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and 

XIX of the Social Security Act, $273,188,478,000, to remain available until expended. 

For making, after May 31, 2020, payments to States under 

title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under 

title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quarter of fiscal 

year 2020 for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal 

year, such sums as may be necessary. 

For making payments to States or in the case of section 1928 

on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act 

for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $139,903,075,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter 

with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during 

such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved 

in that or any subsequent quarter. 

PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund 

and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 

as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social 

Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security 

Amendments of 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and 

for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) 

of the Social Security Act, $410,796,100,000. 

In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844 

and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 of the Social Security 

Act that were not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as 

may be necessary. 
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, 

XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII 

of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments 

of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services, not to exceed $3,669,744,000, to be transferred 

from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 

Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 

section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all funds 

collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 

1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary 

pursuant to section 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such 

sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale 

of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain available 

until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance 

with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title 

XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying 

out the purposes of this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2020 from Medicare 

Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social 

Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 

1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That amounts available 

under this heading to support quality improvement organizations 

(as defined in section 1152 of the Social Security Act) shall not 

exceed the amount specifically provided for such purpose under 

this heading in division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2018 (Public Law 115–141). 

HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT

In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and program management, $786,000,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2021, to be transferred from the Federal 

Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary 

Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) 

of the Social Security Act, of which $610,000,000 shall be for the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity activities, of which $93,000,000 shall be for the Department of Health 

and Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud 

and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, 

and of which $83,000,000 shall be for the Department of Justice 

to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 

1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report required by section 

1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2020 shall 

include measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, 

waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs 

for the funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 

That of the amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 

is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

amended, and $475,000,000 is additional new budget authority 

specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall provide not less than $18,000,000 

for the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care 

fraud and abuse from the funds provided to this account. 
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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND

FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV– 

D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act 

of July 5, 1960, $2,890,000,000, to remain available until expended; 

and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, 

$1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 

as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the 

Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 

months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred 

for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 

2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 

U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $3,740,304,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $2,988,000 

may be reserved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

for technical assistance, training, and monitoring of program activities for compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures 

and the Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided 

in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organizations: Provided 

further, That all but $753,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

this heading shall be allocated as though the total appropriation 

for such payments for fiscal year 2020 was less than $1,975,000,000: 

Provided further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 

section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each State 

or territory that would otherwise receive an allocation that is less 

than 97 percent of the amount that it received under this heading 

for fiscal year 2019 from amounts appropriated in Public Law 

115–245 shall have its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, 

with the portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 

would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively received 

in such fashion for fiscal year 2019 being ratably reduced. 

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance 

activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance 

Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland 

Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture 

Victims Relief Act of 1998, $1,908,201,000, of which $1,864,446,000 

shall remain available through September 30, 2022 for carrying 

out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That amounts 

available under this heading to carry out the TVPA shall also 

be available for research and evaluation with respect to activities 

under such Act: Provided further, That not less than $160,000,000 
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shall be used for legal services, child advocates, and post-release 

services: Provided further, That the limitation in section 205 of 

this Act regarding transfers increasing any appropriation shall 

apply to transfers to appropriations under this heading by substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’. 

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT

BLOCK GRANT

For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $5,826,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care 

assistance for low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, 

or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, 

or interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds made 

available to carry out section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for that purpose in such 

section 418 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the 

reservation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 

658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, That in addition 

to the amounts required to be reserved by the Secretary under 

section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $174,780,000 shall be for Indian 

tribes and tribal organizations. 

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 

Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable 

percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry 

out State programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 

10 percent. 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 

and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student 

Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the 

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act 

of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 

429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security 

Act, and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); 

and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out titles I, 

IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, 

the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 

Act of 1981, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 

of 1990, the Assets for Independence Act, title IV of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education 

Assistance Act of 1980, $12,876,652,000, of which $75,000,000, to 

remain available through September 30, 2021, shall be for grants 

to States for adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments, 

as defined by section 473A of the Social Security Act and may 

be made for adoptions and legal guardianships completed before 

September 30, 2020: Provided, That $10,613,095,000 shall be for 

making payments under the Head Start Act, including for Early 
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Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, and, of which, notwithstanding 

section 640 of such Act: 

(1) $193,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living 

adjustment, and with respect to any continuing appropriations 

act, funding available for a cost of living adjustment shall 

not be construed as an authority or condition under this Act; 

(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the 

Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs 

(7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head Start Act under 

the Designation Renewal System, established under the 

authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such 

Act, and such funds shall not be included in the calculation 

of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is 

used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act; 

(3) $100,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise available 

under such section 640 for such purposes, shall be available 

through March 31, 2021 for new grants to entities defined 

as eligible under section 645A(d) of such Act for Early Head 

Start programs as described in section 645A of such Act, conversion of Head Start services to Early Head Start services as 

described in section 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, and high quality 

infant and toddler care through Early Head Start-Child Care 

Partnerships, and for training and technical assistance for such 

activities; 

(4) $250,000,000 shall be available for quality improvement 

consistent with section 640(a)(5) of such Act except that any 

amount of the funds may be used on any of the activities 

in such section (5); 

(5) $4,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of reestablishing the Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start 

Partnership Program consistent with section 648(g) of such 

Act; and 

(6) $19,000,000 shall be available to supplement funding 

otherwise available for research, evaluation, and Federal 

administrative costs: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the reservation 

of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act in lieu of reducing 

the reservation of funds under sections 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), 

and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: Provided further, That $275,000,000 

shall be available until December 31, 2020 for carrying out sections 

9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided further, 

That up to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall 

be available for technical assistance and evaluation related to grants 

awarded under such section 9212: Provided further, That 

$770,383,000 shall be for making payments under the CSBG Act: 

Provided further, That $30,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the 

CSBG Act, of which not less than $20,383,000 shall be for section 

680(a)(2) and not less than $10,000,000 shall be for section 

680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

section 675C(a)(3) of such Act, to the extent Community Services 

Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to 

an eligible entity as provided under such Act, and have not been 

expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for 

carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity 

consistent with program purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and program income that permit such assets acquired 
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with, and program income derived from, grant funds authorized 

under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 

of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after 

the end of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 

680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible 

assets in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt 

instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for 

any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the 

CSBG Act: Provided further, That these procedures shall apply 

to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the 

CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction and 

rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business enterprises owned by community development corporations: Provided 

further, That $175,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) 

of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 

$7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 303(a)(2) of 

such Act for carrying out section 309 of such Act: Provided further, 

That the percentages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child 

Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds 

appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 

shall be for a human services case management system for federally 

declared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case 

management contract and Federal costs of administering the 

system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for 

improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, 

including grants to States to support data collection for a study 

of the system’s effectiveness. 

PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 

of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for carrying out, 

except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, $92,515,000: 

Provided, That of the funds available to carry out section 437, 

$59,765,000 shall be allocated consistent with subsections (b) 

through (d) of such section: Provided further, That of the funds 

available to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the requirements described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $20,000,000 shall be for 

grants to each State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title 

IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of such Act, 

$10,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise appropriated in section 

436 for such purposes, shall be for competitive grants to regional 

partnerships as described in section 437(f), and $2,750,000, in addition to funds otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such purposes, for the Family First Clearinghouse: Provided further, That 

section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous proviso 

by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding 

section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may be used for identifying, establishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria 

specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall 

not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: Provided further, 

That the minimum grant award for kinship navigator programs 

in the case of States and territories shall be $200,000, and, in 

the case of tribes, shall be $25,000. 
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PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of the Social Security Act, $5,744,000,000. 

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of 

the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, 

$3,000,000,000. 

For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 

as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 

may be necessary. 

ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING

AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 

Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the RAISE Family Caregivers 

Act, the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles 

III and XXIX of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the 

PHS Act, section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 

and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, 

the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 

parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote 

Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and 

VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of policy and 

program activities that assist individuals with disabilities, 

$2,171,000,000, together with $52,115,000 to be transferred from 

the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 

of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That 

amounts appropriated under this heading may be used for grants 

to States under section 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention 

and health promotion programs and activities which have been 

demonstrated through rigorous evaluation to be evidence-based and 

effective: Provided further, That of amounts made available under 

this heading to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, 

up to one percent of such amounts shall be available for developing 

and implementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 

nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds made available under this heading to carry out section 311 of the OAA may 

be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with 

such section: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support alternative financing programs that provide 

for the purchase of assistive technology devices, such as a lowinterest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan 

fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided further, 

That applicants shall provide an assurance that, and information 

describing the manner in which, the alternative financing program 

will expand and emphasize consumer choice and control: Provided 

further, That State agencies and community-based disability 

organizations that are directed by and operated for individuals 

with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That 
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none of the funds made available under this heading may be used 

by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 of the Protection 

and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 

10802)) to continue to pursue any legal action in a Federal or 

State court on behalf of an individual or group of individuals with 

a developmental disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the 

Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 

of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to a mental 

impairment (or a combination of mental and physical impairments), 

that has as the requested remedy the closure of State operated 

intermediate care facilities for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless reasonable public notice of the action 

has been provided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental 

incapacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 

awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and residential 

decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are affected by such 

action, within 90 days of instituting such legal action, which informs 

such individuals (or such legal guardians) of their legal rights 

and how to exercise such rights consistent with current Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure: Provided further, That the limitations 

in the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case 

of an individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 

legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of individuals 

who are a ward of the State or subject to public guardianship. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general 

departmental management, including hire of six passenger motor 

vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and section 

229 of the PHS Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health 

Commission Act, and research studies under section 1110 of the 

Social Security Act, $479,629,000, together with $64,828,000 from 

the amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry 

out national health or human services research and evaluation 

activities: Provided, That of this amount, $53,900,000 shall be for 

minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

$101,000,000 shall be for making competitive contracts and grants 

to public and private entities to fund medically accurate and age 

appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated with administering and evaluating such contracts and grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available 

funds shall be for training and technical assistance, evaluation, 

outreach, and additional program support activities, and of the 

remaining amount 75 percent shall be for replicating programs 

that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to 

reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 25 percent 

shall be available for research and demonstration grants to develop, 

replicate, refine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That of 

the amounts provided under this heading from amounts available 

under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be available 
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to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided further, That of 

the funds made available under this heading, $35,000,000 shall 

be for making competitive grants which exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining 

from non-marital sexual activity): Provided further, That funding 

for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use 

medically accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations; implement an evidence-based approach integrating research 

findings with practical implementation that aligns with the needs 

and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and teach the 

benefits associated with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting 

sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors 

such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing 

teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no more than 10 percent 

of the funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoidance 

shall be available for technical assistance and administrative costs 

of such programs: Provided further, That funds provided in this 

Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for carrying 

out prize competitions sponsored by the Office of the Secretary 

to accelerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment 

of kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the StevensonWydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)). 

MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and appeals in 

the Office of the Secretary, $191,881,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2021, to be transferred in appropriate part 

from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 

Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and 

advancement of interoperable health information technology, 

$60,367,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 

including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, 

in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

1978, $80,000,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums 

shall be available for providing protective services to the Secretary 

and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which 

non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 

$38,798,000. 

RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR COMMISSIONED

OFFICERS

For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health 

Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments 

under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents and retired 

personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts 

as may be required during the current fiscal year. 

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and 

cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and for other public 

health emergencies, $1,037,458,000, of which $561,700,000 shall 

remain available through September 30, 2021, for expenses necessary to support advanced research and development pursuant 

to section 319L of the PHS Act and other administrative expenses 

of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority: 

Provided, That funds provided under this heading for the purpose 

of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition to 

any other funds available for such purpose: Provided further, That 

products purchased with funds provided under this heading may, 

at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic 

National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: 

Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available 

to support emergency operations shall remain available through 

September 30, 2022. 

For expenses necessary for procuring security countermeasures 

(as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), $735,000,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

For expenses necessary to carry out section 319F–2(a) of the 

PHS Act, $705,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare 

for or respond to an influenza pandemic, $260,000,000; of which 

$225,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities 

including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: 

Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, 

funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately 

owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines 

and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or 

renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines 

or biologics. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be available 

for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation 

expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary. 

SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall 

be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or 
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other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level 

II: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this title 

shall be used to prevent the NIH from paying up to 100 percent 

of the salary of an individual at this rate. 

SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 

be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except for 

funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and 

assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior to the 

preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds. 

SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, such 

portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.5 

percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized 

under such Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, 

or by grants or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness 

of programs funded in this title. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 

(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year 

for HHS in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, 

but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 

by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 

by this section shall not be used to create any new program or 

to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided 

in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 

at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 338E(c)(2) 

of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur 

up to 60 days after the effective date of a contract awarded in 

fiscal year 2020 under section 338B of such Act, or at any time 

if the individual who has been awarded such contract has not 

received funds due under the contract. 

SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 

be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act 

unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that 

it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to 

seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to 

minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging 

in sexual activities. 

SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt 

from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child 

abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest. 

SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including 

funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out 

the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including 

a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs 

the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage 

of, or provide referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary 

shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 

payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate 
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of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity’s 

enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be 

construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain 

information about all Medicare covered services. 

SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this title may 

be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control. 

SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service 

to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs 

through and with funds provided by the Agency for International 

Development, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization. 

SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international health 

activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic 

and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad 

during fiscal year 2020: 

(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to 

that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the 

State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary 

shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief 

of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section 

is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 

Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes 

administered by the Department of State. 

(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by 

advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may 

be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, 

renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United 

States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall 

cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has 

secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable 

regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities 

requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. 

The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make 

available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies 

in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, 

or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct 

programs of assistance for international health activities, 

including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious 

diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health 

activities abroad. 

(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel 

appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 

9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 

4081 through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed 

by the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide 

locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) 

up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment 

(stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such personnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code if 

such personnel’s official duty station were in the District of 

Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 

shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter 
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I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 

of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in 

the Foreign Service. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director 

of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent 

among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified 

by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the 

human immunodeficiency virus: Provided, That the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, 

the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency 

virus, as jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director 

of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the 

‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of 

AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary 

to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 

SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) may use funds authorized 

under section 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions 

(other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry 

out research identified pursuant to or research and activities 

described in such section 402(b)(12). 

(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures 

(including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the 

Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of 

scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such 

transactions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review 

procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 

301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the 

PHS Act. 

SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appropriated 

by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes 

of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of 

facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the 

activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent 

of the amount made available for National Research Service Awards 

(‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health 

Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for 

research in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with 

entities who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 

739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made 

available for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA 

awards for health service research. 

SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a contract, for more 
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than one but no more than 10 program years, for purchase of 

research services or of security countermeasures, as that term is 

defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d– 

6b(c)(1)(B)), if— 

(1) funds are available and obligated— 

(A) for the full period of the contract or for the first 

fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and 

(B) for the estimated costs associated with a necessary 

termination of the contract; and 

(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract 

will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by 

encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy 

in administration, performance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 

(b) A contract entered into under this section— 

(1) shall include a termination clause as described by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code; 

and 

(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice requirement 

stated in subsection (d) of such section. 

SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 

2021 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites information concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal 

employees or contractors for the purposes of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying out the provisions of the 

ACA, and the amendments made by that Act, in the proposed 

fiscal year and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 

(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported by all 

funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and 

the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, 

at a minimum, the following information: 

(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act under 

which such funds were appropriated, a statement indicating 

the program, project, or activity receiving such funds, the Federal operating division or office that administers such program, 

and the amount of funding received in discretionary or mandatory appropriations. 

(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time 

equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each 

authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with 

paragraph (1). 

(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude 

from the report employees or contractors who— 

(1) are supported through appropriations enacted in laws 

other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior 

to the passage of the ACA; 

(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities 

funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or 

(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a 

requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts. 

SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal 

year 2021 budget of the President submitted under section 1105(a) 

of title 31, United States Code, information that details the uses 

of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 

specifically for Health Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year 

since the enactment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such 

funds for fiscal year 2021. Such information shall include, for each 
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such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity specified 

under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Transparency’’ in 

the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act from 

the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other 

accounts funded by this Act to the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services—Program Management’’ account, may be used for payments under section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating 

to risk corridors). 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 

Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 

of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, 

and for the activities specified under the heading ‘‘Prevention and 

Public Health Fund’’ in the explanatory statement described in 

section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act). 

(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary 

may not further transfer these amounts. 

(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 

2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference 

to section 2821(b) of such Act. 

SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on November 

1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2022, any provision of law that 

refers (including through cross-reference to another provision of 

law) to the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, 

mammography, and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as if— 

(1) such reference to such current recommendations were 

a reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with 

respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention last issued before 2009; and 

(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied 

to any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) 

of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 

SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the provisions 

relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal 

Regulations, including with respect to the approval of deviations 

from negotiated rates, shall continue to apply to the National 

Institutes of Health to the same extent and in the same manner 

as such provisions were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 

2017. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or 

otherwise made available to the Department of Health and Human 

Services or to any department or agency may be used to develop 

or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of the approval 

of such deviations from negotiated rates beyond the proportional 

effect of such approvals in such quarter. 
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds specifically 

appropriated for opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, pain management, and addiction treatment to other Institutes and Centers 

of the NIH to be used for the same purpose 15 days after notifying 

the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the transfer 

authority provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any 

other transfer authority provided by law. 

SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 

(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the 

Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the 

open enrollment period; and 

(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, 

including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the 

Public Health Service Act. 

(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 

must be notified at least 2 business days in advance of any public 

release of enrollment information or the award of such grants. 

SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise available for 

‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Program Management’’, 

the Secretary of Health and Human Services may transfer up 

to $305,000,000 to such account from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

Trust Fund to support program management activity related to 

the Medicare Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 

purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 

of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any amendment 

made by either such Public Law) or to supplant any other amounts 

within such account. 

SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human Services 

shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

Representatives and Senate a biannual report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing described in the explanatory statement 

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

consolidated Act). 

SEC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available 

for salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Health 

and Human Services shall also be available to pay travel and 

related expenses of such an employee or of a member of his or 

her family, when such employee is assigned to duty, in the United 

States or in a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location 

that are the subject of a determination of a public health emergency 

under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such travel 

is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness, injury, or medical 

condition that cannot be adequately addressed in that location 

at that time. For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ 

means Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 

Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust 

Territory of the Pacific Islands. 

SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human Services 

may accept donations from the private sector, nongovernmental 

organizations, and other groups independent of the Federal Government for the care of unaccompanied alien children (as defined 

in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
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279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of 

the Administration for Children and Families, including medical 

goods and services, which may include early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other 

items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children. 

SEC. 231. (a) None of the funds provided by this or any prior 

appropriations Act may be used to reverse changes in procedures 

made by operational directives issued to providers by the Office 

of Refugee Resettlement on December 18, 2018, March 23, 2019, 

and June 10, 2019 regarding the Memorandum of Agreement on 

Information Sharing executed April 13, 2018. 

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may make 

changes to such operational directives upon making a determination 

that such changes are necessary to prevent unaccompanied alien 

children from being placed in danger, and the Secretary shall provide a written justification to Congress and the Inspector General 

of the Department of Health and Human Services in advance of 

implementing such changes. 

(c) Within 15 days of the Secretary’s communication of the 

justification, the Inspector General of the Department of Health 

and Human Services shall provide an assessment, in writing, to 

the Secretary and to Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate of whether such changes to 

operational directives are necessary to prevent unaccompanied children from being placed in danger. 

SEC. 232. None of the funds made available in this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ 

may be obligated to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied 

alien children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility 

that is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied alien children, except in the case that the Secretary determines that housing 

unaccompanied alien children in such a facility is necessary on 

a temporary basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, 

provided that— 

(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the operations 

of any such facility that remains in operation for more than 

six consecutive months shall require compliance with— 

(A) the same requirements as licensed placements, as 

listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settlement Agreement 

that the Secretary determines are applicable to non-State 

licensed facilities; and 

(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker 

for every eight (8) children or youth during waking hours, 

one (1) on-duty Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) 

children or youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios 

to children (including mental health providers) as required 

in grantee cooperative agreements; 

(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with paragraph (1) if the 

Secretary certifies and provides a report to Congress on the 

contractor’s or grantee’s good-faith efforts and progress towards 

compliance; 

(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under paragraph 

(2) may be granted to a contractor or grantee with respect 

to a specific facility; 
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(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the monitoring 

requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Policies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019; 

(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation for more 

than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct a minimum 

of one comprehensive monitoring visit during the first three 

months of operation, with quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; and 

(6) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate outlining the 

requirements of ORR for influx facilities including any requirement listed in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has determined are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities. 

SEC. 233. In addition to the existing Congressional notification 

for formal site assessments of potential influx facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days before 

operationalizing an unlicensed facility, and shall (1) specify whether 

the facility is hard-sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis 

that indicates that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely 

outcome is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the 

custody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer than 

72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will be otherwise 

placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing such a facility online, 

and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate a report detailing the total number of children in care 

at the facility, the average length of stay and average length of 

care of children at the facility, and, for any child that has been 

at the facility for more than 60 days, their length of stay and 

reason for delay in release. 

SEC. 234. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the 

House of Representatives from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the United States used for the 

purpose of maintaining custody of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such 

Senator or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 

Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business days 

in advance to ensure that such visit would not interfere with 

the operations (including child welfare and child safety operations) 

of such facility. 

SEC. 235. Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly available online, a report 

with respect to children who were separated from their parents 

or legal guardians by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 

(regardless of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 

an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and transferred 

to the care and custody of ORR during the previous month. Each 

report shall contain the following information: 
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(1) the number and ages of children so separated subsequent to apprehension at or between ports of entry, to be 

reported by sector where separation occurred; and 

(2) the documented cause of separation, as reported by 

DHS when each child was referred. 

SEC. 236. Funds appropriated in this Act that are available 

for salaries and expenses of employees of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention shall also be available for the primary 

and secondary schooling of eligible dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory as defined in section 229 of this Act 

at costs not in excess of those paid for or reimbursed by the 

Department of Defense. 

SEC. 237. Of the unobligated balances available in the ‘‘Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of division 

G of Public Law 110–161, $225,000,000, in addition to any funds 

otherwise made available for such purpose in this or subsequent 

fiscal years, shall be available for buildings and facilities at the 

National Institutes of Health. 

SEC. 238. Of the unobligated balances available in the ‘‘Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of division 

G of Public Law 110–161, $225,000,000, shall be available for 

acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, demolition, 

installation, renovation of facilities, and related infrastructure 

improvements for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 

Chamblee Campus. 

SEC. 239. Of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘CDC- Wide Activities and Program Support’’, $85,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available to the Director of the CDC 

for deposit in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund 

established by section 231 of division B of Public Law 115–245: 

Provided, That such amount may be available for Ebola preparedness and response activities without regard to the limitations in 

the third proviso in such section 231. 

(RESCISSION)

SEC. 240. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Nonrecurring 

Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of division G of Public 

Law 110–161, $350,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than 

September 30, 2020. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health and 

Human Services Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

TITLE III 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title II 

of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred 

to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $16,996,790,000, 

of which $6,077,990,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, 

and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, and of 

which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020, 

and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for academic year 2020–2021: Provided, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for 
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basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the 

Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 

on October 1, 2019, to obtain annually updated local educational 

agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: 

Provided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration 

grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

$4,244,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 

of the ESEA: Provided further, That $4,244,050,000 shall be for 

education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the 

ESEA: Provided further, That $219,000,000 shall be for carrying 

out subpart 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $45,623,000 

shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 

IMPACT AID

For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,486,112,000, 

of which $1,340,242,000 shall be for basic support payments under 

section 7003(b), $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children 

with disabilities under section 7003(d), $17,406,000 shall be for 

construction under section 7007(a), $75,313,000 shall be for Federal 

property payments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under 

section 7008: Provided, That for purposes of computing the amount 

of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 

7003(a) for school year 2019–2020, children enrolled in a school 

of such agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under 

section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of 

both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 

having sole custody of such children, or due to the death of a 

military parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long 

as such children reside on Federal property as described in section 

7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall be 

considered as eligible students under such section, provided such 

students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the 

same local educational agency they attended prior to their change 

in eligibility status. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by 

part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of title 

IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B and C 

of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 

2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; 

and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,404,967,000, of which 

$3,575,402,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and remain 

available through September 30, 2021, and of which $1,681,441,000 

shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for academic year 2020–2021: 

Provided, That $378,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided 

further, That $1,249,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided 

further, That $36,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, which 

may be used for construction, renovation, and modernization of 

any public elementary school, secondary school, or structure related 

to a public elementary school or secondary school that serves a 
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predominantly Native Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 percent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds 

for administrative purposes shall apply only to direct administrative 

costs: Provided further, That $35,953,000 shall be for part C of 

title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and may 

be used for construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in 

section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 

purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 

further, That $52,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 

203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the 

Secretary shall make such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education has access 

to services provided under this section: Provided further, That 

$16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia and 

the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Provided further, That the 

Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent of the amount referred 

to in the previous proviso to provide technical assistance in the 

implementation of these grants: Provided further, That 

$185,840,000 shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, That 

$1,210,000,000 shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of 

part A of title IV. 

INDIAN EDUCATION

For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 

provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $180,739,000, of which 

$67,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and 

$7,365,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, 

That the 5 percent limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 

6133(g) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 

shall apply only to direct administrative costs. 

INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3 and 

4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 

and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $1,103,815,000: Provided, 

That $284,815,000 shall be for subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B 

of title II and shall be made available without regard to sections 

2201, 2231(b) and 2241: Provided further, That $629,000,000 shall 

be for parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 

and shall be made available without regard to sections 4311, 

4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 

4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for part C 

of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds available for part 

C of title IV, the Secretary shall use $60,000,000 to carry out 

section 4304, of which not more than $10,000,000 shall be available 

to carry out section 4304(k), $140,000,000, to remain available 

through March 31, 2021, to carry out section 4305(b), and not 

more than $15,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 

4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), 

$190,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2020 for 

subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 
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SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $210,000,000: Provided, That 

$105,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of which up to 

$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 

Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) 

program: Provided further, That $25,000,000 shall be available for 

section 4625: Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be available 

through December 31, 2020, for section 4624, of which $6,000,000 

shall be for additional two-year extension awards to grantees that 

received such awards in fiscal year 2018. 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $787,400,000, 

which shall become available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain 

available through September 30, 2021, except that 6.5 percent 

of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2019, and shall 

remain available through September 30, 2021, to carry out activities 

under section 3111(c)(1)(C). 

SPECIAL EDUCATION

For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment 

Act of 2004, $13,885,228,000, of which $4,352,129,000 shall become 

available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available through 

September 30, 2021, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become 

available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through 

September 30, 2021, for academic year 2020–2021: Provided, That 

the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to 

the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal 

year 2019, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in 

section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in the 

funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 

than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2019: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) 

of the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined 

in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by 

which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), 

according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States’ 

relative populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of 

the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State 

ensures the availability of a free appropriate public education under 

this part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 

relative populations of those children who are living in poverty: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 

under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading made funds available for such a distribution: Provided further, That the States 

shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to 

local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allocation under 

section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) 

and the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos 

in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered 
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in calculating the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 

or for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal 

year in which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 

for failure to comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), 

the Secretary may apply the reduction specified in section 

612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 

five, until the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That 

the Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation 

under section 611 is reduced in accordance with section 

612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 

611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the maximum amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under 

section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State would 

have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) in the absence 

of the reduction: Provided further, That the Secretary shall either 

reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 for any fiscal 

year following the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 

with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 

section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under section 452 

of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided 

further, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may 

be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve the 

capacity of the States to meet the data collection requirements 

of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other 

services and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 

quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may use funds made available for the 

State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such subpart: Provided further, That States may use funds reserved for 

other State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of 

the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, other public agencies, and private nonprofit organizations to carry out activities authorized by those sections: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) 

of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer States apply for grants pursuant to 

section 643(e) of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant 

to each State in an amount equal to the maximum amount described 

in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That if more 

than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of the 

IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to those States on the 

basis of the States’ relative populations of infants and toddlers 

except that no such State shall receive a grant in excess of the 

amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act. 

REHABILITATION SERVICES

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center 

Act, $3,747,739,000, of which $3,610,040,000 shall be for grants 

for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided 

in this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallotment 

of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 

Act for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of 

individuals with disabilities as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the 
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Rehabilitation Act, including activities aimed at improving the education and post-school outcomes of children receiving Supplemental 

Security Income (‘‘SSI’’) and their families that may result in longterm improvement in the SSI child recipient’s economic status 

and self-sufficiency: Provided further, That States may award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public and private, 

nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any funds made available 

subsequent to reallotment for innovative activities aimed at 

improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall remain 

available until September 30, 2021. 

SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education of the 

Blind of March 3, 1879, $32,431,000. 

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles 

I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $79,500,000: 

Provided, That from the total amount available, the Institute may 

at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized 

under section 207 of such Act. 

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model 

Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet 

University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf 

Act of 1986, $137,361,000: Provided, That from the total amount 

available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the 

endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 

CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 

Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 

(‘‘AEFLA’’), $1,960,686,000, of which $1,169,686,000 shall become 

available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available through 

September 30, 2021, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities 

under section 242. 

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part 

C of title IV of the HEA, $24,520,352,000 which shall remain 

available through September 30, 2021. 

The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible 

during award year 2020–2021 shall be $5,285. 
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STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of 

title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, 

C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A 

of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, $1,768,943,000, to 

remain available through September 30, 2021: Provided, That the 

Secretary shall allocate new student loan borrower accounts to 

eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their past performance 

compared to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 

and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new 

and existing accounts: Provided further, That for student loan contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary shall allow 

student loan borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans 

to select from any student loan servicer to service their new consolidated student loan: Provided further, That in order to promote 

accountability and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary 

shall not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new 

Federal student loan servicing environment, including the solicitation for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Next Generation Processing 

and Servicing Environment, unless such an environment provides 

for the participation of multiple student loan servicers that contract 

directly with the Department of Education to manage a unique 

portfolio of borrower accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from 

disbursement to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and allocates student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 

servicers based on performance: Provided further, That the Department shall re-allocate accounts from servicers for recurring noncompliance with FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, and 

applicable laws, including for failure to sufficiently inform borrowers 

of available repayment options: Provided further, That such 

servicers shall be evaluated based on their ability to meet contract 

requirements (including an understanding of Federal and State 

law), future performance on the contracts, and history of compliance 

with applicable consumer protections laws: Provided further, That 

to the extent FSA permits student loan servicing subcontracting, 

FSA shall hold prime contractors accountable for meeting the 

requirements of the contract, and the performance and expectations 

of subcontractors shall be accounted for in the prime contract and 

in the overall performance of the prime contractor: Provided further, 

That FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing and 

Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan servicing environment, incentivize more support to borrowers at risk of delinquency 

or default: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that in such 

environment contractors have the capacity to meet and are held 

accountable for performance on service levels; are held accountable 

for and have a history of compliance with applicable consumer 

protection laws; and have relevant experience and demonstrated 

effectiveness: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 

quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations and Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

of the Senate on general progress related to solicitations for Federal 

student loan servicing contracts: Provided further, That FSA shall 

strengthen transparency through expanded publication of aggregate 

data on student loan and servicer performance. 
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HIGHER EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles 

II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational 

and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins 

Act, $2,475,792,000, of which $24,500,000 shall remain available 

through December 31, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry 

out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support 

visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language training and international 

studies in areas that are vital to United States national security 

and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of 

these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or 

international development: Provided further, That of the funds 

referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 

for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the 

funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A 

of title IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation. 

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

For partial support of Howard University, $240,018,000, of 

which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment 

grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and 

shall remain available until expended. 

COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS PROGRAM

For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities 

related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the 

HEA, $435,000. 

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL

FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized 

pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain 

available through September 30, 2021: Provided, That such costs, 

including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

$212,100,000: Provided further, That these funds may be used to 

support loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges 

and Universities without regard to the limitations within section 

344(a) of the HEA. 

In addition, $16,000,000 shall be made available to provide 

for the deferment of loans made under part D of title III of the 

HEA to eligible institutions that are private Historically Black 

Colleges and Universities, which apply for the deferment of such 

a loan and demonstrate financial need for such deferment by having 

a score of 2.6 or less on the Department of Education’s financial 

responsibility test: Provided, That the loan has not been paid in 

full and is not paid in full during the period of deferment: Provided 

further, That during the period of deferment of such a loan, interest 
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on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, and the period of 

deferment shall be for at least a period of 3-fiscal years and not 

more than 6-fiscal years: Provided further, That funds available 

under this paragraph shall be used to fund eligible deferment 

requests submitted for this purpose in fiscal year 2018: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall create and execute an outreach 

plan to work with States and the Capital Financing Advisory Board 

to improve outreach to States and help additional public Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities participate in the program. 

In addition, $10,000,000 shall be made available to provide 

for the deferment of loans made under part D of title III of the 

HEA to eligible institutions that are public Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply for the deferment of such a 

loan and demonstrate financial need for such deferment, which 

shall be determined by the Secretary of Education based on factors 

including, but not limited to, equal to or greater than 5 percent 

of the school’s operating revenue relative to its annual debt service 

payment: Provided, That during the period of deferment of such 

a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, and 

the period of deferment shall be for at least a period of 3-fiscal 

years and not more than 6-fiscal years. 

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program 

entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $334,000. 

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences 

Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational 

Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical 

Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act, $623,462,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds available 

to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 

Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary data 

systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data 

systems, or to further develop such systems: Provided further, That 

up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 

of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 

to public or private organizations or agencies to support activities 

to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, 

and national levels. 

DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 

Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $430,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds provided 

by this Act or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the 

Department of Education available for obligation or expenditure 

in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity relating 

to implementing a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the 

staffing level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, 
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or functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of Education, relative to the organization and operation of the Budget 

Service as in effect on January 1, 2018. 

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization 

Act, $130,000,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, 

as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education 

Organization Act, $63,000,000. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be used 

to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer 

and meditation in the public schools. 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds 

(pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but 

no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 

by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted 

by this section shall not be used to create any new program or 

to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided 

in this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 

at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated 

for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall 

be available from July 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021. 

SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that maintains 

an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title 

III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2020 may use the income 

from that fund to award scholarships to students, subject to the 

limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such 

income for such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 

be considered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 

to that limitation. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of 

the HEA are reauthorized. 

SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) is 

amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

SEC. 306. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)) is 

amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 

‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available for payments for 

student loan servicing to an institution of higher education that 

services outstanding Federal Perkins Loans under part E of title 

IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et 

seq.). 
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(RESCISSION)

SEC. 308. Of the unobligated balances available under the 

heading ‘‘Student Financial Assistance’’ for carrying out subpart 

1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, $500,000,000 are hereby 

rescinded. 

SEC. 309. Of the amounts appropriated under Section 

401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X)), $50,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 310. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq) is amended—(1) in the part heading 

for part B of title IV, by inserting ‘‘NITA M. LOWEY’’ before 

‘‘21ST’’; and (2) in the table of contents of that Act, by striking 

the part heading for part B of title IV and inserting the following: 

‘‘PART B—NITA M. LOWEY 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY 

LEARNING CENTERS’’. 

SEC. 311. (a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of carrying out 

34 CFR §668.206(a)(1), the Secretary of Education may waive the 

requirements under 34 CFR §668.213(b)(1) for an institution of 

higher education that offers an associate degree, is a public institution, and is located in an economically distressed county, defined 

as a county with a poverty rate of at least 25 percent based 

on the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimate program data for 2017 that was impacted by Hurricane Matthew. 

(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply to an institution 

of higher education that otherwise would be ineligible to participate 

in a program under part D of title IV of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 on or after the date of enactment of this Act due 

to the application of 34 CFR §668.206(a)(1). 

(c) COVERAGE.—This section shall be in effect for the period 

covered by this Act and for the succeeding fiscal year. 

SEC. 312. Of the amounts made available under this title under 

the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, $2,300,000 shall be used 

by the Secretary of Education to conduct outreach to borrowers 

of loans made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 who may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under 

section 455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that 

borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct 

outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan cancellation 

under section 455(m) of such Act except that the borrower has 

made some, or all, of the 120 required payments under a repayment 

plan that is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, 

to encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall also communicate to 

all Direct Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) 

of such Act and improve the filing of employment certification 

by providing improved outreach and information such as outbound 

calls, electronic communications, ensuring prominent access to program requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and 

creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire payment 

certification process electronically and on a centralized website. 

SEC. 313. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used in contravention of section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413). 
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SEC. 314. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Education—Federal Direct Student Loan Program Account’’, 

$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 

cost, as defined under section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974, of the Secretary of Education providing loan cancellation in the same manner as under section 455(m) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans 

made under part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify 

for loan cancellation under section 455(m) except some, or all, 

of the 120 required payments under section 455(m)(1)(A) do not 

qualify for purposes of the program because they were monthly 

payments made in accordance with graduated or extended repayment plans as described under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 

455(d)(1) or the corresponding repayment plan for a consolidation 

loan made under section 455(g) and that were less than the amount 

calculated under section 455(d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment 

period: Provided, That the monthly payment made 12 months before 

the borrower applied for loan cancellation as described in the matter 

preceding this proviso and the most recent monthly payment made 

by the borrower at the time of such application were each not 

less than the monthly amount that would be calculated under, 

and for which the borrower would otherwise qualify for, clause 

(i) or (iv) of section 455(m)(1)(A) regarding income-based or incomecontingent repayment plans, with exception for a borrower who 

would have otherwise been eligible under this section but demonstrates an unusual fluctuation of income over the past 5 years: 

Provided further, That the total loan volume, including outstanding 

principal, fees, capitalized interest, or accrued interest, at application that is eligible for such loan cancellation by such borrowers 

shall not exceed $75,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall develop and make available a simple method for borrowers 

to apply for loan cancellation under this section within 60 days 

of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall provide loan cancellation under this section to eligible borrowers on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on the date of 

application and subject to both the limitation on total loan volume 

at application for such loan cancellation specified in the second 

proviso and the availability of appropriations under this section: 

Provided further, That no borrower may, for the same service, 

receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this section and 

section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460 of such Act. 

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

TITLE IV 

RELATED AGENCIES 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred to in this 

title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under section 8502 of title 

41, United States Code, $10,000,000: Provided, That in order to 
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authorize any central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform requirements 

of the Committee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, 

Code of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 

written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: Provided 

further, That such agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, 

and reporting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 

of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That such agreement shall include the elements listed under the heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement 

described in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That 

any such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 

section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, prior to 

executing a written agreement with the Committee: Provided further, That no less than $1,650,000 shall be available for the Office 

of Inspector General. 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 

Community Service (referred to in this title as ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry 

out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in 

this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the National and Community Service 

Act of 1990 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $806,529,000, 

notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 

501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided 

under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds 

may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 

reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic 

management of the grants cycle; (2) $17,538,000 shall be available 

to provide assistance to State commissions on national and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $32,500,000 shall 

be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (4) 

$6,400,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under section 

501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions 

of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 

Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 

Act, satisfying the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include 

a determination of need by the local community. 

PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payment to the National Service Trust established under 

subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $208,342,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional 

funds from the amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 

the National Service Trust upon determination that such transfer 

is necessary to support the activities of national service participants 

and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
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That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National 

Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 

Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under 

31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administration as provided under 

section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 

1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire 

of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in 

the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants 

authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for 

official reception and representation expenses, $83,737,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $5,750,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes to program 

requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice 

and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2020, during any grant 

selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding 

such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than 

an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to 

receive such information. 

SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the 

National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum 

share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they 

receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall 

minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 

45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 

costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 

Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject 

to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code 

of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 

1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations 

under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or 

E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and 

not supplant current programs and operations. 

SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) 

of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose 

described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who 

are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act. 

SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of 

the 1990 Act— 

(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such section shall 

be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under section 3 of the National 

Child Protection Act of 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 

(2) individuals described in such section shall be considered 

‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
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(3) State Commissions on National and Community Service 

established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history record information, consistent 

with Public Law 92–544. 

SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 147 of 

the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully completes a term 

of service of not less than 1,200 hours during a period of not 

more than one year may receive a national service education award 

having a value of 70 percent of the value of a national service 

education award determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 

(‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an 

amount which shall be available within limitations specified by 

that Act, for the fiscal year 2022, $465,000,000: Provided, That 

none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be 

used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 

for Government officials or employees: Provided further, That none 

of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 

or used to aid or support any program or activity from which 

any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated 

against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or 

sex: Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 

CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of 

CPB. 

In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 

upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system and other 

technologies and services that create infrastructure and efficiencies 

within the public media system, $20,000,000. 

FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions vested in it 

by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of 

passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the LaborManagement Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary 

for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the 

Civil Service Reform Act, $47,200,000, including up to $900,000 

to remain available through September 30, 2021, for activities 

authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: 

Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up 

to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict 

resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and 

for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this 

account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for 

education, training, and professional development of the agency 

workforce: Provided further, That the Director of the Service is 

authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 
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of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 

any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Review Commission, $17,184,000. 

INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND

ADMINISTRATION

For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 

1996 and the National Museum of African American History and 

Culture Act, $252,000,000. 

MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social 

Security Act, $8,780,000. 

MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social Security Act, $12,545,000, to be transferred to this appropriation 

from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 

Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability 

as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 

$3,350,000. 

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board 

to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management 

Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $274,224,000: Provided, That 

no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or 

assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection 

with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 

section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 

Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in section 

3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in said definition 

employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, 

canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated 
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on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water 

stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 407. None of the funds provided by this Act or previous 

Acts making appropriations for the National Labor Relations Board 

may be used to issue any new administrative directive or regulation 

that would provide employees any means of voting through any 

electronic means in an election to determine a representative for 

the purposes of collective bargaining. 

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, $14,050,000. 

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health 

Review Commission, $13,225,000. 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, 

$16,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in 

fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 

98–76; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of 

the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 

amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit 

received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual 

benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided herein shall 

be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day 

of each month in the fiscal year. 

FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS

For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for 

the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for 

interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, which shall be the maximum 

amount available for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public 

Law 98–76. 

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board 

(‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and 

the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $123,500,000, to be 

derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the 
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railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 

notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this 

limitation may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 

service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not change 

the status under Federal employment laws of any attorney hired 

by the Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad 

Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to hire students 

attending qualifying educational institutions or individuals who 

have recently completed qualifying educational programs using current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office of Personnel Management: Provided further, That $10,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 

existing resources devoted to operations and improvements for the 

Board’s Information Technology Investment Initiatives. 

LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 

for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the 

Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $11,000,000, to be 

derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad 

unemployment insurance account. 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as 

provided under sections 201(m) and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security 

Act, $11,000,000. 

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, 

section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93– 

66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95–216, including 

payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative 

expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $41,714,889,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the 

current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that 

year shall be returned to the Treasury: Provided further, That 

not more than $101,000,000 shall be available for research and 

demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social 

Security Act, and remain available through September 30, 2022. 

For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit 

payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security 

Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, 

such sums as may be necessary. 

For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social 

Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, 

$19,900,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger 

motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception 

and representation expenses, not more than $12,739,945,000 may 

be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in 

such section: Provided, That not less than $2,500,000 shall be 

for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That 

$45,000,000 shall remain available until expended for information 

technology modernization, including related hardware and software 

infrastructure and equipment, and for administrative expenses 

directly associated with information technology modernization: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall remain available through 

September 30, 2021, for activities to address the disability hearings 

backlog within the Office of Hearings Operations: Provided further, 

That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph 

at the end of fiscal year 2020 not needed for fiscal year 2020 

shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications 

hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment 

and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 

information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify 

the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances available 

under the authority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That 

reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support 

services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 

or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 

be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 

amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon 

as possible after such expenditures are made. 

Of the total amount made available in the first paragraph 

under this heading, not more than $1,582,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 2021, is for the costs associated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 

Security Act, including work-related continuing disability reviews 

to determine whether earnings derived from services demonstrate 

an individual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, 

for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of 

co-operative disability investigation units, and for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations 

of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United 

States Attorneys: Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 

is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

amended, and $1,309,000,000 is additional new budget authority 

specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 

further, That, of the additional new budget authority described 

in the preceding proviso, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred 

to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administration, 

for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 

units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition 
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to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure 

of these funds, similar to the reports that were required by section 

103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 

2002. 

In addition, $130,000,000 to be derived from administration 

fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 

of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended: 

Provided, That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2020 exceed $130,000,000, the 

amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2021 only to the extent 

provided in advance in appropriations Acts. In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 

pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, 

which shall remain available until expended. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 

in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

1978, $30,000,000, together with not to exceed $75,500,000, to be 

transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 

the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 

Fund. 

In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 

provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, 

to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and 

purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice 

of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances 

of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall 

be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, 

for which they were originally appropriated. 

SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111– 

148 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executivelegislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 

the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
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publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 

presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 

or local legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any 

proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order 

issued by the executive branch of any State or local government, 

except in presentation to the executive branch of any State or 

local government itself. 

(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111–148 shall be 

used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 

or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed 

to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 

administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 

the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local 

legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized 

executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or 

officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and 

administrative processes within the executive branch of that government. 

(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include 

any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future 

Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, 

or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, 

including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the 

advocacy or promotion of gun control. 

SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles 

I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation 

expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 

Service is authorized to make available for official reception and 

representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 

Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board 

is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for 

‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 

for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 

projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 

money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, 

including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state— 

(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 

project which will be financed with Federal money; 

(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 

or program; and 

(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 

project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 

sources. 

SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 

in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. 

(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of 

the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in 
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this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes 

coverage of abortion. 

(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the package 

of services covered by a managed care provider or organization 

pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 

SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 

(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 

incest; or 

(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 

disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a lifeendangering physical condition caused by or arising from the 

pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place 

the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 

prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 

person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or 

locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 

(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 

restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 

abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 

separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 

(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

funds). 

(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State 

or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, 

pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. 

(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ includes 

an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, 

a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care 

facility, organization, or plan. 

SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used for— 

(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 

purposes; or 

(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 

destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 

or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses 

in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 

(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo 

or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as a human 

subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this 

Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or 

any other means from one or more human gametes or human 

diploid cells. 

SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of 

any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules 

of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executivecongressional communications. 
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(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there 

is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the 

use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored 

clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage. 

SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 

1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for 

the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual 

(except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a health 

care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving 

the standard. 

SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with 

an entity if— 

(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 

States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) 

regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary 

of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and 

(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required 

by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity. 

SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 

the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this Act to 

carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made 

available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) 

of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection 

Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by 

paragraph (4) of such section. 

SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 

provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded 

by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

of the United States derived by the collection of fees available 

to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation 

or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 

(1) creates new programs; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

project or activity for which funds have been denied or 

restricted; 

(4) relocates an office or employees; 

(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 

(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 

(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 

presently performed by Federal employees; 

unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such 

reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such 

reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 

10 days in advance of such reprogramming. 

(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 

under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
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Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 

United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 

agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 

expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 

or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

(1) augments existing programs, projects (including 

construction projects), or activities; 

(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 

as approved by Congress; or 

(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 

activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 

unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such 

reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such 

reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 

10 days in advance of such reprogramming. 

SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a 

Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation 

or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate 

holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and 

necessary for the work of the committee involved. 

(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading. 

SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department and related agency funded through this Act shall submit 

an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity 

level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2020 that are different 

than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table 

in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act) or the fiscal year 

2020 budget request. 

SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, 

and cooperative agreements exceeding $500,000, individually or 

in total for a particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, 

in value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive 

basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2020, but not to include 

grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report 

shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount 

of funding, the governmental purpose, including a justification for 

issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall 

be transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end 

of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 

SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, 

for purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments 

under title II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim 

for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work performed under 

a social security account number that is not the claimant’s number 

and the performance of such work under such number has formed 
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the basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 

208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 

SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the 

Social Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit 

payments, under any agreement between the United States and 

Mexico establishing totalization arrangements between the social 

security system established by title II of the Social Security Act 

and the social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 

be payable but for such agreement. 

SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

SEC. 521. None of the funds made available under this or 

any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may be provided 

to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now 

(ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, allied organizations, 

or successors. 

SEC. 522. For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, 

Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 

May 11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to conference attendance and expenditures: 

(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered 

independent agencies; and 

(2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences 

shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency 

totals. 

SEC. 523. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 

state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 

communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated 

at U.S. taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency 

to carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 

available to the agency for advertising or other communications 

regarding the programs and activities of the agency. 

SEC. 524. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 

funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 

10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall be governed 

by the provisions of section 526 of division H of Public Law 113– 

76, except that in carrying out such Pilots section 526 shall be 

applied by substituting ‘‘Fiscal Year 2020’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ 

in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it appears: Provided, 

That such pilots shall include communities that have experienced 

civil unrest. 

(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary 

funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to 

the authority provided by section 526 of division H of Public Law 

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

525 of division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 
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H of Public Law 115–31, and section 525 of division H of Public 

Law 115–141. 

(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and prior 

appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agencies up to 

an additional 5 years to operate under such authorities. 

SEC. 525. Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar 

quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2020, the 

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education 

and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 

a report on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, 

That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall 

separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year 

of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent 

feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 

SEC. 526. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, or Education shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or competitive grant award notifications, 

including supplements, issued at the discretion of such Departments 

not less than 3 full business days before any entity selected to 

receive a grant award is announced by the Department or its 

offices (other than emergency response grants at any time of the 

year or for grant awards made during the last 10 business days 

of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program year). 

SEC. 527. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile 

needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: 

Provided, That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds 

for elements of a program other than making such purchases if 

the relevant State or local health department, in consultation with 

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determines that 

the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or 

is at risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 

HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program is 

operating in accordance with State and local law. 

SEC. 528. Each department and related agency funded through 

this Act shall provide answers to questions submitted for the record 

by members of the Committee within 45 business days after receipt. 

(RESCISSION)

SEC. 529. Of any available amounts appropriated under section 

2104(a)(23) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd) that are 

unobligated as of September 25, 2020, $3,169,819,000 are hereby 

rescinded as of such date. 

SEC. 530. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contingency Fund prior to the beginning of fiscal year 2020 under section 

2104(n)(2) of the Social Security Act and the income derived from 

investment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that 

Act, $6,093,181,000 shall not be available for obligation in this 

fiscal year. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health 

and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
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DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, 

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

TITLE I 

AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $46,139,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be available 

for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,496,000 

shall be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed 

$6,211,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and 

Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 

2279(c)(5); not to exceed $22,251,000 shall be available for the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which 

$21,376,000 shall be available for Departmental Administration 

to provide for necessary expenses for management support services 

to offices of the Department and for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and 

expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 

and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That funds made 

available by this Act to an agency in the Administration mission 

area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 

administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,869,000 

shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to carry out the 

programs funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and 

not to exceed $7,261,000 shall be available for the Office of Communications: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 

Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 

Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any office 

shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: Provided 

further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made available 

under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary 

shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, 

not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

further, That the amount made available under this heading for 

Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from applicable 

appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding 

of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs may be transferred to agencies of the Department 

of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 

agency level: Provided further, That no funds made available under 

this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional 

Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment 

of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 
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these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading, funding shall be made available 

to the Office of the Secretary to carry out the duties of the working 

group established under section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89): Provided 

further, That during any 30 day notification period referenced in 

section 716 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services or the Chairman of the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, (as the case may be) shall take no 

action to begin implementation of the proposal or make any public 

announcement in any form. 

EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 

$24,013,000, of which $8,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 

agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, 

$15,222,000. 

OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 

Analysis, $9,525,000. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, $66,580,000, of which not less than $56,000,000 is for 

cybersecurity requirements of the department. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, $6,028,000. 

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That funds made available 

by this Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for 

salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 

support staff for the Office. 

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

$24,206,000. 
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AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 

Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 

delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 

to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs 

and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 

and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 

suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 

for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $128,167,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 

comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $4,503,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds 

available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials 

Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department 

for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above 

Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 

including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 

1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $98,208,000, including 

such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 

6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–452; 

5 U.S.C. App.), and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain 

confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 

pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95– 

452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the Agriculture and Food 

Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98). 

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 

$45,146,000. 

OFFICE OF ETHICS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,136,000. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

ECONOMICS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Research, Education, and Economics, $800,000: Provided, That 
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funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, 

Education, and Economics mission area for salaries and expenses 

are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

the Office. 

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, $84,757,000. 

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, $180,294,000, of which up to $45,300,000 shall be available 

until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That 

amounts made available for the Census of Agriculture may be 

used to conduct Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 

U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f). 

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service 

and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase 

at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 

where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be 

equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not 

exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,414,366,000, of which 

$13,100,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used 

for transition and equipment purchases for the National Bio and 

Agro-Defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas: Provided, That 

of the amounts available to the Agricultural Research Service for 

the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, no funds may be obligated above the amount provided for the facility in Public Law 

116–6 until the Secretary of Agriculture submits to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives written 

or electronic notification of receipt from such Committees, a strategic plan as required in House Report 116–107: Provided further, 

That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

one for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations 

hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the 

construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, 

but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 

building shall not exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 

buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed 

$1,100,000 each, and except for two buildings to be constructed 

at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000 each, and the cost of altering 

any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

of the current replacement value of the building or $500,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

shall be available for entering into lease agreements at any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a research 

facility by a non-Federal entity for use by the Agricultural Research 

Service and a condition of the lease shall be that any facility 
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shall be owned, operated, and maintained by the non-Federal entity 

and shall be removed upon the expiration or termination of the 

lease agreement: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or 

replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided 

further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 

granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 

Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 

to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 

24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That appropriations 

hereunder shall be available for granting easements at any Agricultural Research Service location for the construction of a research 

facility by a non-Federal entity for use by, and acceptable to, the 

Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the easements 

shall be that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by 

the Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 

Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the interest 

of the United States: Provided further, That funds may be received 

from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any research 

facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, 

as authorized by law. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 

extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 

as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 

the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 

$192,700,000 to remain available until expended, of which 

$166,900,000 shall be allocated for ARS facilities co-located with 

university partners. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 

expenses, $962,864,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in 

the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of 

Food and Agriculture, Research and Education Activities’’ in the 

explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds 

for research grants for 1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 

institutions, capacity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary 

medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, and grants management systems shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans-Allen 

program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, That 

funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiianserving institutions be made available to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded equally 

to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, 

That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 

available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
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3221 and 3222: Provided further, That not more than 5 percent 

of the amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry 

out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 

3157 may be retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay 

administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that 

authority. 

NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 

American Samoa, $526,557,000, which shall be for the purposes, 

and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute 

of Food and Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the explanatory 

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall remain available until expended: 

Provided further, That institutions eligible to receive funds under 

7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension receive no less than 

$1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for cooperative extension 

under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) 

and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be available 

for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for extension 

agents. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 

programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 

$38,000,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 

specified in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in the explanatory statement 

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

consolidated Act): Provided, That funds for the Food and Agriculture 

Defense Initiative shall remain available until September 30, 2021: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

indirect costs shall not be charged against any Extension 

Implementation Program Area grant awarded under the Crop 

Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626). 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

REGULATORY PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $800,000: Provided, That 

funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing 

and Regulatory Programs mission area for salaries and expenses 

are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

the Office. 
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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances 

and for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

(22 U.S.C. 4085), $1,042,711,000, of which $470,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control 

of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which $11,520,000, to 

remain available until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests 

program, including for cost share purposes or for debt retirement 

for active eradication zones; of which $37,857,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; 

of which $1,000,000 shall be for activities under the authority 

of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); 

of which $62,840,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

be used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; of which $192,013,000, to remain available until 

expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $13,826,000, 

to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 

rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $16,523,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; 

of which $40,966,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

be for emergency preparedness and response; of which $60,000,000, 

to remain available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

pests; of which $5,725,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 

$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 

scrapie program for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain 

available until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management program for aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under this heading for wildlife services methods development, 

$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

That of amounts available under this heading for the screwworm 

program, $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which 

$20,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used 

to carry out the science program and transition activities for the 

National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, 

Kansas: Provided further, That of the amounts available to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for the National Bio 

and Agro-Defense Facility, no funds may be obligated above the 

amount provided for the facility in Public Law 116–6 until the 

Secretary of Agriculture submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and receives written or electronic 

notification of receipt from such Committees, a strategic plan as 

required in House Report 116–107: Provided further, That no funds 

shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 

program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 

matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, 

That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase, replacement, operation, and maintenance of aircraft: Provided further, 
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That in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of 

the agricultural production industry of the United States, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available 

to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as 

may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 

for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection 

Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 

balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 

preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 

alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

value of the building. 

In fiscal year 2020, the agency is authorized to collect fees 

to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 

or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, 

domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or 

individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any 

entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 

assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, 

and such fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, without further appropriation, for providing 

such assistance, goods, or services. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 

environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 

purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, 

$3,175,000, to remain available until expended. 

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

MARKETING SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 

$186,936,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 12306 of Public Law 113–79: Provided, That this 

appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 

for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 

not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 

building: Provided further, That up to $4,454,000 of this appropriation may be used for United States Warehouse Act activities to 

supplement amounts made available by the United States Warehouse Act. 

Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 

as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 
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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $61,227,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: 

Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 

to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress. 

FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY

(SECTION 32)

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 

1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program 

expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating 

expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce 

as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 

742a et seq.); (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and 

(3) not more than $20,705,000 for formulation and administration 

of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural 

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 

1961 (Public Law 87–128). 

PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 

departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,235,000. 

LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing 

services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 

supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, 

this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification 

to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, $800,000: Provided, That funds made available 

by this Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for 

salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 

support staff for the Office. 

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 

the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection 

Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed 

$10,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 

to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

$1,054,344,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 
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this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That 

funds provided for the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available until expended: Provided 

further, That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 

be employed during fiscal year 2020 for purposes dedicated solely 

to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods 

of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.): Provided further, That 

the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue implementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as further clarified 

by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113– 

79: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 

buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 

building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

current replacement value of the building. 

TITLE II 

FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM PRODUCTION AND

CONSERVATION

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Farm Production and Conservation, $901,000: Provided, That 

funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Production and Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are 

available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 

Office. 

FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION BUSINESS CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conserva- tion Business Center, $203,877,000: Provided, That $60,228,000 

of amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year pursuant to 

section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged 

with this account. 

FARM SERVICE AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

$1,122,837,000, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be for 

the hiring of new employees to fill vacancies at Farm Service 

Agency county offices and farm loan officers and shall be available 

until September 30, 2021: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

of the funding made available under this heading for information 

technology related to farm program delivery may be obligated until 
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the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress, and receives written or electronic notification 

of receipt from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that 

(1) identifies for each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 

benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the 

entirety of the project/investment, including estimates for development as well as maintenance and operations, and (c) key milestones 

to be met; (2) demonstrates that each project/investment is, (a) 

consistent with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 

Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applicable lifecycle 

management policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable 

Department’s capital planning and investment control requirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government Accountability 

Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the agency shall submit 

a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020 

to the Committees on Appropriations and the Government Accountability Office, that identifies for each project/investment that is 

operational (a) current performance against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) current performance against 

a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed breakdown of current 

and planned spending on operational enhancements or upgrades, 

and (e) an assessment of whether the investment continues to 

meet business needs as intended as well as alternatives to the 

investment: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 

use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 

of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments 

for all programs administered by the Agency: Provided further, 

That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

activities may be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further, That funds made available to county committees 

shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That none 

of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided further, That 

none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall 

be used to permanently relocate county based employees that would 

result in an office with two or fewer employees without prior 

notification and approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

both Houses of Congress. 

STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 

Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $5,545,000. 

GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 

protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act 

of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), $6,500,000, to remain available until 

expended. 
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DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 

to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 

dairy indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That such program is carried 

out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity 

program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 

guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating 

(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 

et seq.), Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll 

weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 

U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian 

highly fractionated land loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available 

from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: 

$2,750,000,000 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and 

$1,875,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,960,000,000 for 

unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and $1,550,133,000 for 

direct operating loans; emergency loans, $37,668,000; Indian tribe 

land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

$150,000,000; relending program, $18,215,000; Indian highly 

fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication 

program loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of 

boll weevil eradication program loans. 

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, 

including the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $58,440,000 

for direct farm operating loans, $20,972,000 for unsubsidized 

guaranteed farm operating loans, emergency loans, $2,023,000; relending program, $5,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

$2,745,000; and $60,000 for boll weevil eradication loans, to remain 

available until expended. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $317,068,000: Provided, That of this amount, $290,917,000 shall be transferred to 

and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided further, That of this amount 

$16,081,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 

these programs: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance 

of any transfer. 
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RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $58,361,000: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be available for 

compliance and integrity activities required under section 

516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 

1516(b)(2)(C)) in addition to other amounts provided: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 

Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation 

of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 

soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 

such special measures for soil and water management as may 

be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 

to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 

plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests 

therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, 

exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 

to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 2268a); purchase and erection 

or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 

buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $829,628,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 

for construction and improvement of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

and improvements to other buildings and other public improvements 

shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 

or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right 

to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided 

further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

$5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the authorities 

under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 for authorized ongoing 

watershed projects with a primary purpose of providing water to 

rural communities. 

WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 

including but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering 

operations, works of improvement, and changes in use of land, 

in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009) and in accordance with 

the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

$175,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

for funds provided by this Act or any other prior Act, the limitation 

regarding the size of the watershed or subwatershed exceeding 

two hundred and fifty thousand acres in which such activities 

can be undertaken shall only apply for activities undertaken for 

the primary purpose of flood prevention (including structural and 
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land treatment measures): Provided further, That of the amounts 

made available under this heading, $70,000,000 shall be allocated 

to projects and activities that can commence promptly following 

enactment; that address regional priorities for flood prevention, 

agricultural water management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish 

and wildlife habitat, or watershed protection; or that address 

authorized ongoing projects under the authorities of section 13 

of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78– 

534) with a primary purpose of watershed protection by preventing 

floodwater damage and stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, 

and banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport. 

WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection 

and Flood Prevention Act, $10,000,000 is provided: Provided, That 

of the amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000 

shall remain available until expended for watershed rehabilitation 

projects in states with high-hazard dams and other watershed structures and that have recently incurred flooding events which caused 

fatalities. 

CORPORATIONS 

The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized 

to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 

authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 

with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard 

to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 

year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 

Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, 

to remain available until expended. 

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 

to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 

losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 

2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, 

That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation 

under section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 

Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign 

Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and 

used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for information resource 

management activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that 

are not related to Commodity Credit Corporation business. 
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HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation 

shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and 

cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to 

comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 

U.S.C. 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

(42 U.S.C. 6961). 

TITLE III 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Rural Development, $800,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission 

area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one 

administrative support staff for the Office. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 

and implementation of Rural Development programs, including 

activities with institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

$247,835,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 

advertising and promotional activities that support Rural Development programs: Provided further, That in addition to any other 

funds appropriated for purposes authorized by section 502(i) of 

the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any amounts collected 

under such section, as amended by this Act, will immediately be 

credited to this account and will remain available until expended 

for such purposes. 

RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 

guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 

1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 

fund, as follows: $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans and 

$24,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 

$28,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $40,000,000 for 

section 515 rental housing; $230,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales of single 
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family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for section 523 selfhelp housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 for section 

524 site development loans. 

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 

cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $90,000,000 

shall be for direct loans; section 504 housing repair loans, 

$4,679,000; section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 

$577,000; section 524 site development loans, $546,000; and repair, 

rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

$12,144,000: Provided, That to support the loan program level for 

section 538 guaranteed loans made available under this heading 

the Secretary may charge or adjust any fees to cover the projected 

cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to the provisions of the 

Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest 

on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That 

applicants in communities that have a current rural area waiver 

under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) 

shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 

502 guaranteed loans provided under this heading: Provided further, 

That of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 

502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 

direct loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 

to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant 

authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 

1, 2020: Provided further, That the Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit organizations and public 

housing authorities to facilitate the acquisition of Rural Housing 

Service (RHS) multifamily housing properties by such nonprofit 

organizations and public housing authorities that commit to keep 

such properties in the RHS multifamily housing program for a 

period of time as determined by the Secretary, with such incentives 

to include, but not be limited to, the following: allow such nonprofit 

entities and public housing authorities to earn a Return on Investment on their own resources to include proceeds from low income 

housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, grants, and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; and 

allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with owner’s 

oversight of asset referred to as ‘‘Asset Management Fee’’ of up 

to $7,500 per property. 

In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 

as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 

(42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $18,739,000, to remain available until 

expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm 

labor housing grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances 

available for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be transferred 

to and merged with this account. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall 

be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural 

Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 

pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing 

Act of 1949 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness 
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or payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $1,375,000,000, of which 

$40,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021; and in 

addition such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 

521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 

1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under section 

521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 

entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 

funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That upon request 

by an owner of a project financed by an existing loan under section 

514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental assistance 

agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of such 

loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations: Provided further, 

That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such oneyear agreements may be transferred and used for purposes of any 

debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing 

projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 

under title V of the Act: Provided further, That rental assistance 

provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2020 

for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 

514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another 

project until such assistance has remained unused for a period 

of 12 consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of 

tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental assistance 

eligible tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided 

further, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 

practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act: Provided 

further, That except as provided in the fourth proviso under this 

heading and notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the 

Secretary may recapture rental assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2020 for a project that 

the Secretary determines no longer needs rental assistance and 

use such recaptured funds for current needs. 

MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 

section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for additional costs to conduct 

a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 

of multi-family rental housing properties described in this paragraph, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That of the funds made available under this heading, $32,000,000, 

shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 

household (including those not receiving rental assistance) residing 

in a property financed with a section 515 loan which has been 

prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, That the 

amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable 

market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent 

for such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 

such vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 

regulations and administrative guidance applicable to section 8 

housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That if the 
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Secretary determines that the amount made available for vouchers 

in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Secretary 

may use such funds for the demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 

described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading, $28,000,000 shall be available 

for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization 

of the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, 

as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes 

of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to preserve the 

project for the purpose of providing safe and affordable housing 

for low-income residents and farm laborers including reducing or 

eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, 

reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

including advances, payments and incentives (including the ability 

of owners to obtain reasonable returns on investment) required 

by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall as 

part of the preservation and revitalization agreement obtain a 

restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 

additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are 

needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstration 

program may be used for such vouchers: Provided further, That 

if Congress enacts legislation to permanently authorize a multifamily rental housing loan restructuring program similar to the 

demonstration program described herein, the Secretary may use 

funds made available for the demonstration program under this 

heading to carry out such legislation with the prior approval of 

the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 

Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, 

the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from 

the program funds made available under this heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded under this heading. 

MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of 

the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $31,000,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 

preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized 

by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $45,000,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 

guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 

section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act, $2,800,000,000 for direct loans and $500,000,000 for guaranteed 

loans. 
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For the cost of grants for rural community facilities programs 

as authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $49,000,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That $6,000,000 of 

the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 

for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided further, 

That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 

ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and 

Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects 

to improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 

development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such 

funds shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and 

public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 

of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That such 

intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 

sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 

not less than funds provided: Provided further, That $6,000,000 

of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be to provide 

grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 

up to 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the 

State rural development offices: Provided further, That $5,000,000 

of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 

for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized 

by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That sections 

381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 

this heading. 

RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business development programs authorized by section 310B and 

described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $66,500,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 

appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be 

made available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 

to promote economic development and $9,000,000 shall be for grants 

to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the 

Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), 

and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 14101 et 

seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program purpose 

as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 

for administrative expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of 

the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for business 

grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, 

including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 

to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in order 

to promote economic development: Provided further, That sections 
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381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 

heading. 

INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 

the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 

1936b), $18,889,000. 

For the cost of direct loans, $5,219,000, as authorized by the 

Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 

of which $557,000 shall be available through June 30, 2020, for 

Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which 

$1,072,000 shall be available through June 30, 2020, for Mississippi 

Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 

the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 

section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose 

of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 

$50,000,000. 

The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the 

Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects shall not exceed 

$10,000,000. 

RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 

section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $26,600,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be 

for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 

for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 

shall be for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of directors or governing 

boards of which are comprised of individuals who are members 

of socially disadvantaged groups; and of which $15,000,000, to 

remain available until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product market development grants, as authorized by section 

210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, of which 

$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 

of Public Law 107–171. 
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RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For the cost of loans and grants, $6,000,000 under the same 

terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s): Provided, That such costs of loans, including the cost of modifying such 

loans, shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974. 

RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under the same 

terms and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), 

$706,000: Provided, That the cost of loan guarantees, including 

the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants for 

rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 

306E, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, 

and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act, $659,480,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 

program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which 

not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 

program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 

not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

heading shall be for grants authorized by section 306A(i)(2) of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in addition 

to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided 

further, That $68,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

heading shall be for loans and grants including water and waste 

disposal systems grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and 

section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes authorized 

by 306C(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That funding provided 

for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to section 

325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That not more than 

2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State 

of Alaska for training and technical assistance programs and not 

more than 2 percent of the funding provided for section 306D 

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public 

Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed $30,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for technical assistance grants 

for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) 

of such Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme 
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need, of which $8,000,000 shall be made available for a grant 

to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance 

organization, with experience in working with small communities 

on water and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such 

grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations of 

3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, development, 

operation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national 

Native American organization to provide technical assistance for 

rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided further, That 

not to exceed $19,570,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

heading shall be for contracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assistance 

for rural water systems: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$4,000,000 shall be for solid waste management grants: Provided 

further, That $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities 

Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior year balances for 

high-energy cost grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and 

merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants 

Account: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable 

to the funds made available under this heading. 

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM

ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 305, 306, and 317 of the Rural Electrification 

Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935, 936, and 940g) shall be made as follows: 

loans made pursuant to sections 305, 306, and 317, notwithstanding 

317(c), of that Act, rural electric, $5,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, $750,000,000; 

5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursuant to section 

306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, 

acquisition, design and engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled 

electric generating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize 

carbon subsurface utilization and storage systems. 

For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305 of 

the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), including the 

cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural telecommunications 

loans, $3,795,000. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 

out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which 

shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM

For the principal amount of broadband telecommunication 

loans, $11,179,000. 

For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 

rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $50,000,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall 

be made available for grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated 

Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only be provided 

to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria for a consortium 

as established by this section. 

For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by section 601 

of the Rural Electrification Act, $2,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be 

as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

In addition, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural 

areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program 

benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq. 

TITLE IV 

DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION, AND

CONSUMER SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $800,000: Provided, 

That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, 

Nutrition and Consumer Services mission area for salaries and 

expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 

staff for the Office. 

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 

21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 

except sections 17 and 21; $23,615,098,000 to remain available 

through September 30, 2021, of which such sums as are made 

available under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by this 

Act, shall be merged with and available for the same time period 

and purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total amount 

available, $18,004,000 shall be available to carry out section 19 

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

further, That of the total amount available, $14,999,000 shall be 

available to carry out studies and evaluations and shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That of the total amount 

available, $30,000,000 shall be available to provide competitive 

grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies 
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and schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater 

than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, 

and to help support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion 

of the school breakfast program: Provided further, That of the 

total amount available, $35,000,000 shall remain available until 

expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80): Provided further, That 

section 26(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking 

‘‘2010 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2010 through 2021’’: Provided 

further, That section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first 

sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘For fiscal 

year 2020’’: Provided further, That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard 

B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is 

amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2019’’ 

and inserting ‘‘For fiscal year 2020’’. 

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 

nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 

Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,000,000,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

1786(h)(10)), not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for 

breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, and 

$14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure: Provided further, That 

none of the funds provided in this account shall be available for 

the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost 

containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 

reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies 

unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That 

upon termination of a federally mandated vendor moratorium and 

subject to terms and conditions established by the Secretary, the 

Secretary may waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at 

the request of a State agency. 

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $67,886,285,000, of which 

$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, 

shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at 

such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2008: Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

this heading, $998,000 may be used to provide nutrition education 

services to State agencies and Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: 

Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

work registration or workfare requirements as may be required 

by law: Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available 
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through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That funds made 

available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and 

section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain 

available through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That none 

of the funds made available under this heading may be obligated 

or expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A): Provided further, That funds 

made available under this heading may be used to enter into 

contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to 

conduct activities related to program integrity provided that such 

activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and 

the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 

(7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; 

special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized 

by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 

Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition 

Act of 1966, $344,248,000, to remain available through September 

30, 2021: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available 

to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

donated to the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, effective with funds made available 

in fiscal year 2020 to support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available 

through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent 

for costs associated with the distribution of commodities. 

NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance 

program, $155,891,000: Provided, That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public 

Law 107–171, as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110– 

246. 

TITLE V 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade 

and Foreign Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and 

expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support 

staff for the Office. 
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OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, 

$4,775,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 

including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and 

for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 

3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $215,513,000, of which no more than 

6 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021, for 

overseas operations to include the payment of locally employed 

staff: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 

or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 

of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food 

production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign 

assistance programs of the United States Agency for International 

Development: Provided further, That funds made available for 

middle-income country training programs, funds made available 

for the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology 

Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until expended. 

FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 

of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480) and the Food 

for Progress Act of 1985, $142,000, shall be transferred to and 

merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 

and Expenses’’. 

FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 

recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest 

thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), for 

commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under 

title II of said Act, $1,725,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD

NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
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(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $220,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That the Commodity Credit Corporation is 

authorized to provide the services, facilities, and authorities for 

the purpose of implementing such section, subject to reimbursement 

from amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the amount 

made available under this heading, not more than 10 percent, 

but not less than $20,000,000, shall remain available until expended 

to purchase agricultural commodities as described in subsection 

3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 

(7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(a)(2)). 

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) CREDIT

GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 

Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 

$6,381,000, to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by 

section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and 

in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 

$6,063,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, and 

of which $318,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

TITLE VI 

RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

ADMINISTRATION 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 

including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 

92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose 

space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to 

amounts appropriated to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying 

out the activities described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century 

Cures Act (Public Law 114–255); for miscellaneous and emergency 

expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by 

the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s 

certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 

of Public Law 107–188; $5,772,442,000: Provided, That of the 

amount provided under this heading, $1,074,714,000 shall be 

derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

379h, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

until expended; $220,142,000 shall be derived from medical device 

user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to 

this account and remain available until expended; $513,223,000 

shall be derived from human generic drug user fees authorized 

by 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account and 
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remain available until expended; $41,923,000 shall be derived from 

biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

379j–52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

until expended; $30,611,000 shall be derived from animal drug 

user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 

to this account and remain available until expended; $20,151,000 

shall be derived from generic new animal drug user fees authorized 

by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be credited to this account and 

remain available until expended; $712,000,000 shall be derived 

from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and 

shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That in addition to and notwithstanding 

any other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 

prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, human generic 

drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug 

user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that exceed 

the respective fiscal year 2020 limitations are appropriated and 

shall be credited to this account and remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescription 

drug, medical device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological 

product, animal drug, and generic new animal drug assessments 

for fiscal year 2020, including any such fees collected prior to 

fiscal year 2020 but credited for fiscal year 2020, shall be subject 

to the fiscal year 2020 limitations: Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal year 2020 of user fees 

specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal year 2021, 

prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts of such 

fees assessed for fiscal year 2021 for which the Secretary accepts 

payment in fiscal year 2020 shall not be included in amounts 

under this heading: Provided further, That none of these funds 

shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of 

user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That 

of the total amount appropriated: (1) $1,088,881,000 shall be for 

the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 

activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 

$15,000,000 shall be used for inspections of foreign seafood manufacturers and field examinations of imported seafood; (2) 

$1,972,093,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and 

Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

Affairs; (3) $419,302,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the Office 

of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $237,741,000 shall be for the Center 

for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office 

of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $581,761,000 shall be for the Center 

for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities 

in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $66,712,000 shall be for 

the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $661,739,000 

shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for related field 

activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) $186,399,000 shall 

be for Rent and Related activities, of which $53,913,000 is for 

White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the 

General Services Administration for rent; (9) $239,717,000 shall 

be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; 

and (10) $318,097,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods 
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and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for 

these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this 

amount shall be for official reception and representation expenses, 

not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Commissioner: 

Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 

770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available under this 

heading for other activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 

that are made available under this heading for ‘‘other activities’’, 

and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Department of 

Health and Human Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 

for oversight of the Food and Drug Administration: Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another 

with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

both Houses of Congress. 

In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 

263b, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, 

priority review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, 

food and feed recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary 

qualified importer program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j– 

31, outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, 

prescription drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection 

fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider 

licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), 

third-party auditor fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), and 

medical countermeasure priority review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb–4a, and, contingent upon the enactment 

of the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act of 2019, fees 

relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs authorized by part 

10 of subchapter C of Chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug 

and Cosmetic Act shall be credited to this account, to remain 

available until expended. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 

of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, $11,788,000, to remain available until expended. 

FDA INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described 

under section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition 

to amounts available for such purposes under the heading ‘‘Salaries 

and Expenses’’, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated pursuant to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures 

Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under section 

1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the appropriation for ‘‘Department 
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of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration 

Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for the purposes provided in such 

Act: Provided further, That upon a determination by the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso 

are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may 

be transferred back to the account: Provided further, That such 

transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

provided by law. 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 

and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to 

include multiple year leases), in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $284,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official 

reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 

for the expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

Commission with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2021, and of which not less than $3,200,000 

shall be for expenses of the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, 

amounts provided under this heading are available for the liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments on leases entered 

into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any lease obligations that should have been recorded and liquidated against 

accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with 

the preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and 

recorded in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been 

established for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for and 

liquidating such unpaid obligations. 

In addition, for move, replication, and related costs associated 

with replacement leases for the Commission’s facilities, not to 

exceed $31,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $77,000,000 (from assessments collected from 

farm credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year 

for administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: 

Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated 

with receiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 

That the purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit 

Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may exempt, an amount in its sole discretion, from the application of the limitation provided in that clause of export loans 

described in the clause guaranteed or insured in a manner other 

than described in subclause (II) of the clause. 
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TITLE VII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 701. The Secretary may use any appropriations made 

available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act to purchase 

new passenger motor vehicles, in addition to specific appropriations 

for this purpose, so long as the total number of vehicles purchased 

in fiscal year 2020 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned 

or leased in fiscal year 2018: Provided, That, prior to purchasing 

additional motor vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such 

vehicles are necessary for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and public 

safety: Provided further, That the Secretary may not increase the 

Department of Agriculture’s fleet above the 2018 level unless the 

Secretary notifies in writing, and receives approval from, the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 

30 days of the notification. 

SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances 

of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining available of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund 

for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for 

the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology 

services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 

Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That none of the funds made available by 

this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 

Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to 

the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval 

of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 

Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 

Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund 

shall be available for obligation or expenditure to make any changes 

to the Department’s National Finance Center without written 

notification to and prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by section 716 of 

this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

by this Act or made available to the Department’s Working Capital 

Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to initiate, 

plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to remove or 

relocate any systems, missions, or functions of the offices of the 

Chief Financial Officer or any personnel from the National Finance 

Center prior to written notification to and prior approval of the 

Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and in 

accordance with the requirements of section 716 of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture and the offices 

of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to existing 

and new Departments and other government agencies National 

Finance Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, 

financial management, and human capital shared services and allow 
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the National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades: Provided further, That of annual income amounts in the Working 

Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture attributable to the 

amounts in excess of the true costs of the shared services provided 

by the National Finance Center and budgeted for the National 

Finance Center, the Secretary shall reserve not more than 4 percent 

for the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, including 

equipment for the improvement, delivery, and implementation of 

financial, administrative, and information technology services, and 

other systems of the National Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the National Finance Center: Provided 

further, That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for 

obligation unless the Secretary submits written notification of the 

obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress: Provided further, That the limitations on the obligation 

of funds pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 

not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, 

is necessary to respond to a declared state of emergency that 

significantly impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; 

or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center to a 

safe haven to continue operations of the National Finance Center. 

SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used 

to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 

or similar arrangements between the United States Department 

of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent 

of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 

such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 

interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 

payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 

for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 

SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 

the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the 

current fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 

obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following 

accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the 

Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program 

account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the Department 

of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 

technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of 

the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive 

Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 

appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written 

notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, none 

of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other 

agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by 

the Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief 
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Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds 

without written approval from the Chief Information Officer for 

projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based upon 

the performance of an agency measured against the performance 

plan requirements described in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113–235. 

SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) of the 

Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal 

year shall remain available until expended to disburse obligations 

made in the current fiscal year. 

SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct 

or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 

or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured 

or direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under 

section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower 

under such Act. 

SEC. 709. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made available for salaries and expenses in this Act for 

the Farm Service Agency shall remain available through September 

30, 2021, for information technology expenses. 

(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not more 

than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made 

available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area shall remain available through September 30, 

2021, for information technology expenses. 

SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the 

employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 

301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 711. In the case of each program established or amended 

by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) or by a successor to that Act, other than by title I or subtitle A of title 

III of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts were 

provided in that Act, that is authorized or required to be carried 

out using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 

(1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 

administrative expenses, including technical assistance, associated with the implementation of the program, without regard 

to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and fund 

transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

(2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 

considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes 

of applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments 

and fund transfers contained in such section. 

SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 

than $2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 

task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 

used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 

to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 

SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
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such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

SEC. 714. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 of 

Public Law 110–246 (7 U.S.C. 612c–6; in this section referred to 

as ‘‘section 14222’’), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 

the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a program 

under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; 

in this section referred to as ‘‘section 32’’) in excess of $1,331,725,000 

(exclusive of carryover appropriations from prior fiscal years), as 

follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commodities— 

$485,000,000; State Option Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of 

Defective Commodities—$2,500,000; Administration of Section 32 

Commodity Purchases—$35,853,000: Provided, That of the total 

funds made available in the matter preceding this proviso that 

remain unobligated on October 1, 2020, such unobligated balances 

shall carryover into fiscal year 2021 and shall remain available 

until expended for any of the purposes of section 32, except that 

any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) of 

section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated 

until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of 

the expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress at least two weeks in advance: Provided further, 

That, with the exception of any available carryover funds authorized 

in any prior appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of 

clause (3) of section 32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 

the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Department of 

Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of section 32. 

SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other 

Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 

who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the 

President’s budget submission to the Congress for programs under 

the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, 

Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 

previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted 

into law prior to the submission of the budget unless such budget 

submission identifies which additional spending reductions should 

occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior 

to the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

the fiscal year 2021 appropriations Act. 

SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 

Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 

derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

a reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Department of 

Agriculture, through use of the authority provided by section 702(b) 

of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 

2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 
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(1) creates new programs; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

project or activity for which funds have been denied or 

restricted; 

(4) relocates an office or employees; 

(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or 

(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 

presently performed by Federal employees; 

unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives 

approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming 

of such funds or the use of such authority. 

(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 

previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 

that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current 

fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived 

by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 

programs, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds in excess 

of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 

(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 

as approved by Congress; or 

(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 

activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 

unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives 

approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming 

or transfer of such funds or the use of such authority. 

(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services shall notify in writing and receive approval 

from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

before implementing any program or activity not carried out during 

the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 

by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 

(d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 

previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 

that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current 

fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived 

by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

Act, shall be available for— 

(1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 

including information technology systems, that involves 

increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 

the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 

of the total cost, whichever is less; 

(2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant positions or agency activities or functions to establish a center, 
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office, branch, or similar entity with five or more personnel; 

or 

(3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 

described in the budget request; 

unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 

30 days in advance of using the funds for these purposes. 

(e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for 

any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman 

of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services receives from the Committee on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress written or electronic 

mail confirmation of receipt of the notification as required in this 

section. 

SEC. 717. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the 

Secretary may assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business 

and industry loan in an amount that does not exceed 3 percent 

of the guaranteed principal portion of the loan. 

SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 

Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or 

the Farm Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available reports, questions, or responses to questions 

that are a result of information requested for the appropriations 

hearing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health and Human Services, non-Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit Administration employee. 

SEC. 719. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 

of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive 

branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended 

for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story 

includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 

or funded by that executive branch agency. 

SEC. 720. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 

be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 

Act or any other Act to any other agency or office of the Department 

for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual’s 

employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving 

agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for 

the period of assignment. 

SEC. 721. For the purposes of determining eligibility or level 

of program assistance for Rural Development programs the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison populations. 

SEC. 722. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the 

Food and Drug Administration, the Chairman of the Commodity 

Futures Trading Commission, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit 

Administration shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by program, 

project, and activity for all the funds made available under this 

Act including appropriated user fees, as defined in the explanatory 

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

A of this consolidated Act). 

SEC. 723. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

available for the supplemental nutrition program as authorized 
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by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

$1,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 724. The Secretary shall continue an intermediary loan 

packaging program based on the pilot program in effect for fiscal 

year 2013 for packaging and reviewing section 502 single family 

direct loans. The Secretary shall continue agreements with current 

intermediary organizations and with additional qualified intermediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with these 

organizations to increase effectiveness of the section 502 single 

family direct loan program in rural communities and shall set 

aside and make available from the national reserve section 502 

loans an amount necessary to support the work of such intermediaries and provide a priority for review of such loans. 

SEC. 725. For loans and loan guarantees that do not require 

budget authority and the program level has been established in 

this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program 

level for such loans and loan guarantees by not more than 25 

percent: Provided, That prior to the Secretary implementing such 

an increase, the Secretary notifies, in writing, the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days 

in advance. 

SEC. 726. None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred 

to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public 

Law 107–76) shall be available for obligation without written 

notification to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That the refunds 

or rebates so transferred shall be available for obligation only 

for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for 

the delivery of financial, administrative, and information technology 

services, including cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit 

to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to implement, administer, or enforce the ‘‘variety’’ requirements of the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhancing Retailer Standards 

in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)’’ published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register 

on December 15, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary 

of Agriculture amends the definition of the term ‘‘variety’’ as de 

fined in section 278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and ‘‘variety’’ as applied in the definition of the term ‘‘staple 

food’’ as defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable 

varieties in each staple food category so that the total number 

of such items in each staple food category exceeds the number 

of such items in each staple food category included in the final 

rule as published on December 15, 2016: Provided, That until 

the Secretary promulgates such regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements regarding acceptable varieties 

and breadth of stock to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 

retailers that were in effect on the day before the date of the 

enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

SEC. 728. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the 

Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture 

shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed 
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under such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take 

any other action with respect to, allowing or requiring information 

intended for a prescribing health care professional, in the case 

of a drug or biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to 

be distributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in paper 

form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to allow or require 

such distribution. 

SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to carry out the final rule promulgated 

by the Food and Drug Administration and put into effect November 

16, 2015, in regards to the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive control requirements of the current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food 

for animals rule with respect to the regulation of the production, 

distribution, sale, or receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of 

the alcoholic beverage production process. 

SEC. 731. Funds made available under title II of the Food 

for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to provide 

assistance to recipient nations if adequate monitoring and controls, 

as determined by the Administrator, are in place to ensure that 

emergency food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries in 

areas affected by food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized 

or inappropriate purposes. 

SEC. 732. There is hereby appropriated $12,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, to carry out section 6407 of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a): Provided, That the Secretary may allow eligible entities, or comparable 

entities that provide energy efficiency services using their own 

billing mechanism to offer loans to customers in any part of their 

service territory and to offer loans to replace a manufactured 

housing unit with another manufactured housing unit, if replacement would be more cost effective in saving energy. 

SEC. 733. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

(1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following 

factors in the country or region being audited, as applicable— 

(A) veterinary control and oversight; 

(B) disease history and vaccination practices; 

(C) livestock demographics and traceability; 

(D) epidemiological separation from potential sources 

of infection; 

(E) surveillance practices; 

(F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and 

(G) emergency preparedness and response; and 

(2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of 

any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to subsection (1). 

(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

United States obligations under its international trade agreements. 

SEC. 734. No food that bears or contains partially hydrogenated 

oils (as defined in the order published by the Food and Drug 

Administration in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. 

Reg. 34650 et seq.)) shall be considered to be adulterated within 
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the meaning of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2)(C)(i) of section 402 of 

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 342(a)) because 

such food contains such partially hydrogenated oils until the 

applicable compliance dates specified by FDA in the Federal Register on May 21, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 23358 et seq.). 

SEC. 735. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to carry out any activities or incur any expense related 

to the issuance of licenses under section 3 of the Animal Welfare 

Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the renewal of such licenses, to class B 

dealers who sell dogs and cats for use in research, experiments, 

teaching, or testing. 

SEC. 736. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this fiscal 

year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid 

waste management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 

306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project 

for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

water or wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 

used in the project are produced in the United States. 

(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ means 

the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or 

unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal 

castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, 

valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 

of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section 

referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of the Secretary 

finds that— 

(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 

public interest; 

(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 

States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of 

a satisfactory quality; or 

(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 

United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 

more than 25 percent. 

(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for 

a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee shall 

make available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the 

request and information available to the Secretary or the designee 

concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input 

on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 

based on the request. The Secretary or the designee shall make 

the request and accompanying information available by electronic 

means, including on the official public Internet Web site of the 

Department. 

(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

United States obligations under international agreements. 

(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 

appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water 

and Waste Disposal Program Account’’ for carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight 

of the requirements of this section. 

(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project 

for which the engineering plans and specifications include use of 

iron and steel products otherwise prohibited by such subsection 
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if the plans and specifications have received required approvals 

from State agencies prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 

(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United States’’ 

and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, the District 

of Columbia, and each federally recognized Indian tribe. 

SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 

action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 

Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to procure raw or processed poultry products imported 

into the United States from the People’s Republic of China for 

use in the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child 

and Adult Care Food Program under section 17 of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service Program for Children under 

section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 

program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

et seq.). 

SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel— 

(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 

Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 

Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 

1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 

of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). 

SEC. 740. Of the total amounts made available by this Act 

for direct loans and grants in section 732 and in the following 

headings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mutual and Self-Help 

Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities 

Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural 

Business Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service— 

Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural 

Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Cooperative Development 

Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 

Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Electrification 

and Telecommunications Loans Program Account’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum extent feasible, at least 10 percent of 

the funds shall be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty 

counties under this section, including, notwithstanding any other 

provision regarding population limits, any county seat of such a 

persistent poverty county that has a population that does not exceed 

the authorized population limit by more than 10 percent: Provided, 

That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty 

counties’’ means any county that has had 20 percent or more 

of its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 

American Community Survey 5-year average, or any territory or 

possession of the United States: Provided further, That with respect 

to specific activities for which program levels have been made 

available by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, 
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the requirements of this section shall be applied to such program 

level. 

SEC. 741. (a) No funds shall be used to finalize the proposed 

rule entitled ‘‘Eligibility of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) 

to Export to the United States Poultry Products from Birds Slaughtered in the PRC’’ published in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture on June 16, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27625), unless 

the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

(1) ensure that the poultry slaughter inspection system 

for the PRC is equivalent to that of the United States; 

(2) ensure that, before any poultry products can enter 

the United States from any such poultry plant, such poultry 

products comply with all other applicable requirements for 

poultry products in interstate commerce in the United States; 

(3) conduct periodic verification reviews and audits of any 

such plants in the PRC intending to export into the United 

States processed poultry products; 

(4) conduct re-inspection of such poultry products at United 

States ports-of-entry to check the general condition of such 

products, for the proper certification and labeling of such products, and for any damage to such products that may have 

occurred during transportation; and 

(5) ensure that shipments of any such poultry products 

selected to enter the United States are subject to additional 

re-inspection procedures at appropriate levels to verify that 

the products comply with relevant Federal regulations or standards, including examinations for product defects and laboratory 

analyses to detect harmful chemical residues or pathogen 

testing appropriate for the products involved. 

(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

obligations of the United States under any trade agreement to 

which the United States is a party. 

SEC. 742. In addition to any other funds made available in 

this Act or any other Act, there is appropriated $9,000,000 to 

carry out section 18(g)(8) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)), to remain available until expended. 

SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, for the cost of loans and grants 

that is consistent with section 4206 of the Agricultural Act of 

2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary to support projects 

that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, to create 

and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities. 

SEC. 744. For an additional amount for ‘‘Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, $8,500,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021, for one-time control 

and management and associated activities directly related to the 

multiple-agency response to citrus greening. 

SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of 

a submission for an exemption for investigational use of a drug 

or biological product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which 

a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include 

a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission shall be 

deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, and the exemption may not go into effect. 
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SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated by 

the Food and Drug Administration entitled ‘‘Standards for the 

Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human 

Consumption,’’ and published on November 27, 2015, with respect 

to the regulation of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine 

grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 

SEC. 747. For school year 2020–2021, only a school food 

authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food 

service account as of December 31, 2019, shall be required to 

establish a price for paid lunches in accordance with Section 12(p) 

of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 

1760(p). 

SEC. 748. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, for a pilot program for the 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to 

nonprofit organizations for programs and services to establish and 

enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans. 

SEC. 749. For school years 2019–2020 and 2020–2021, none 

of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement 

or enforce the matter following the first comma in the second 

sentence of footnote (c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal 

Regulations, with respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits 

under the school breakfast program established under section 4 

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 

SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this Act or 

any other Act may be used— 

(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural 

Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 of the Agriculture 

Improvement Act of 2018; or 

(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or use 

of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or cultivated 

in accordance with subsection section 7606 of the Agricultural 

Act of 2014 or Subtitle G of the Agricultural Marketing Act 

of 1946, within or outside the State in which the hemp is 

grown or cultivated. 

SEC. 751. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug 

Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 

shall, not later than July 1, 2020, and following the review required 

under Executive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating 

to regulatory planning and review), issue advice revising the advice 

provided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About Eating 

Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and 

Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; Availability’’ (82 Fed. 

Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in a manner that is consistent 

with nutrition science recognized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net effects of seafood consumption. 

SEC. 752. In addition to any funds made available in this 

Act or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated $6,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, for grants from 

the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to the 1890 Institutions to support the Centers of Excellence. 

SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot program that assists 

rural hospitals to improve long-term operations and financial health 
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by providing technical assistance through analysis of current hospital management practices. 

SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, for grants under section 12502 of Public 

Law 115–334. 

SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to carry 

out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

SEC. 756. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue a final 

rule based on the proposed rule entitled ‘‘National Organic Program; 

Origin of Livestock,’’ published in the Federal Register on April 

28, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 23455): Provided, That the final rule shall 

incorporate public comments submitted in response to the proposed 

rule. 

SEC. 757. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, to carry out section 4003(b) 

of Public Law 115–334 relating to demonstration projects for Tribal 

Organizations. 

SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the Secretary to carry out a pilot program that provides forestry inventory 

analysis, forest management and economic outcomes modelling for 

certain currently enrolled Conservation Reserve Program participants. The Secretary shall allow the Commodity Credit Corporation 

to enter into agreements with and provide grants to qualified nonprofit organizations dedicated to conservation, forestry and wildlife 

habitats, that also have experience in conducting accurate forest 

inventory analysis through the use of advanced, cost-effective technology. The Secretary shall focus the analysis on lands enrolled 

for at least eight years and located in areas with a substantial 

concentration of acres enrolled under conservation practices devoted 

to multiple bottomland hardwood tree species including CP03, 

CP03A, CP11, CP22, CP31 and CP40. 

SEC. 759. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 

1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, to implement non-renewable agreements on eligible 

lands, including flooded agricultural lands, as determined by the 

Secretary, under the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

SEC. 760. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic 

Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2020, an amount 

of funds made available in title III under the headings of Rural 

Housing Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help 

Housing Grants, Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, 

Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural Water 

and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds provided under such 

headings in the most recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under such headings for REAP Zones. 

SEC. 761. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to carry 

out section 3307 of Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 762. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the matching 

funds requirement under Section 412(g) of the Agricultural 

Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

7632(g)). 

SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, to carry out section 23 of 
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the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1793), of which 

$1,000,000 shall be for grants under such section to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American 

Samoa. 

SEC. 764. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary 

to provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations and public 

housing authorities to provide technical assistance, including financial and legal services, to RHS multi-family housing borrowers 

to facilitate the acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties 

in areas where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 

housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public housing 

authorities as authorized by law that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing program for a period of 

time as determined by the Secretary. 

SEC. 765. Section 2 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 

(7 U.S.C. 902) is amended in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘made 

by the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘made or guaranteed by the Secretary’’. 

SEC. 766. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility shall 

be transferred without reimbursement from the Secretary of Homeland Security to the Secretary of Agriculture. 

SEC. 767. Any funds made available by this or any other Act 

that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 1668(g)(2) of the 

Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 

5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment research: Provided, That the Secretary 

may transfer such funds to appropriations of the Department of 

Agriculture. 

SEC. 768. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to carry 

out section 222 of Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture 

Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923) as amended by section 

12302 of Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 769. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to carry out 

section 224 of Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924) as amended by section 12504 

of Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 770. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, to carry out section 4208 of 

Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $400,000 to carry out 

section 1672(g)(4)(B) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 

Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(g)(4(B)) as amended by section 

7209 of Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 772. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to carry 

out section 12301 of Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 773. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to carry 

out section 1450 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 

and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222e) as amended 

by section 7120 of Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to carry 

out section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 

Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) as amended by section 7208 of Public 

Law 115–334. 

SEC. 775. In response to an eligible community where the 

drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster, 
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as determined by the Secretary, including drought or severe 

weather, the Secretary may provide potable water through the 

Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant Program for an 

additional period of time not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period provided under the Program in order to protect public 

health. 

SEC. 776. There is hereby appropriated $6,000,000 for the purposes described in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Nutrition Assistance 

Program (NAP) Study’’ under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program included in House Report 116–107, of which 

$4,000,000 shall be for the Secretary to update the Feasibility 

Report, and of which $2,000,000 shall be for Puerto Rico for technology requirements: Provided, That the reports detailed in House 

Report 116-107 shall be due not later than December 31, 2020. 

SEC. 777. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, to carry out section 4206 of 

Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 778. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, to carry out section 12513 of Public Law 

115–334: Provided, That the Secretary shall take measures to 

ensure an equal distribution of funds between the three regional 

innovation initiatives. 

SEC. 779. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, to carry out section 2103 of 

Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 780. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, for an 

additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Buildings and Facilities’’ to 

remain available until expended and in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, for necessary expenses 

of plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 

demolition and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used 

by FDA for seafood safety. 

SEC. 781. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, to carry out section 6424 of 

Public Law 115–334. 

SEC. 782. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

available to carry out section 749 of Division A of Public Law 

115–31 and section 739 of Division A of Public Law 115–141, 

$15,073,000 are rescinded. 

SEC. 783. In addition to amounts otherwise made available 

by this or any other Act, there is hereby appropriated $5,000,000, 

to remain available until expended, to the Secretary for a pilot 

program to provide grants to a regional consortium to fund technical 

assistance and construction of regional wastewater systems for 

historically impoverished communities that have had difficulty in 

installing traditional wastewater treatment systems due to soil 

conditions. 

SEC. 784. Section 9(i)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018(i)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a period’’ 

and all that follows through ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘prior to December 

31, 2020’’. 

SEC. 785. Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 

the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration shall issue 

a request for information to determine the next steps that will 

address the recent pulmonary illnesses reported to be associated 

with the use of e-cigarettes and vaping products. As part of such 
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request for information, the Commissioner shall request public comment on product design and how to prevent consumers from modifying or adding any substances to these products that are not 

intended by the manufacturer: Provided, That the Food and Drug 

Administration shall provide an update to the Committee on Appropriations on a quarterly basis. 

SEC. 786. (a) In the matter preceding the first proviso under 

the heading ‘‘Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’’ in the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), strike 

‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and insert ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

(b) In the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading 

‘‘Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’’ in the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6), strike ‘‘December 

31, 2020’’ and insert ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

SEC. 787. (a) There is hereby appropriated $300,000,000, to 

remain available until expended, for an additional amount for section 779 of Public Law 115–141. 

(b) Section 313(b) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 

as amended (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)), shall be applied for fiscal year 

2020 and each fiscal year thereafter until the specified funding 

has been expended as if the following were inserted after the 

final period in subsection (b)(2): ‘‘In addition, the Secretary shall 

use $425,000,000 of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal 

year 2019 for an additional amount for the same purpose and 

under the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated by 

section 779 of Public Law 115–141 and shall use $255,000,000 

of funds available in this subaccount in fiscal year 2020 for an 

additional amount for the same purpose and under the same terms 

and conditions as funds appropriated by section 779 of Public Law 

115–141: Provided, That any use of such funds shall be treated 

as a reprogramming of funds under section 716 of this Act.’’. 

(c) Section 762(b) of division B of Public Law 116–6 shall 

no longer apply. 

SEC. 788. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 

shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law: 

(a) within 60 calendar days, restore on its website the searchable database and its contents that were available on January 

30, 2017, and all content generated since that date; and 

(b) hereafter, make publicly available via searchable database, 

in their entirety without redactions except signatures, the following 

records after enactment of this Act for a subsequent period of 

three years: 

(1) all final Animal Welfare Act inspection reports, 

including all reports documenting all Animal Welfare Act noncompliances observed by USDA officials and all animal inventories; 

(2) all final Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act 

enforcement records; 

(3) all reports or other materials documenting any noncompliances observed by USDA officials; and 

(4) within six months of receipt by the agency, all final 

Animal Welfare Act research facility annual reports, including 

their attachments with appropriate redactions made for confidential business information that USDA could withhold under 

FOIA Exemption 4. 

SEC. 789. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

available to the Department of Agriculture may be used to move 
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any agency from the mission area in which it was located on 

August 1, 2018, to any other mission area or office within the 

Department in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation 

affirming such move. 

SEC. 790. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

acceptable market name of any engineered animal approved prior 

to the effective date of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure 

Standard (February 19, 2019) shall include the words ‘‘genetically 

engineered’’ prior to the existing acceptable market name. 

SEC. 791. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds 

made available under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 

Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing— 

Office of the Secretary’’ in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 

Law 115–123) are hereby rescinded: Provided, That the amounts 

rescinded pursuant to this subsection that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 

an emergency requirement pursuant to that section of that Act. 

(b) In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this 

Act for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary’’, there 

is appropriated for an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to 

remain available until December 30, 2021, an amount equal to 

the unobligated balances rescinded pursuant to subsection (a), for 

the same purposes and under the same authorities and conditions 

as the funds made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 

Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and 

Marketing—Office of the Secretary’’ in the Additional Supplemental 

Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (Public Law 116– 

20), as amended by this section: Provided, That, in addition to 

the purposes specified in the matter preceding the first proviso 

under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary’’ in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster 

Relief Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–20), as amended by this section, 

such amounts shall also be available for quality losses of crops, 

drought, and excessive moisture: Provided further, That losses due 

to drought shall only be eligible under this subsection if any area 

within the county in which the loss occurs was rated by the U.S. 

Drought Monitor as having a D3 (Extreme Drought) or higher 

level of drought intensity during the applicable calendar years: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may use the amounts provided 

under this subsection, under the same authorities and conditions 

as the funds made available under the heading ‘‘Department of 

Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and 

Marketing—Office of the Secretary’’ in the Bipartisan Budget Act 

of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), to continue to pay for losses due 

to Tropical Storm Cindy, and peaches and blueberries due to freeze 

in 2017 and blueberry productivity losses in 2018: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall use the amounts provided under this 

subsection, under the same authorities and conditions as the funds 

made available under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 

Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing— 

Office of the Secretary’’ in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 

Law 115–123), to make payments for vine losses that were eligible 

for, but did not receive, payments under that heading in that 
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Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

(c) Title I of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for 

Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–20), as amended by 

section 116 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 

Law 116–59), is further amended in the first proviso under the 

heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary’’ by 

striking ‘‘may provide’’ and inserting ‘‘, in addition to the amount 

announced on November 8, 2019, shall provide not less than 

$400,000,000 in’’ , and by adding the following before the final 

proviso under that heading: ‘‘Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall pay all sugar beet losses in 2018 and 2019 through cooperative 

processors (to be paid to producer members as determined by such 

processors) using the additional coverage level described in section 

508(e)(2)(E) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 

1508(e)(2)(E)) for purposes of determining the Wildfire Hurricane 

Indemnity Program Plus factor (as defined in section 760.1502 

of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations):’’: 

Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this subsection 

that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an 

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

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

(d) No later than December 31, 2020, the remaining unobligated 

balances of funds made available under the heading ‘‘Department 

of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and 

Marketing—Office of the Secretary’’ in the Additional Supplemental 

Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (Public Law 116– 

20) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional 

new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 

appropriated, to remain available until December 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes, for 

the same purposes and under the same authorities and conditions 

as the funds made available in subsection (b): Provided, That the 

amounts rescinded pursuant to this subsection that were previously 

designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 

an emergency requirement pursuant to that section of that Act: 

Provided further, That the amount of additional new budget 

authority made available pursuant to this subsection is designated 

by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SEC. 792. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Health 

and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and 

Social Services Emergency Fund’’ for purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics for the prevention and treatment of Ebola, 

$535,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That products purchased with funds provided under this 

section may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under 

section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That sections 
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319C–1(h)(3) and 319C–2(h) of the PHS Act shall not apply to 

funds provided under this section: Provided further, That funds 

provided under this section may be used for the purposes specified 

in this section or authorized under section 319F–4 of the PHS 

Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

TITLE I 

CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief 

of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of 

the Army pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage 

reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and 

related efforts. 

INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, 

flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; for surveys and detailed 

studies, and plans and specifications of proposed river and harbor, 

flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 

ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed 

studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, $151,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall initiate six new study starts during fiscal 

year 2020: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate 

from the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan 

has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress. 

CONSTRUCTION

For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, 

flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for 

conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such 

projects (including those involving participation by States, local 

governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for 
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selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 

construction); $2,681,000,000, to remain available until expended; 

of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share 

of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of 

which such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs 

of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland 

waterways projects, except for Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee River, 

Tennessee, which shall be 35 percent during the fiscal year covered 

by this Act, shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust 

Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law: Provided, That the Secretary shall initiate six new construction starts during 

fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That for new construction 

projects, project cost sharing agreements shall be executed as soon 

as practicable but no later than December 31, 2020: Provided further, That no allocation for a new start shall be considered final 

and no work allowance shall be made until the Secretary provides 

to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

an out-year funding scenario demonstrating the affordability of 

the selected new starts and the impacts on other projects: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may not deviate from the new starts 

proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been submitted 

to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects 

and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below 

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $375,000,000, to 

remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor 

Maintenance Trust Fund. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and 

care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 

aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by 

law; providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by 

the Corps, including administrative buildings and laboratories; 

maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, 

or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs of 

general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting 

northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing 

and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $3,790,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible 

operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 

and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become available from 

the special account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived 

from that account for resource protection, research, interpretation, 

and maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 

areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such 
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sums as become available from fees collected under section 217 

of Public Law 104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation 

and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 

which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent 

of the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 

projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the 

fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use 

by the Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as 

the Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate, 

and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the fourth 

quarter any remaining funds which have not been used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or activities. 

REGULATORY PROGRAM

For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining 

to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $210,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021. 

FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites 

in the United States resulting from work performed as part of 

the Nation’s early atomic energy program, $200,000,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, and 

other natural disasters and support emergency operations, repairs, 

and other activities in response to such disasters as authorized 

by law, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 

administration of the civil works program in the headquarters 

of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; 

and for costs of management and operation of the Humphreys 

Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for Water 

Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers 

Finance Center allocable to the civil works program, $203,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, of which not to 

exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and representation 

purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Provided, That 

no part of any other appropriation provided in this title shall 

be available to fund the civil works activities of the Office of 

the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction and 

management activities of the division offices: Provided further, That 

any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may 

be used to fund the supervision and general administration of 

emergency operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 

any flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR CIVIL WORKS

For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), $5,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That not more than 

75 percent of such amount may be obligated or expended until 

the Assistant Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the report required under section 

101(d) of this Act and a work plan that allocates at least 95 

percent of the additional funding provided under each heading 

in this title, as designated under such heading in the explanatory 

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

A of this consolidated Act), to specific programs, projects, or activities. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this 

Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

or entities funded in title I of this Act that remain available for 

obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, shall be available 

for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 

that: 

(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 

or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 

by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 

(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 

for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from 

the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 

(5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or 

activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs 

(6) through (10), unless prior approval is received from the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 

(6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit 

of $150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming 

limit is $25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 

be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that 

did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 

concomitant administrative expenses; 

(7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit 

of $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 

limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 may 

be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 

study or activity that did not receive an appropriation for 

existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

(8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited reprogramming authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond 
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to emergencies: Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall 

notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

Congress of these emergency actions as soon thereafter as 

practicable: Provided further, That for a base level over 

$1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount 

up to a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is 

allowed: Provided further, That for a base level less than 

$1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 

study or activity that did not receive an appropriation; 

(9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply 

to the Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, 

respectively; and 

(10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of 

the receiving project is permitted. 

(b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

(c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection (a)(1) shall 

not apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing 

authorities program. 

(d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 

this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to establish the 

baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities 

for the current fiscal year which shall include: 

(1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column 

to display the President’s budget request, adjustments made 

by Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 

applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level; and 

(2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both 

by object class and program, project and activity as detailed 

in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and 

(3) An identification of items of special congressional 

interest. 

SEC. 102. The Secretary shall allocate funds made available 

in this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act 

and the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act), including the determination and designation of new starts. 

SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this title may 

be used to award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond 

the amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity 

that remain unobligated, except that such amounts may include 

any funds that have been made available through reprogramming 

pursuant to section 101. 

SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the 

Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may 

accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds provided in this 

title under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ to mitigate 

for fisheries lost due to Corps of Engineers projects. 

SEC. 105. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 

an open lake placement alternative for dredged material, after 

evaluating the least costly, environmentally acceptable manner for 
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the disposal or management of dredged material originating from 

Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it is approved under a 

State water quality certification pursuant to section 401 of the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, 

That until an open lake placement alternative for dredged material 

is approved under a State water quality certification, the Corps 

of Engineers shall continue upland placement of such dredged material consistent with the requirements of section 101 of the Water 

Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 

SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this Act or 

any other Act may be used to reorganize or to transfer the Civil 

Works functions or authority of the Corps of Engineers or the 

Secretary of the Army to another department or agency. 

SEC. 107. Additional funding provided in this Act shall be 

allocated only to projects determined to be eligible by the Chief 

of Engineers. 

SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to carry out any water supply reallocation study under 

the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 

TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah 

Project Completion Act, $20,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which $1,800,000 shall be deposited into the Utah 

Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the 

Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,500,000 

shall be available until September 30, 2021, for expenses necessary 

in carrying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the 

Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, of the amount 

made available to the Commission under this Act or any other 

Act, the Commission may use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 

for administrative expenses. 

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

The following appropriations shall be expended to execute 

authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 

WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For management, development, and restoration of water and 

related natural resources and for related activities, including the 

operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other 

facilities, participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities 

to Native Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and 
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other agreements with, State and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,512,151,000, to remain available until expended, of which $69,932,000 shall be available for 

transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund and $5,023,000 

shall be available for transfer to the Lower Colorado River Basin 

Development Fund; of which such amounts as may be necessary 

may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 

$10,000,000 shall be available for transfer into the Blackfeet Water 

Settlement Implementation Fund established by section 3717 of 

Public Law 114–322: Provided further, That the unobligated balances in ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’ for the Blackfeet Water 

Rights Settlement Act may be transferred to the Blackfeet Water 

Settlement Implementation Fund account: Provided further, That 

such transfers may be increased or decreased within the overall 

appropriation under this heading: Provided further, That within 

available funds, $250,000 shall be for grants and financial assistance for educational activities: Provided further, That of the total 

appropriated, the amount for program activities that can be financed 

by the Reclamation Fund or the Bureau of Reclamation special 

fee account established by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from 

that Fund or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 

under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the purposes 

for which the funds were contributed: Provided further, That funds 

advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this account 

and are available until expended for the same purposes as the 

sums appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That of 

the amounts provided herein, funds may be used for high-priority 

projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 

Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided further, That 

of the amounts made available under this heading, $4,000,000 

shall be for one payment for deferred construction funding to the 

Navajo Nation to fulfill the construction obligations described in 

section 15(b) of the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement 

Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–585), as amended by the Colorado 

Ute Settlement Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106–554), 

and to complete the commissioning and title transfer of the Navajo 

Nation Municipal Pipeline: Provided further, That in accordance 

with section 4009(c) of Public Law 114–322, and as recommended 

by the Secretary in a letter dated February 13, 2019, funding 

provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2018 shall be made available 

to the Expanding Recycled Water Delivery Project 

(VenturaWaterPure), the Pure Water Monterey Groundwater 

Replenishment Project, the Groundwater Reliability Improvement 

Program (GRIP) Recycled Water Project, the North Valley Regional 

Recycled Water Program, the South Sacramento County Agriculture 

and Habitat Lands Recycled Water Program, and the Central Coast 

Blue project: Provided further, That in accordance with section 

4007 of Public Law 114–322, and as recommended by the Secretary 

in a letter dated February 13, 2019, funding provided for such 

purpose in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 shall be made available 

to the Cle Elum Pool Raise, the Boise River Basin Feasibility 

Study, the Del Puerto Water District, the Los Vaqueros Reservoir 

Phase 2 Expansion Project, the North-of-the Delta Off stream Storage (Sites Reservoir Project), and the Friant-Kern Canal Capacity 

Correction Resulting Subsidence: Provided further, That in accordance with section 4009(a) of Public Law 114–322, and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated February 13, 2019, 
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funding provided for such purpose in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 

shall be made available to the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project, 

the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant, the North Pleasant 

Valley Desalter Facility, and the Mission Basin Groundwater Purification Facility Well Expansion and Brine Minimization. 

CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central Valley 

Project Improvement Act, $54,849,000, to be derived from such 

sums as may be collected in the Central Valley Project Restoration 

Fund pursuant to sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public 

Law 102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 

full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration payments 

authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102–575: Provided 

further, That none of the funds made available under this heading 

may be used for the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream 

purposes if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 

by a court adopted decree or order. 

CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, 

Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with 

plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $33,000,000, 

to remain available until expended, of which such amounts as 

may be necessary to carry out such activities may be transferred 

to appropriate accounts of other participating Federal agencies to 

carry out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated 

herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs of CALFED 

Program management: Provided further, That CALFED 

implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner with 

clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in 

achieving the goals and objectives of the Program. 

POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and related 

functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, 

and offices in the five regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021, $60,000,000, to be 

derived from the Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as 

provided in 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other 

appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or functions 

budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available 

for purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles, which 

are for replacement only. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of this 

Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous 

or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded 

in title II of this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain 

available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, shall 

be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 

of funds that— 

(1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

(3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 

for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, 

unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 

(4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity 

for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior 

approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress; 

(5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, unless 

prior approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: 

(A) 15 percent for any program, project or activity 

for which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning 

of the fiscal year; or 

(B) $400,000 for any program, project or activity for 

which less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning 

of the fiscal year; 

(6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities 

Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the 

Resources Management and Development category to any program, project, or activity in the other category, unless prior 

approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress; or 

(7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal obligations 

of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 to provide 

adequate funds for settled contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and 

real estate deficiency judgments, unless prior approval is 

received from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress. 

(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds 

within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation 

category. 

(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ means 

any movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity. 

(d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress detailing all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this Act may be used to determine the final 

point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit 

until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State 

of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality 
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standards of the State of California as approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any 

detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

(b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 

and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall 

be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or 

nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the 

‘‘Cleanup Program—Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the 

‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program 

and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. 

Any future obligations of funds by the United States relating to, 

or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San 

Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries 

of such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 

SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking 

‘‘$480,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$530,000,000’’. 

SEC. 204. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the CALFED BayDelta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended by section 

4007(k) of Public Law 114–322, is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ 

each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

SEC. 205. Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111–11 (Omnibus 

Public Land Management Act of 2009) is amended by striking 

‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

SEC. 206. The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Public Law 111– 

291) is amended— 

(1) in section 309(d), by striking ‘‘2021’’ each place it 

appears and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 

(2) in section 311(h), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 

‘‘2023’’. 

TITLE III 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

ENERGY PROGRAMS 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 

other expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy 

activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 

or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,848,000,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

$165,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, for program direction: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 

from prior year appropriations available under this heading, 

$58,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided further, That no amounts 

may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
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Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 

other expenses necessary for energy sector cybersecurity, energy 

security, and emergency response activities in carrying out the 

purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 

construction, or expansion, $156,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That of such amount, $13,000,000 shall be 

available until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 

ELECTRICITY

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 

other expenses necessary for electricity delivery activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 

acquisition, construction, or expansion, $190,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

$18,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 

NUCLEAR ENERGY

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 

other expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying 

out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 

of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 

construction, or expansion, $1,493,408,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That of such amount, $80,000,000 shall be 

available until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 

FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 

fossil energy research and development activities, under the 

authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7101 et seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any real property or any facility 

or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting 

inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the 

extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, 

and 1603), $750,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of such amount $61,500,000 shall be available until 

September 30, 2021, for program direction. 
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NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $14,000,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior 

years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve 

activities. 

STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic 

Petroleum Reserve facility development and operations and program 

management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6203 et seq.), $195,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of 

the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 

6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and sell 

not to exceed $450,000,000 of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum 

Reserve in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That the proceeds 

from such drawdown and sale shall be deposited into the ‘‘Energy 

Security and Infrastructure Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 

2020: Provided further, That such amounts shall be made available 

and shall remain available until expended for necessary expenses 

to carry out the Life Extension II project for the Strategic Petroleum 

Reserve. 

SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT

For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of petroleum 

products, and for other necessary expenses pursuant to the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6203 

et seq.), sections 403 and 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 

2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 note), and section 5010 of the 21st 

Century Cures Act (Public Law 114–255), $10,000,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Northeast 

Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management 

activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

U.S.C. 6203 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 

the activities of the Energy Information Administration, 

$126,800,000, to remain available until expended. 

NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 

other expenses necessary for non-defense environmental cleanup 

activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 

or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 
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or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $319,200,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That $200,000 of the 

funds provided are for community support. 

URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING

FUND

For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 

uranium enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning, 

remedial actions, and other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy 

Act of 1954, and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act 

of 1992, $881,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment 

Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available 

until expended, of which $5,250,000 shall be available in accordance 

with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. 

SCIENCE

For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and 

other expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the 

purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 

construction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 33 passenger motor vehicles including one bus, $7,000,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

$186,300,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 

ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY

For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 

the activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES 

Act (Public Law 110–69), $425,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That of such amount, $35,000,000 shall be 

available until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 

TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

Such sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 

2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 

Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses of the Title 

17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, 

$32,000,000 is appropriated, to remain available until September 

30, 2021: Provided further, That up to $32,000,000 of fees collected 

in fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy 

Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting collections under this 

heading and used for necessary administrative expenses in this 

appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: 

Provided further, That to the extent that fees collected in fiscal 

year 2020 exceed $32,000,000, those excess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections under this heading and available in 

future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees are received 
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during fiscal year 2020 (estimated at $3,000,000) and (2) to the 

extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can be 

derived from fees collected in previous fiscal years that are not 

otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 

appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided 

further, That the Department of Energy shall not subordinate any 

loan obligation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed 

Obligation to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of 

section 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations. 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING LOAN

PROGRAM

For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary 

in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing 

Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2021. 

TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary 

in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, 

$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

OFFICE OF INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in carrying 

out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $22,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That, of the amount appropriated under this 

heading, $5,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, 

for program direction. 

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for departmental administration in carrying out the purposes 

of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 

et seq.), $254,378,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2021, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official 

reception and representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus 

such additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 

estimated amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding the 

provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue 

increases of the same or greater amount: Provided further, That 

moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous revenues 

estimated to total $93,378,000 in fiscal year 2020 may be retained 

and used for operating expenses within this account, as authorized 

by section 201 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions 

of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are received during the 

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

from the general fund estimated at not more than $161,000,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General 

in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

1978, $54,215,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 

other incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense 

weapons activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and 

the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only, 

$12,457,097,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

of such amount, $107,660,000 shall be available until September 

30, 2021, for program direction. 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 

other incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and 

the purchase of not to exceed two aircraft, $2,164,400,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

NAVAL REACTORS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization 

Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by purchase, 

condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, 

and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 

$1,648,396,000, to remain available until expended, of which, 

$88,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 

Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, $50,500,000 shall be available until 

September 30, 2021, for program direction. 

FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in 

the National Nuclear Security Administration, $434,699,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021, including official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $17,000. 
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 

other expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental 

cleanup activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

$6,255,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

of such amount, $281,119,000 shall be available until September 

30, 2021, for program direction. 

OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 

construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and 

other expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense 

activities, and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes 

of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 

et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 

property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than one passenger 

motor vehicle, $906,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That of such amount, $328,917,000 shall be available 

until September 30, 2021, for program direction. 

POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 

established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are approved for the 

Steigerwald Floodplain Restoration Project and, in addition, for 

official reception and representation expenses in an amount not 

to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 2020, no new 

direct loan obligations may be made: Provided further, Expenditures 

from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454 are authorized and approved, without 

fiscal year limitation, for the cost of current and future year purchases or payments of emissions expenses associated with Bonneville Power Administration power and transmission operations in 

states with clean energy programs: Provided further, This expenditure authorization is limited solely to Bonneville Power Administration’s voluntary purchase or payments made in conjunction with 

state clean energy programs and is not a broader waiver of Bonneville Power Administration’s sovereign immunity. 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

ADMINISTRATION

For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power 

transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, 

including transmission wheeling and ancillary services, pursuant 

to section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 

as applied to the southeastern power area, $6,597,000, including 
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official reception and representation expenses in an amount not 

to exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 

Control Act of 1944, up to $6,597,000 collected by the Southeastern 

Power Administration from the sale of power and related services 

shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of 

funding the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 

expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 

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

estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $56,000,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 

be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 

and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes 

of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 

are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 

(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER

ADMINISTRATION

For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power 

transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, 

for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations 

and appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, 

including official reception and representation expenses in an 

amount not to exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood 

Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern 

Power Administration, $47,775,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to 

$37,375,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration 

from the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 

this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual 

expenses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall 

be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 

as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated 

at not more than $10,400,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $43,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall 

be credited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power 

and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes 

of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 

are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 

(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 
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CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 

302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and 

other related activities including conservation and renewable 

resources programs as authorized, $262,959,000, including official 

reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 

$1,500, to remain available until expended, of which $262,959,000 

shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 

Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 

of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 

1 of the Interior Department Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 

392a), up to $173,587,000 collected by the Western Area Power 

Administration from the sale of power and related services shall 

be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, 

to remain available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 

the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administration: 

Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual 

expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 

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

estimated at not more than $89,372,000, of which $89,372,000 is 

derived from the Reclamation Fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $227,000,000 collected by the 

Western Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 

Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover 

purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to this 

account as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended 

for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 

expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase 

power and wheeling expenses): Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under this 

heading, $176,000 is hereby permanently cancelled. 

FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE FUND

For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydro- electric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $3,160,000, 

to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the 

Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the 

Western Area Power Administration, as provided in section 2 of 

the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 

to $2,932,000 collected by the Western Area Power Administration 

from the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 

Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discretionary 

offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the 

sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the hydroelectric 

facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area Power 

Administration activities: Provided further, That the sum herein 

appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 

year 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: 

Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual 
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expenses means expenditures that are generally recovered in the 

same year that they are incurred: Provided further, That for fiscal 

year 2020, the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may accept up to $1,187,000 in funds contributed by United 

States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit 

into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, 

and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifically appropriated for such purpose: Provided further, That any such funds 

shall be available without further appropriation and without fiscal 

year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 

Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for 

the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 

replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these Dams 

in accordance with agreements reached between the Administrator, 

Commissioner, and the power customers. 

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as 

authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, official reception and representation 

expenses not to exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor 

vehicles, $382,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $382,000,000 of revenues from fees and annual charges, 

and other services and collections in fiscal year 2020 shall be 

retained and used for expenses necessary in this account, and 

shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 

sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

as revenues are received during fiscal year 2020 so as to result 

in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the general fund 

estimated at not more than $0. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made available by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used 

to initiate or resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare 

or initiate Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements 

(including Requests for Quotations, Requests for Information, and 

Funding Opportunity Announcements) for a program, project, or 

activity if the program, project, or activity has not been funded 

by Congress. 

(b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 full business 

days in advance, none of the funds made available in this title 

may be used to— 

(A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award 

totaling $1,000,000 or more; 

(B) make a discretionary contract award or Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation; 
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(C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 

or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A) or 

(B); or 

(D) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 

award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph 

(A) or (B). 

(2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 15 days of 

the conclusion of each quarter a report detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 

provided during the previous quarter. 

(3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report 

required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award, 

the amount of the award, the fiscal year for which the funds 

for the award were appropriated, the account and program, project, 

or activity from which the funds are being drawn, the title of 

the award, and a brief description of the activity for which the 

award is made. 

(c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any 

program, project, or activity that uses budget authority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy 

Programs’’, enter into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear 

grant, or enter into a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 

(1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded 

for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time 

of award; or 

(2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes 

a clause conditioning the Federal Government’s obligation on 

the availability of future year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress at least 3 days in advance. 

(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the 

amounts made available by this title shall be expended as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and activities specified 

in the ‘‘Final Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department of Energy’’ table 

included under the heading ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in 

the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

(e) The amounts made available by this title may be 

reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval of, the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days 

prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause 

any program, project, or activity funding level to increase or 

decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

less, during the time period covered by this Act. 

(f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available 

for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 

that— 

(1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, or 

activity; 

(2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 

or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 

Act; or 

(3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific 

program, project, or activity by this Act. 
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(g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement 

or restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made 

available for the Department of Energy if compliance with such 

requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human 

health, the environment, welfare, or national security. 

(2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under 

paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days 

after the date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction 

would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 

such waiver. 

(h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided 

for activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation 

accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged with funds in the applicable established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 

for the same time period as originally enacted. 

SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or 

made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 

activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress 

for purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 

(50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2020 until the enactment of 

the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020. 

SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this title shall 

be used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard 

nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Office of Enterprise Assessments to ensure 

the project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 

SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this title may 

be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under 

Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive departmental guidance, for construction projects where the total project 

cost exceeds $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate has been developed for the project for that critical decision. 

SEC. 305. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 

any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’ 

may be made available to enter into new contracts with, or new 

agreements for Federal assistance to, the Russian Federation. 

(b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such activity is in 

the national security interests of the United States. This waiver 

authority may not be delegated. 

(c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effective until 

15 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a report on the justification for the waiver. 

SEC. 306. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a determination by 

the President in this fiscal year that a regional supply shortage 

of refined petroleum product of significant scope and duration exists, 

that a severe increase in the price of refined petroleum product 

will likely result from such shortage, and that a draw down and 

sale of refined petroleum product would assist directly and significantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined petroleum product 

from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Proceeds from a sale under 
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this section shall be deposited into the SPR Petroleum Account 

established in section 167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act (42 U.S.C. 6247), and such amounts shall be available for 

obligation, without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 

SEC. 307. Of the offsetting collections, including unobligated 

balances of such collections, in the ‘‘Department of Energy—Power 

Marketing Administration—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area Power Administration’’, $21,400,000 

shall be transferred to the ‘‘Department of Interior—Bureau of 

Reclamation—Upper Colorado River Basin Fund’’ for the Bureau 

of Reclamation to carry out environmental stewardship and endangered species recovery efforts. 

SEC. 308. (a) Of the unobligated balances available from 

amounts appropriated in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Title III— 

Department of Energy—Energy Programs’’, $12,723,000 is hereby 

rescinded. 

(b) No amounts may be rescinded under (a) from amounts 

that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SEC. 309. Beginning in fiscal year 2021 and for each fiscal 

year thereafter, fees collected pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of section 

6939f of title 42, United States Code, shall be deposited in ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Non-Defense Environmental 

Cleanup’’ as discretionary offsetting collections. 

SEC. 310. During fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, notwithstanding any provision of title 5, United States Code, 

relating to classification or rates of pay, the Southeastern Power 

Administration shall pay any power system dispatcher employed 

by the Administration a rate of basic pay and premium pay based 

on those prevailing for similar occupations in the electric power 

industry. Basic pay and premium pay may not be paid under 

this section to any individual during a calendar year so as to 

result in a total rate in excess of the rate of basic pay for level 

V of the Executive Schedule (section 5316 of such title). 

TITLE IV 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized 

by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, and for 

expenses necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate 

on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the Commission, 

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of 

passenger motor vehicles, $175,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 

Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic 
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Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 100–456, section 

1441, $31,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority and 

to carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional 

Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382F(d), 382M, 

and 382N of said Act, $30,000,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

DENALI COMMISSION

For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including 

the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

equipment as necessary and other expenses, $15,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained 

in section 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 

That funds shall be available for construction projects in an amount 

not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Commission Act 

of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105–277), as amended 

by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 

Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 

non-distressed communities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding payment of a nonFederal share in connection with a grant-in-aid program, amounts 

under this heading shall be available for the payment of such 

a non-Federal share for programs undertaken to carry out the 

purposes of the Commission. 

NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional 

Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 

of title 40, United States Code, $25,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall be available 

for administrative expenses, notwithstanding section 15751(b) of 

title 40, United States Code. 

SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION

For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Regional 

Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V 

of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying out 

the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $842,236,000, including official representation expenses not to exceed $25,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated herein, 
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not more than $9,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 

travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Commission, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 

1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only 

be approved by a majority vote of the Commission: Provided further, 

That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 

services and collections estimated at $717,125,000 in fiscal year 

2020 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses 

in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That of the amounts 

appropriated under this heading, not less than $15,478,000 shall 

be for activities related to the development of regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear technologies, and $14,500,000 shall be 

for international activities, except that the amounts provided under 

this proviso shall not be derived from fee revenues, notwithstanding 

42 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 

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

estimated at not more than $125,111,000: Provided further, That 

of the amounts appropriated under this heading, $10,500,000 shall 

be for university research and development in areas relevant to 

the Commission’s mission, and $5,500,000 shall be for a Nuclear 

Science and Engineering Grant Program that will support multiyear 

projects that do not align with programmatic missions but are 

critical to maintaining the discipline of nuclear science and 

engineering. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 

in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

1978, $13,314,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 

Provided, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, 

and other services and collections estimated at $10,929,000 in fiscal 

year 2020 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 

2021, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 

further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

the amount of revenues received during fiscal year 2020 so as 

to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at 

not more than $2,385,000: Provided further, That of the amounts 

appropriated under this heading, $1,171,000 shall be for Inspector 

General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 

which shall not be available from fee revenues. 

NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 

Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, section 5051, 

$3,600,000, to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply 

with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to Congressional requests for 

information, consistent with Department of Justice guidance for 

all federal agencies. 

SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title for 

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be reprogrammed for any 

program, project, or activity, and the Commission shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 

30 days prior to the use of any proposed reprogramming that 

would cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 

by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during 

the time period covered by this Act. 

(b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the 

notification requirement in subsection (a) if compliance with such 

requirement would pose a substantial risk to human health, the 

environment, welfare, or national security. 

(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 

waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later 

than 3 days after the date of the activity to which a requirement 

or restriction would otherwise have applied. Such notice shall 

include an explanation of the substantial risk under paragraph 

(1) that permitted such waiver and shall provide a detailed report 

to the Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 

to programs, projects, or activities. 

(c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), the 

amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be expended as directed 

in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

(d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

a reprogramming of funds that increases funds or personnel for 

any program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or 

restricted by this Act. 

(e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, which 

includes the following for each program, project, or activity, 

including any prior year appropriations— 

(1) total budget authority; 

(2) total unobligated balances; and 

(3) total unliquidated obligations. 

TITLE V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional 

action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before 

Congress, other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
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SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III 

of this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 

instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant 

to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided in this Act 

or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer 

authority referenced in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality. 

(b) None of the funds made available for any department, 

agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may 

be transferred to accounts funded in title III of this Act, except 

pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority provided 

in this Act or any other appropriations Act for any fiscal year, 

transfer authority referenced in the explanatory statement 

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, 

or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide 

goods or services to another department, agency, or instrumentality. 

(c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded 

in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the transfer authorities, except for any 

authority whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the 

United States Government may provide goods or services to another 

department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 

months and in the year-to-date. This report shall include the 

amounts transferred and the purposes for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification requirements for each authority. 

SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 12898 of February 

11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations). 

SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
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DIVISION D—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 

development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and performance 

of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized 

by law, in the management of lands and their resources under 

the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the 

general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public 

Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,237,015,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021; of which $115,000,000 for annual and 

deferred maintenance and $101,555,000 for the wild horse and 

burro program, as authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 U.S.C. 

1331 et sec.), shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 

of the funds made available for the wild horse and burro program, 

$21,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 60 days 

after submission to the Congress of the detailed plan described 

in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, 

That amounts in the fee account of the BLM Permit Processing 

Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau-related expenses 

associated with the processing of oil and gas applications for permits 

to drill and related use of authorizations. 

In addition, $40,196,000 is for Mining Law Administration program operations, including the cost of administering the mining 

claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 

by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that 

are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a 

final appropriation estimated at not more than $1,237,015,000, 

and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost 

of administering communication site activities. 

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 

under this heading in fiscal year 2017 or before, $19,000,000 is 

permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 

rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985. 
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CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under this heading $5,400,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

LAND ACQUISITION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 206, and 

318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including administrative expenses 

and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $32,300,000, 

to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

to remain available until expended. 

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 

Land Acquisition and derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, $2,367,000 is hereby permanently rescinded from 

projects with cost savings or failed or partially failed projects: 

Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

For expenses necessary for management, protection, and 

development of resources and for construction, operation, and 

maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements 

on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on 

other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of 

lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on 

or adjacent to such grant lands; $112,094,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the aggregate of all 

receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon 

and California Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge against 

the Oregon and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred 

to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the second 

paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 

1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 

RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 

interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant 

to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 

of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums 

equal to 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 

year under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 

315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range improvements 

from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from BankheadJones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant 
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to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available 

for administrative expenses. 

SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and 

disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies 

of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use 

authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such 

amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act 

(30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of section 305(a) 

of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have 

been or will be received pursuant to that section, whether as a 

result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate 

for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), 

shall be available and may be expended under the authority of 

this Act by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate any 

public lands administered through the Bureau of Land Management 

which have been damaged by the action of a resource developer, 

purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard 

to whether all moneys collected from each such action are used 

on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: Provided 

further, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed 

to repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected 

may be used to repair other damaged public lands. 

MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under 

existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may 

be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

1737), and such amounts as may be advanced for administrative 

costs, surveys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of 

omitted lands under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), 

to remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations 

funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, 

cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 

and private entities, including with States. Appropriations for the 

Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement 

of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United 

States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion 

of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations 

of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency 

expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the 

Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 

Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under cooperative 
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cost-sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly 

produced publications for which the cooperators share the cost 

of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines 

the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: 

Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 

commitment by a State government to provide an identified amount 

of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 

Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic 

studies, general administration, and for the performance of other 

authorized functions related to such resources, $1,364,289,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That not 

to exceed $20,318,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 

(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing 

and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other 

steps to implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), 

(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further, That of the amounts 

made available under this heading for central office operations, 

$1,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the Landscape 

Conservation Cooperatives report is received by the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

in accordance with the explanatory statement described in section 

4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

CONSTRUCTION

For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 

buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 

resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 

$29,704,000, to remain available until expended. 

LAND ACQUISITION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54, 

United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for 

acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 

with statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and 

Wildlife Service, $70,715,000, to be derived from the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended, 

of which, not more than $10,000,000 shall be for land conservation 

partnerships authorized by the Highlands Conservation Act of 2004, 

including not to exceed $320,000 for administrative expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects may be used to pay for any administrative overhead, 

planning or other management costs. 

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 

the Fish and Wildlife Service and derived from the Land and 
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Water Conservation Fund, $3,628,000 is hereby permanently 

rescinded from projects with cost savings or failed or partially 

failed projects: Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded 

from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 

Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

Act of 1985. 

COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $54,502,000, to remain available until expended, of which $23,702,000 is to be derived from 

the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund; and of 

which $30,800,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

Of the unobligated balances made available from the Coopera- tive Endangered Species Conservation Fund, $18,771,000 is permanently rescinded from projects or from other grant programs with 

an unobligated carry over balance: Provided, That no amounts 

may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 

Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 

NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 

American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), 

$46,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory 

Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $4,910,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and 

Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great 

Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 

Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), 

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

STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District 

of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 

the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes 
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under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and 

implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 

habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 

$67,571,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

of the amount provided herein, $5,209,000 is for a competitive 

grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That $7,362,000 is 

for a competitive grant program to implement approved plans for 

States, territories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion 

of affected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 

agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 

$12,571,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the amount 

provided herein in the following manner: (1) to the District of 

Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum 

equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) 

to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 

the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum 

equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining amount 

in the following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the 

ratio to which the land area of such State bears to the total 

land area of all such States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based 

on the ratio to which the population of such State bears to the 

total population of all such States: Provided further, That the 

amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less 

than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment under 

this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 percent of such 

amount: Provided further, That the Federal share of planning grants 

shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such projects 

and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not exceed 

65 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided further, 

That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 

from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any amount 

apportioned in 2020 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction 

that remains unobligated as of September 30, 2021, shall be reapportioned, together with funds appropriated in 2022, in the 

manner provided herein. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out 

the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 

grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with 

public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to 

the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available 

for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 

purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities 

incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas 

as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance 

and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under 

the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States 

has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with 
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management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under 

cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized 

by law, procure printing services from cooperators in connection 

with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators share 

at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services 

and the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meeting 

accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 

accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be deposited 

under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 

Resource Management’’ and shall be available to the Secretary, 

without further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing 

of such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising 

regulations as necessary, and shall remain available until expended. 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 

maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 

Park Service and for the general administration of the National 

Park Service, $2,576,992,000, of which $10,282,000 for planning 

and interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration 

and $135,950,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects 

for constructed assets and $153,575,000 for cyclic maintenance 

projects for constructed assets and cultural resources and 

$5,000,000 for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United 

States Code shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 

are available for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95– 

348: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9(a) of the 

United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public 

Law 114–196; 130 Stat. 691), $3,300,000 of the funds made available 

under this heading shall be provided to the organization selected 

under section 9(b) of that Act for expenditure by the United States 

Semiquincentennial Commission in accordance with that Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years 

of African-American History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 

101; Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided under 

this heading shall be made available for the purposes specified 

by that Act: Provided further, That sections (7)(b) and (8) of that 

Act shall be amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘July 1, 2021’’. 

NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 

environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 

and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $71,166,000. 

HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic 

Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States 
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Code), $118,660,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 

Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2021, of which 

$16,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures grants for 

preservation of national significant sites, structures and artifacts 

as authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, That an individual 

Save America’s Treasures grant shall be matched by non-Federal 

funds: Provided further, That individual projects shall only be 

eligible for one grant: Provided further, That all projects to be 

funded shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

Provided further, That of the funds provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, $750,000 is for competitive grants for the survey 

and nomination of properties to the National Register of Historic 

Places and as National Historic Landmarks associated with communities currently under-represented, as determined by the Secretary, 

$18,750,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites and 

stories of the Civil Rights movement, $10,000,000 is for grants 

to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and $7,500,000 

is for competitive grants for the restoration of historic properties 

of national, State and local significance listed on or eligible for 

inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, to be made 

without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 

101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historical Preservation 

Act: Provided further, That such competitive grants shall be made 

without imposing the matching requirements in section 302902(b)(3) 

of title 54, United States Code, to States and Indian tribes as 

defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local governments, including Certified Local Governments, 

and non-profit organizations. 

CONSTRUCTION

For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical facilities, and compliance and planning for programs and areas 

administered by the National Park Service, $389,345,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 

2020 with a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 

5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement may 

be issued which includes the full scope of the project: Provided 

further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the clause 

availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That National Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Franchise 

Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available for the cost 

of adjustments and changes within the original scope of effort 

for projects funded by the National Park Service Construction 

appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 

shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance 

with current reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any 

charges authorized by this section. 

LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out chapter 2003 of title 54, 

United States Code, including administrative expenses, and for 
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acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 

with the statutory authority applicable to the National Park Service, 

$208,400,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund and to remain available until expended, of which $140,000,000 

is for the State assistance program and of which $13,000,000 shall 

be for the American Battlefield Protection Program grants as 

authorized by chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code. 

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 

the National Park Service and derived from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund, $2,279,000 is hereby permanently rescinded 

from projects or from other grant programs with an unobligated 

carry over balance: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

from amounts that were designed by the Congress as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 

or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985. 

CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 

101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost 

share agreements, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

for Centennial Challenge projects and programs: Provided, That 

not less than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program 

shall be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated 

cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable 

letter of credit. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of 

title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a subaccount shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without 

further appropriation, for use at any unit within the National 

Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest 

or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for 

this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated 

franchise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit 

exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. 

Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the 

sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed 

the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount 

of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 

For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the 

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

432), the National Park Service may retain up to 3 percent of 

the amounts which are authorized to be disbursed under such 

section, such retained amounts to remain available until expended. 

National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, 

for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include 

a reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs. 
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey 

to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water 

resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and 

other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify 

lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering 

supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program 

(30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into the economic conditions 

affecting mining and materials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 

3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 

foregoing activities; $1,270,957,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021; of which $84,337,000 shall remain available until 

expended for satellite operations; and of which $76,164,000 shall 

be available until expended for deferred maintenance and capital 

improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That 

none of the funds provided for the ecosystem research activity 

shall be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 

specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided 

further, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay 

more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 

resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

From within the amount appropriated for activities of the 

United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall 

be available for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps 

and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys 

when it is administratively determined that such procedures are 

in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary 

buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging 

stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of 

the United States National Committee for Geological Sciences; and 

payment of compensation and expenses of persons employed by 

the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the 

negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, 

That activities funded by appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 31, United States Code: 

Provided further, That the United States Geological Survey may 

enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 

services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered 

employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United 

States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, 

and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort 

claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 

any other purposes. 
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BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases, 

easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and gas, 

other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 

Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as 

authorized by law; for environmental studies, as authorized by 

law; for implementing other laws and to the extent provided by 

Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or 

cooperative agreements, $191,611,000, of which $131,611,000 is to 

remain available until September 30, 2021, and of which 

$60,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

this total appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by 

the Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions 

to receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect 

on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities 

conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant 

to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

as such collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to 

result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not 

more than $131,611,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 

shall be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting 

volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 

BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related 

to leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil 

and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on 

the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing 

and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and 

to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; 

and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $149,333,000, 

of which $123,333,000 is to remain available until September 30, 

2021, and of which $26,000,000 is to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced 

by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from increases to lease 

rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery 

fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 

administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum herein 

appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received during 

the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at not more than $123,333,000: Provided further, 

That of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 

under this heading $4,788,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided 

further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
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pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. For an additional amount, $43,479,000, to remain available 

until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 

and credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from 

non-refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2020, as provided in this Act: Provided, That to the extent that amounts realized 

from such inspection fees exceed $43,479,000, the amounts realized 

in excess of $43,479,000 shall be credited to this appropriation 

and remain available until expended: Provided further, That for 

fiscal year 2020, not less than 50 percent of the inspection fees 

expended by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

will be used to fund personnel and mission-related costs to expand 

capacity and expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to 

the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), 

including the review of applications for permits to drill. 

OIL SPILL RESEARCH

For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title 

IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 

of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $14,899,000, which shall be derived 

from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until 

expended. 

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 

95–87, $117,768,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 

Provided, That appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per 

diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits 

issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95– 

87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant 

to such section 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary 

offsetting collections, to remain available until expended: Provided 

further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund 

shall be reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year, 

so as to result in a fiscal year 2020 appropriation estimated at 

not more than $117,768,000. 

ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, 

$24,713,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine 

Reclamation Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of 

the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery 

of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 

to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That 
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funds made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may 

be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects 

funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental 

restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 

from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must 

be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining 

Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That amounts provided under this heading may be used for the travel and per 

diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

for grants to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes for 

reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities 

in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the 

explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such 

additional amount shall be used for economic and community 

development in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) 

of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 

U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That of such additional amount, 

$75,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to 

meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of such 

section, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 

3 Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest amount of 

unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and $10,000,000 shall be 

for grants to federally recognized Indian Tribes without regard 

to their status as certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining 

Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in 

accordance with the terms and conditions described in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

division A of this consolidated Act) and shall be used for economic 

and community development in conjunction with the priorities in 

section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 

of 1977: Provided further, That such additional amount shall be 

allocated to States and Indian Tribes within 60 days after the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

INDIAN AFFAIRS

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, 

as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 

1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,577,110,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, except as otherwise 

provided herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 

reception and representation expenses; of which not to exceed 

$74,734,000 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary may 

exceed such cap for welfare payments from the amounts provided 

herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities affected 
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by the disaster: Provided further, That federally recognized Indian 

tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes 

may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance 

costs: Provided further, That not to exceed $57,424,000 shall remain 

available until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, 

and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided further, That 

any forestry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which 

remain unobligated as of September 30, 2021, may be transferred 

during fiscal year 2022 to an Indian forest land assistance account 

established for the benefit of the holder of the funds within the 

holder’s trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on September 30, 

2022: Provided further, That in order to enhance the safety of 

Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase 

uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for personnel: 

Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept 

transfers of funds from United States Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other funding available for reconstruction 

or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, 23 

U.S.C. 202(b)(1). 

CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 

support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

and the Bureau of Indian Education for fiscal year 2020, such 

sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation 

through September 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, no amounts made available under this 

heading shall be available for transfer to another budget account. 

CONSTRUCTION

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 

irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including architectural and engineering services by contract; 

acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of 

lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483; $128,591,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as may 

be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation 

Project may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 

further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program 

pursuant to the Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall 

be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, 

That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of 

the Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the 

appropriate share of construction costs for space expansion needed 

in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation: Provided 

further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

$10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 

130 Stat. 1749). 
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Of the unobligated balances made available for the ‘‘Construction, Resources Management’’ account, $2,000,000 is permanently 

rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 

or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985. 

INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 

implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101–618, 111–11, 111–291, 

and 114–322, and for implementation of other land and water 

rights settlements, $45,644,000, to remain available until expended. 

INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $11,779,000, 

of which $1,590,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized 

by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, 

including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 

exceed $183,476,740. 

BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian education 

programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of 

November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination 

and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 

the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and 

the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et 

seq.), $943,077,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 

except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That Federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of Federally recognized 

Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet 

welfare assistance costs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$702,837,000 for school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools 

and other education programs shall become available on July 1, 

2020, and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided 

further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

but not limited to the Indian Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 

U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments 

of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $83,407,000 within and 

only from such amounts made available for school operations shall 

be available for administrative cost grants associated with grants 

approved prior to July 1, 2020: Provided further, That in order 

to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may 

use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of 

clothing for personnel. 
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EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 

buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary for the operation 

of Indian education programs, including architectural and 

engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

in lands; $248,257,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That in order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, 

the Secretary may assume control of a project and all funds related 

to the project, if, not later than 18 months after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, any Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, 

et seq.) grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in 

any prior Act, has not completed the planning and design phase 

of the project and commenced construction. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education may carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct 

expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 

grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and other 

organizations. 

Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the management, operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the 

San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 

to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education 

for central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except executive direction and administrative services 

funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 

operations and maintenance) shall be available for contracts, grants, 

compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education under the provisions 

of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance 

Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–413). 

In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available 

by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of 

Indian Education, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-togovernment relationship between the United States and that tribe, 

or that tribe’s ability to access future appropriations. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available 

to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided 

herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et 

seq., shall be available to support the operation of any elementary 

or secondary school in the State of Alaska. 

No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall 

be used to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory 

beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the Secretary 

of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education 

school system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary 

of the Interior may waive this prohibition to support expansion 

of up to one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 

waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission of the 

Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one grade to expand 
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the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with 

a K–2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made 

available in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau 

shall be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 

only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September 

1, 1996, and to any school or school program that was reinstated 

in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available under this Act may 

not be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school 

(as that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that 

is in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and that 

has operated at a Bureau-funded school before September 1, 1999, 

may continue to operate during that period, but only if the charter 

school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse 

the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (including 

buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept separate 

and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume 

any obligation for charter school programs of the State in which 

the school is located if the charter school loses such funding. 

Employees of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a 

charter school and performing functions related to the charter 

school’s operation and employees of a charter school shall not be 

treated as Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 

28, United States Code. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 

113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113, if in fiscal 

year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative 

costs pursuant to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of 

Public Law 101–301, the Secretary shall continue to distribute 

indirect and administrative cost funds to such grantee using the 

section 5(f) distribution formula. 

Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish 

satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of 

September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this 

prohibition in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and 

cultural immersion educational programs for non-public schools 

located within the jurisdictional area of the tribal government which 

exclusively serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond 

those currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide 

an educational environment with educator presence and academic 

facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all 

applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety standards, 

and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or other impacts 

to students such as those caused by busing students extended 

distances: Provided, That no funds available under this Act may 

be used to fund operations, maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facilities-related costs for such assets that are not 

owned by the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 

school’’ means a school location physically separated from the 

existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that forms 

part of the existing school in all other respects. 

Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations within 

Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of Indian Education 

Programs may be used to execute requested adjustments in tribal 

priority allocations initiated by an Indian Tribe. 
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for management of the Department 

of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as 

authorized by law, $131,832,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021; of which no less than $1,000,000 shall be for 

the hiring of additional personnel to assist the Department with 

its compliance responsibilities under 5 U.S.C. 552; of which not 

to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and representation 

expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for 

workers compensation payments and unemployment compensation 

payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States 

Bureau of Mines; and of which $10,000,000 for the Appraisal and 

Valuation Services Office is to be derived from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund and shall remain available until expended; and 

of which $11,061,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

That funds for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities may, as needed, be transferred to and merged with the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of 

Indian Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ 

accounts and the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians 

‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided further, That funds 

made available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal 

year 2020, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act 

of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until 

expended by the contractor or grantee. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

For fiscal year 2020, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized 

by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained 

for administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only 

amounts available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 

title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the event 

the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for payments pursuant 

to this chapter are insufficient to make the full payments authorized 

by that chapter to all units of local government, then the payment 

to each local government shall be made proportionally: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment 

to individual units of local government to correct for prior overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That no payment shall 

be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise eligible units of 

local government if the computed amount of the payment is less 

than $100. 
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INSULAR AFFAIRS

ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 

jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions 

identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188, $102,881,000, 

of which: (1) $93,390,000 shall remain available until expended 

for territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 

maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative 

and natural resources activities, and brown tree snake control and 

research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants 

to the Government of American Samoa, in addition to current 

local revenues, for construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized 

by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 

and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) 

$9,491,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021, for salaries 

and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 

financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein 

provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 

instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may 

be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: 

Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 

funding shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement 

of the Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 

Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 

Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the program 

of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 

institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 

of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost 

sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s 

commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided 

further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 

heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be used 

as non–Federal matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 

grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

For grants and necessary expenses, $8,463,000, to remain available until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 

of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; 

and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 

Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 

and Public Law 108–188: Provided, That of the funds appropriated 

under this heading, $5,000,000 is for deposit into the Compact 

Trust Fund of the Republic of the Marshall Islands as compensation 

authorized by Public Law 108–188 for adverse financial and economic impacts. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 

transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under 

section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Public Law 104–134, 

that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for 

the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed 

three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the 

cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and repair 

projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain available until 

expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan 

guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the 

area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types 

of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 

section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary 

of Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 

to make or guarantee loans under such authorities. 

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $66,816,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $55,986,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS

FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 

expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 

grants, $111,540,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

not to exceed $19,016,000 from this or any other Act, may be 

available for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust 

management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 

be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian Education, 

‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ accounts; the Office of 

the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of 

the Secretary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided further, 

That funds made available through contracts or grants obligated 
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during fiscal year 2020, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall remain available 

until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 

not be required to provide a quarterly statement of performance 

for any Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least 

15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall issue an annual account statement and 

maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit the balance 

in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express written 

request of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 

$50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 

administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits to 

Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 

2002: Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered 

shall be credited to and remain available in this account for this 

purpose: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required 

to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 

$500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives proof of 

ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claimant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 of the American Indian 

Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

412) or any other provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate 

the trust accounts of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown 

for a continuous period of at least five years and shall not be 

required to generate periodic statements of performance for the 

individual accounts: Provided further, That with respect to the 

eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to maintain sufficient 

records to determine the balance of the individual accounts, 

including any accrued interest and income, and such funds shall 

remain available to the individual account holders. 

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 

the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, $3,000,000 

is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 

rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985. 

DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 

operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels 

management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department 

of the Interior, $952,338,000, to remain available until expended, 

of which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renovation 

or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are 

also available for repayment of advances to other appropriation 

accounts from which funds were previously transferred for such 

purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided $194,000,000 

is for fuels management activities: Provided further, That of the 

funds provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may 
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be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office 

of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 

may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 

expended to provide that protection, and are available without 

fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts 

designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels management activities, and for training and monitoring associated with such fuels management activities on Federal 

land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit 

resources on Federal land: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually 

agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act, the 

Secretary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may obtain 

maximum practicable competition among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Conservation Corps crews, 

Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), or related partnerships 

with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or microbusinesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a 

significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 

workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, That in 

implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent application of the authorities provided herein: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 

under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such 

Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland 

fire appropriations to enter into leases of real property with local 

governments, at or below fair market value, to construct capitalized 

improvements for fire facilities on such leased properties, including 

but not limited to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other 

initial attack and fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or for construction activity associated 

with the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 

and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of 

funds appropriated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 

amount not to exceed $50,000,000 between the Departments when 

such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, That funds provided 

for wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal 

emergency response actions: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for assistance to 

or through the Department of State in connection with forest and 

rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign 

countries, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 

shall be available to support forestry, wildland fire management, 

and related natural resource activities outside the United States 

and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, 
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education and training, and cooperation with United States and 

international organizations: Provided further, That of the funds 

provided under this heading $383,657,000 is provided to meet the 

terms of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire 

Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations, $300,000,000, to 

remain available until transferred, is additional new budget 

authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That such amounts may be transferred to and merged with 

amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire 

Management’’ for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year 

in which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, That 

amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 

accounts in the Department of Agriculture or the Department of 

the Interior only upon the notification of the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior 

appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will be transferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That 

the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition 

to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 

any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, 

including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until 

expended. 

For an additional amount for a competitive grant program 

to fund radium decontamination and remediation at any landgrant university that has been subjected to such contamination 

as a result of actions of the former United States Bureau of Mines, 

$12,000,000. 

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 

activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department 

of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control 

Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 

U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, 

to remain available until expended. 
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND

For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial 

and business management system, information technology improvements of general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and 

the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout the Department, $55,735,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other 

Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital 

Fund account other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation 

of equipment without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable charges to State, 

local and tribal government employees for training services provided 

by the National Indian Program Training Center, other than 

training related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the 

Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, equipment or professional services of the National Indian 

Program Training Center to State, local and tribal government 

employees or persons or organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 3306(a) 

of title 40, United States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar 

space, facilities, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the 

National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 

all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall 

be credited to this account, shall be available until expended, and 

shall be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 

National Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 

the Secretary may enter into grants and cooperative agreements 

to support the Office of Natural Resource Revenue’s collection and 

disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 

as authorized by law. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available 

resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may 

be obtained by donation, purchase or through available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced may 

be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset 

the purchase price for the replacement aircraft. 

OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

For necessary expenses for management of the collection and 

disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 

and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, 

$147,330,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021; of 

which $50,651,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

purpose of mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian 

leases in which the Secretary concurred with the claimed refund 

due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 

prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available 

for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with 

the approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, 

replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 

other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 

available under this authority until funds specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have 

been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant 

to this section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, 

which must be requested as promptly as possible. 

EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or 

transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition 

to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 

agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland 

fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burnedover lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related 

to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 

other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to 

actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous 

substances into the environment; for the prevention, suppression, 

and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket 

outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant 

to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 

7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects under section 410 of 

Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from any no year funds 

available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit assumption of 

regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not carrying 

out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided, 

That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire operations 

shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred during 

the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other Federal 

agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment 

in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, with 

such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for 

wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 

this authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall be exhausted within 

30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 

section must be replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which 

must be requested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That 

such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 

rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were transferred. 
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AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the 

Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized 

by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized 

by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase 

and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped 

law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when 

authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the 

payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library 

membership in societies or associations which issue publications 

to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers 

who are not members. 

AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT

SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings 

Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and 

Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the 

same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for 

Indian trust management and reform activities. Total funding for 

historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 

designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary shall notify 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60 

days of the expenditure or transfer of any funds under this section, 

including the amount expended or transferred and how the funds 

will be used. 

REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal 

Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate 

tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 

unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction 

in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in 

fiscal year 2020. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 

10 percent limitation does not apply. 

ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, 

or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, 

dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State 

of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors 

to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program 

and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 

funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), 

or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and 
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enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions 

as the Secretary may determine reasonable. 

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall collect 

a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the 

‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement’’ account, from 

the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 

43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 

(b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above 

the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start 

of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall be— (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing 

equipment or gathering lines; (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with 

any combination of active or inactive wells. 

(c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections 

completed in fiscal year 2020. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall be— (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 

of 500 feet or more; and (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths 

of less than 500 feet. 

(d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via nonrig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E, F, and 

Q shall be assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 

2020. Fees for fiscal year 2020 shall be— (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 

water depths of 2,500 feet or more; (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 

water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 

water depths of less than 500 feet. 

(e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required within 30 days of 

billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the 

inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of 

billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) with payment required by the end of the following 

quarter. 

CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND BURRO HOLDING

FACILITIES

SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative 

agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with 

the provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except 

that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), 

for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming 

horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private 

land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 

10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary. 
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MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, 

in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking 

of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from 

federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but 

not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 

Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified 

by commercial and recreational fishers. 

CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 

fiscal year 2020, in carrying out work involving cooperation with 

State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision 

thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts 

receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at 

the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

available at the end of the fiscal year. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES PROGRAM

SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter 

into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations 

designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older 

Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans 

in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered 

by the Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 

(b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection 

(a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not— 

(1) result in the displacement of individuals currently 

employed by the Department, including partial displacement 

through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment 

benefits; 

(2) result in the use of an individual under the Department 

of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff 

status from the same or substantially equivalent job within 

the Department; or 

(3) affect existing contracts for services. 

OBLIGATION OF FUNDS

SEC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department 

of the Interior shall be available for obligation and expenditure 

not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES

SEC. 113. (a) Section 512 of title V of division J of Public 

Law 108–447 is amended by striking ‘‘on the date that is 15 years 

after the date that funds are first made available for this title.’’ 

and inserting ‘‘after September 30, 2022.’’. 

(b) Section 608 of title VI of division J of Public Law 108– 

447 is amended by striking ‘‘the expiration of the 15-year period 
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beginning on the date that funds are first made available for 

this title.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022.’’. 

(c) Section 109 of title I of Public Law 103–449, as amended 

by Public Law 111–11, title VIII section 8201(c), is further amended 

by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’. 

(d) Section 608(a) of division II of Public Law 104–333, as 

amended by Public Law 110–229 section 461, is further amended 

by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’. 

(e) Section 810(a)(1) of title VIII of division B of appendix 

D of Public Law 106–554, as amended by Public Law 115–31, 

division G, title I section 115(b), is further amended by striking 

‘‘$12,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$14,000,000’’. 

SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS

SEC. 114. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement 

an orderly transition to separate accounts of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education, may transfer funds 

among and between the successor offices and bureaus affected by 

the reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming 

guidelines described in this Act. 

PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)

SEC. 115. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

SAGE-GROUSE

SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write 

or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 

1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 

(1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 

urophasianus); 

(2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. 

DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE APPROVAL

SEC. 117. (a) Subject to subsection (b), beginning no later than 

180 days after the enactment of this Act, in any case in which 

the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or the Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management prescribes or approves any departure 

or use of alternate procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan 

or permit, under 30 C.F.R. § 585.103, 30 C.F.R. § 550.141; 30 

C.F.R. §550.142; 30 C.F.R. § 250.141, or 30 C.F.R. § 250.142, the 

head of such bureau shall post a description of such departure 

or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such bureau’s 

publicly available website not more than 15 business days after 

such issuance. 

(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential business 

information. 
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TITLE II 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

For science and technology, including research and development 

activities, which shall include research and development activities 

under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and 

related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 

research and development, $716,449,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the funds included under 

this heading, $6,000,000 shall be for Research: National Priorities 

as specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 

(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and 

related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 

library memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to 

subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the 

brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; implementation of a coal 

combustion residual permit program under section 2301 of the 

Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed $31,000 for official 

reception and representation expenses, $2,663,356,000, to remain 

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

included under this heading, $17,700,000 shall be for Environmental 

Protection: National Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That of the funds 

included under this heading, $510,276,000 shall be for Geographic 

Programs specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act). 

In addition, $5,000,000 to remain available until expended, 

for necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) 

of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees collected pursuant to that section of that Act and deposited 

in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts 

in fiscal year 2020 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 

and expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated in 

this paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2020 shall 

be reduced by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts 

received during fiscal year 2020, so as to result in a final fiscal 

year 2020 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 

more than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that amounts 

realized from such receipts exceed $5,000,000, those amount in 

excess of $5,000,000 shall be deposited in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee 

Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2020, shall 

be retained and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this 
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account, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That of the funds included in the first paragraph under this 

heading, the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project 

shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount of 

any fees appropriated, not less than the amount of appropriations 

for that program project for fiscal year 2014. 

HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), including the development, 

operation, maintenance, and upgrading of the hazardous waste 

electronic manifest system established by such section, $8,000,000, 

to remain available until expended: Provided, That the sum herein 

appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting 

collections under such section 3024 are received during fiscal year 

2020, which shall remain available until expended and be used 

for necessary expenses in this appropriation, so as to result in 

a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, That to the extent 

such offsetting collections received in fiscal year 2020 exceed 

$8,000,000, those excess amounts shall remain available until 

expended and be used for necessary expenses in this appropriation. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

$41,489,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, 

and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, 

the Environmental Protection Agency, $33,598,000, to remain available until expended. 

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

(CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 

U.S.C. 9611), and hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, 

$1,184,755,000, to remain available until expended, consisting of 

such sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 30, 

2019, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments 

and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,184,755,000 

as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance 

Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: 

Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) 

of CERCLA: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

this heading, $11,586,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

General’’ appropriation to remain available until September 30, 

2021, and $30,747,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science and Technology’’ 

appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
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LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which $66,572,000 shall be for carrying out leaking 

underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 

9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for 

carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to use appropriations made 

available under this heading to implement section 9013 of the 

Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide financial assistance to federally 

recognized Indian tribes for the development and implementation 

of programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $19,581,000, 

to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain 

available until expended. 

STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 

including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and 

performance partnership grants, $4,246,232,000, to remain available until expended, of which— (1) $1,638,826,000 shall be for making capitalization grants 

for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 

of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 

$1,126,088,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 

the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal year 

2020, to the extent there are sufficient eligible project applications and projects are consistent with State Intended Use Plans, 

not less than 10 percent of the funds made available under 

this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

capitalization grants shall be used by the State for projects 

to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 

improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: 

Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, funds made available under this title to each State for Drinking Water State 

Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 

of each State, be used for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a State to 

administer the fund shall not apply to amounts included as 

principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 2020 and 

prior years where such amounts represent costs of administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or were 

deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible 
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purposes of the fund, including administration: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the provisions 

of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act, grants made under title II of 

such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the commonwealth of 

the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, and 

the District of Columbia may also be made for the purpose 

of providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

project for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for 

the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned 

treatment works serving one or more principal residences or 

small commercial establishments: Provided further, That for 

fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the provisions of such subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and section 518(c) 

of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, funds reserved 

by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also be used to provide 

assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 

plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed project 

for the construction of treatment works; and (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately owned treatment works 

serving one or more principal residences or small commercial 

establishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, 

notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act and regulations issued pursuant thereof, up to 

a total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by the Administrator 

for grants under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 

for grants for training, technical assistance, and educational 

programs relating to the operation and management of the 

treatment works specified in section 518(c) of such Act: Provided 

further, That for fiscal year 2020, funds reserved under section 

518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only to Indian 

tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such Act and former 

Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Native Villages as defined in Public 

Law 92–203: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of 

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 

percent of the funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever 

is greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in 

section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total 

of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolving Funds under such Acts 

may be reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 

518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 

for fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the amounts specified 

in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

up to 1.5 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the 

Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under the Act 

less any sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 

be reserved by the Administrator for grants made under title 

II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for American 

Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, 

and United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That for 

fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding the limitations on amounts 

specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
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up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the Drinking 

Water State Revolving Fund programs under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: 

Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 

under this title to each State for Clean Water State Revolving 

Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent of the funds made 

available under this title to each State for Drinking Water 

State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by 

the State to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients 

in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest loans, 

or grants (or any combination of these), and shall be so used 

by the State only where such funds are provided as initial 

financing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 

restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients only where 

such debt was incurred on or after the date of enactment 

of this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to the 

date of enactment of this Act if the State, with concurrence 

from the Administrator, determines that such funds could be 

used to help address a threat to public health from heightened 

exposure to lead in drinking water or if a Federal or State 

emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 

health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal 

drinking water supply before the date of enactment of this 

Act: Provided further, That in a State in which such an emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more 

than 14 percent of the funds made available under this title 

to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients; 

(2) $25,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related activities in connection 

with the construction of high priority water and wastewater 

facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after 

consultation with the appropriate border commission: Provided, 

That no funds provided by this appropriations Act to address 

the water, wastewater and other critical infrastructure needs 

of the colonias in the United States along the United StatesMexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal 

government unless that government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, which prevents in 

that jurisdiction the development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the development within an existing 

colonia the construction of any new home, business, or other 

structure which lacks water, wastewater, or other necessary 

infrastructure; 

(3) $29,186,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 

to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 

of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, That of these 

funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 

percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be 

used for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the 

State of Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide priority list established in conjunction with the Agency 

and the U.S. Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, 

waste disposal, and similar projects carried out by the State 

of Alaska that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
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Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 

seq.) which shall allocate not less than 25 percent of the funds 

provided for projects in regional hub communities; 

(4) $89,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of 

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agreements, and associated program support costs: Provided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance 

in persistent poverty counties: Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ 

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

population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured 

by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most recent 

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any territory 

or possession of the United States; 

(5) $87,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle 

G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 

(6) $56,306,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 

accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); 

(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the Water Infrastructure 

Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322); 

(8) $25,408,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a) 

through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

(42 U.S.C. 300j–19a); 

(9) $26,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d) 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 

(10) $19,511,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19b); 

(11) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l) 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 

(12) $12,000,000 shall be for grants under section 104(b)(8) 

of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

1254(b)(8)); 

(13) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 

of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301); 

(14) $1,000,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b) 

of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 

115–270); and 

(15) $1,075,907,000 shall be for grants, including associated 

program support costs, to States, federally recognized tribes, 

interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control 

agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 

control and abatement and related activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading 

in Public Law 104–134, and for making grants under section 

103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate matter monitoring 

and data collection activities subject to terms and conditions 

specified by the Administrator, of which: $46,190,000 shall 

be for carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,332,000 shall 

be for Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, 

including associated program support costs; $1,449,000 shall 

be for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid 
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Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking Underground Storage Tank 

Trust Fund Program’’ to carry out the provisions of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 

Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds available for grants 

under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

shall be for State participation in national- and State-level 

statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to 

State monitoring programs; $13,000,000 shall be for multipurpose grants, including interagency agreements. 

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION PROGRAM

ACCOUNT

For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed 

loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and 

Innovation Act of 2014, $55,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 

to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan principal, 

including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

not to exceed $11,500,000,000: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely 

for the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans 

for projects described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infrastructure 

Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to State infrastructure financing 

authorities, as authorized by section 5033(e) of such Act: Provided 

further, That the Administrator, together with the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the 

Treasury, shall jointly develop criteria for project eligibility for 

direct loans and loan guarantees authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 that limit Federal 

participation in a project consistent with the requirements for the 

budgetary treatment provided for in section 504 of the Federal 

Credit Reform Act of 1990 and based on the recommendations 

contained in the 1967 Report of the President’s Commission on 

Budget Concepts; and the Administrator, the Director, and the 

Secretary, shall, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, publish such criteria in the Federal Register: Provided 

further, That, in developing the criteria to be used, the Administrator, the Director, and the Secretary, shall consult with the 

Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Provided further, That 

the requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 

shall not apply to the development and publication of such criteria: 

Provided further, That the use of direct loans or loan guarantee 

authority under this heading for direct loans or commitments to 

guarantee loans for any project shall be in accordance with the 

criteria published pursuant to this Act: Provided further, That 

the Administrator, the Director, and the Secretary, shall also certify, 

and publish such certification in the Federal Register, that the 

criteria is compliant with this paragraph, at the same time the 

Administrator, the Director, and the Secretary, publish the criteria 

in the Federal Register: Provided further, That the Administrator 

may not issue a Notice of Funding Availability for applications 
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for credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and 

Innovation Act Program in fiscal year 2020 until the criteria have 

been developed and published pursuant to the fourth proviso and 

certified pursuant to the previous proviso: Provided further, That 

none of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made available 

under this heading shall be available for any project unless the 

Administrator and the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget have certified in advance in writing that the direct loan 

or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project comply with the 

criteria developed and published pursuant to this Act: Provided 

further, That the criteria developed and published pursuant to 

this Act shall not apply to the use of direct loans or loan guarantee 

authority provided by prior appropriations Acts: Provided further, 

That not later than 15 days after the date upon which criteria 

have been published pursuant to the fourth proviso, the Administrator shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and Senate, the Committees on Energy 

and Commerce and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

of Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works of the Senate on any statutory improvements to the Water 

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 or to the Water 

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program Account’s 

appropriations language that would further align such Act and 

such language with the budgetary treatment and recommendations 

referred to in the fourth proviso: Provided further, That, for the 

purposes of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

the Director of the Congressional Budget Office may request, and 

the Administrator shall promptly provide, documentation and 

information relating to a project identified in a Letter of Interest 

submitted to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice of Funding 

Availability for applications for credit assistance under the Water 

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, including with 

respect to a project that was initiated or completed before the 

date of enactment of this Act. 

In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 

5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available 

until expended. 

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of 

the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, 

$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 

6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 

in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal 

environmental programs required or authorized by law in the 

absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative 

agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian 

tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative 
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agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance agreements. 

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 

authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 

in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 116–8, the Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2018. 

Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), 

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 

assess fees under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal 

year 2020. 

The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $320,000,000 

of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 

under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ 

to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to carry out activities that would support 

the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water 

Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; to enter into 

an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal department 

or agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants to 

governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and 

individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and 

implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and 

Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance 

Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 

Program Accounts, are available for the construction, alteration, 

repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, provided that 

the cost does not exceed $150,000 per project. 

For fiscal year 2020, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of 

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the 

Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 

any fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to 

Indian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 

The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ for fiscal year 2020 to provide grants to implement the 

Southeastern New England Watershed Restoration Program. 

Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 

320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less 

than $1,350,000 of the funds made available under this title for 

the National Estuary Program shall be for making competitive 

awards described in section 320(g)(4). 

The fourth paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions’’ in title II of Public Law 109–54 is amended by striking 

‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 
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TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND

ENVIRONMENT

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 

for Natural Resources and Environment, $875,000: Provided, That 

funds made available by this Act to any agency in the Natural 

Resources and Environment mission area for salaries and expenses 

are available to fund up to one administrative support staff for 

the office. 

FOREST SERVICE

FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as authorized by law, $305,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023: Provided, That of the funds provided, $77,000,000 

is for the forest inventory and analysis program: Provided further, That all authorities for the use of funds, including the use of 

contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 

the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available 

in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research. 

STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, 

and others, and for forest health management, and conducting 

an international program as authorized, $346,990,000, to remain 

available through September 30, 2023, as authorized by law; of 

which $63,990,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to be used for the Forest Legacy Program, to remain 

available until expended. 

NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 

provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to such lands, $1,957,510,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023: Provided, That of the funds 

provided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest 

Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments 

as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the 

funds provided, $373,000,000 shall be for forest products: Provided 

further, That of the funds provided, $445,310,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management activities, of which not to exceed 

$15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any authorities 

available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for 

increased use of biomass from National Forest System lands: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary 
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of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative 

agreements or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management 

activities, and for training or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal land, or on nonFederal land if the Secretary determines such activities benefit 

resources on Federal land: Provided further, That funds made available to implement the Community Forestry Restoration Act, Public 

Law 106–393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal 

lands in accordance with authorities made available to the Forest 

Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriations: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of the Bankhead 

Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, 

may provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee 

to a Grazing Association or direct permittee for a conservation 

practice approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 

in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. And, 

that the amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing 

Association or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal 

year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter 

for use on the project for conservation practices approved by the 

Secretary. 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, $455,000,000, to remain available through September 

30, 2023, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and 

acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and 

for construction, reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are 

no longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part 

of the transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads and 

trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 

and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds becoming available 

in fiscal year 2020 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 

501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury 

and shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any other 

purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 

LAND ACQUISITION

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 

2003 of title 54, United States Code, including administrative 

expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, 

in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest 

Service, $78,898,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended. 

Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 

Forest Service and derived from the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund, $2,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded from projects 

with cost savings or failed projects or partially failed that had 

funds returned: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
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or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS

For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 

Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe 

National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 

and Cleveland National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. 

Francis and Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized 

by law, $700,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 

ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 

deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 

districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 

expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant 

to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 

4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 

30, 2023, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public 

Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 

RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 

improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior 

fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in 

National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 

401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 2023, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 

for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range 

rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 

GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND

RESEARCH

For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to 

remain available through September 30, 2023, to be derived from 

the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 

MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 

lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), 

$2,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2023. 

WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities 

on National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire 

suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under 

fire protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of 

burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 

$2,350,620,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

such funds including unobligated balances under this heading, are 
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available for repayment of advances from other appropriations 

accounts previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal year 

for hazardous fuels management may be transferred to the 

‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided further, That such 

funds shall be available to reimburse State and other cooperating 

entities for services provided in response to wildfire and other 

emergencies or disasters to the extent such reimbursements by 

the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by 

the responsible emergency management agency: Provided further, 

That funds provided shall be available for support to Federal emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 

any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and 

any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on 

by the affected parties: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

under this heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire 

suppression operations, and is provided to the meet the terms 

of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ 

for wildfire suppression operations, $1,950,000,000, to remain available until transferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That such 

amounts may be transferred to and merged with amounts made 

available under the headings ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ 

for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in which such 

amounts are transferred: Provided further, That amounts may be 

transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ accounts in the 

Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture only 

upon the notification of the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations that all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior appropriations Acts 

to the agency to which the funds will be transferred will be obligated 

within 30 days: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer 

authority provided by law. 

COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION

Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section 

8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 

115–334), as amended by this Act, shall be deposited in the special 

account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be available to cover the costs described in subsection (c)(3) of such section 

of such Act, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

That such amounts shall be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest 

System’’ account. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 

shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 

acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and 

hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 

acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in 

Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 

programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 

being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 

used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) 

services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 

for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and 

alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 

2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant 

to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers 

in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 

558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 

31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 

may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation 

for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or 

damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 

all fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland 

Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, That 

all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished 

by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 

promptly as possible. 

Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest 

Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland fire management, hazardous fuels 

management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would 

facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and 

projects. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest 

Service may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds 

appropriated to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the 

National Forest System Account, or reprogram funds to be used 

for the purposes of hazardous fuels management and urgent 

rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and 

water, such transferred funds shall remain available through September 30, 2023: Provided, That none of the funds transferred 

pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without 

written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 

That this section does not apply to funds derived from the Land 

and Water Conservation Fund. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 

for assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 

information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource activities 
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outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 

including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with U.S., private, and international organizations. The Forest 

Service, acting for the International Program, may sign direct 

funding agreements with foreign governments and institutions as 

well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 

International Development, the Department of State, and the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector firms, 

institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance and 

training programs overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 

for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System 

lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate 

the boundaries of such lands. 

None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 

this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall 

be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of 

the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 

section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 

10417(b) of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest 

Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 

Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds 

available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph 

shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 

by the Forest Service in order to obtain information technology 

services, including telecommunications and system modifications 

or enhancements, from the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 

Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 

shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 

approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the 

Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 

Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 

to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses. 

Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 

593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 

may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation 

to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 

Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 

expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 

lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of 

the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 

$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided 

further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 

of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match funds 

made available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 

basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal 

funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at 

the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal 

matching funds. 
H. R. 1865—197 

Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up to 

$3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 

advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump 

sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when 

expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System 

lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such 

funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal 

recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 

obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 

for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 

communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 

rural development purposes. 

Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 

for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 

Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) 

of Public Law 99–663. 

Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used 

to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 

the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of 

performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance 

and decommissioning. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 

may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), 

Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred 

as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, 

land purchase negotiations and similar matters unrelated to civil 

litigation. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service 

and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 

previously transferred and the sums requested for transfer. 

An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 

under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 

et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered 

to be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 

United States Code. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, through the 

Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the Forest Service shall 

report no later than 30 business days following the close of each 

fiscal quarter all current and prior year unobligated balances, by 

fiscal year, budget line item and account, to the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations. 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 

(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles 

II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
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Indian Health Service, $4,315,205,000 to remain available until 

September 30, 2021, except as otherwise provided herein, together 

with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to sections 

231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) 

and 238b), for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: 

Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements 

or compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed 

to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and 

thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization 

without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $2,000,000 

shall be available for grants or contracts with public or private 

institutions to provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, 

including alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, That 

$964,819,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including $53,000,000 

for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to $40,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

for implementation of the loan repayment program under section 

108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, 

That of the funds provided, $125,000,000 shall remain available 

until expended to supplement funds available for operational costs 

at tribal clinics operated under an Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Act compact or contract where health care 

is delivered in space acquired through a full service lease, which 

is not eligible for maintenance and improvement and equipment 

funds from the Indian Health Service, and $58,000,000 shall be 

for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, 

including supplementing activities funded under the heading 

‘‘Indian Health Facilities,’’ of which up to $4,000,000 may be used 

to supplement amounts otherwise available for Purchased/Referred 

Care: Provided further, That the amounts collected by the Federal 

Government as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 

Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during 

the preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be deposited 

in the Fund authorized by section 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 

1616a–1) and shall remain available until expended and, notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds 

shall be available to make new awards under the loan repayment 

and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 108 of that Act 

(25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided further, That the amounts 

made available within this account for the Substance Abuse and 

Suicide Prevention Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and 

Recovery Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 

for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority 

for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Programs at Youth 

Regional Treatment Centers, for transformation and modernization 

costs of the Indian Health Service Electronic Health Record system, 

for national quality and oversight activities, to improve collections 

from public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 

tribally operated facilities, and for accreditation emergencies shall 

be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health 

Service and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

That funds provided in this Act may be used for annual contracts 

and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided 
H. R. 1865—199 

further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian 

Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with 

the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX 

of the Social Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 

design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, That 

funding contained herein for scholarship programs under the Indian 

Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That amounts received by 

tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health 

Care Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 

available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until 

expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

may collect from the Indian Health Service, and from tribes and 

tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant to Public 

Law 93–638, such individually identifiable health information 

relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the purpose 

of carrying out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, That 

of the funds provided, $72,280,000 is for the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to carry out 

activities typically funded under the Indian Health Facilities 

account: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

by this Act to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic Health 

Record system shall be available for obligation or expenditure for 

the selection or implementation of a new Information Technology 

infrastructure system, unless the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 

90 days in advance of such obligation. 

CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 

support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service 

for fiscal year 2020, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made 

available under this heading shall be available for transfer to 

another budget account. 

INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters 

for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 

acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, 

and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 

of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian SelfDetermination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 

and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II 

and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 

Service, $911,889,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes 
H. R. 1865—200 

may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be 

located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be 

used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 

Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none 

of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be 

used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded 

with grants by the housing programs of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That 

not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 

Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health Service to 

obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities 

in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between 

the Indian Health Service and the General Services Administration: 

Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in 

a Demolition Fund, to remain available until expended, and be 

used by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 

buildings. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service 

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

at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum 

rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire 

of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 

modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 

for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meetings 

that relate to the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 

Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian 

Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be 

extended health care at all tribally administered or Indian Health 

Service facilities, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with 

funds recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 

U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility 

providing the service and shall be available without fiscal year 

limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law 

or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be 

administered under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation 

Facilities Act and Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those 

used for administrative and program direction purposes, shall not 

be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and 

transportation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used 

for any assessments or charges by the Department of Health and 

Human Services unless identified in the budget justification and 

provided in this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the reprogramming process: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

funds previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal 

organization through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized 
H. R. 1865—201 

by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), may be deobligated 

and reobligated to a self-determination contract under title I, or 

a self-governance agreement under title V of such Act and thereafter 

shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 

fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That none of the funds 

made available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall 

be used to implement the final rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and 

Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service 

has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 

included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 

further, That with respect to functions transferred by the Indian 

Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 

Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities 

on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, 

along with the funds received from those entities pursuant to the 

Indian Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or 

subsequent appropriation account from which the funds were originally derived, with such amounts to remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service 

will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, services, or technical assistance: Provided further, That the Indian Health Service 

may provide to civilian medical personnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service housing allowances equivalent 

to those that would be provided to members of the Commissioned 

Corps of the United States Public Health Service serving in similar 

positions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the appropriation 

structure for the Indian Health Service may not be altered without 

advance notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 

311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 

126(g) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 

1986, $81,000,000. 

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY

TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH

For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth 

in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and 

section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $76,691,000: Provided, 
H. R. 1865—202 

That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, 

the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health 

studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and 

referral to accredited healthcare providers: Provided further, That 

in performing any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be bound 

by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 

be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles 

pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2020, 

and existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 

Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 

Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 

the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official 

reception and representation expenses, $2,994,000: Provided, That 

notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of one member, appointed 

by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 

serving as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and duties 

of the Council. 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 

section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 

vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5901–5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at 

rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to 

the maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 

5376, $12,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career 

Senior Executive Service positions: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to 

the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 

position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General 

of the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General 

of EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the 

Board, and shall not appoint any individuals to positions within 

the Board. 
H. R. 1865—203 

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–531, $7,500,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided 

in this or any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate 

eligible individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, 

Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 

housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in 

the preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds 

contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office 

of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo 

or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically 

domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a 

new or replacement home is provided for such household: Provided 

further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one 

new or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office shall 

relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have selected and 

received an approved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected 

a replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the land 

acquired pursuant to section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 

1716). 

INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE AND

ARTS DEVELOPMENT

PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 

Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A 

of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), 

$10,458,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2020, and 

shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 

authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, 

and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the 

National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of 

information and publications; conduct of education, training, and 

museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, 

lease agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 

buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for 

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, 

repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees, $793,658,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021, except as otherwise 

provided herein; of which not to exceed $6,908,000 for the 

instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall 

remain available until expended; and including such funds as may 

be necessary to support American overseas research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 
H. R. 1865—204 

payments to independent contractors performing research services 

or participating in official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appropriations designated in this Act for lease or rent payments, as 

rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may be deposited into the general trust funds of the Institution to be available as trust funds for expenses associated with 

the purchase of a portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, 

S.W., Washington, D.C. to the extent that Federally supported 

activities will be housed there: Provided further, That the use 

of such amounts in the general trust funds of the Institution for 

such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt service for, 

a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an obligation 

of the Federal Government: Provided further, That no appropriated 

funds may be used directly to service debt which is incurred to 

finance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 600 

Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C., or of planning, 

designing, and constructing improvements to such building: Provided further, That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian 

Institution for the sale of its ownership interest, or any portion 

thereof, in such building so acquired may not take effect until 

the expiration of a 30 day period which begins on the date on 

which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committees on 

House Administration and Transportation and Infrastructure of 

the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and 

Administration of the Senate a report, as outlined in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

division A of this consolidated Act), on the intended sale. 

FACILITIES CAPITAL

For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration 

of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 

contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of 

August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including 

necessary personnel, $253,700,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services 

as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, 

the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 

24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of 

April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), 

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in 

advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose 

publications or services are available to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, 

and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances 

therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 

buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, 
H. R. 1865—205 

improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; 

and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of 

art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without 

advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates 

or prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery 

may deem proper, $147,022,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, of which not to exceed $3,660,000 for the special 

exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation 

of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the 

National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating 

lease agreements of no more than 10 years, with no extensions 

or renewals beyond the 10 years, that address space needs created 

by the ongoing renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $26,203,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That of this amount, $1,000,000 shall be available for design of 

an off-site art storage facility in partnership with the Smithsonian 

Institution: Provided further, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated 

with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor 

qualifications as well as price. 

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and 

security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

$25,690,000. 

CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of 

the existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 

Center for the Performing Arts, $17,800,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including 

hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

3109, $14,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $162,250,000 shall 
H. R. 1865—206 

be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support 

of projects and productions in the arts, including arts education 

and public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations 

and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 

support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain 

available until expended. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $162,250,000 to 

remain available until expended, of which $147,750,000 shall be 

available for support of activities in the humanities, pursuant to 

section 7(c) of the Act and for administering the functions of the 

Act; and $14,500,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 

grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including 

$12,500,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be available for 

obligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total 

amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other property 

accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endowment 

for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 11(a)(2)(B) 

and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for 

which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant 

or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 

1913: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That funds 

from nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official 

reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That the 

Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may approve 

grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such 

grants does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 

grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That such small 

grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms of an expressed 

and direct delegation of authority from the National Council on 

the Arts to the Chairperson. 

COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 

91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,240,000: Provided, That the 

Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs 

of its publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account 

as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without further appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission 

is authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, 

drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design 
H. R. 1865—207 

of the Nation’s Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study, or 

education: Provided further, That one-tenth of one percent of the 

funds provided under this heading may be used for official reception 

and representation expenses. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000. 

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $7,378,000. 

NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning 

Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, 

including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,124,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds provided under 

this heading may be used for official reception and representational 

expenses associated with hosting international visitors engaged in 

the planning and physical development of world capitals. 

UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized 

by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), $60,388,000, of 

which $715,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022, 

for the Museum’s equipment replacement program; and of which 

$2,000,000 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program 

and $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall 

remain available until expended. 

PRESIDIO TRUST

The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations to the 

Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 

104–333), in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000. 

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 

Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
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WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Women’s Suffrage Centennial 

Commission, as authorized by the Women’s Suffrage Centennial 

Commission Act (section 431(a)(3) of division G of Public Law 

115–31), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centennial 

Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I Centennial 

Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and the Carl Levin and 

Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), for necessary expenses 

of the World War I Centennial Commission, $7,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That in addition 

to the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World 

War I Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel services, 

contractual support, or any appropriate support from any executive 

branch agency for activities of the Commission. 

ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF COMMISSION ON

NATIVE CHILDREN

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter 

Soboleff Commission on Native Children (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘‘Commission’’), $500,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2021: Provided, That amounts made available to 

the Commission under the heading ‘‘Department of the Interior— 

Departmental Operations—Office of the Secretary—Departmental 

Operations’’ in division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2019 (Public Law 116–6) may be transferred to or merged with 

such amounts: Provided further, That in addition to the authority 

provided by section 3(g)(5) and 3(h) of Public Law 114–244, the 

Commission may hereafter accept in-kind personnel services, 

contractual support, or any appropriate support from any executive 

branch agency for activities of the Commission. 

TITLE IV 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution 

of literature that in any way tends to promote public support 

or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional 

action is not complete other than to communicate to Members 

of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
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OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, 

deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including working capital fund 

and cost pool charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or 

bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 

and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such 

estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations 

for approval. 

MINING APPLICATIONS

SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall 

be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a 

patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general 

mining laws. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary 

of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned (1) a patent 

application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 

30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 

and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein 

or lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised 

Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 

2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, 

as the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant 

by that date. 

(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2021, the Secretary of the 

Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104– 

208). 

(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process patent 

applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request 

of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow 

the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected 

by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct 

a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained 

in a patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau 

of Land Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose 

and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard 

procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the 

retention of third-party contractors. 
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CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated 

and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113– 

235) shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2020. 

CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2020 LIMITATION

SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2020 

under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, 

Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs’’ and ‘‘Department 

of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

Education, Contract Support Costs’’ are the only amounts available 

for contract support costs arising out of self-determination or selfgovernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2020 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by this Act are not available 

for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, 

or for repayments of payments for settlements or judgments 

awarding contract support costs for prior years. 

FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered 

to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and 

Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 

1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System. 

Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other 

requirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 

Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, 

within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the 

National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect 

to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 

of the plan on an accelerated basis. 

PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be expended 

to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either 

the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the 

boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the 

Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary 

existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are 

allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such 

monument. 

LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in 

lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking 

or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this 

provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the 
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Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, 

or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 

Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. 

PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used 

to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered 

into in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 

41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States 

Code, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 

(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 

entered into without regard for these requirements, including 

formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian tribes; 

(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93–638, 

25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that 

specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as 

defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 

(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 

POSTING OF REPORTS

SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 

this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 

website of that agency any report required to be submitted by 

the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 

by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 

security; or 

(2) the report contains proprietary information. 

(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 

only after such report has been made available to the requesting 

Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES

SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment 

for the Arts— 

(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American 

Jazz Masters Fellowship. 

(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 

that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 

to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be 

used to make a grant to any other organization or individual 

to conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. 

Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 

exchange for goods and services. 

(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 

unless the application is specific to the contents of the season, 

including identified programs or projects. 
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM PRIORITIES

SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the 

Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure 

that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial 

assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that 

serve underserved populations. 

(b) In this section: 

(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a population 

of individuals, including urban minorities, who have historically 

been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs 

due to factors such as a high incidence of income below the 

poverty line or to geographic isolation. 

(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty line (as 

defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 

annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 

Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to 

a family of the size involved. 

(c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance 

under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 

of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of 

the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority 

is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 

projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage 

public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 

the arts. 

(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 

5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act 

of 1965— 

(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 

projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 

national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; 

(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 

percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 

excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); 

(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 

and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 

grant category under section 5 of such Act; and 

(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 

improve and support community-based music performance and 

education. 

STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental 

Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health 

Service shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status 

of balances of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, 

and unobligated funds in each program and activity within 60 

days of enactment of this Act. 
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ALYCE SPOTTED BEAR AND WALTER SOBOLEFF COMMISSION ON

NATIVE CHILDREN

SEC. 415. Section 3(a) of the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter 

Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act (Public Law 114– 

244) is amended by striking ‘‘in the Office of Tribal Justice of 

the Department of Justice.’’. 

FOREST SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 416. Subsection (f) of section 8705 of the Agriculture 

Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334) is amended by 

striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR FEES COLLECTED.—Fees collected 

by the Forest Service under subsection (c)(3) shall be— 

‘‘(A) collected only to the extent provided in advance 

in appropriations Acts; 

‘‘(B) based on the costs described in subsection (c)(3); 

and 

‘‘(C) competitively neutral, technology neutral, and nondiscriminatory with respect to other users of the communications site.’’. 

EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

SEC. 417. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public 

Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued 

by the Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration 

under section 402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management 

Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2020. 

FUNDING PROHIBITION

SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network is designed to block access to pornography websites. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

SEC. 419. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land administered by 

the Bureau of Land Management, or the Secretary of Agriculture, 

with respect to land administered by the Forest Service (referred 

to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess 

wild horses and burros that have been removed from land administered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, State, and local 

government agencies for use as work animals. 

(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Federal, State, or 

local government agency. 

(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under subsection 

(a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro (as 

defined in section 2 of Public Law 92–195 (commonly known as 

the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 
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(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving an 

excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) shall not— 

(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results 

in the destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial 

product; 

(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in a manner 

that results in the destruction of the horse or burro for processing into a commercial product; or 

(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of severe 

injury, illness, or advanced age. 

(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available 

for— 

(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild 

horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned 

(including a contractor); or 

(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in the 

destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing into a 

commercial product. 

FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND ENHANCEMENT

AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

SEC. 420. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 U.S.C. 580d 

note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for 

‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

SEC. 421. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State 

water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 

1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall 

be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, 

or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless 

all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced 

in the United States. 

(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products means 

the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or 

unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal 

castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, 

valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category 

of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

Agency (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds 

that— 

(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 

public interest; 

(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 

States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and 

of a satisfactory quality; or 

(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 

United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 

more than 25 percent. 

(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under 

this section, the Administrator shall make available to the public 

on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available 

to the Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for 
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informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior 

to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 

make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site 

of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 

United States obligations under international agreements. 

(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the 

funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water 

State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described 

in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

RESCISSION OF FUNDS

SEC. 422. Any amounts made available for fiscal year 2020 

pursuant to section 8705(f)(2) of Public Law 115–334 as amended 

by this Act, are hereby rescinded. 

JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION

SEC. 423. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 

U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), 

$25,690,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 

4(a)(1), $17,800,000 for fiscal year 2020.’’. 

LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF

EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR WILDFIRES

SEC. 424. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter 

into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training 

and equipment, including supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 

521 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior firefighting 

equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire management program to such organizations. 

RECREATION FEES

SEC. 425. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 

1, 2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

SEC. 426. None of the funds made available in this Act, in 

this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without the 
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advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 

the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

PROJECT INFORMATION

SEC. 427. (a) Within 60 days of the submission of the fiscal 

year 2021 budget or by April 1, 2020, whichever comes first, the 

Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate prioritized and detailed lists of Federal 

land acquisition projects, and Forest Legacy projects, that have 

been identified by each land management Agency. 

(b) The Federal land acquisition project lists required by each 

Agency in subsection (a) shall include individual projects for the 

National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 

Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service, and 

shall total for each agency no less than 150 percent of the amount 

enacted for that agency for the previous fiscal year. 

LOCAL CONTRACTORS

SEC. 428. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 112–74 

shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 

2019’’. 

SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

SEC. 429. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110–161 

(121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal 

year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

SEC. 430. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113–76 

(16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 

30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

PUERTO RICO SCHOOLING AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

SEC. 431. The authority provided by the 19th unnumbered 

paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions, Forest 

Service’’ in title III of Public Law 109–54, as amended, shall be 

applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION AUTHORIZATION

EXTENSION

SEC. 432. Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law 

by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 note), as amended by section 

335(6) of Public Law 108–108 and section 432 of Public Law 113– 

76, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal 

year 2019’’. 
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ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES AUTHORIZATION

EXTENSION

SEC. 433. Section 424(a) of the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76), as amended by section 428 of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), 

shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ for ‘‘October 

1, 2019’’. 

CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE

SEC. 434. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act 

of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 54 U.S.C. 320101 note) shall be 

applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

FOREST SERVICE BUDGET RESTRUCTURE

SEC. 435. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish the 

‘‘Forest Service Operations’’ account not later than October 1, 2020, 

for the necessary expenses of the Forest Service: (1) for the base 

salary and expenses of employees in the Chief’s Office, the Work 

Environment and Performance Office, the Business Operations 

Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial Officer’s Office to carry out 

administrative and general management support functions; (2) for 

the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and leases for buildings 

and sites; (3) for the costs of utility and communication expenses, 

business services, and information technology, including cybersecurity requirements; and (4) for such other administrative support 

function expenses necessary for the operation of the Forest Service. 

(b) Subsequent to the establishment of the account under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may execute appropriations 

of the Department for fiscal year 2021 as provided pursuant to 

such subsection, including any continuing appropriations made 

available for fiscal year 2021 before enactment of a regular appropriations Act. 

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

of Agriculture may transfer any unobligated balances made available to the Forest Service by this or prior appropriations Acts 

to the account established under subsection (a) to carry out such 

subsection, and shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

the Senate and the House of Representatives within 5 days of 

such transfer: Provided, That no amounts may be transferred from 

amounts that were made available for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

(d)(1) Not later than November 1, 2020, the Secretary of Agriculture shall establish the preliminary baseline for application of 

transfer authorities and submit the report specified in paragraph 

(2) to the Committees on Appropriations for the Senate and the 

House of Representatives. 

(2) The report required in this subsection shall include— 

(A) a delineation of the amount and account of each 

transfer made pursuant to subsection (b) or (c); 

(B) a table for each appropriation with a separate 

column to display the fiscal year 2020 enacted levels, 

adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to enacted 

rescissions, if appropriate, and adjustments made pursuant 
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to the transfer authority in subsection (b) or (c), and the 

resulting fiscal year level; 

(C) a delineation in the table for each appropriation, 

adjusted as described in paragraph (2), both by budget 

activity and program, project, and activity as detailed in 

the Budget Appendix; and 

(D) an identification of funds directed for a specific 

activity. 

TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 436. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the 

timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs 

and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest 

Service’s appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value 

appraisal. The western red cedar timber from those sales which 

is surplus to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 

be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 

United States at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western 

red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States 

domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the 

election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may 

be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber 

sale holder. 

PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 437. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may 

be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the 

issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or 

methane emissions resulting from biological processes associated 

with livestock production. 

GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

SEC. 438. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be 

used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires 

mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure 

management systems. 

FUNDING PROHIBITION

SEC. 439. None of the funds made available by this or any 

other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, 

ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law. 

POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY

SEC. 440. To support the key role that forests in the United 

States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United 

States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and 

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, 

consistent with their missions, jointly— 
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(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bioenergy— 

(A) is consistent across all Federal departments and 

agencies; and 

(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest 

biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest 

management; and 

(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of forest 

biomass as an energy solution, including policies that— 

(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest bioenergy 

and recognize biomass as a renewable energy source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy production does 

not cause conversion of forests to non-forest use; 

(B) encourage private investment throughout the forest 

biomass supply chain, including in— 

(i) working forests; 

(ii) harvesting operations; 

(iii) forest improvement operations; 

(iv) forest bioenergy production; 

(v) wood products manufacturing; or 

(vi) paper manufacturing; 

(C) encourage forest management to improve forest 

health; and 

(D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest 

biomass. 

SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS

SEC. 441. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 

21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with 

respect to units in the State of Alaska that are defined as ‘‘small, 

remote incinerator’’ units in those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is issued, the Administrator shall implement the 

law and regulations in effect prior to such date. 

CHACO CANYON

SEC. 442. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas leasing under 

43 CFR 3120.3 et seq, or to offer for oil and gas leasing, any 

Federal lands within the withdrawal area identified on the map 

of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park prepared by the 

Bureau of Land Management and dated April 2, 2019, prior to 

the completion of the cultural resources investigation identified 

in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

DAVID R. OBEY NORTHERN GREAT LAKES VISITOR CENTER

SEC. 443. (a) DESIGNATION.—The Northern Great Lakes Visitor 

Center located in Ashland, Wisconsin, the title to which is owned 

by the Forest Service, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘David 

R. Obey Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center’’. 

(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 

referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 

to the ‘‘David R. Obey Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center’’. 
H. R. 1865—220 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Interior, 

Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

DIVISION E—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

ACT, 2020 

TITLE I 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

SENATE 

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority Leader 

of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Senate, $39,920; 

Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority Whip of the Senate, 

$9,980; President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of 

the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each 

Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 

Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $189,840. 

For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; in all, $28,140. 

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers, employees, and others as author- ized by law, including agency contributions, $216,321,170, which 

shall be paid from this appropriation as follows: 

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

For the Office of the Vice President, $2,533,000. 

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $759,000. 

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $326,000. 

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $5,506,000. 

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,525,000. 

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $15,793,000. 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 

Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman 
H. R. 1865—221 

of each such committee, $1,738,000 for each such committee; in 

all, $3,476,000. 

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY

AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 

and the Conference of the Minority, $862,000. 

POLICY COMMITTEES

For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 

Policy Committee, $1,776,000 for each such committee; in all, 

$3,552,000. 

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

For Office of the Chaplain, $510,000. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

For Office of the Secretary, $26,818,000. 

OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

$85,867,000. 

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 

for the Minority, $1,940,000. 

AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized 

by law, and related expenses, $64,854,170. 

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $6,397,000. 

OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, $1,197,000. 

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $7,110; 

Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $7,110; Secretary 

for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; Secretary for the Minority 

of the Senate, $7,110; in all, $28,440. 
H. R. 1865—222 

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 

Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the 

Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental 

Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and 

Senate Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, 

$133,265,000, of which $26,650,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2022. 

U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 

$14,536,000 of which $11,436,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024 and of which $3,100,000 shall remain available 

until expended. 

SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $128,753,000, which shall remain available 

until September 30, 2024. 

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

For miscellaneous items, $18,871,410 which shall remain available until September 30, 2022. 

SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, $449,000,000 of which $20,128,950 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2022 and of which $6,000,000 shall be allocated 

solely for the purpose of providing financial compensation to Senate 

interns. 

OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 

$300,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL

AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUC- TION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT

SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

amounts appropriated under this Act under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ 

under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under 

the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

ACCOUNT’’ shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal 
H. R. 1865—223 

year or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 

Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining after 

the end of the period of availability shall be returned to the 

Treasury in accordance with the undesignated paragraph under 

the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ under chapter XI 

of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) 

and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget 

deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the 

Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury 

considers appropriate). 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 

$1,370,725,000, as follows: 

HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $28,884,000, 

including: Office of the Speaker, $8,295,000, including $25,000 for 

official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 

$2,947,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $8,295,000, including 

$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 

Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

$2,448,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy 

Minority Whip, $2,219,000, including $5,000 for official expenses 

of the Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,340,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,340,000: Provided, That such amount for salaries 

and expenses shall remain available from January 3, 2020 until 

January 2, 2021. 

MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF

MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’ 

clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $615,000,000. 

ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN MEMBER OFFICES

For the allowance established under section 120 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a) for the 

compensation of interns who serve in the offices of Members of 

the House of Representatives, $11,025,000, to remain available 

through December 31, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

120(b) of such Act, an office of a Member of the House of Representatives may use not more than $25,000 of the allowance available 

under this heading during calendar year 2020. 
H. R. 1865—224 

ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE LEADERSHIP

OFFICES

For the allowance established under section 113 of this Act 

for the compensation of interns who serve in House leadership 

offices, $365,000, to remain available through December 31, 2020: 

Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $200,000 

shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in 

House leadership offices of the majority, to be allocated among 

such offices by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and 

$165,000 shall be available for the compensation of interns who 

serve in House leadership offices of the minority, to be allocated 

among such offices by the Minority Floor Leader. 

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 

select, authorized by House resolutions, $135,359,000: Provided, 

That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and 

expenses until December 31, 2020, except that $2,850,000 of such 

amount shall remain available until expended for committee room 

upgrading. 

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 

$24,269,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be 

expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative 

Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement 

to agencies for services performed: Provided, That such amount 

shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 

December 31, 2020. 

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 

authorized by law, $231,903,000, including: for salaries and 

expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of the 

Chaplain and the Historian, and including not more than $25,000 

for official representation and reception expenses, of which not 

more than $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

$2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $30,766,000, of which 

$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 

expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the 

position of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

Management, and including not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $20,225,000, of which 

$10,267,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 

expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including 

not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception 

expenses, $153,550,000, of which $11,639,000 shall remain available 

until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Diversity 

and Inclusion, $1,000,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

of the Whistleblower Ombudsman, $750,000; for salaries and 

expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; for 
H. R. 1865—225 

salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,751,000; 

for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 

including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest 

of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official representation and 

reception expenses, $2,088,000; for salaries and expenses of the 

Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,419,000; for 

salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of 

the House, $11,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other authorized 

employees, $584,000. 

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution 

or law, $323,920,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative 

costs and Federal tort claims, $1,526,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, 

$190,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $294,377,000, to 

remain available until March 31, 2021; salaries and expenses for 

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $17,668,000, of which 

$5,000,000 shall remain available until expended; transition activities for new members and staff, $4,489,000, to remain available 

until expended; Wounded Warrior Program and the Congressional 

Gold Star Family Fellowship Program, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; 

and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased 

employees of the House, $1,000,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL

ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE

THE FEDERAL DEBT

SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2020. 

Any amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

allowances for fiscal year 2020 shall be deposited in the Treasury 

and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget 

deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the 

Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury 

considers appropriate). 

(b) The Committee on House Administration of the House of 

Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to 

carry out this section. 

(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the House 

of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Delegate or 

Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
H. R. 1865—226 

LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to make any payments from any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile 

district offices, in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for 

the vehicle in any month. 

ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN MEMBER OFFICES

SEC. 112. (a) Section 120(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a(f)) is amended by striking the 

period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, and such sums 

as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding 

fiscal year.’’. 

(b) Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘and ‘Office 

of the Attending Physician’.’’ and inserting ‘‘ ‘Office of the Attending 

Physician’, and ‘Allowance for Compensation of Interns in Member 

Offices’.’’. 

(c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 

as if included in the enactment of section 120 of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a). 

ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE LEADERSHIP

OFFICES

SEC. 113. (a) There is established for the House of Representatives an allowance which shall be available for the compensation 

of interns who serve in House leadership offices. 

(b) Section 104(b) of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(b)) shall apply 

with respect to an intern who is compensated under the allowance 

under this section in the same manner as such section applies 

with respect to an intern who is compensated under the Members’ 

Representational Allowance. 

(c) In this section— 

(1) the term ‘‘House leadership office’’ means, with respect 

to a fiscal year, any office for which the appropriation for 

salaries and expenses of the office for the fiscal year is provided 

under the heading ‘‘House Leadership Offices’’ in the Act 

making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 

year; and 

(2) term ‘‘intern’’, with respect to a House leadership office, 

has the meaning given such term with respect to a Member 

of the House of Representatives in section 104(c)(2) of the 

House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 

Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)). 

(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 

section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and 

each succeeding fiscal year. 

(e) Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507(c)(2)), as amended by section 112(b), is 

further amended by striking ‘‘, and ‘Allowance for Compensation 

of Interns in Member Offices’.’’ and inserting ‘‘, ‘Allowance for 

Compensation of Interns in Member Offices’, and ‘Allowance for 

Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices’.’’. 
H. R. 1865—227 

(f) This section and the amendments made by this section 

shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding 

fiscal year. 

CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 114. The head of any Federal entity that provides assistance to the House of Representatives in the House’s efforts to 

deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecurity risks to, and 

incidents involving, the information systems of the House shall 

take all necessary steps to ensure the constitutional integrity of 

the separate branches of the government at all stages of providing 

the assistance, including applying minimization procedures to limit 

the spread or sharing of privileged House and Member information. 

RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS

SEC. 115. (a) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 

appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established under 

House Resolution 94, Ninety-Eighth Congress, agreed to February 

8, 1983, as enacted into permanent law by section 110 of the 

Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), 

$1,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

(b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in the item relating 

to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading ‘‘House of Representatives, 

Contingent Expenses of the House’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $4,000,000 

is hereby rescinded. 

USE OF AVAILABLE BALANCES OF EXPIRED APPROPRIATIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 116. (a) Subject to section 119 of the Legislative Branch 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (2 U.S.C. 5511), available balances of 

expired appropriations for the House of Representatives shall be 

available to the House of Representatives— 

(1) for the payment of a death gratuity which is specifically 

appropriated by law and which is made in connection with 

the death of an employee of the House of Representatives, 

without regard to the fiscal year in which the payment is 

made; and 

(2) for deposit into the account established under section 

109 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 

U.S.C. 5508) for making payments of the House of Representatives to the Employees’ Compensation Fund under section 8147 

of title 5, United States Code, and for reimbursing the Secretary 

of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment 

compensation payments for former employees of the House. 

(b) This section shall apply with respect to funds appropriated 

or otherwise made available in fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding 

fiscal year. 
H. R. 1865—228 

REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF TUITION CHARGED FOR CHILDREN OF

EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER

SEC. 117. (a) Section 312(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)) is amended by adding at 

the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(4) In the case of a child of an employee of the center 

who is furnished care at the center, the Chief Administrative 

Officer shall reduce the amount of tuition otherwise charged 

with respect to such child during a month by the greater 

of— 

‘‘(A) 50 percent; or 

‘‘(B) such percentage as may be necessary to ensure 

that the total amount of tuition paid by the employee 

with respect to all children of the employee who are furnished care at the center during the month does not exceed 

$1,000.’’. 

(b) Section 312(d)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)(2)) is 

amended by inserting after ‘‘similar benefits and programs’’ the 

following: ‘‘(including the subsidies provided on behalf of employees 

of the center as a result of reductions in the amount of tuition 

otherwise charged with respect to children of such employees under 

paragraph (4))’’. 

(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 

respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

JOINT ITEMS 

For Joint Committees, as follows: 

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 

$4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 

JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF

2021 

For salaries and expenses associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the United 

States, January 20, 2021, in accordance with such program as 

may be adopted by the joint congressional committee authorized 

to conduct the inaugural ceremonies of 2021, $1,500,000 to be 

disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and to remain available 

until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds made available 

under this heading shall be available for payment, on a direct 

or reimbursable basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 

1, 2020: Provided further, That the compensation of any employee 

of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who 

has been designated to perform service with respect to the inaugural 

ceremonies of 2021 shall continue to be paid by the Committee 

on Rules and Administration, but the account from which such 

staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the services of the 

staff member out of funds made available under this heading: 

Provided further, That there are authorized to be paid from the 

appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate such sums as may be necessary, without 
H. R. 1865—229 

fiscal year limitation, for agency contributions related to the compensation of employees of the joint congressional committee. 

JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 

$11,563,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 

of the House of Representatives. 

For other joint items, as follows: 

OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 

the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 

assistants, including: 

(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the Attending 

Physician; 

(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical 

Officer; 

(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical 

officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; 

(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and 

$580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis 

heretofore provided for such assistants; and 

(5) $2,800,000 for reimbursement to the Department of 

the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment 

assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall 

be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or 

appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other 

expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 

thereof, $3,868,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 

Officer of the House of Representatives. 

OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional Accessi- bility Services, $1,509,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of 

the Senate. 

CAPITOL POLICE 

SALARIES

For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for health, 

retirement, social security, professional liability insurance, and 

other applicable employee benefits, $379,062,000 of which overtime 

shall not exceed $47,048,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by 

the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

GENERAL EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor 

vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment 

and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, 
H. R. 1865—230 

medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal 

and professional services, the employee assistance program, the 

awards program, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 

Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 

expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

in connection with official representation and reception expenses, 

$85,279,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 

or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the 

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2020 

shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 

available to the Department of Homeland Security. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 120. Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 

2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$60,000’’. 

OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, $6,333,000, of which 

$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, and 

of which not more than $1,000 may be expended on the certification 

of the Executive Director in connection with official representation 

and reception expenses. 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 

Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to 

be expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional 

Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception expenses, $54,941,000: Provided, That the Director shall use 

not less than $500,000 of the amount made available under this 

heading for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and models 

for the purpose of improving the transparency of estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, employees of Members of 

Congress, and the public, and (2) to increase the availability of 

models, economic assumptions, and data for Members of Congress, 

employees of Members of Congress, and the public. 

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal 

services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all necessary expenses 

for surveys and studies, construction, operation, and general and 

administrative support in connection with facilities and activities 
H. R. 1865—231 

under the care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House 

office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 

Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office equipment; 

including not more than $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may 

approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation 

of a passenger motor vehicle, $120,000,000. 

CAPITOL BUILDING

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol, $68,878,000, of which $40,899,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2024. 

CAPITOL GROUNDS

For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 

surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, 

and the Capitol Power Plant, $15,024,000, of which $3,000,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to 

be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect 

of the Capitol, $88,424,000, of which $23,100,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2024. 

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings, $153,273,000, of which 

$30,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, and 

of which $62,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

the restoration and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: 

Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, 

$8,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the House Office 

Building Fund established under section 176(d) of the Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2017, as added by section 101(3) of the Further 

Continuing Appropriation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 

2001 note). 

CAPITOL POWER PLANT

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including 

the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services 

for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, 

Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Publishing 

Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled 

water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 

Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 
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Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 

shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect 

of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 

the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $98,957,000, of 

which $15,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024: 

Provided, That not more than $10,000,000 of the funds credited 

or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall 

be available for obligation during fiscal year 2020. 

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 

maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 

grounds, $55,746,000, of which $25,200,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2024. 

CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United 

States Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computing 

Facility, and Architect of the Capitol security operations, 

$55,216,000, of which $28,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 

BOTANIC GARDEN

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, 

and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, 

and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction 

of the Joint Committee on the Library, $16,094,000, of which 

$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount made available under this heading, 

the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 

as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 

the National Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers 

approved by the Architect of the Capitol or a duly authorized 

designee. 

CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol 

Visitor Center, $24,321,000. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR OVER BUDGET

SEC. 130. None of the funds made available in this Act for 

the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or 

award payments to contractors for work on contracts or programs 

for which the contractor is behind schedule or over budget, unless 

the Architect of the Capitol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, 

government-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

overall scope of the project and/or program. 
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 

of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library 

buildings; information technology services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; 

preparation and distribution of catalog records and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor 

vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board 

not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by 

the Board, $504,164,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 

fiscal year 2020, and shall remain available until expended, under 

the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 

150): Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate 

or expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of 

June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation 

or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the 

total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount 

by which collections are less than $6,000,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more than $18,000 

may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

in connection with official representation and reception expenses, 

including for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That 

of the total amount appropriated, $9,110,000 shall remain available 

until expended for the digital collections and educational curricula 

program: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

$1,350,000 shall remain available until expended for upgrade of 

the Legislative Branch Financial Management System: Provided 

further, That of the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall 

remain available until expended for the Surplus Books Program 

to promote the program and facilitate a greater number of donations 

to eligible entities across the United States: Provided further, That 

of the total amount appropriated, $3,587,000 shall remain available 

until expended for the Veterans History Project to continue 

digitization efforts of already collected materials, reach a greater 

number of veterans to record their stories, and promote public 

access to the Project: Provided further, That of the total amount 

appropriated, $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

for the development of the Library’s Visitor Experience project, 

and may be obligated and expended only upon approval by the 

Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and by the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $91,840,000, 

of which not more than $43,221,000, to remain available until 
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expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2020 under sections 708(d) and 1316 

of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office 

may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

under such section in excess of the amount authorized for obligation 

or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

more than $6,482,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 

year 2020 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 

of such title: Provided further, That the total amount available 

for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 

are less than $49,703,000: Provided further, That of the funds 

provided under this heading, not less than $17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which $10,000,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That not more than 

$100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright 

Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 

nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and 

policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 may be 

expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in 

connection with official representation and reception expenses for 

activities of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, 

any amounts made available under this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the Copyright 

Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title 

may be used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of the costs 

of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff 

under section 802(e). 

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) 

and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United 

States of America, $120,495,000: Provided, That no part of such 

amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 

with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except 

the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library 

of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

of either the Committee on House Administration of the House 

of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 

of the Senate: Provided further, That this prohibition does not 

apply to publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-confidential 

CRS product includes any written product containing research or 

analysis that is currently available for general congressional access 

on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made available 

on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 

and does not include material prepared in response to Congressional 

requests for confidential analysis or research. 
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NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PRINT DISABLED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $58,563,000: 

Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall 

be available to contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents at no cost to the individual. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

SEC. 140. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2020, the 

obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 

described in subsection (b) may not exceed $231,975,000. 

(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 

reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from 

sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations 

Acts for the legislative branch. 

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For authorized publishing of congressional information and the 

distribution of congressional information in any format; publishing 

of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 

to Members of Congress; and publishing, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without 

charge to the recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition 

of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 

Commissioners or Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 

44, United States Code: Provided further, That this appropriation 

shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under 

the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 

appropriated or made available under this Act or any other Act 

for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress 

under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended 

to print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month 

period beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress 

reauthorizes such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 

44, United States Code: Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary funds made available 

under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred 

to, and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ no later than 

the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which 

such funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated, 

to be available for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject 

to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
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of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States 

Code, this appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the 

Congressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 

PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF

DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For expenses of the public information programs of the Office 

of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications in any format, 

and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other 

Government agencies, and designated depository and international 

exchange libraries as authorized by law, $31,296,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal years 

2018 and 2019 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of expired 

discretionary funds made available under this heading in this Act 

for this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

under the heading ‘‘Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ no later than the end of the fifth fiscal 

year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available 

for the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for carrying 

out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate. 

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS

REVOLVING FUND

For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,704,000, to remain available until 

expended, for information technology development and facilities 

repair: Provided, That the Government Publishing Office is hereby 

authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 

available and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 

and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 

be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth 

in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Director of the Government Publishing Office in 

connection with official representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall 

be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 

motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 

with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Director of 

the Government Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to 

carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be 

available for temporary or intermittent services under section 
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3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 

not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 

such title: Provided further, That activities financed through the 

Business Operations Revolving Fund may provide information in 

any format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading ‘‘Public 

Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents’’ may 

not be used for contracted security services at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 

Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 

certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in 

connection with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 

United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than 

the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV 

of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire 

of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 

(6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 

(6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 

General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 

countries, $630,000,000: Provided, That, in addition, $24,800,000 

of payments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 

of title 31, United States Code, shall be available without fiscal 

year limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 

appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department 

or agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall 

be available to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

costs as determined by the respective Forum, including necessary 

travel expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That 

payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially 

financed. 

OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND 

For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 

Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center 

under section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $5,900,000: Provided, That funds made available to support Russian participants shall only be used for those 

engaging in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 

civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the central 

government of Russia. 
H. R. 1865—238 

JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING 

AND DEVELOPMENT 

For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 

Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John 

C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development 

Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

TITLE II 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except 

for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under 

regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for 

the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2020 unless 

expressly so provided in this Act. 

RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 

et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or position appropriated for is different from 

that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation 

and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 

respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the 

various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire 

for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 

be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

CONSULTING SERVICES

SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 

Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to 

those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 

provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

issued under existing law. 

COSTS OF LBFMC

SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 

any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative 

Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by 

charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except 

that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating 
H. R. 1865—239 

legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 

the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 

the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this 

Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United 

States Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices 

of Members of Congress and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 

2242(b)(8)). 

(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 

direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the 

Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol 

which are led by employees and interns described in subsection 

(a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction 

for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours 

of the United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

the Capitol. 

LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT

SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available under this Act may be used to acquire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE 

Corporation or a high-impact or moderate-impact information 

system, as defined for security categorization in the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information 

Processing Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems’’ unless 

the agency, office, or other entity acquiring the equipment or system 

has— 

(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 

systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact information 

systems within the Federal Government; 

(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 

awardee against available and relevant threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment 

of any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the 

acquisition of such system, including any risk associated with 

such system being produced, manufactured, or assembled by 

one or more entities identified by the United States Government 

as posing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, those 

that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People’s 
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Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 

People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federation. 

(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate 

impact information system reviewed and assessed under subsection 

(a) unless the head of the assessing entity described in subsection 

(a) has— 

(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain 

risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisition of such system 

is in the vital national security interest of the United States; 

and 

(3) reported that determination to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

in a manner that identifies the system intended for acquisition 

and a detailed description of the mitigation strategies identified 

in paragraph (1), provided that such report may include a 

classified annex as necessary. 

PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities or other official government activities. 

PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION

SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this division that 

contract with a food service provider or providers shall confer and 

coordinate with such food service provider or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic 

waste, including waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable items, and increase recycling and composting opportunities. 

ADJUSTMENT TO NORMAL COST PERCENTAGE RATES

SEC. 211. Section 8423(a)(1)(B)(i) of title 5, United States Code, 

is amended by inserting ‘‘(including a separate normal-cost percentage for Congressional employees that are members of the Capitol 

Police covered under subsection (d) of section 8412 and subsection 

(c) of section 8425)’’ after ‘‘Congressional employees’’. 

CONGRESSIONAL STAFF COMPENSATION

SEC. 212. (a) SENATE.— 

(1) CHANGE IN MAXIMUM RATES.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of the Legislative Branch 

Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575) is amended— 
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(i) in subsection (d)(2), in the second sentence, 

by striking ‘‘or in excess’’ and all that follows through 

‘‘per annum.’’ and inserting ‘‘or in excess of $173,900.’’; 

(ii) in subsection (e)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘in excess 

of’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘in excess of 

$173,900.’’; and 

(iii) in subsection (f), in the first sentence, by 

striking ‘‘or in excess’’ and all that follows through 

‘‘unless expressly’’ and inserting ‘‘or in excess of 

$173,900, unless expressly’’. 

(B) AUTHORITY FOR STATUTORY EMPLOYEES.— 

(i) FIXED SALARY POSITIONS.—For any position for 

which the Secretary of the Senate disburses the pay 

for the position and for which the specific amount 

of the rate of pay for the particular position is fixed 

by statute on the day before the effective date of the 

amendments made by this section, on and after such 

effective date the amount of the rate of pay for such 

position shall be fixed by the President pro tempore 

in an amount not to exceed the maximum rate of 

pay in effect under section 105(f) of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)). 

(ii) POSITIONS WITH MAXIMUMS.—For any position 

for which the Secretary of the Senate disburses the 

pay for the position and for which the maximum rate 

of pay for the particular position is fixed by statute 

on the day before the effective date of the amendments 

made by this section, on and after such effective date 

the maximum rate of pay for such position shall be 

fixed by the President pro tempore, which shall not 

exceed the maximum rate of pay in effect under section 

105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 

1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)). 

(2) ADJUSTMENTS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 4571) is amended— 

(i) in subsection (a)— 

(I) in paragraph (1)— 

(aa) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

at the end; and 

(bb) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(B) in the case of such personnel appointed to positions 

for which the rates of pay for the particular positions were 

fixed by or pursuant to law at specific rates on the day before 

the effective date of the amendments made by section 212 

of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020, adjust such 

rates; and 

‘‘(C) in the case of such personnel appointed to positions 

for which the maximum rates of pay for the particular positions 

were fixed by or pursuant to law on the day before such 

effective date, adjust such maximum rates; and’’; and 

(II) in the matter following paragraph (2)— 

(aa) by striking ‘‘and with such exceptions 

as may be necessary to provide for appropriate 

pay relationships between positions’’; and 
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(bb) by striking ‘‘to restore’’ and all that 

follows through ‘‘between positions.’’ and 

inserting ‘‘to maintain the pay relationships 

that existed on the effective date of the amendments made by section 212 of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 between the 

maximum rate of pay for Senate personnel 

and Senators.’’; and 

(ii) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘to restore’’ and 

all that follows and inserting ‘‘to maintain the pay 

relationships that existed on the effective date of the 

amendments made by section 212 of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 between the maximum rate of pay for Senate personnel and Senators.’’. 

(B) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 315(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 4573(a)) 

is amended by striking ‘‘to the extent necessary to maintain’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘(including such 

personnel appointed to positions for which the specific 

amount of the rate of pay for the particular position is 

fixed by statute on the day before the effective date of 

the amendments made by section 212 of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 and such personnel 

appointed to positions for which the maximum rates of 

pay for the particular positions were fixed by or pursuant 

to law on the day before such effective date) to the extent 

necessary to maintain the pay relationships that existed 

on such effective date between the maximum rate of pay 

for Senate personnel and Senators.’’. 

(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(A) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 

Act, 1976 (Public Law 94–59; 89 Stat. 275) is repealed. 

(B) Section 201(a)(5)(A) of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking 

‘‘the lower of—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the 

maximum rate of pay in effect under section 105(f) of 

the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 

4575(f)).’’. 

(C) Section 302(a)(2)(B) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1382(a)(2)(B)) is amended 

by striking ‘‘the lesser of—’’ and all that follows and 

inserting ‘‘the maximum rate of pay in effect under section 

105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 

(2 U.S.C. 4575(f)).’’. 

(D) The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 

fix the annual rates of pay for the Architect of the Capitol 

and the Assistant Architect of the Capitol’’ (2 U.S.C. 1802) 

is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SECTION 1. COMPENSATION. 

‘‘The compensation of the Architect of the Capitol shall be 

at an annual rate which is equal to the maximum rate of pay 

in effect under section 105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)).’’. 

(E) Subsection (c) of the first section of the Act entitled 

‘‘An Act to establish by law the position of Chief of the 

Capitol Police, and for other purposes’’ (2 U.S.C. 1902) 
H. R. 1865—243 

is amended by striking ‘‘the lower of’’ and all that follows 

and inserting ‘‘the maximum rate of pay in effect under 

section 105(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 

1968 (2 U.S.C. 4575(f)).’’. 

(F) Senate Resolution 89, 100th Congress, agreed to 

January 28, 1987, as enacted into law by section 9 of 

the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

6133), is amended in subsection (a) of the first section 

by striking ‘‘by the appropriate Leader’’ and all that follows 

and inserting ‘‘by the appropriate Leader.’’. 

(G) Section 2(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (as enacted into law by section 101(i) of 

Public Law 100–202 (101 Stat. 1329–290)) (2 U.S.C. 6651) 

is repealed. 

(H) Section 203(g) of the Federal Legislative Salary 

Act of 1964 (Public Law 88–426; 78 Stat. 415) is repealed. 

(I) Section 701 of the Ethics in Government Act of 

1978 (2 U.S.C. 288) is amended— 

(i) by striking paragraph (4) of subsection (a); and 

(ii) in subsection (b)(1), by striking the second sentence. 

(b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 

(1) ADJUSTMENTS BY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.—Section 

311(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (as 

enacted into law by section 101(i) of Public Law 100–202 (101 

Stat. 1329–290)) (2 U.S.C. 4532) is amended— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph 

(A); 

(ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following new 

subparagraph: 

‘‘(C) the maintenance of the pay relationship described 

in paragraph (3).’’; 

(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 

and 

(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(3) The pay relationship described in this paragraph is the 

relationship in existence as of the effective date of the amendments 

made by section 212 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

2020 between— 

‘‘(A) an annual rate of pay of $173,900; and 

‘‘(B) the annual rate of pay of a Member of the House 

of Representatives who is not the Speaker, Majority Leader, 

or Minority Leader of the House.’’. 

(2) PAY ADJUSTMENTS BY CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.— Section 4(e) of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 

(2 U.S.C. 4531(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(e) No rate of pay for any position shall be adjusted under 

this section to an amount in excess of the rate of pay in effect 

for such position under an order issued by the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives pursuant to the authority of section 311(d) 

of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’. 

(3) CERTAIN POSITIONS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES.— 
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(A) LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL.—Section 523 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 282b) is 

amended— 

(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘equal to the rate 

of basic pay’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘equal 

to the greater of $173,900 or the rate of pay in effect 

for such position under an order issued by the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives pursuant to the 

authority of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch 

Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’; and 

(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘in excess of the 

rate of basic pay’’ and all that follows and inserting 

‘‘in excess of the applicable rate of pay in effect under 

an order issued by the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to the authority of section 311(d) 

of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 

(2 U.S.C. 4532).’’. 

(B) LAW REVISION COUNSEL.—Section 205(f) of House 

Resolution 988, 93rd Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, 

as enacted into law by the matter under the heading 

‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘HOUSE 

OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ under chapter III of title I of 

the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 285e), 

is amended by striking ‘‘Law Revision Counsel shall be 

paid’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘Law Revision 

Counsel shall be paid at a per annum gross rate determined 

by the Speaker not to exceed the greater of $173,900 or 

the rate of pay in effect for such position under an order 

issued by the Speaker pursuant to the authority of section 

311(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 

(2 U.S.C. 4532); and members of the staff of the Office 

other than the Law Revision Counsel shall be paid at 

per annum gross rates fixed by the Law Revision Counsel 

with the approval of the Speaker or in accordance with 

policies approved by the Speaker, but not in excess of 

the applicable rate of pay in effect under an order issued 

by the Speaker pursuant to the authority of such section.’’. 

(C) PARLIAMENTARIAN.—Section 4 of House Resolution 

502, 95th Congress, agreed to April 20, 1977, as enacted 

into law by section 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 287c), is amended— 

(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘but not in excess’’ 

and all that follows and inserting ‘‘but not in excess 

of the greater of $173,900 or the rate of pay in effect 

for such position under an order issued by the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives pursuant to the 

authority of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch 

Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’; and 

(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, but not in 

excess of the rate of basic pay set forth in subsection 

(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘but not in excess of the applicable 

rate of pay in effect under an order issued by the 

Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to 

the authority of section 311(d) of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532)’’. 

(D) CHAPLAIN.—Section 3 of House Resolution 661, 

95th Congress, agreed to July 29, 1977, as enacted into 
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law by section 111 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 

Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 5521), is amended by striking section 

3 and inserting the following: 

‘‘SEC. 3. The maximum per year gross rate of compensation 

of the Chaplain of the House of Representatives shall not exceed 

the greater of $173,900 or the rate of pay in effect for such position 

under an order issued by the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to the authority of section 311(d) of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’. 

(E) CERTAIN LEADERSHIP EMPLOYEES.—Subsection (b) 

of the first section of House Resolution 393, 95th Congress, 

agreed to March 31, 1977, as enacted into law by section 

115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 

U.S.C. 5141(b)), is amended by striking ‘‘The annual rate’’ 

and all that follows through ‘‘United States Code,’’ and 

inserting the following: ‘‘The maximum annual rate of compensation for any individual employed under subsection 

(a) shall not exceed the greater of $173,900 or the applicable 

rate of pay in effect under an order issued by the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives pursuant to the authority 

of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532),’’. 

(4) CHIEF OF STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION.— Section 214(e) of the Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act 

of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 4302) is amended by striking ‘‘The per annum 

rate of compensation’’ and all that follows through the period 

at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘The maximum annual 

rate of compensation of the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee 

on Taxation shall not exceed the greater of $173,900 or the 

rate of pay in effect for such position under an order issued 

by the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to 

the authority of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532).’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made 

by this section shall take effect on the later of— 

(1) the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 

on or after January 1, 2020; or 

(2) the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 

on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

DIVISION F—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

ACT, 2020 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 

temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by 

law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other 

personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 

and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the 
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functions of the Commander in Chief, $1,178,499,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of this amount, 

not to exceed $136,099,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

design, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, 

as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Army determines 

that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 

temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, facilities, 

and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps as currently 

authorized by law, including personnel in the Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command and other personal services necessary for 

the purposes of this appropriation, $2,449,632,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of this amount, 

not to exceed $178,715,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

and the reasons therefor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 

temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized 

by law, $1,687,230,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2024: Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $153,148,000 

shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 

engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of 

the Air Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

therefor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 

temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and 

real property for activities and agencies of the Department of 

Defense (other than the military departments), as currently authorized by law, $2,362,529,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2024: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation as 

may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred 

to such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 

military construction or family housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 

and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 

which transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount, not to 

exceed $298,655,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless 

the Secretary of Defense determines that additional obligations 
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are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

and the reasons therefor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 

conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 

Army National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized 

by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

Construction Authorization Acts, $210,819,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 

exceed $20,469,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless 

the Director of the Army National Guard determines that additional 

obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 

conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 

Air National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by 

chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $164,471,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 

$17,000,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and 

architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 

Director of the Air National Guard determines that additional 

obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 

conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 

Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

$60,928,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be 

available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 

services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve 

determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 

conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 

reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized 

by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

Construction Authorization Acts, $54,955,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 

exceed $4,780,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless 
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the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 

are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

and the reasons therefor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 

conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 

Air Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

$59,750,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $4,604,000 shall be 

available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 

services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 

Reserve determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 

both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

therefor. 

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

For the United States share of the cost of the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for the acquisition and construction of military facilities and installations 

(including international military headquarters) and for related 

expenses for the collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty 

Area as authorized by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, 

and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $172,005,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 

Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure 

and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $398,526,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, 

including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, 

and alteration, as authorized by law, $141,372,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation 

and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as 

authorized by law, $357,907,000. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps 

for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
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expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

$47,661,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY AND

MARINE CORPS

For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps 

for operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 

premiums, as authorized by law, $317,870,000. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $103,631,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2024. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation 

and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as 

authorized by law, $295,016,000. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies 

of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) 

for operation and maintenance, leasing, and minor construction, 

as authorized by law, $57,000,000. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND

For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 

Fund, $3,045,000, to remain available until expended, for family 

housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 

10, United States Code, providing alternative means of acquiring 

and improving military family housing and supporting facilities. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND

For the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund, $500,000, to remain available until 

expended, for unaccompanied housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing alternative means of acquiring and improving military unaccompanied 

housing and supporting facilities. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this title shall 

be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract 

for construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific 
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approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the 

reasons therefor. 

SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for construction 

shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for construction 

may be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads 

as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when 

projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national 

defense by the Secretary of Defense. 

SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this title may 

be used to begin construction of new bases in the United States 

for which specific appropriations have not been made. 

SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this title shall 

be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 

percent of the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers 

or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where 

there is a determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases 

negotiated by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

General; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 

(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to be 

in the public interest. 

SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this title shall 

be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or 

(3) install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which 

funds have been made available in annual Acts making appropriations for military construction. 

SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this title for 

minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity 

from one base or installation to another, without prior notification 

to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this title may 

be used for the procurement of steel for any construction project 

or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 

manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for 

such steel procurement. 

SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of 

Defense for military construction or family housing during the 

current fiscal year may be used to pay real property taxes in 

any foreign nation. 

SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this title may 

be used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this title may 

be obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the 

Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished 

in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 

country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such 

contracts are awarded to United States firms or United States 

firms in joint venture with host nation firms. 

SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this title for 

military construction in the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering 

the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated 

by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: 

Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to contract 
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awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of 

a United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and 

responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 

Provided further, That this section shall not apply to contract 

awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the 

lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese 

contractor. 

SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 

committees of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees 

on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed military 

exercise involving United States personnel 30 days prior to its 

occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either temporary 

or permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 

for construction in prior years shall be available for construction 

authorized for each such military department by the authorizations 

enacted into law during the current session of Congress. 

SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing projects 

that are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed 

for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the 

cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering 

and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any. 

SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

funds made available to a military department or defense agency 

for the construction of military projects may be obligated for a 

military construction project or contract, or for any portion of such 

a project or contract, at any time before the end of the fourth 

fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds for such project 

were made available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) 

are obligated from funds available for military construction projects; 

and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 

plus any amount by which the cost of such project is increased 

pursuant to law. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days 

for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 

sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such 

additional amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of 

Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense 

Family Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with 

and to be available for the same purposes and for the same period 

of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the 

Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ accounts, to be 

merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for 

the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the 

Fund: Provided, That appropriations made available to the Funds 

shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the 

provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 

Code, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving 
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military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority available 

to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from 

the Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses 

associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred 

under 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 

merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the 

same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

made available in this title for operation and maintenance of family 

housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing units, including general or flag officer 

quarters: Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may 

be spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any general 

or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 

days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant 

to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, except 

that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted if the limitation 

is exceeded solely due to costs associated with environmental 

remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 

and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag 

officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 

SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 

Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, 

United States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until 

expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such 

section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 

section. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropriations available in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construction and family housing operation and maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, upon a determination that such 

appropriations will not be necessary for the liquidation of obligations 

or for making authorized adjustments to such appropriations for 

obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appropriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 

Construction, Defense’’, to be merged with and to be available 

for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 

in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
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transferred among projects and activities within the account in 

accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military 

construction and family housing construction contained in Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, 

Volume 3, Chapter 7, of March 2011, as in effect on the date 

of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this title may 

be obligated or expended for planning and design and construction 

of projects at Arlington National Cemetery. 

SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 

the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 

2024: 

‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $79,500,000; 

‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 

$374,529,000; 

‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $288,200,000; 

‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 

$155,000,000; 

‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, $57,000,000; 

‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $24,800,000; 

and 

‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $66,880,000: 

Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 

construction projects identified in the respective military department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 2020 submitted to 

Congress: Provided further, That such projects are subject to 

authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry 

out construction: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 

after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military department 

concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 

for funds provided under this section. 

(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, the following funds 

are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 

specified: 

‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $45,055,000; and 

‘‘NATO Security Investment Program’’, $25,000,000: 

Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

SEC. 126. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 

defense committees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee 

on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee 

on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 

Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United 

States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 
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SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relocate any element 

of a United States Air Force Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy 

Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of 

the United States until the Secretary of the Air Force: (1) completes 

an analysis and comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squadron 

outside of the United States versus within the United States; (2) 

provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

Congress (‘‘the Committees’’) a report detailing the findings of the 

cost analysis; and (3) certifies in writing to the Committees that 

the preferred site for the consolidation or relocation yields the 

greatest savings for the Air Force: Provided, That the term ‘‘United 

States’’ in this section does not include any territory or possession 

of the United States. 

SEC. 129. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Department of 

Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Department of Defense— 

Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Department of 

Defense—Military Construction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of 

Defense—Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant 

to the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 

Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2020 in the funding 

table in section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available 

and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized projects. 

SEC. 130. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 

the amounts specified for planning and design, for improving military installation resilience, to remain available until September 

30, 2024: 

‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $20,000,000; 

‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 

$35,000,000; and 

‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $20,000,000: 

Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his 

or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 

under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 

military department concerned may not obligate or expend any 

funds prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 

both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 

section. 

SEC. 131. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 

the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 

2021: 

‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

$50,000,000; 

‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and 

Marine Corps’’, $59,600,000; and 

‘‘Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 

$31,200,000. 
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TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 

veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 

of title 38, United States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf 

of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 

title 38, United States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated 

Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers’ 

retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment 

of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed 

under the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized 

by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 53, 

55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $1,439,931,000, which 

shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 

heading that became available on October 1, 2019; and, 

$118,246,975,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $18,147,000 of the amount made available 

for fiscal year 2021 under this heading shall be reimbursed to 

‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 

and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary expenses in 

implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 

38, United States Code, the funding source for which is specifically 

provided as the ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on an actual 

qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care 

Collections Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical 

facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 

READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 

to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 

33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 

States Code, $12,578,965,000, to remain available until expended 

and to become available on October 1, 2020: Provided, That expenses 

for rehabilitation program services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 

of title 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), 

(2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this account. 

VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, 

and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 

19 and 21 of title 38, United States Code, $17,620,000, which 

shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 
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heading that became available on October 1, 2019, to remain available until expended; and, in addition, $129,224,000, shall become 

available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until 

expended. 

VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 

may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 

Code: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 

2020, within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 

gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially 

adapted housing loans. 

In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

and guaranteed loan programs, $200,377,391. 

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of direct loans, $57,729, as authorized by chapter 

31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 

including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

further, That funds made available under this heading are available 

to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

loans not to exceed $2,008,232. 

In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 

out the direct loan program, $401,880, which may be paid to the 

appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 

Administration’’. 

NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United 

States Code, $1,186,000. 

GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

ADMINISTRATION

For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 

Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services 

Administration for security guard services, and reimbursement of 

the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 

$3,125,000,000: Provided, That expenses for services and assistance 

authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) 

of title 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) 

to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to 

obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: 

Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this 

heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until 

September 30, 2021. 
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VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

MEDICAL SERVICES

For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 

inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and 

treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, 

and including medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare 

employees hired under title 38, United States Code, assistance 

and support services for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G 

of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments authorized by 

section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 

7681 note), monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 

322(d) of title 38, United States Code, grants authorized by section 

521A of title 38, United States Code, and administrative expenses 

necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United 

States Code, and hospital care and medical services authorized 

by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $56,158,015,000, 

plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2020, 

and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under 

this heading, $1,500,000,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2022: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a 

priority for the provision of medical treatment for veterans who 

have service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special 

needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding 

for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment 

priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 

Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written 

prescriptions based on requirements established by the Secretary: 

Provided further, That the implementation of the program described 

in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading for medical supplies and equipment 

are available for the acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically 

for female veterans: Provided further, That of the amount that 

became available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, not less 

than $585,000,000 shall be for gender-specific care for women. 

MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE

For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to individuals 

pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at nonDepartment facilities, $4,521,400,000, which shall be in addition 

to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became 

available on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, $17,131,179,000, 

plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2020, 

and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under 
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this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2022: Provided further, That $615,000,000 of the additional 

amounts provided for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in this 

Act shall be derived by transfer from the Veterans Choice Fund 

pursuant to the authority in section 802(c)(4) of the Veterans Access, 

Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, as amended (38 U.S.C. 

1701 note), from prior year unobligated balances in that Fund 

that were provided by section 510 of the VA MISSION Act of 

2018 (Public Law 115–182). 

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 

hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and 

research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses 

in support of capital policy activities; and administrative and legal 

expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts 

owed the Department as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 

United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act 

(42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $98,800,000 which shall be in addition 

to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became 

available on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, $7,914,191,000, 

plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2020, 

and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under 

this heading, $150,000,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2022. 

MEDICAL FACILITIES

For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 

hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other necessary 

facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for administrative 

expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real 

property acquisition and disposition, construction, and renovation 

of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 

charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, either by 

contract or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of 

materials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services; 

$6,433,265,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on 

October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until September 30, 

2021: Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 

1, 2020, under this heading, $250,000,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2022. 

MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 

and prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter 

73 of title 38, United States Code, $800,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 

amounts appropriated under this heading are available for prosthetic research specifically for female veterans, and for toxic exposure research. 
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NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, 

including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as 

authorized by law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for 

use in cemeterial operations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

repair, alteration or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 

of the National Cemetery Administration, $329,000,000, of which 

not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 

30, 2021. 

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative 

expenses in support of Department-wide capital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, or allowances therefor; not 

to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 

hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

Services Administration for security guard services, $355,911,000, 

of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until 

September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds provided under this 

heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans 

Appeals, $182,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 

remain available until September 30, 2021. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses for information technology systems and 

telecommunications support, including developmental information 

systems and operational information systems; for pay and associated 

costs; and for the capital asset acquisition of information technology 

systems, including management and related contractual costs of 

said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

$4,371,615,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 

$1,204,238,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not 

to exceed 3 percent shall remain available until September 30, 

2021: Provided further, That $2,739,597,000 shall be for operations 

and maintenance, of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain 

available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 

$427,780,000 shall be for information technology systems development, and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That amounts made available for salaries and 

expenses, operations and maintenance, and information technology 
H. R. 1865—260 

systems development may be transferred among the three subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided 

further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account for development may be transferred among 

projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That no 

project may be increased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 

of cost prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and 

an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 

has elapsed: Provided further, That the funds made available under 

this heading for information technology systems development shall 

be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading 

in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

For activities related to implementation, preparation, development, interface, management, rollout, and maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, including contractual costs 

associated with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

United States Code, and salaries and expenses of employees hired 

under titles 5 and 38, United States Code, $1,500,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and deployment implementation by facility: 

Provided further, That the funds provided in this account shall 

only be available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be 

administered by that Office: Provided further, That none of the 

funds made available under this heading may be obligated in a 

manner inconsistent with deployment schedules provided to the 

Committees on Appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs provides notification to the Committees on Appropriations 

of such change and an approval is issued. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to 

include information technology, in carrying out the provisions of 

the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $210,000,000, 

of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until 

September 30, 2021. 

CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 

the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or 

for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any 

of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 

81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, 

including planning, architectural and engineering services, 

construction management services, maintenance or guarantee 

period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 

storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
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where the estimated cost of a project is more than the amount 

set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

or where funds for a project were made available in a previous 

major project appropriation, $1,235,200,000, of which 

$1,036,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, 

and of which $198,600,000 shall remain available until expended, 

of which $35,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement 

projects and seismic program management activities, including for 

projects that would otherwise be funded by the Construction, Minor 

Projects, Medical Facilities or National Cemetery Administration 

accounts: Provided, That except for advance planning activities, 

including needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

investments, and other capital asset management related activities, 

including portfolio development and management activities, and 

investment strategy studies funded through the advance planning 

fund and the planning and design activities funded through the 

design fund, including needs assessments which may or may not 

lead to capital investments, and funds provided for the purchase, 

security, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery 

Administration through the land acquisition line item, none of 

the funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

any project that has not been notified to Congress through the 

budgetary process or that has not been approved by the Congress 

through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory statement 

accompanying such Act and presented to the President at the time 

of enrollment: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the ‘‘General Administration’’ 

account for payment of salaries and expenses of all Office of 

Construction and Facilities Management employees to support the 

full range of capital infrastructure services provided, including 

minor construction and leasing services: Provided further, That 

funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 2020, for 

each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of 

a construction documents contract by September 30, 2020; and 

(2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 

2021: Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress a written report on any approved major 

construction project for which obligations are not incurred within 

the time limitations established above: Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 38, United 

States Code, amounts made available under this heading for seismic 

improvement projects and seismic program management activities 

shall be available for the completion of both new and existing 

seismic projects of the Department. 

CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 

the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or 

for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital investments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees 

provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 

and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 

or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 
H. R. 1865—262 

and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise 

provided for, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to 

or less than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 

38, United States Code, $398,800,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2024, along with unobligated balances of previous 

‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 

made available for any project where the estimated cost is equal 

to or less than the amount set forth in such section: Provided, 

That funds made available under this heading shall be for: (1) 

repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction 

or for the use of the Department which are necessary because 

of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize 

further loss by such causes. 

GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF

STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 

home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter 

existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State 

homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 

8131 through 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $90,000,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 

by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $45,000,000, to 

remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2020 for ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any 

other of the mentioned appropriations: Provided, That, before a 

transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 

issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 

elapsed. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020, in this or any other Act, under 

the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be 

transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers 

among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and 

‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less 

of the total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 

other Act may take place subject to notification from the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
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Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the transfer: 

Provided further, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, 

‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ 

accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 

percent for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 

requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval 

is issued: Provided further, That any transfers to or from the 

‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place only after the Secretary 

requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval 

is issued. 

SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for salaries 

and expenses shall be available for services authorized by section 

3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

lease of a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances 

therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 

5, United States Code. 

SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

Projects’’) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or 

toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 

SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be available 

for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the 

laws providing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving 

such treatment under sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United 

States Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 

to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be fixed 

by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of prior year 

accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the 

corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal 

year 2019. 

SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall be available 

to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) 

of title 31, United States Code, except that if such obligations 

are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 

fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the 

National Service Life Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 

38, United States Code, the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund 

under section 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 

States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of 

title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating 

Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information 

Technology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 

the insurance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, 
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That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings 

accumulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 2020 

that are available for dividends in that program after claims have 

been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: 

Provided further, That if the cost of administration of such an 

insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the 

extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

2020 which is properly allocable to the provision of each such 

insurance program and to the provision of any total disability 

income insurance included in that insurance program. 

SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds 

to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account 

during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, 

may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds 

are received. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for salaries 

and other administrative expenses shall also be available to 

reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, the Office of 

Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Office 

of Diversity and Inclusion for all services provided at rates which 

will recover actual costs but not to exceed $57,263,000 for the 

Office of Resolution Management, $6,000,000 for the Office of 

Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and 

$4,628,000 for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion: Provided, That 

payments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 

based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts received 

shall be credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Information 

Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided 

the service. 

SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical 

services provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, United 

States Code, for a non-service-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has disclosed to 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 

the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other debt 

due the United States, the reasonable charges for such care or 

services from any person who does not make such disclosure as 

required: Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for care 

or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by 

the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are received. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds 

or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including 

disposal) may be deposited into the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ 

and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for 

construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 

and improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction 

or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
H. R. 1865—265 

as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’. 

SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical Services’’ 

are available— 

(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; and 

(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other 

expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries 

receiving care in the Department. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical 

Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United 

States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and 

‘‘Medical Community Care’’ accounts to remain available until 

expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into 

agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in the State 

of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organizations which are 

party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with the Indian Health 

Service, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 

dental care, to veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require 

participating veterans and facilities to comply with all appropriate 

rules and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 

‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within the 

boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North 

Star Borough. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the Department 

of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 

of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, 

to remain available until expended for the purposes of these 

accounts. 

SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 

quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report 

on the financial status of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 

the preceding quarter: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 

shall include the direction contained in the paragraph entitled 

‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ 

in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114– 

223. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 

Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General 

Administration’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts 

for fiscal year 2020 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 

Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers may 

not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase in the 
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total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, That, before a transfer 

may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request 

from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 

of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 

‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 

‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up to $314,409,000, plus reimbursements, 

may be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 

established by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 

and may be used for operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 

Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 

section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 

notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 

That section 220 of title II of division C of Public Law 115–244 

is repealed. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 

of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2020, 

for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $322,931,000, 

plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department 

of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 

84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 

designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 

section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): 

Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 

designated in this section to the Joint Department of Defense— 

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical 

Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United 

States Code, for healthcare provided at facilities designated as 

combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 

of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be 

available: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense— 
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Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities designated as 

combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 

of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, 

notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

Stat. 2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of 

Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund shall remain available until expended. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for ‘‘Medical 

Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 

Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000 

shall be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive 

Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 

Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 

SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace 

the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and 

equipment. 

SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all 

bid savings in a major construction project that total at least 

$5,000,000, or 5 percent of the programmed amount of the project, 

whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall occur within 

14 days of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation 

of such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such 

savings. 

SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Construction, 

Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in excess of the scope 

specified for that project in the original justification data provided 

to the Congress as part of the request for appropriations unless 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives approval from the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

SEC. 226. Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 

quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a quarterly report containing performance measures and data from each 

Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office: Provided, That, 

at a minimum, the report shall include the direction contained 

in the section entitled ‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the heading 

‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ 

in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114– 

223: Provided further, That the report shall also include information 

on the number of appeals pending at the Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly 

basis. 
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SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide written notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress 15 days prior to organizational changes which result 

in the transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one 

organizational unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 

another. 

SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide on 

a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress notification of any single national outreach 

and awareness marketing campaign in which obligations exceed 

$1,000,000. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon determination 

that such action is necessary to address needs of the Veterans 

Health Administration, may transfer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 

account any discretionary appropriations made available for fiscal 

year 2020 in this title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General 

Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) 

or any discretionary unobligated balances within the Department 

of Veterans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 

2020, that were provided in advance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the approval of 

the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That the 

transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any 

other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 

no amounts may be transferred from amounts that were designated 

by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 

resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

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

to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 

on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds 

are requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further, That, 

upon determination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

an appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation and shall be available for the 

same purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, That 

before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

of Congress the authority to make the transfer and receive approval 

of that request. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020, under the ‘‘Board of Veterans 

Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 

Administration’’ accounts may be transferred between such 

accounts: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 

SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not reprogram 

funds among major construction projects or programs if such 
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instance of reprogramming will exceed $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress. 

SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 

that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 1720F(h) of title 

38, United States Code— 

(1) provides to individuals who contact the hotline immediate assistance from a trained professional; and 

(2) adheres to all requirements of the American Association 

of Suicidology. 

(b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive action that 

prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from appointing an 

individual to occupy a vacant civil service position, or establishing 

a new civil service position, at the Department of Veterans Affairs 

with respect to such a position relating to the hotline specified 

in subsection (a). 

(2) In this subsection— 

(A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning given such 

term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code; and 

(B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 

(i) any Executive order, presidential memorandum, or 

other action by the President; and 

(ii) any agency policy, order, or other directive. 

(c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study 

on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in subsection (a) during 

the five-year period beginning on January 1, 2016, based on an 

analysis of national suicide data and data collected from such 

hotline. 

(2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph (1) shall— 

(A) determine the number of veterans who contact the 

hotline specified in subsection (a) and who receive follow up 

services from the hotline or mental health services from the 

Department of Veterans Affairs thereafter; 

(B) determine the number of veterans who contact the 

hotline who are not referred to, or do not continue receiving, 

mental health care who commit suicide; and 

(C) determine the number of veterans described in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 

SEC. 233. None of the funds in this or any other Act may 

be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, 

domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environmental assessment, or 

to diminish healthcare services at existing Veterans Health 

Administration medical facilities as part of a planned realignment 

of VA services until the Secretary provides to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report including 

the following elements— 

(1) a national realignment strategy that includes a detailed 

description of realignment plans within each Veterans 

Integrated Services Network (VISN), including an updated Long 

Range Capital Plan to implement realignment requirements; 

(2) an explanation of the process by which those plans 

were developed and coordinated within each VISN; 

(3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each planned realignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans Health Administration services with contract care or other outsourced services; 
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(4) an analysis of how any such planned realignment of 

services will impact access to care for veterans living in rural 

or highly rural areas, including travel distances and transportation costs to access a VA medical facility and availability 

of local specialty and primary care; 

(5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic designation 

and the methodology used to determine the buildings’ condition 

and utilization; 

(6) a description of how any realignment will be consistent 

with requirements under the National Historic Preservation 

Act; and 

(7) consideration given for reuse of historic buildings within 

newly identified realignment requirements: Provided, That, this 

provision shall not apply to capital projects in any VISN, which 

have been authorized or approved by Congress. 

SEC. 234. Effective during the period beginning on October 

1, 2018 and ending on January 1, 2024, none of the funds made 

available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by this or any other 

Act may be obligated or expended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans 

Health Administration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the Veterans Health Administration’s Screening for Breast 

Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the 

Veterans Health Administration National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 

SEC. 235. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account may 

be used to provide— 

(1) fertility counseling and treatment using assisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran or the spouse of a 

covered veteran; or 

(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 

(b) In this section: 

(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the meaning given 

such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 

(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, as such 

term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code, 

who has a service-connected disability that results in the 

inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility 

treatment. 

(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ means 

benefits relating to reproductive assistance provided to a 

member of the Armed Forces who incurs a serious injury or 

illness on active duty pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 

10, United States Code, as described in the memorandum on 

the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for 

the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II 

or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and 

the guidance issued to implement such policy, including any 

limitations on the amount of such benefits available to such 

a member except that— 

(A) the time periods regarding embryo cryopreservation 

and storage set forth in part III(G) and in part IV(H) 

of such memorandum shall not apply; and 
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(B) such term includes embryo cryopreservation and 

storage without limitation on the duration of such 

cryopreservation and storage. 

(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for an adoption that 

is finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act under 

the same terms as apply under the adoption reimbursement 

program of the Department of Defense, as authorized in Department of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in such instruction. 

(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the requirements for funds 

contained in section 508 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141). 

SEC. 236. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with: 

(1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 

Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 

119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States 

Code. 

SEC. 237. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall not apply 

to conversion of an activity or function of the Veterans Health 

Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, or National 

Cemetery Administration to contractor performance by a business 

concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more Indian 

tribes as defined in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, 

or one or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in section 

637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 

SEC. 238. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 

and the Secretary of Labor, shall discontinue using Social Security 

account numbers to identify individuals in all information systems 

of the Department of Veterans Affairs as follows: 

(1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs new claims for benefits under laws administered by 

the Secretary, not later than 5 years after the date of the 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) For all individuals not described in paragraph (1), not 

later than 8 years after the date of the enactment of this 

Act. 

(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social Security 

account number to identify an individual in an information system 

of the Department of Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of 

such number is required to obtain information the Secretary 

requires from an information system that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 

SEC. 239. For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 

Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and 2021 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 

section 239 of Division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 

SEC. 240. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior 

appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the Department 

of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer any amounts from 

the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other 

account within the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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SEC. 241. Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans 

Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2021 for ‘‘Medical 

Services’’, funds may be used in each year to carry out and expand 

the child care program authorized by section 205 of Public Law 

111–163, notwithstanding subsection (e) of such section. 

SEC. 242. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this title may be used by the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to enter into an agreement related to resolving a dispute 

or claim with an individual that would restrict in any way the 

individual from speaking to members of Congress or their staff 

on any topic not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal 

law or required by Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest 

of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs. 

SEC. 243. For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 

Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and 2021, section 258 of Division 

A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 

SEC. 244. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this Act may be used to deny an Inspector 

General funded under this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other materials available to the department or agency 

of the United States Government over which such Inspector General 

has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such Inspector 

General to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 

provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers 

to such Inspector General and expressly limits the right of access 

of such Inspector General. 

(b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

its Inspector General access to all records, documents, and other 

materials in a timely manner. 

(c) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall ensure 

compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the 

information provided by the department or agency over which that 

Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General 

Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report 

to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives within 

5 calendar days of any failure by any department or agency covered 

by this section to comply with this section. 

SEC. 245. For funds provided to the Department of Veterans 

Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and 2021, section 248 of Division 

A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 

SEC. 246. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use 

amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this title 

to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time employment equivalents within any program of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 

31 of title 38, United States Code, does not exceed 125 veterans 

to one full-time employment equivalent. 

(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 

the programs of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 31 of title 

38, United States Code, including— 

(1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 

such program; and 
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(2) recommendations for such action as the Secretary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 

such program. 

SEC. 247. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used in a manner that would increase wait times for veterans 

who seek care at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

SEC. 248. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act to the Veterans Health Administration may 

be used in fiscal year 2020 to convert any program which received 

specific purpose funds in fiscal year 2019 to a general purpose 

funded program unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits 

written notification of any such proposal to the Committees on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least thirty days 

prior to any such action and an approval is issued by the Committees. 

SEC. 249. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

made available by this Act may be used to conduct research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, that uses any canine, feline, 

or non-human primate unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

approves such research specifically and in writing pursuant to 

subsection (b). 

(b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve the conduct of research commencing on or after October 1, 2019, using 

canines, felines, or non-human primates if the Secretary determines 

that— 

(A) the scientific objectives of the research can only be 

met by using such canines, felines, or non-human primates; 

(B) such scientific objectives are directly related to an illness or injury that is combat-related; and 

(C) the research is consistent with the revised Department 

of Veterans Affairs canine research policy document dated 

December 15, 2017, including any subsequent revisions to such 

document. 

(2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority under this 

subsection. 

(c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursuant to 

subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the commencement 

of such research, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 

a report describing— 

(1) the nature of the research to be conducted using canines, 

felines, or non-human primates; 

(2) the date on which the Secretary approved the research; 

(3) the justification for the determination of the Secretary 

that the scientific objectives of such research could only be 

met using canines, felines, or non-human primates; 

(4) the frequency and duration of such research; and 

(5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 

and efficacy of the research; and 

(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 

to such Committees a report describing— 

(1) any research being conducted by the Department of 

Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or non-human primates 

as of the date of the submittal of the report; 
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(2) the circumstances under which such research was conducted using canines, felines, or non-human primates; 

(3) the justification for using canines, felines, or non-human 

primates to conduct such research; and 

(4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 

and efficacy of such research. 

(e) Not later than December 31, 2020, the Secretary shall 

submit to such Committees a plan under which the Secretary will 

eliminate or reduce the research conducted using canines, felines, 

or non-human primates by not later than five years after the 

date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 250. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to close the community 

based outpatient clinic located in Bainbridge, New York, until the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a market 

area assessment. 

SEC. 251. (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

a plan to reduce the chances that clinical mistakes by employees 

of the Department of Veterans Affairs will result in adverse events 

that require institutional or clinical disclosures and to prevent 

any unnecessary hardship for patients and families impacted by 

such adverse events. 

(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall 

include the following: 

(1) A description of a process for the timely identification 

of individuals impacted by disclosures described in subsection 

(a) and the process for contacting those individuals or their 

next of kin. 

(2) A description of procedures for expediting any remedial 

or follow-up care required for those individuals. 

(3) A detailed outline of proposed changes to the process 

of the Department for clinical quality checks and oversight. 

(4) A communication plan to ensure all facilities of the 

Department are made aware of any requirements updated 

pursuant to the plan. 

(5) A timeline detailing the implementation of the plan. 

(6) An identification of the senior executive of the Department responsible for ensuring compliance with the plan. 

(7) An identification of potential impacts of the plan on 

timely diagnoses for patients. 

(8) An identification of the processes and procedures for 

employees of the Department to make leadership at the facility 

and the Department aware of adverse events that are concerning and that result in disclosures and to ensure that the 

medical impact on veterans of such disclosures is minimized. 

(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this 

section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 

Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
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Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives. 

SEC. 252. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 

five-year period thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

update the handbook of the Department of Veterans Affairs titled 

‘‘Planning and Activating Community Based Outpatient Clinics’’, 

or a successor handbook, to reflect current policies, best practices, 

and clarify the roles and responsibilities of the personnel of the 

Department involved in the leasing projects of the Department. 

(b) The Secretary shall ensure that the handbook specified 

in subsection (a) defines ‘‘community based outpatient clinic’’ in 

the same manner as such term is defined in the Veterans Health 

Administration Site Tracking database (commonly known as 

‘‘VAST’’) as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(c) The Secretary shall ensure that the Veterans Health 

Administration incorporates the best practices contained in the 

handbook specified in subsection (a) in conducting oversight of 

the medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

the Veterans Integrated Service Network. 

(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary shall provide guidance and training to 

employees of the Veterans Health Administration for the use of 

the handbook specified in subsection (a). The Secretary shall update 

such guidance and training together with each update of such 

handbook. 

(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 253. Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts 

in the amounts specified: 

‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services’’, 

$350,000,000; 

‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Support and 

Compliance’’, $10,000,000; 

‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical and Prosthetic 

Research’’, $50,000,000; 

‘‘Veterans Health Administration, DOD-VA Health Care 

Sharing Incentive Fund’’, $15,949,000; 

‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’, $1,000,000; 

‘‘Departmental Administration, Board of Veterans 

Appeals’’, $8,000,000; and 

‘‘Departmental Administration, Veterans Electronic Health 

Record’’, $70,000,000: 

Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

SEC. 254. Section 252 of the Military Construction, Veterans 

Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (division 

J of Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 825; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) 

is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary may carry out a 2-year 

pilot program’’ and inserting ‘‘During the period preceding October 

1, 2022, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a 2- 

year pilot program’’. 
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(RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

SEC. 255. The remaining unobligated balances in the ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General 

Operating Expenses’’ account from the following funds appropriated 

in Public Law 107–38 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That the 

amounts rescinded pursuant to this section that were previously 

designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an 

emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of that 

Act: 

(1) funds subject to subsequent enactment and transferred 

pursuant to chapter 13 of division B of Public Law 107–117; 

and 

(2) funds made available and subsequently transferred 

pursuant to the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Executive 

Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President—Emergency Response Fund’’. 

SEC. 256. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans Health 

Administration, Medical Community Care’’ account in this or any 

other Act for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 may be used for expenses 

that would otherwise be payable from the Veterans Choice Fund 

established by section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 

Accountability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

SEC. 257. Hereafter, the matter preceding the first proviso 

under the heading ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services’’ in title II of division C of Public Law 115–244 shall be 

applied for the purpose of the appropriations under that heading 

that became available on October 1, 2019, by striking ‘‘aid to State 

homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 

Code,’’. 

TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 

American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition 

of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and 

repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase 

(one-for-one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 

vehicles; not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

countries, when required by law of such countries, $84,100,000, 

to remain available until expended. 

FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 

American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be 
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necessary, to remain available until expended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United States Code. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States 

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 

7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States Code, $35,400,000: 

Provided, That $2,698,997 shall be available for the purpose of 

providing financial assistance as described and in accordance with 

the process and reporting procedures set forth under this heading 

in Public Law 102–229. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 

improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and 

Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease 

of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis 

only, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $80,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 

shall remain available until September 30, 2022. In addition, such 

sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and 

replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department of 

Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 

ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

TRUST FUND

For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 

to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 

Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in 

the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $75,300,000, of 

which $12,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

construction and renovation of the physical plants at the Armed 

Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and 

the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading 

from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 

Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 

Treasury to the Trust Fund. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and shall be available 

until expended to support activities at the Army National Military 

Cemeteries. 
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TITLE IV 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, 

$111,968,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for 

projects outside of the United States: Provided, That such amount 

is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy 

and Marine Corps’’, $94,570,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for projects outside of the United States: Provided, 

That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ 

$391,988,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for 

projects outside of the United States: Provided, That such amount 

is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, DefenseWide’’, $46,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 

for projects outside of the United States: Provided, That such 

amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 401. None of the funds appropriated for military construction projects outside the United States under this title may be 

obligated or expended for planning and design of any project associated with the European Deterrence Initiative until the Secretary 

of Defense develops and submits to the congressional defense 

committees, in a classified and unclassified format, a list of all 

of the military construction projects associated with the European 

Deterrence Initiative which the Secretary anticipates will be carried 

out during each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
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TITLE V 

NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy 

and Marine Corps’’, $3,477,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 

of Hurricanes Michael and Florence and flooding and earthquakes 

occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided, That none of the funds 

made available in this Act to the Navy and Marine Corps for 

such recovery efforts shall be available for obligation until the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate receive form 1391 for each specific request: Provided 

further, That, not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of the Navy, or his designee, shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under 

this heading in this title: Provided further, That such funds may 

be obligated or expended for planning and design and military 

construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Provided 

further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 

for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 

of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $2,605,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for 

necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 

Michael and Florence and flooding and earthquakes occurring in 

fiscal year 2019: Provided, That none of the funds made available 

in this Act to the Air Force for such recovery efforts shall be 

available for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 1391 

for each specific request: Provided further, That, not later than 

60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 

Force, or his designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 

expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading in this 

title: Provided further, That such funds may be obligated or 

expended for planning and design and military construction projects 

not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That such 

amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 

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

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, DefenseWide’’, $77,175,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 

for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 

Michael and Florence and flooding and earthquakes occurring in 

fiscal year 2019: Provided, That none of the funds made available 

in this Act to the Department of Defense for such recovery efforts 
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shall be available for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 

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

than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 

or his designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading in this title: Provided further, That such funds may be obligated or expended for 

planning and design and military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That such amount is 

designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

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

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, $66,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2024, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 

Hurricanes Michael and Florence and flooding, tornadoes, and 

earthquakes occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided, That none 

of the funds made available in this Act to the Army National 

Guard for such recovery efforts shall be available for obligation 

until the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 1391 for each specific request: 

Provided further, That, not later than 60 days after enactment 

of this Act, the Director of the Army National Guard, or his designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure 

plan for funds provided under this heading in this title: Provided 

further, That such funds may be obligated or expended for planning 

and design and military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

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

Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’, $3,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 

for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricanes 

Michael and Florence and flooding and earthquakes occurring in 

fiscal year 2019: Provided, That none of the funds made available 

in this Act to the Army Reserve for such recovery efforts shall 

be available for obligation until the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 1391 

for each specific request: Provided further, That, not later than 

60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, 

or his designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided under this heading in this title: Provided further, That such funds may be obligated or expended for 

planning and design and military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That such amount is 

designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

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

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 

SEC. 501. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

made available under each heading in this title shall only be used 

for the purposes specifically described under that heading. 

TITLE VI 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 

unless expressly so provided herein. 

SEC. 602. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 

known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 

made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 

compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the 

protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates. 

SEC. 603. All departments and agencies funded under this 

Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory 

authorities and funding, to expand their use of ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices 

and public service activities. 

SEC. 604. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 

required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on 

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 

of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 

Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

of the Senate. 

SEC. 605. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 

the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 

by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for a project or program named for an individual serving 

as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United 

States House of Representatives. 

SEC. 607. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 

this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 

Web site of that agency any report required to be submitted by 

the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 

by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 

(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 

security; or 

(2) the report contains confidential or proprietary information. 

(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 

only after such report has been made available to the requesting 

Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. 

SEC. 608. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 
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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

SEC. 609. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for firstclass travel by an employee of the agency in contravention of 

sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to execute a contract for goods or services, including 

construction services, where the contractor has not complied with 

Executive Order No. 12989. 

SEC. 611. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for 

any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in 

accordance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

SEC. 612. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as referring 

only to the provisions of this division. 

SEC. 613. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of title 10, United 

States Code. 

SEC. 614. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 

or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this 

Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility 

in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 

individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo 

Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 

custody or under the control of the Department of Defense. 

(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 

modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, 

Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 

who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 

Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 

of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

(2) is— 

(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 

the Department of Defense; or 

(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 

Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
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DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 

ACT, 2020 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $9,125,687,000, of which 

$754,468,000 may remain available until September 30, 2021, and 

of which up to $4,095,899,000 may remain available until expended 

for Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That of the amount 

made available under this heading for Worldwide Security Protection, $2,626,122,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That funds made available 

under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with paragraphs 

(1) through (4) as follows: 

(1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary expenses for 

training, human resources management, and salaries, including 

employment without regard to civil service and classification 

laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), 

as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information 

and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 

36), $2,896,063,000, of which up to $509,782,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection. 

(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for the 

regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 

activities as authorized by law, $1,840,143,000. 

(3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For necessary 

expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, 

including representation to certain international organizations 

in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties 

ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 

specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms 

control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as authorized, $780,057,000. 

(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for secu- rity activities, $3,609,424,000, of which up to $3,586,117,000 

is for Worldwide Security Protection. 

(5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In addition to 

amounts otherwise made available under this heading— 

(A) as authorized by section 810 of the United States 

Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed 

$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 

credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 

received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, 

and publication programs and from fees from educational 

advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; 

and 
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(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 

reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 

House facilities. 

(6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER MAT- TERS.— (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

funds may be reprogrammed within and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under this heading subject to section 

7015 of this Act. 

(B) Of the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and 

merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 

Service’’, to be available only for emergency evacuations 

and rewards, as authorized. 

(C) Funds appropriated under this heading are available for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 

motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for the field 

examination of programs and activities in the United States 

funded from any account contained in this title. 

(7) CLARIFICATION.—References to the ‘‘Diplomatic and 

Consular Programs’’ account in any provision of law shall in 

this fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, be construed 

to include the ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ account. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as 

authorized, $139,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 

$90,829,000, of which $13,624,000 may remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

heading are made available notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of 

the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates 

to post inspections. 

In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 

Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight, $54,900,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, which is designated 

by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That 

funds appropriated under this heading that are made available 

for the printing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed 

amounts for such costs during fiscal year 2019. 

EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

programs, as authorized, $730,700,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which not less than $272,000,000 shall be for the 

Fulbright Program and not less than $111,860,000 shall be for 

Citizen Exchange Program: Provided, That fees or other payments 

received from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational 

advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs 
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as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain available 

until expended: Provided further, That a portion of the Fulbright 

awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation 

with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

funds appropriated under this heading that are made available 

for the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarships Program shall 

also be made available for the John S. McCain Scholars Program, 

pursuant to section 7075 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division 

F of Public Law 116–6): Provided further, That funds appropriated 

under this heading shall be made available for a Civil Society 

Exchange Program, in accordance with the requirements specified 

under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act), and following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any substantive modifications from 

the prior fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under this 

heading shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

For representation expenses as authorized, $7,212,000. 

PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 

Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, 

as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2021. 

EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 

Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), preserving, 

maintaining, repairing, and planning for real property that are 

owned or leased by the Department of State, and renovating, in 

addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, 

$769,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, of 

which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 

expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other departments and agencies of the United States Government. 

In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 

acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,205,649,000, to 

remain available until expended, of which $424,087,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to 

meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 
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to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’. 

REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974: Provided further, That such funds are available to subsidize 

gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 

exceed $5,563,619. 

PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8), $31,963,000. 

INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees collected 

from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities at the 

International Center in accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90–553), and, in addition, as 

authorized by section 5 of such Act, $743,000, to be derived from 

the reserve authorized by such section, to be used for the purposes 

set out in that section. 

PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY

FUND

For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability 

Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 

annual obligations of membership in international multilateral 

organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified pursuant to the advice 

and consent of the Senate, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, 

$1,473,806,000, of which $96,240,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2021, is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, 

at the time of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 

under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, transmit 

to the Committees on Appropriations the most recent biennial 

budget prepared by the United Nations for the operations of the 

United Nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 

notify the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days in advance 

(or in an emergency, as far in advance as is practicable) of any 

United Nations action to increase funding for any United Nations 

program without identifying an offsetting decrease elsewhere in 

the United Nations budget: Provided further, That any payment 

of arrearages under this heading shall be directed to activities 
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that are mutually agreed upon by the United States and the respective international organization and shall be subject to the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

heading shall be available for a United States contribution to an 

international organization for the United States share of interest 

costs made known to the United States Government by such 

organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1984, through 

external borrowings. 

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 

of international peacekeeping activities directed to the maintenance 

or restoration of international peace and security, $1,526,383,000, 

of which $988,656,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

Control Act of 1985: Provided, That of the funds made available 

under this heading, up to $1,069,315,000 may remain available 

until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That none of the funds 

made available by this Act shall be obligated or expended for 

any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, 

at least 15 days in advance of voting for such mission in the 

United Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in 

advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropriations are 

notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration of the mission, 

the objectives of the mission, the national interest that will be 

served, and the exit strategy; and (2) the sources of funds, including 

any reprogrammings or transfers, that will be used to pay the 

cost of the new or expanded mission, and the estimated cost in 

future fiscal years: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for obligation 

unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations on a peacekeeping mission-by-mission basis that 

the United Nations is implementing effective policies and procedures to prevent United Nations employees, contractor personnel, 

and peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from trafficking 

in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or committing acts 

of sexual exploitation and abuse or other violations of human rights, 

and to hold accountable individuals who engage in such acts while 

participating in such mission, including prosecution in their home 

countries and making information about such prosecutions publicly 

available on the website of the United Nations: Provided further, 

That the Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations 

and foreign governments contributing peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting procedures to ensure that such troops have 

not violated human rights: Provided further, That funds shall be 

available for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of State 

determines that United States manufacturers and suppliers are 

not being given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and 

material for United Nations peacekeeping activities equal to those 

being given to foreign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading may be used for any United Nations peacekeeping mission that will involve United States Armed Forces under 

the command or operational control of a foreign national, unless 
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the President’s military advisors have submitted to the President 

a recommendation that such involvement is in the national interest 

of the United States and the President has submitted to Congress 

such a recommendation: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

State shall work with the United Nations and members of the 

United Nations Security Council to evaluate and prioritize peacekeeping missions, and to consider a drawdown when mission goals 

have been substantially achieved: Provided further, That any payment of arrearages with funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 

obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or specific 

Acts of Congress, as follows: 

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES

AND MEXICO

For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 

International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and 

Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United States 

Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for representation expenses; 

as follows: 

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, $48,170,000. 

CONSTRUCTION

For detailed plan preparation and construction of authorized projects, $36,900,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. 

AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 

Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by treaties 

between the United States and Canada or Great Britain, and the 

Border Environment Cooperation Commission as authorized by the 

North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 

Law 103–182), $15,008,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

under this heading for the International Joint Commission, up 

to $1,250,000 may remain available until September 30, 2021, and 

up to $9,000 may be made available for representation expenses: 

Provided further, That of the amount provided under this heading 

for the International Boundary Commission, up to $1,000 may 

be made available for representation expenses. 

INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

For necessary expenses for international fisheries commissions, 

not otherwise provided for, as authorized by law, $62,718,000: Provided, That the United States share of such expenses may be 
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advanced to the respective commissions pursuant to section 3324 

of title 31, United States Code. 

RELATED AGENCY 

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to enable the United States Agency 

for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to carry out international 

communication activities, and to make and supervise grants for 

radio, Internet, and television broadcasting to the Middle East, 

$798,696,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise 

available for such purposes, up to $40,708,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading may remain available until expended 

for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom programs, of which 

not less than $20,000,000 shall be for Internet freedom programs: 

Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated under 

this heading, not to exceed $35,000 may be used for representation 

expenses, of which $10,000 may be used for such expenses within 

the United States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 may 

be used for representation expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio 

Liberty: Provided further, That the USAGM shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of any determination 

by the USAGM that any of its broadcast entities, including its 

grantee organizations, provides an open platform for international 

terrorists or those who support international terrorism, or is in 

violation of the principles and standards set forth in subsections 

(a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) or the entity’s journalistic 

code of ethics: Provided further, That in addition to funds made 

available under this heading, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and 

revenue from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from 

cooperating international organizations, and up to $1,000,000 in 

receipts from privatization efforts of the Voice of America and 

the International Broadcasting Bureau, shall remain available until 

expended for carrying out authorized purposes: Provided further, 

That significant modifications to USAGM broadcast hours previously justified to Congress, including changes to transmission 

platforms (shortwave, medium wave, satellite, Internet, and television), for all USAGM language services shall be subject to the 

regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 from the USAGM 

Buying Power Maintenance account may be transferred to, and 

merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, which shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That such transfer authority 

is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available under 

any other provision of law and shall be subject to prior consultation 

with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

on Appropriations: Provided further, That any reference to the 

‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ or ‘‘BBG’’, including in any 

account providing amounts to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 

in any Act making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs enacted before, on, or 
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after the date of the enactment of this Act shall for this fiscal 

year, and any fiscal year thereafter, be construed to mean the 

‘‘United States Agency for Global Media’’ or ‘‘USAGM’’, respectively. 

BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preservation, and 

improvement of facilities for radio, television, and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, and installation of necessary equipment for radio, television, and digital transmission 

and reception, including to Cuba, as authorized; and physical security worldwide, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 

purposes, $11,700,000, to remain available until expended, as 

authorized, of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available for emergency repairs to USAGM transmitting stations. 

RELATED PROGRAMS 

THE ASIA FOUNDATION

For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized by The 

Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), $19,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Foundation not 

later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

For necessary expenses of the United States Institute of Peace, 

as authorized by the United States Institute of Peace Act (22 

U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $45,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, which shall not be used for construction activities. 

CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE TRUST FUND

For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle EasternWestern Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by section 633 of 

the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), 

the total amount of the interest and earnings accruing to such 

Fund on or before September 30, 2020, to remain available until 

expended. 

EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 

Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the Eisenhower 

Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest 

and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 30, 2020, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, 

in excess of the rate authorized by section 5376 of title 5, United 

States Code; or for purposes which are not in accordance with 

section 200 of title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including 

the restrictions on compensation for personal services. 
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ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 

Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 

note), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 2020, to remain available 

until expended. 

EAST-WEST CENTER

To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out 

the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange 

Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to the Center for 

Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West in 

the State of Hawaii, $16,700,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 

under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Center 

not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

For grants made by the Department of State to the National 

Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4412), $300,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, of which $195,840,000 shall be allocated 

in the traditional and customary manner, including for the core 

institutes, and $104,160,000 shall be for democracy programs: Provided, That the requirements of section 7061(a) of this Act shall 

not apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 

further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the Endowment not later than 60 days 

after enactment of this Act. 

OTHER COMMISSIONS 

COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE

ABROAD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Commission for the Preservation 

of America’s Heritage Abroad, $675,000, as authorized by chapter 

3123 of title 54, United States Code: Provided, That the Commission 

may procure temporary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Provided further, That such authority shall terminate on October 1, 

2020: Provided further, That the Commission shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising such authority. 

UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the United States Commission on 

International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), as authorized by title 

II of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

6431 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2021, including not more than $4,000 for representation expenses: 

Provided, That prior to the obligation of $1,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated under this heading, the Commission shall consult 

with the appropriate congressional committees on the status of 

legislation to reauthorize the Commission, and such funds shall 

be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 

Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304 (22 

U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 

for representation expenses, to remain available until September 

30, 2021. 

CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S

REPUBLIC OF CHINA

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as authorized by title III 

of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), 

$2,250,000, including not more than $3,000 for representation 

expenses, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW

COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States-China Economic 

and Security Review Commission, as authorized by section 1238 

of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), $3,500,000, including not more 

than $4,000 for representation expenses, to remain available until 

September 30, 2021: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, 

limitations, and conditions contained in the second through sixth 

provisos under this heading in the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall continue in effect during 

fiscal year 2020 and shall apply to funds appropriated under this 

heading. 

TITLE II 

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,377,246,000, of which 
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up to $206,587,000 may remain available until September 30, 2021: 

Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

and under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title 

may be made available to finance the construction (including 

architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease 

of offices for use by the United States Agency for International 

Development, unless the USAID Administrator has identified such 

proposed use of funds in a report submitted to the Committees 

on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds 

for such purposes: Provided further, That contracts or agreements 

entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may entail 

commitments for the expenditure of such funds through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That the authority of sections 

610 and 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be exercised 

by the Secretary of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry 

out chapter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in 

accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided further, 

That of the funds appropriated or made available under this 

heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be available for representation 

and entertainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may 

be available for entertainment expenses, and not to exceed $100,500 

shall be for official residence expenses, for USAID during the current fiscal year: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator 

shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations not later 

than 60 days after enactment of this Act on changes to the account 

structure as described in the explanatory statement described in 

section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act). 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

For necessary expenses for overseas construction and related 

costs, and for the procurement and enhancement of information 

technology and related capital investments, pursuant to section 

667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $210,300,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That this amount is in addition 

to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 

That funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $75,500,000, of which 

up to $11,325,000 may remain available until September 30, 2021, 

for the Office of Inspector General of the United States Agency 

for International Development. 

TITLE III 

BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

For necessary expenses to enable the President to carry out 

the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other 

purposes, as follows: 
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GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapters 

1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for 

global health activities, in addition to funds otherwise available 

for such purposes, $3,162,450,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

United States Agency for International Development not later than 

60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, That this amount 

shall be made available for training, equipment, and technical 

assistance to build the capacity of public health institutions and 

organizations in developing countries, and for such activities as: 

(1) child survival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization 

and oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, water 

and sanitation programs which directly address the needs of mothers and children, and related education programs; (4) assistance 

for children displaced or orphaned by causes other than AIDS; 

(5) programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research 

on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to 

communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including children 

infected or affected by AIDS; (6) disaster preparedness training 

for health crises; (7) programs to prevent, prepare for, and respond 

to, unanticipated and emerging global health threats; and (8) family 

planning/reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this paragraph may be made available for a United 

States contribution to The GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That 

none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated 

balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made available 

to any organization or program which, as determined by the President of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: 

Provided further, That any determination made under the previous 

proviso must be made not later than 6 months after the date 

of enactment of this Act, and must be accompanied by the evidence 

and criteria utilized to make the determination: Provided further, 

That none of the funds made available under this Act may be 

used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family 

planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions: 

Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 

to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under 

section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 

That none of the funds made available under this Act may be 

used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in 

order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds 

shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects which 

offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about 

access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, 

and that any such voluntary family planning project shall meet 

the following requirements: (1) service providers or referral agents 

in the project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or 

other numerical targets, of total number of births, number of family 

planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family 

planning (this provision shall not be construed to include the use 

of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning 

purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment of incentives, 

bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an individual in 
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exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or (B) program 

personnel for achieving a numerical target or quota of total number 

of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of 

a particular method of family planning; (3) the project shall not 

deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate 

in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health 

care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision not to accept 

family planning services; (4) the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehensible information on the health benefits 

and risks of the method chosen, including those conditions that 

might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse 

side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; 

and (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive 

drugs and devices and medical procedures are provided only in 

the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised 

of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after 

the date on which the USAID Administrator determines that there 

has been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph 

(1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of 

violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this 

proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on 

Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation 

and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further, 

That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 

104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 

discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, 

additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements 

of the previous proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of 

this or any other Act authorizing or appropriating funds for the 

Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

the term ‘‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, 

shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 

local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: 

Provided further, That information provided about the use of 

condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded from 

amounts appropriated by this Act shall be medically accurate and 

shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of such 

use. 

In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the prevention, treatment, 

and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,930,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2024, which shall be apportioned directly to the Department of State not later than 60 days 

after enactment of this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

under this paragraph may be made available, notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, except for the United States Leadership 

Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public 

Law 108–25), for a United States contribution to the Global Fund 

to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided 

further, That the amount of such contribution shall be 

$1,560,000,000 and shall be for the first installment of the sixth 

replenishment: Provided further, That up to 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available to the Global Fund in fiscal 

year 2020 may be made available to USAID for technical assistance 

related to the activities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular 
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notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, 

up to $17,000,000 may be made available, in addition to amounts 

otherwise available for such purposes, for administrative expenses 

of the Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator. 

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 

103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 255, and chapter 

10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,400,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds 

made available under this heading shall be apportioned directly 

to the United States Agency for International Development not 

later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for international disaster 

relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance, $4,395,362,000, 

to remain available until expended, of which $1,733,980,000 is 

designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

Provided, That funds made available under this heading shall be 

apportioned to the United States Agency for International Development not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

TRANSITION INITIATIVES

For necessary expenses for international disaster rehabilitation 

and reconstruction assistance administered by the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency for International Development, pursuant to section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961, and to support transition to democracy and long-term development of countries in crisis, $92,043,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That such support may include assistance to 

develop, strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and processes, revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator 

shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at 

least 5 days prior to beginning a new program of assistance: Provided further, That if the Secretary of State determines that it 

is important to the national interest of the United States to provide 

transition assistance in excess of the amount appropriated under 

this heading, up to $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this 

Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading and under 

the authorities applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: 

Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made available subject to prior consultation 

with the Committees on Appropriations. 

COMPLEX CRISES FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support programs and activities 
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administered by the United States Agency for International 

Development to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, $30,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

this heading may be made available on such terms and conditions 

as are appropriate and necessary for the purposes of preventing 

or responding to such challenges and crises, except that no funds 

shall be made available for lethal assistance or to respond to natural 

disasters: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

heading may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this Act and section 

620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 

administrative expenses, in addition to funds otherwise available 

for such purposes, except that such expenses may not exceed 5 

percent of the funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 

further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be apportioned to USAID not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations, except that such notifications shall 

be transmitted at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 

ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 

4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $3,045,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

DEMOCRACY FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally, 

including to carry out the purposes of section 502(b)(3) and (5) 

of Public Law 98–164 (22 U.S.C. 4411), $178,450,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, which shall be made available 

for the Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and 

shall be apportioned to such Bureau not later than 60 days after 

enactment of this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

this heading that are made available to the National Endowment 

for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to amounts 

otherwise available by this Act for such purposes: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

Labor, Department of State, shall consult with the Committees 

on Appropriations prior to the initial obligation of funds appropriated under this paragraph. For an additional amount for such purposes, $95,250,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021, which shall be made 

available for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

Assistance, United States Agency for International Development, 

and shall be apportioned to such Bureau not later than 60 days 

after enactment of this Act. 

ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM Support Act (Public 
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Law 102–511), and the Support for Eastern European Democracy 

(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179), $770,334,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except section 7047 of 

this Act, for assistance and related programs for countries identified 

in section 3 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801) and 

section 3(c) of the SEED Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5402), in addition 

to funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, That 

funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics 

Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for assistance for such countries shall be administered in accordance with 

the responsibilities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 

102 of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 601 of the SEED 

Act of 1989: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 

heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available 

the administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 

of economic assistance: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

under this heading may be made available for contributions to 

multilateral initiatives to counter hybrid threats: Provided further, That any notification of funds made available under this heading 

in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall include 

information (if known on the date of transmittal of such notification) 

on the use of notwithstanding authority: Provided further, That 

if subsequent to the notification of assistance it becomes necessary 

to rely on notwithstanding authority, the Committees on Appropriations should be informed at the earliest opportunity and to the 

extent practicable. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, to enable 

the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of section 2(a) 

and (b) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 

U.S.C. 2601), and other activities to meet refugee and migration 

needs; salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); 

allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of title 

5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger motor 

vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

United States Code, $3,432,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which: $1,521,355,000 is designated by the Congress 

for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; not less than $35,000,000 

shall be made available to respond to small-scale emergency 

humanitarian requirements; and $5,000,000 shall be made available 

for refugees resettling in Israel. 

UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE

FUND

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 
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2601(c)), $100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That amounts in excess of the limitation contained in paragraph 

(2) of such section shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

PEACE CORPS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Peace 

Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including the purchase of not 

to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes 

for use outside of the United States, $410,500,000, of which 

$6,330,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account, 

as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

2515), an amount not to exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That 

funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso may not be 

derived from amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas 

operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be available for representation expenses, of which not to exceed $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: Provided further, That none of 

the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay 

for abortions: Provided further, That notwithstanding the previous 

proviso, section 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall apply 

to funds appropriated under this heading. 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) (MCA), 

$905,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

of the funds appropriated under this heading, up to $105,000,000 

may be available for administrative expenses of the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation: Provided further, That section 605(e) of 

the MCA (22 U.S.C. 7704(e)) shall apply to funds appropriated 

under this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

under this heading may be made available for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into pursuant to section 609 of the MCA 

(22 U.S.C. 7708) only if such Compact obligates, or contains a 

commitment to obligate subject to the availability of funds and 

the mutual agreement of the parties to the Compact to proceed, 

the entire amount of the United States Government funding anticipated for the duration of the Compact: Provided further, That 

no country should be eligible for a threshold program after such 

country has completed a country compact: Provided further, That 

of the funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 

may be available for representation and entertainment expenses, 

of which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertainment 

expenses. 
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INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of the InterAmerican Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 

401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, $37,500,000, to remain 

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

appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be 

available for representation expenses. 

UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the African Development 

Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 22 U.S.C. 290h 

et seq.), $33,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 

of which not to exceed $2,000 may be available for representation 

expenses: Provided, That funds made available to grantees may 

be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the Board of Directors of the United States African Development Foundation (USADF): Provided further, That interest earned 

shall be used only for the purposes for which the grant was made: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the 

African Development Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in 

exceptional circumstances the Board of Directors of the USADF 

may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with 

respect to a project and a project may exceed the limitation by 

up to 10 percent if the increase is due solely to foreign currency 

fluctuation: Provided further, That the USADF shall submit a report 

to the appropriate congressional committees after each time such 

waiver authority is exercised: Provided further, That the USADF 

may make rent or lease payments in advance from appropriations 

available for such purpose for offices, buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be necessary to carry out its functions: 

Provided further, That the USADF may maintain bank accounts 

outside the United States Treasury and retain any interest earned 

on such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the African 

Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That the USADF 

may not withdraw any appropriation from the Treasury prior to 

the need of spending such funds for program purposes. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $30,000,000, to remain 

available until expended, of which not more than $6,000,000 may 

be used for administrative expenses: Provided, That amounts made 

available under this heading may be made available to contract 

for services as described in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to the location in which 

such services are performed. 

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

For the costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan guarantees, as 
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the President may determine, for which funds have been appropriated or otherwise made available for programs within the International Affairs Budget Function 150, including the cost of selling, 

reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United States as a 

result of concessional loans made to eligible countries, pursuant 

to part V of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021. 

TITLE IV 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,391,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2021: Provided, That the Department of State may 

use the authority of section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, without regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 

from an agency of the United States Government for the purpose 

of providing such property to a foreign country or international 

organization under chapter 8 of part I of such Act, subject to 

the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated under 

this heading, except that any funds made available notwithstanding 

such section shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 

appropriated under this heading shall be made available to support 

training and technical assistance for foreign law enforcement, 

corrections, judges, and other judicial authorities, utilizing regional 

partners: Provided further, That funds made available under this 

heading that are transferred to another department, agency, or 

instrumentality of the United States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess 

of $5,000,000, and any agreement made pursuant to section 632(a) 

of such Act, shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND RELATED

PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities, $895,750,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support 

Act (22 U.S.C. 5854), section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

(22 U.S.C. 2763), or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining 

activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction 

of small arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, including activities implemented through nongovernmental and international organizations, and section 301 of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a United States contribution 

to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 
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Commission, and for a voluntary contribution to the International 

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Provided, That funds made available 

under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund 

shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of 

law and subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations, to promote 

bilateral and multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation, 

disarmament, and weapons destruction, and shall remain available 

until expended: Provided further, That such funds may also be 

used for such countries other than the Independent States of the 

former Soviet Union and international organizations when it is 

in the national security interest of the United States to do so: 

Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

be made available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State 

determines that Israel is being denied its right to participate in 

the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That funds made 

available for conventional weapons destruction programs, including 

demining and related activities, in addition to funds otherwise 

available for such purposes, may be used for administrative 

expenses related to the operation and management of such programs and activities, subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $457,348,000, of which 

$325,213,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, is 

designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be used, 

notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign civilian 

security forces, including gendarmes, to participate in peacekeeping 

operations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $31,000,000 shall be made available 

for a United States contribution to the Multinational Force and 

Observers mission in the Sinai and not less than $71,000,000 shall 

be made available for the Global Peace Operations Initiative: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 

be made available to pay assessed expenses of international peacekeeping activities in Somalia under the same terms and conditions, 

as applicable, as funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’: Provided 

further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

shall be obligated except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $112,925,000, of which 

up to $11,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2021 

and may not be obligated until the Secretary of State submits 

to the Committees on Appropriations, following consultation with 
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such Committees, a monitoring and evaluation plan for funds made 

available under this heading, as described under this heading in 

Senate Report 116–126: Provided, That the civilian personnel for 

whom military education and training may be provided under this 

heading may include civilians who are not members of a government 

whose participation would contribute to improved civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, or respect for human rights: 

Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

not to exceed $50,000 may be available for entertainment expenses. 

FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

For necessary expenses for grants to enable the President to 

carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), $6,156,924,000, of which $511,909,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2021, is designated by the 

Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That to 

expedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries and international organizations, the Secretary of State, following consultation 

with the Committees on Appropriations and subject to the regular 

notification procedures of such Committees, may use the funds 

appropriated under this heading to procure defense articles and 

services to enhance the capacity of foreign security forces: Provided 

further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 

less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for 

Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of 

this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that the Government 

of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants 

made available for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by 

the United States and Israel, be available for advanced weapons 

systems, of which not less than $805,300,000 shall be available 

for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense services, including research and development: Provided further, That 

funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading 

shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 

23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds 

made available under this heading shall be obligated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of section 1501(a) 

of title 31, United States Code. 

None of the funds made available under this heading shall 

be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense 

services, or design and construction services that are not sold by 

the United States Government under the Arms Export Control 

Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurement 

has first signed an agreement with the United States Government 

specifying the conditions under which such procurement may be 

financed with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding 

level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular 

notification procedures of section 7015 of this Act: Provided further, 

That funds made available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance 

of unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include 

activities implemented through nongovernmental and international 

organizations: Provided further, That only those countries for which 

assistance was justified for the ‘‘Foreign Military Sales Financing 
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Program’’ in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for 

security assistance programs may utilize funds made available 

under this heading for procurement of defense articles, defense 

services, or design and construction services that are not sold by 

the United States Government under the Arms Export Control 

Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely 

payment for defense articles and services: Provided further, That 

not more than $70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 

heading may be obligated for necessary expenses, including the 

purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use 

outside of the United States, for the general costs of administering 

military assistance and sales, except that this limitation may be 

exceeded only through the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds 

made available under this heading for general costs of administering 

military assistance and sales, not to exceed $4,000 may be available 

for entertainment expenses and not to exceed $130,000 may be 

available for representation expenses: Provided further, That not 

more than $1,082,200,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 

21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)) 

may be obligated for expenses incurred by the Department of 

Defense during fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 43(b) of the 

Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b)), except that this 

limitation may be exceeded only through the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

TITLE V 

MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 

301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $390,500,000: Provided, 

That section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

not apply to contributions to the United Nations Democracy Fund: 

Provided further, That not later than 60 days after enactment 

of this Act, such funds shall be made available for core contributions 

for each entity listed in the table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

division A of this consolidated Act) unless otherwise provided for 

in this Act, or if the Secretary of State has justified the proposed 

uses of funds other than for core contributions following prior 

consultation with, and subject to the regular notification procedures 

of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

Development as trustee for the Global Environment Facility by 

the Secretary of the Treasury, $139,575,000, to remain available 

until, and to be fully disbursed not later than, September 30, 

2021: Provided, That of such amount, $136,563,000, which shall 
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remain available until September 30, 2020, is only available for 

the second installment of the seventh replenishment of the Global 

Environment Facility, and shall be obligated and disbursed not 

later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

on the status of funds provided under this heading not less than 

quarterly until fully disbursed: Provided further, That in such report 

the Secretary shall provide a timeline for the obligation and 

disbursement of any funds that have not yet been obligated or 

disbursed. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION

AND DEVELOPMENT

For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and 

Development by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States 

share of the paid-in portion of the increases in capital stock, 

$206,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

The United States Governor of the International Bank for 

Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal year 

limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share 

of increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed 

$1,421,275,728.70. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

For payment to the International Development Association by 

the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,097,010,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Develop- ment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $47,395,000, to remain 

available until expended. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary 

of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain available until expended. 

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL

DEVELOPMENT

For payment to the International Fund for Agricultural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $30,000,000, to 

remain available until, and to be fully disbursed no later than, 

September 30, 2021, for the second installment of the eleventh 

replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall report 

to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of such payment 

not less than quarterly until fully disbursed: Provided further, That in such report the Secretary shall provide a timeline for 

the obligation and disbursement of any funds that have not yet 

been obligated or disbursed. 
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TITLE VI 

EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

(5 U.S.C. App.), $5,700,000, of which up to $855,000 may remain 

available until September 30, 2021. 

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 

to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 

authority available to such corporation, and in accordance with 

law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, 

United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Provided, 

That none of the funds available during the current fiscal year 

may be used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments 

for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any 

country, other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article 

IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 

eligible to receive economic or military assistance under this Act, 

that has detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of passenger 

motor vehicles and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 

5, United States Code, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation expenses for members of the Board of 

Directors, not to exceed $110,000,000, of which up to $16,500,000 

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

the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, payment 

or services provided by transaction participants for legal, financial, 

or technical services in connection with any transaction for which 

an application for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has 

been made: Provided further, That the Bank shall charge fees 

for necessary expenses (including special services performed on 

a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) 

in connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the 

Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Bank, or the investigation 

or appraisal of any property, or the evaluation of the legal, financial, 

or technical aspects of any transaction for which an application 

for a loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, 

or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: Provided 

further, That in addition to other funds appropriated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be credited to this account for such 

purposes, to remain available until expended. 
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RECEIPTS COLLECTED

Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act 

of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal Credit Reform Act 

of 1990, in an amount not to exceed the amount appropriated 

herein, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account: 

Provided, That the sums herein appropriated from the General 

Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting 

collections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 

the General Fund estimated at $0. 

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

CORPORATION

INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 

carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

(5 U.S.C. App.), $2,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2021. 

CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT

The United States International Development Finance Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to make such expenditures 

and commitments within the limits of funds and borrowing 

authority available to the Corporation, and in accordance with 

the law, and to make such expenditures and commitments without 

regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 

title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 

out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Corporation: 

Provided, That for necessary expenses of the activities described 

in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 of the BUILD 

Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254) and for administrative expenses to carry out authorized activities and project-specific 

transaction costs described in section 1434(d) of such Act, 

$299,000,000: Provided further, That of the amount provided— 

(1) $119,000,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2022, for administrative expenses to carry out authorized 

activities (including an amount for official reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed $25,000) and 

project-specific transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) 

of such Act, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2024; 

(2) $150,000,000 shall remain available until September 

30, 2022, for the activities described in section 1421(c) of such 

Act, except such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall remain 

available for disbursement for the term of the underlying 

project: Provided further, That if the term of the project extends 

longer than 10 fiscal years, the Chief Executive Officer of 

the Corporation shall inform the appropriate congressional 

committees prior to the obligation or disbursement of funds, 

as applicable: Provided further, That amounts may only be 

obligated after the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation 

submits to the appropriate congressional committees the guidelines and criteria required by paragraph (3) of such section; 

and 
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(3) $30,000,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘United States International Development Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ 

for programs authorized by subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g) 

of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public 

Law 115–254): 

Provided further, That funds may only be obligated pursuant to 

section 1421(g) of the BUILD Act of 2018 subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That in this fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Corporation shall collect the amounts described in section 

1434(h) of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided further, That in fiscal 

year 2020 such collections shall be credited as offsetting collections 

to this appropriation: Provided further, That such collections collected in fiscal year 2020 in excess of $299,000,000 shall be credited 

to this account and shall be available in future fiscal years only 

to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided 

further, That in fiscal year 2020, if such collections are less than $299,000,000, receipts collected pursuant to the BUILD Act of 2018 

and the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount equal 

to such shortfall, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 

appropriation: Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading may not be used to provide 

any type of assistance that is otherwise prohibited by any other 

provision of law or to provide assistance to any foreign country 

that is otherwise prohibited by any other provision of law: Provided 

further, That the sums herein appropriated from the General Fund 

shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the offsetting collections described under this heading so as to result in a final fiscal 

year appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $0. 

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International Development 

Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Account’’ (CCA) shall 

remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That up to $80,000,000 of amounts paid to this account from CCA or transferred to this account pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD 

Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254) shall be available 

for the costs of direct and guaranteed loans provided by the Corporation pursuant to section 1421(b) of such Act: Provided further, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974: Provided further, That such amounts obligated in a fiscal 

year shall remain available for disbursement for the following 8 

fiscal years: Provided further, That funds transferred to carry out 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pursuant to section 1434(j) 

of the BUILD Act of 2018 may remain available for obligation 

for 1 additional fiscal year: Provided further, That the total loan 

principal or guaranteed principal amount shall not exceed 

$8,000,000,000. 

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $79,500,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, of which no more than 

$19,000,000 may be used for administrative expenses: Provided, 
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That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than 

$5,000 may be available for representation and entertainment 

expenses. 

TITLE VII 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this Act shall 

be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5, United States 

Code; for services as authorized by section 3109 of such title and 

for hire of passenger transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) 

of title 31, United States Code. 

UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United States 

Government to which funds are appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly accounting of cumulative unobligated balances 

and obligated, but unexpended, balances by program, project, and 

activity, and Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received 

by such department or agency in fiscal year 2020 or any previous 

fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, That the report 

required by this section shall be submitted not later than 30 days 

after the end of each fiscal quarter and should specify by account 

the amount of funds obligated pursuant to bilateral agreements 

which have not been further sub-obligated. 

CONSULTING SERVICES

SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation under title 

I of this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are 

a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except 

where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 

DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

SEC. 7004. (a) CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING EXCEPTION.— 

Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 604(e) of the Secure 

Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI 

of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 

of Public Law 106–113 and contained in appendix G of that Act), 

as amended by section 111 of the Department of State Authorities 

Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), a project to construct 

a facility of the United States may include office space or other 

accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps. 

(b) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the purposes of calculating the fiscal year 2020 costs of providing new United States 

diplomatic facilities in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure 

Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 

4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 
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of the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the annual 

program level and agency shares in a manner that is proportional 

to the contribution of the Department of State for this purpose. 

(c) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs, which may be 

made available for the acquisition of property or award of construction contracts for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during 

fiscal year 2020, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and 

the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant to this subsection shall 

include the information enumerated under the heading ‘‘Embassy 

Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in House Report 116– 

78. 

(d) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES ABROAD.— (1) SECURITY VULNERABILITIES.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 

and Maintenance’’ may be made available, following consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, to address 

security vulnerabilities at interim and temporary United States 

diplomatic facilities abroad, including physical security 

upgrades and local guard staffing, except that the amount 

of funds made available for such purposes from this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs shall be a minimum 

of $25,000,000. 

(2) CONSULTATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, the opening, closure, or any significant modification 

to an interim or temporary United States diplomatic facility 

shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 

congressional committees and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that such 

consultation and notification may be waived if there is a security risk to personnel. 

(e) SOFT TARGETS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’, 

not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for security 

upgrades to soft targets, including schools, recreational facilities, 

and residences used by United States diplomatic personnel and 

their dependents. 

PERSONNEL ACTIONS

SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 

under title I of this Act resulting from personnel actions taken 

in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 

absorbed within the total budgetary resources available under title 

I to such department or agency: Provided, That the authority to 

transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary 

to carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds 

to carry out this section shall be treated as a reprogramming 

of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 

PROHIBITION ON PUBLICITY OR PROPAGANDA

SEC. 7006. No part of any appropriation contained in this 

Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
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the United States not authorized before enactment of this Act 

by Congress: Provided, That up to $25,000 may be made available 

to carry out the provisions of section 316 of the International 

Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 

96–533; 22 U.S.C. 2151a note). 

PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES

SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be 

obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: 

Provided, That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on 

obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 

COUPS D’E ́TAT

SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be 

obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to the 

government of any country whose duly elected head of government 

is deposed by military coup d’e ́tat or decree or, after the date 

of enactment of this Act, a coup d’e ́tat or decree in which the 

military plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be 

resumed to such government if the Secretary of State certifies 

and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a democratically elected 

government has taken office: Provided further, That the provisions 

of this section shall not apply to assistance to promote democratic 

elections or public participation in democratic processes: Provided 

further, That funds made available pursuant to the previous provisos shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY

SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND UNITED STATES

AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 

(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Department of State under title I of this Act may be transferred 

between, and merged with, such appropriations, but no such 

appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers, 

and no such transfer may be made to increase the appropriation 

under the heading ‘‘Representation Expenses’’. 

(B) EMBASSY SECURITY.—Funds appropriated under the 

headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, including for Worldwide Security Protection, ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’, and ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 

Service’’ in this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, 

funds appropriated under such headings if the Secretary of 
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State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to implement the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, for emergency evacuations, or to prevent or respond to security situations and requirements, following consultation with, and subject 

to the regular notification procedures of, such Committees: 

Provided, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 

transfer authority otherwise available in this Act and under 

any other provision of law. 

(2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.—Not to exceed 

5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal 

year for the United States Agency for Global Media under title 

I of this Act may be transferred between, and merged with, such 

appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 

specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent 

by any such transfers. 

(3) TREATMENT AS REPROGRAMMING.—Any transfer pursuant 

to this subsection shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 

under section 7015 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

forth in that section. 

(b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BETWEEN AGENCIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made available under 

titles II through V of this Act may be transferred to any 

department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 

authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 

Act. 

(2) ALLOCATION AND TRANSFERS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), in addition to transfers made by, or authorized 

elsewhere in, this Act, funds appropriated by this Act to carry 

out the purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may 

be allocated or transferred to agencies of the United States 

Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 109, 610, 

and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and section 

1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 

115–254). 

(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered into by the 

United States Agency for International Development or the 

Department of State with any department, agency, or 

instrumentality of the United States Government pursuant to 

section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued 

in excess of $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant 

to section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated by this 

Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 

headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

That the requirement in the previous sentence shall not apply 

to agreements entered into between USAID and the Department of State. 

(c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

CORPORATION.— (1) LIMITATION.—Amounts transferred pursuant to section 

1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 
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115–254) may only be transferred from funds made available 

under title III of this Act, and such amounts shall not exceed 

$50,000,000: Provided, That any such transfers shall be subject 

to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

That the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United 

States Agency for International Development, and the Chief 

Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation (the Corporation), as appropriate, 

shall ensure that the programs funded by such transfers are 

coordinated with, and complement, foreign assistance programs 

implemented by the Department of State and USAID: Provided 

further, That no funds transferred pursuant to such authority 

may be used by the Corporation to post personnel abroad or 

for activities described in section 1421(c) of such Act. 

(2) DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY ACCOUNT.—Funds 

transferred from the Development Credit Authority program 

account of the United States Agency for International Development to the Corporate Capital Account of the United States 

International Development Finance Corporation pursuant to 

section 1434(i) of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public 

Law 115–254) shall be transferred to, and merged with, such 

account, and may thereafter be deemed to meet any minimum 

funding requirements attributed for at the time of deposit into 

the Development Credit Authority program account. 

(d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.—None of the 

funds made available under titles II through V of this Act may 

be obligated under an appropriations account to which such funds 

were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided 

for in this Act, unless the President, not less than 5 days prior 

to the exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a written 

policy justification to the Committees on Appropriations. 

(e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of funds appropriated by this 

Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations, and related programs entered into 

between the Department of State or USAID and another agency 

of the United States Government under the authority of section 

632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any comparable 

provision of law, shall expressly provide that the Inspector General 

(IG) for the agency receiving the transfer or allocation of such 

funds, or other entity with audit responsibility if the receiving 

agency does not have an IG, shall perform periodic program and 

financial audits of the use of such funds and report to the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate, upon completion of such 

audits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to the 

Committees on Appropriations by the Department of State or 

USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That funds transferred 

under such authority may be made available for the cost of such 

audits. 

(f) TRANSFER OF OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL

WAR ON TERRORISM FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’ that are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant 

to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
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Deficit Control Act of 1985 may be transferred to, and merged 

with, such funds appropriated under such headings: Provided, That 

such transfer authority may only be exercised to address contingencies: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addition 

to any transfer authority otherwise available under any other provision of law, including section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961: Provided further, That such transfer authority shall be 

subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EXPENSES

SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the funds made 

available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by employees 

of United States Government departments and agencies funded 

by this Act in contravention of section 301–10.122 through 301– 

10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

(b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds made available 

by this Act for the operating expenses of any United States Government department or agency may be used to establish or maintain 

a computer network for use by such department or agency unless 

such network has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 

websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall limit the 

use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

enforcement agency, or any other entity carrying out the following 

activities: criminal investigations, prosecutions, and adjudications; 

administrative discipline; and the monitoring of such websites 

undertaken as part of official business. 

(c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.—None of the 

funds made available by this Act shall be available to promote 

the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the 

reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on 

the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products 

of the same type. 

(d) EMAIL SERVERS OUTSIDE THE .GOV DOMAIN.—None of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic 

Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title I, and ‘‘Operating 

Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title II that are made 

available to the Department of State and the United States Agency 

for International Development may be made available to support 

the use or establishment of email accounts or email servers created 

outside the .gov domain or not fitted for automated records management as part of a Federal government records management program 

in contravention of the Presidential and Federal Records Act 

Amendments of 2014 (Public Law 113–187). 

(e) REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.—Each 

Federal department, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of 

this Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 

agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take steps 

to ensure that domestic and overseas representation and entertainment expenses further official agency business and United States 

foreign policy interests, and— 

(1) are primarily for fostering relations outside of the 

Executive Branch; 

(2) are principally for meals and events of a protocol nature; 

(3) are not for employee-only events; and 
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(4) do not include activities that are substantially of a 

recreational character. 

(f) LIMITATIONS ON ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES.—None of the 

funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under 

the headings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 

‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational Program 

activities or under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be obligated or 

expended to pay for— 

(1) alcoholic beverages; or 

(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are substantially of a recreational character, including entrance fees at 

sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and amusement parks. 

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

SEC. 7011. No part of any appropriation contained in this 

Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration of 

the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided by this Act: 

Provided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of chapters 

1 and 8 of part I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of 

part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the 

Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), and funds made available 

for ‘‘United States International Development Finance Corporation’’ 

and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

Asia’’ shall remain available for an additional 4 years from the 

date on which the availability of such funds would otherwise have 

expired, if such funds are initially obligated before the expiration 

of their respective periods of availability contained in this Act: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 

Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 of 

part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash disbursements 

in order to address balance of payments or economic policy reform 

objectives, shall remain available for an additional 4 years from 

the date on which the availability of such funds would otherwise 

have expired, if such funds are initially allocated or obligated before 

the expiration of their respective periods of availability contained 

in this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall 

provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later 

than October 31, 2020, detailing by account and source year, the 

use of this authority during the previous fiscal year. 

LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided under titles 

III through VI in this Act shall be used to furnish assistance 

to the government of any country which is in default during a 

period in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United 

States of principal or interest on any loan made to the government 

of such country by the United States pursuant to a program for 

which funds are appropriated under this Act unless the President 

determines, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the national interest 

of the United States. 
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PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE

SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None of the funds 

appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be made 

available to provide assistance for a foreign country under a new 

bilateral agreement governing the terms and conditions under which 

such assistance is to be provided unless such agreement includes 

a provision stating that assistance provided by the United States 

shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as necessary, to conform with this requirement. 

(b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOREIGN TAXES.— 

An amount equivalent to 200 percent of the total taxes assessed 

during fiscal year 2020 on funds appropriated by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs by a foreign government 

or entity against United States assistance programs, either directly 

or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for assistance for 

fiscal year 2021 and for prior fiscal years and allocated for the 

central government of such country or for the West Bank and 

Gaza program, as applicable, if, not later than September 30, 2021, 

such taxes have not been reimbursed: Provided, That the Secretary 

of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations by such 

date on the foreign governments and entities that have not 

reimbursed such taxes, including any amount of funds withheld 

pursuant to this subsection. 

(c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de minimis 

nature shall not be subject to the provisions of subsection (b). 

(d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld from obligation for each foreign government or entity pursuant to subsection 

(b) shall be reprogrammed for assistance for countries which do 

not assess taxes on United States assistance or which have an 

effective arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement 

of such taxes, and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance 

in a programmatically responsible manner. 

(e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this section shall not 

apply to any foreign government or entity that assesses such 

taxes if the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on 

Appropriations that— 

(A) such foreign government or entity has an effective 

arrangement that is providing substantial reimbursement 

of such taxes; or 

(B) the foreign policy interests of the United States 

outweigh the purpose of this section to ensure that United 

States assistance is not subject to taxation. 

(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall consult 

with the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior 

to exercising the authority of this subsection with regard to 

any foreign government or entity. 

(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall issue and 

update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as appropriate, to 

implement the prohibition against the taxation of assistance contained in this section. 
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(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

(1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilateral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral agreement between the 

Government of the United States and the government of the 

country receiving assistance that describes the privileges and 

immunities applicable to United States foreign assistance for 

such country generally, or an individual agreement between 

the Government of the United States and such government 

that describes, among other things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be accorded the United States assistance provided under that agreement. 

(2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes and taxation’’ 

shall include value added taxes and customs duties but shall 

not include individual income taxes assessed to local staff. 

(h) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of other 

relevant agencies of the United States Government, shall submit 

a report to the Committees on Appropriations on the requirements 

contained under this section in House Report 116–78. 

RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appropriated under 

titles III through VI of this Act which are specifically designated 

may be reprogrammed for other programs within the same account 

notwithstanding the designation if compliance with the designation 

is made impossible by operation of any provision of this or any 

other Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is reprogrammed 

pursuant to this subsection shall be made available under the 

same terms and conditions as originally provided. 

(b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to the authority 

contained in subsection (a), the original period of availability of 

funds appropriated by this Act and administered by the Department 

of State or the United States Agency for International Development 

that are specifically designated for particular programs or activities 

by this or any other Act may be extended for an additional fiscal 

year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Administrator, as 

appropriate, determines and reports promptly to the Committees 

on Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a country 

or a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely that 

such designated funds can be obligated during the original period 

of availability: Provided, That such designated funds that continue 

to be available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 

only for the purpose of such designation. 

(c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically designated funding 

levels contained in this Act shall not be applicable to funds or 

authorities appropriated or otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act specifically so directs: Provided, That 

specifically designated funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 

appropriated by this Act. 

NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PROGRAMS, 

PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds made available in 
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titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs to the departments and agencies funded by this Act that 

remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2020, or provided 

from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

by the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offsetting 

collections, or made available by transfer, to the departments and 

agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation to— 

(1) create new programs; 

(2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or activity; 

(3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or post; 

(4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or rename bureaus, 

centers, or offices; or 

(5) contract out or privatize any functions or activities 

presently performed by Federal employees; 

unless previously justified to the Committees on Appropriations 

or such Committees are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation. 

(b) NOTIFICATION OF REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—None of the 

funds provided under titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, to the departments and agencies 

funded under titles I and II of this Act that remain available 

for obligation in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts 

in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

of fees available to the department and agency funded under title 

I of this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure for 

programs, projects, or activities through a reprogramming of funds 

in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 

(1) augments or changes existing programs, projects, or 

activities; 

(2) relocates an existing office or employees; 

(3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 

as approved by Congress; or 

(4) results from any general savings, including savings 

from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a change 

in existing programs, projects, or activities as approved by 

Congress; 

unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 

advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the funds made 

available by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, 

‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 

‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 

Education and Training’’, ‘‘United States International Development 

Finance Corporation’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, shall be available for 

obligation for programs, projects, activities, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations not justified or in excess of 

the amount justified to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation under any of these specific headings unless the Committees 

on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such obligation: 
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Provided, That the President shall not enter into any commitment 

of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23 of the Arms 

Export Control Act for the provision of major defense equipment, 

other than conventional ammunition, or other major defense items 

defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the quantities 

justified to Congress unless the Committees on Appropriations are 

notified 15 days in advance of such commitment: Provided further, 

That requirements of this subsection or any similar provision of 

this or any other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for 

a program, project, or activity for which funds are appropriated 

under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 10 percent 

of the amount previously justified to Congress for obligation for 

such program, project, or activity for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall include information (if known on 

the date of transmittal of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding authority. 

(d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING

NOTIFICATIONS.— 

(1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made 

available to support or continue any program initially funded 

under any authority of title 10, United States Code, or any 

Act making or authorizing appropriations for the Department 

of Defense, unless the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of Defense and in accordance with the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 

submits a justification to such Committees that includes a 

description of, and the estimated costs associated with, the 

support or continuation of such program. 

(2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

funds transferred by the Department of Defense to the Department of State and the United States Agency for International 

Development for assistance for foreign countries and international organizations shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Prior to 

providing excess Department of Defense articles in accordance 

with section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

Appropriations to the same extent and under the same conditions as other committees pursuant to subsection (f) of that 

section: Provided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell 

excess defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, 

the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on 

Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification 

procedures of such Committees if such defense articles are 

significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of 

the Arms Export Control Act) or are valued (in terms of original 

acquisition cost) at $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is 

required elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 

funds for specific countries that would receive such excess 

defense articles: Provided further, That such Committees shall 

also be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 

articles. 
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(e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or any similar 

provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act 

requiring notification in accordance with the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, may be waived 

if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health 

or welfare: Provided, That in case of any such waiver, notification 

to the Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 

as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking 

the action to which such notification requirement was applicable, 

in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant to such 

a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances. 

(f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None of the funds 

appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated 

or expended for assistance for Afghanistan, Bahrain, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, 

Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, 

Pakistan, Philippines, the Russian Federation, Somalia, South 

Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, 

and Zimbabwe except as provided through the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in title III of this Act and prior Acts making funds 

available for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs that are made available for a trust fund held 

by an international financial institution shall be subject to the 

regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations 

and such notification shall include the information specified under 

this section in House Report 116–78. 

(h) OTHER PROGRAM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

(1) DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated under title 

I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ that 

are made available for lateral entry into the Foreign Service 

shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 

notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

(2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 

are made available for the following programs and activities 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations: 

(A) the Global Engagement Center, except that the 

Secretary of State shall consult with the appropriate 

congressional committees prior to submitting such notification; 

(B) the Power Africa initiative, or any successor program; 

(C) community-based police assistance conducted 

pursuant to the authority of section 7035(a)(1) of this Act; 

(D) the Relief and Recovery Fund and the Global Fragility Fund, if enacted into law; 

(E) the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Countering Chinese Influence Fund; 

(F) the Global Security Contingency Fund; 

(G) the Countering Russian Influence Fund; 

(H) programs to end modern slavery; and 

(I) the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity 

Fund. 
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(i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

under titles III and IV that are withheld from obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of application of a provision 

of law in this or any other Act shall, if reprogrammed, be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(j) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REVIEW OR REALIGNMENT.—Programmatic, funding, and organizational changes resulting from 

implementation of any foreign assistance review or realignment 

shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

That such notifications may be submitted in classified form, if 

necessary. 

DOCUMENT REQUESTS, RECORDS MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED

CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS

SEC. 7016. (a) DOCUMENT REQUESTS.—None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, 

including any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 

any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements 

of the Department of State and the United States Agency for 

International Development. 

(b) RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED CYBERSECURITY

PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator 

shall— 

(1) regularly review and update the policies, directives, 

and oversight necessary to comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential executive orders and memoranda concerning the preservation of all records made or received in 

the conduct of official business, including record emails, instant 

messaging, and other online tools; 

(2) use funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in title 

I, and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ 

in title II, as appropriate, to improve Federal records management pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 

21, 29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal records 

management statutes, regulations, or policies for the Department of State and USAID; 

(3) direct departing employees, including senior officials, 

that all Federal records generated by such employees belong 

to the Federal Government; 

(4) improve the response time for identifying and retrieving 

Federal records, including requests made pursuant to section 

552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

‘‘Freedom of Information Act’’); and 

(5) strengthen cybersecurity measures to mitigate 

vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use of personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov domain, 

improve the process to identify and remove inactive user 

accounts, update and enforce guidance related to the control 

of national security information, and implement the recommendations of the applicable reports of the cognizant Office 

of Inspector General. 
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USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination not to 

comply with any provision of this Act on constitutional grounds, 

the head of the relevant Federal agency shall notify the Committees 

on Appropriations in writing within 5 days of such determination, 

the basis for such determination and any resulting changes to 

program or policy. 

PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY

STERILIZATION

SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry out 

part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 

be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of 

family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice 

abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part 

I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 

used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as 

a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds 

made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research 

which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance 

of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated 

or expended for any country or organization if the President certifies 

that the use of these funds by any such country or organization 

would violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and 

involuntary sterilizations. 

ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS

SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to subsection (b), 

funds appropriated by this Act under titles III through V shall 

be made available at not less than the amounts specifically designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 

of this consolidated Act): Provided, That such designated amounts 

for foreign countries and international organizations shall serve 

as the amounts for such countries and international organizations 

transmitted to Congress in the report required by section 653(a) 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be made available 

for such foreign countries and international organizations notwithstanding the date of the transmission of such report. 

(b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS BELOW MINIMUM LEVELS.—Unless 

otherwise provided for by this Act, the Secretary of State and 

the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development, as applicable, may deviate by not more than 10 

percent below the minimum amounts specifically designated in 

the respective tables in the explanatory statement described in 

section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act): Provided, That deviations pursuant to this subsection shall 

be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

(c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated amounts that are 

included, pursuant to subsection (a), in the report required by 
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section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, deviations 

authorized by subsection (b) may only take place after submission 

of such report. 

(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to— 

(A) amounts designated for ‘‘International Military 

Education and Training’’ in the respective tables included 

in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 

the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); 

(B) funds for which the initial period of availability 

has expired; and 

(C) amounts designated by this Act as minimum 

funding requirements. 

(2) The authority in subsection (b) to deviate below amounts 

designated in the respective tables included in the explanatory 

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) shall not apply to the table 

included under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ in such 

statement. 

(3) With respect to the amounts designated for ‘‘Global 

Programs’’ in the table under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’ included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act), subsection (b) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ 

for ‘‘10 percent’’. 

(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, USAID Administrator, 

and other designated officials, as appropriate, shall submit the 

reports required, in the manner described, in House Report 116– 

78, Senate Report 116–126, and the explanatory statement 

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 

consolidated Act), unless directed otherwise in such explanatory 

statement. 

(f) CLARIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act and the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6) under 

the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration 

and Refugee Assistance’’ shall not be included for purposes of 

meeting amounts designated for countries in this Act or the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 

division A of this consolidated Act), or such prior Act or accompanying joint explanatory statement, unless such headings are 

specifically designated as the source of funds. 

MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

SEC. 7020. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

be used to make any pledge for future year funding for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in titles III through VI of this 

Act unless such pledge meets the requirements enumerated under 

this section in House Report 116–78. 

PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EXPORTS.— 

(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under titles III through VI of this Act 
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may be made available to any foreign government which provides lethal military equipment to a country the government 

of which the Secretary of State has determined supports international terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of the Export 

Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)): Provided, That 

the prohibition under this section with respect to a foreign 

government shall terminate 12 months after that government 

ceases to provide such military equipment: Provided further, 

That this section applies with respect to lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered into after October 

1, 1997. 

(2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by paragraph 

(1) or any other similar provision of law, may be furnished 

if the President determines that to do so is important to the 

national interest of the United States. 

(3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations a report with respect 

to the furnishing of such assistance, including a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 

amount of such assistance, and an explanation of how the 

assistance furthers United States national interest. 

(b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

(1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act and funds appropriated 

under any such title in prior Acts making appropriations for 

the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be made available to any foreign government 

which the President determines— 

(A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual 

or group which has committed an act of international terrorism; 

(B) otherwise supports international terrorism; or 

(C) is controlled by an organization designated as a 

terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the application of 

paragraph (1) to a government if the President determines 

that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 

waiver: Provided, That the President shall publish each such 

waiver in the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before 

the waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver (including the justification for the 

waiver) in accordance with the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, may 

be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 

Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 

the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 

1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 

Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
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DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI of this 

Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be defined at the appropriations Act account level and shall include all appropriations 

and authorizations Acts funding directives, ceilings, and limitations 

with the exception that for the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’ accounts, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall 

also be considered to include country, regional, and central program 

level funding within each such account, and for the development 

assistance accounts of the United States Agency for International 

Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include central, country, regional, and program level 

funding, either as— 

(1) justified to Congress; or 

(2) allocated by the Executive Branch in accordance with 

the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 or as modified pursuant to section 7019 of this 

Act. 

AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION, AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, provisions 

of this or any other Act, including provisions contained in prior 

Acts authorizing or making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations, and related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized by or conducted under the 

Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African 

Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to conducting 

activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited, the agency 

shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations and report 

to such Committees within 15 days of taking such action. 

COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

this Act for direct assistance and none of the funds otherwise 

made available to the Export-Import Bank and the United States 

International Development Finance Corporation shall be obligated 

or expended to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other 

financial commitments for establishing or expanding production 

of any commodity for export by any country other than the United 

States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets 

at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become 

operative and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to 

United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the 

Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 

the benefits to industry and employment in the United States 

are likely to outweigh the injury to United States producers of 

the same, similar, or competing commodity, and the Chairman 

of the Board so notifies the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

further, That this subsection shall not prohibit— 

(1) activities in a country that is eligible for assistance 

from the International Development Association, is not eligible 
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for assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction 

and Development, and does not export on a consistent basis 

the agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

is furnished; or 

(2) activities in a country the President determines is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, or a 

complex emergency. 

(b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by this or any 

other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding feasibility 

study, variety improvement or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connection with the growth or 

production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for 

export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or 

produced in the United States: Provided, That this subsection shall 

not prohibit— 

(1) activities designed to increase food security in developing countries where such activities will not have a significant 

impact on the export of agricultural commodities of the United 

States; 

(2) research activities intended primarily to benefit United 

States producers; 

(3) activities in a country that is eligible for assistance 

from the International Development Association, is not eligible 

for assistance from the International Bank for Reconstruction 

and Development, and does not export on a consistent basis 

the agricultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

is furnished; or 

(4) activities in a country the President determines is recovering from widespread conflict, a humanitarian crisis, or a 

complex emergency. 

(c) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of 

the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors 

of the international financial institutions to use the voice and 

vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by such institutions, using funds appropriated or made available by this Act, 

for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for 

export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance 

will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the 

same, similar, or competing commodity. 

SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL CURRENCIES.— 

(1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part 

I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961 under agreements which result in the generation of local 

currencies of that country, the Administrator of the United 

States Agency for International Development shall— 

(A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 

separate account established by that government; 

(B) enter into an agreement with that government 

which sets forth— 

(i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and 
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(ii) the terms and conditions under which the currencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with 

this section; and 

(C) establish by agreement with that government the 

responsibilities of USAID and that government to monitor 

and account for deposits into and disbursements from the 

separate account. 

(2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be agreed upon 

with the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 

separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 

amount of local currencies, shall be used only— 

(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 

4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 

the case may be), for such purposes as— 

(i) project and sector assistance activities; or 

(ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

(B) for the administrative requirements of the United 

States Government. 

(3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID shall take all 

necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the 

separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are 

used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). 

(4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of 

part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961 (as the case may be), any unencumbered balances 

of funds which remain in a separate account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes 

as may be agreed to by the government of that country and 

the United States Government. 

(b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made available to the 

government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of 

part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector 

assistance, that country shall be required to maintain such 

funds in a separate account and not commingle with any other 

funds. 

(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—Such 

funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature of this 

assistance including provisions which are referenced in the 

Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 

accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 

98–1159). 

(3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to obligating 

any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 

President shall submit a notification through the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 

which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 

proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion 

of the United States interests that will be served by such 

assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such assistance). 

(4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance funds may 

be exempt from the requirements of paragraph (1) only through 
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the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this or any other Act 

with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed 

to restrict assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental 

organizations from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 

4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from funds 

appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before using the authority of 

this subsection to furnish assistance in support of programs of 

nongovernmental organizations, the President shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations pursuant to the regular notification 

procedures, including a description of the program to be assisted, 

the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing such 

assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection shall 

be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against 

abortion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any other 

Act. 

(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2020, restrictions contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for 

a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance under the 

Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): 

Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to carry out title 

I of such Act and made available pursuant to this subsection may 

be obligated or expended except as provided through the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 

(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 

assistance to countries that support international terrorism; 

or 

(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 

assistance to the government of a country that violates internationally recognized human rights. 

LOCAL COMPETITION

SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO COMPETITION

FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are 

made available to the United States Agency for International 

Development may only be made available for limited competitions 

through local entities if— 

(1) prior to the determination to limit competition to local 

entities, USAID has— 

(A) assessed the level of local capacity to effectively 

implement, manage, and account for programs included 

in such competition; and 

(B) documented the written results of the assessment 

and decisions made; and 

(2) prior to making an award after limiting competition 

to local entities— 
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(A) each successful local entity has been determined 

to be responsible in accordance with USAID guidelines; 

and 

(B) effective monitoring and evaluation systems are 

in place to ensure that award funding is used for its 

intended purposes; and 

(3) no level of acceptable fraud is assumed. 

(b) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 7077 of 

the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall 

continue in effect during fiscal year 2020. 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

SEC. 7029. (a) EVALUATIONS AND REPORT.—The Secretary of 

the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director 

of each international financial institution to use the voice of the 

United States to encourage such institution to adopt and implement 

a publicly available policy, including the strategic use of peer 

reviews and external experts, to conduct independent, in-depth 

evaluations of the effectiveness of at least 25 percent of all loans, 

grants, programs, and significant analytical non-lending activities 

in advancing the institution’s goals of reducing poverty and promoting equitable economic growth, consistent with relevant safeguards, to ensure that decisions to support such loans, grants, 

programs, and activities are based on accurate data and objective 

analysis: Provided, That not later than 45 days after enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees 

on Appropriations on steps taken in fiscal year 2019 by the United 

States executive directors and the international financial institutions consistent with this subsection compared to the previous fiscal 

year. 

(b) SAFEGUARDS.— 

(1) STANDARD.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the 

International Development Association to use the voice and 

vote of the United States to oppose any loan, grant, policy, 

or strategy if such institution has adopted and is implementing 

any social or environmental safeguard relevant to such loan, 

grant, policy, or strategy that provides less protection than 

World Bank safeguards in effect on September 30, 2015. 

(2) ACCOUNTABILITY, STANDARDS, AND BEST PRACTICES.— 

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 

executive director of each international financial institution 

to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose loans 

or other financing for projects unless such projects— 

(A) provide for accountability and transparency, 

including the collection, verification, and publication of 

beneficial ownership information related to extractive 

industries and on-site monitoring during the life of the 

project; 

(B) will be developed and carried out in accordance 

with best practices regarding environmental conservation, 

cultural protection, and empowerment of local populations, 

including free, prior and informed consent of affected 

indigenous communities; 
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(C) do not provide incentives for, or facilitate, forced 

displacement; and 

(D) do not partner with or otherwise involve enterprises 

owned or controlled by the armed forces. 

(c) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appropriated under title 

V of this Act may be made as payment to any international financial 

institution while the United States executive director to such 

institution is compensated by the institution at a rate which, 

together with whatever compensation such executive director 

receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 

for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive 

Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or 

while any alternate United States executive director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the 

rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V 

of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 

States Code. 

(d) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

instruct the United States executive director of each international 

financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States 

to promote human rights due diligence and risk management, as 

appropriate, in connection with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy 

of such institution in accordance with the requirements specified 

under this subsection in Senate Report 116–126: Provided, That 

prior to voting on any such loan, grant, policy, or strategy the 

executive director shall consult with the Assistant Secretary for 

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, if 

the executive director has reason to believe that such loan, grant, 

policy, or strategy could result in forced displacement or other 

violation of human rights. 

(e) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

shall instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to use the voice of the United States 

to include in loan, grant, and other financing agreements improvements in borrowing countries’ financial management and judicial 

capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish fraud and corruption. 

(f) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION.—The Secretary of the 

Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of 

each international financial institution to use the voice of the United 

States to encourage such institution to collect, verify, and publish, 

to the maximum extent practicable, beneficial ownership information (excluding proprietary information) for any corporation or limited liability company, other than a publicly listed company, that 

receives funds from any such financial institution: Provided, That 

not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on 

steps taken in fiscal year 2019 by the United States executive 

directors and the international financial institutions consistent with 

this subsection compared to the previous fiscal year. 

(g) WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Secretary of the 

Treasury shall instruct the United States executive director of 

each international financial institution to use the voice of the United 

States to encourage each such institution to effectively implement 

and enforce policies and procedures which meet or exceed best 

practices in the United States for the protection of whistleblowers 

from retaliation, including— 
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(1) protection against retaliation for internal and lawful 

public disclosure; 

(2) legal burdens of proof; 

(3) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation; 

(4) access to binding independent adjudicative bodies, 

including shared cost and selection external arbitration; and 

(5) results that eliminate the effects of proven retaliation, 

including provision for the restoration of prior employment. 

INSECURE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

SEC. 7030. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for programs to— 

(1) advance the adoption of secure, next-generation communications networks and services, including 5G, and cybersecurity policies, in countries receiving assistance under this Act 

and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations, and related programs; 

(2) counter the establishment of insecure communications 

networks and services, including 5G, promoted by the People’s 

Republic of China and other state-backed enterprises that are 

subject to undue or extrajudicial control by their country of 

origin; and 

(3) provide policy and technical training to information 

communication technology professionals in countries receiving 

assistance under this Act, as appropriate. 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

SEC. 7031. (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERN- MENT ASSISTANCE.— (1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act may 

be made available for direct government-to-government assistance only if the requirements included in section 7031(a)(1)(A) 

through (E) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F 

of Public Law 116–6) are fully met. 

(2) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—In addition to the 

requirements in paragraph (1), funds may only be made available for direct government-to-government assistance subject to 

prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such 

notification shall contain an explanation of how the proposed 

activity meets the requirements of paragraph (1): Provided 

further, That the requirements of this paragraph shall only 

apply to direct government-to-government assistance in excess 

of $10,000,000 and all funds available for cash transfer, budget 

support, and cash payments to individuals. 

(3) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development or the 

Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall suspend any direct 

government-to-government assistance if the Administrator or 

the Secretary has credible information of material misuse of 

such assistance, unless the Administrator or the Secretary 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations that it is in the 

national interest of the United States to continue such assistance, including a justification, or that such misuse has been 

appropriately addressed. 
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(4) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of State 

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, concurrent 

with the fiscal year 2021 congressional budget justification 

materials, amounts planned for assistance described in paragraph (1) by country, proposed funding amount, source of funds, 

and type of assistance. 

(5) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.—None of the 

funds made available by this Act may be used by the government of any foreign country for debt service payments owed 

by any country to any international financial institution. 

(b) NATIONAL BUDGET AND CONTRACT TRANSPARENCY.— 

(1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL TRANSPARENCY.— 

The Secretary of State shall continue to update and strengthen 

the ‘‘minimum requirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each 

government receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, as 

identified in the report required by section 7031(b) of the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113– 

76). 

(2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each government 

identified pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State, 

not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, shall 

make or update any determination of ‘‘significant progress’’ 

or ‘‘no significant progress’’ in meeting the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency, and make such determinations 

publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ 

to be posted on the Department of State website: Provided, 

That such report shall include the elements included in the 

explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 

preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 

(3) ASSISTANCE.—Not less than $5,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’ shall be made available for programs and activities 

to assist governments identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to 

improve budget transparency and to support civil society 

organizations in such countries that promote budget transparency: Provided, That such sums shall be in addition to 

funds otherwise available for such purposes: Provided further, 

That a description of the uses of such funds shall be included 

in the annual ‘‘Fiscal Transparency Report’’ required by paragraph (2). 

(c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

(1) INELIGIBILITY.—(A) Officials of foreign governments and 

their immediate family members about whom the Secretary 

of State has credible information have been involved, directly 

or indirectly, in significant corruption, including corruption 

related to the extraction of natural resources, or a gross violation of human rights shall be ineligible for entry into the 

United States. 

(B) The Secretary shall also publicly or privately designate 

or identify the officials of foreign governments and their immediate family members about whom the Secretary has such 

credible information without regard to whether the individual 

has applied for a visa. 

(2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineligible for entry 

into the United States pursuant to paragraph (1) if such entry 
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would further important United States law enforcement objectives or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill 

its obligations under the United Nations Headquarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to derogate from United States Government obligations 

under applicable international agreements. 

(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the application of 

paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the waiver would 

serve a compelling national interest or that the circumstances 

which caused the individual to be ineligible have changed sufficiently. 

(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after enactment of 

this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of State 

shall submit a report, including a classified annex if necessary, 

to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on the Judiciary describing the information related to 

corruption or violation of human rights concerning each of 

the individuals found ineligible in the previous 12 months 

pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) as well as the individuals who 

the Secretary designated or identified pursuant to paragraph 

(1)(B), or who would be ineligible but for the application of 

paragraph (2), a list of any waivers provided under paragraph 

(3), and the justification for each waiver. 

(5) POSTING OF REPORT.—Any unclassified portion of the 

report required under paragraph (4) shall be posted on the 

Department of State website. 

(6) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of paragraphs (1), (4), 

and (5), the records of the Department of State and of diplomatic and consular offices of the United States pertaining to 

the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 

States shall not be considered confidential. 

(d) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

made available to promote and support transparency and 

accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the 

extraction of natural resources, including by strengthening 

implementation and monitoring of the Extractive Industries 

Transparency Initiative, implementing and enforcing section 

8204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 

Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2052) and the amendments made by 

such section, and to prevent the sale of conflict diamonds, 

and provide technical assistance to promote independent audit 

mechanisms and support civil society participation in natural 

resource management. 

(2) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND INDEPENDENT AUDITS.—(A) The 

Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the executive director 

of each international financial institution that it is the policy 

of the United States to use the voice and vote of the United 

States to oppose any assistance by such institutions (including 

any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) to any country for the 

extraction and export of a natural resource if the government 

of such country has in place laws, regulations, or procedures 

to prevent or limit the public disclosure of company payments 

as required by United States law, and unless such government 

has adopted laws, regulations, or procedures in the sector in 

which assistance is being considered to meet the standards 

included under this section in the explanatory statement 
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described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

this consolidated Act). 

(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply 

to assistance for the purpose of building the capacity of such 

government to meet the requirements of this subparagraph. 

(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under titles I and II, and funds made available for any independent agency in title III, as appropriate, shall be made available 

to support the provision of additional information on United States 

Government foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign 

assistance website: Provided, That all Federal agencies funded 

under this Act shall provide such information on foreign assistance, 

upon request and in a timely manner, to the Department of State: 

Provided further, That not later than 60 days after enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall 

report to the Committees on Appropriations on the process and 

timeline required to consolidate data from USAID’s ‘‘Foreign Aid 

Explorer’’ and ‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’, in accordance with the 

requirements specified in the explanatory statement described in 

section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act). 

DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 

and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

Law Enforcement’’, not less than $2,400,000,000 shall be made 

available for democracy programs. 

(2) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds made available for democracy 

programs under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ pursuant 

to paragraph (1), not less than $102,040,000 shall be made 

available to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

Labor, Department of State, at not less than the amounts 

specified for certain countries and regional programs designated 

in the table under this section in the explanatory statement 

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

this consolidated Act). 

(b) AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) AVAILABILITY.—Funds made available by this Act for 

democracy programs pursuant to subsection (a) and under the 

heading ‘‘National Endowment for Democracy’’ may be made 

available notwithstanding any other provision of law, and with 

regard to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any 

regulation. 

(2) BENEFICIARIES.—Funds made available by this Act for 

the NED are made available pursuant to the authority of 

the National Endowment for Democracy Act (title V of Public 

Law 98–164), including all decisions regarding the selection 

of beneficiaries. 

(c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For purposes of 

funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘democracy programs’’ 

means programs that support good governance, credible and 

competitive elections, freedom of expression, association, assembly, 
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and religion, human rights, labor rights, independent media, and 

the rule of law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of 

democratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental 

organizations and institutions, and citizens to support the development of democratic states and institutions that are responsive and 

accountable to citizens. 

(d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made available pursuant 

to this section that are made available for programs to strengthen 

government institutions shall be prioritized for those institutions 

that demonstrate a commitment to democracy and the rule of law. 

(e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With respect to the 

provision of assistance for democracy programs in this Act, the 

organizations implementing such assistance, the specific nature 

of that assistance, and the participants in such programs shall 

not be subject to the prior approval by the government of any 

foreign country: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall report to the Committees on Appropriations, not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, detailing 

steps taken by the Department of State and USAID to comply 

with the requirements of this subsection. 

(f) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.—The United States 

Agency for International Development shall continue to implement 

civil society and political competition and consensus building programs abroad with funds appropriated by this Act in a manner 

that recognizes the unique benefits of grants and cooperative agreements in implementing such programs. 

(g) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.— 

The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 

Department of State, and the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the National Endowment for Democracy of democracy 

programs that are planned and supported by funds made available 

by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 

(h) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND JOURNAL- ISTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, not less than 

$20,000,000 shall be made available to support and protect civil 

society activists and journalists who have been threatened, harassed, or attacked, including journalists affiliated with the United 

States Agency for Global Media, consistent with the action plan 

submitted pursuant to, and on the same terms and conditions 

of, section 7032(i) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 

Law 115–141). 

(i) INTERNATIONAL FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.— (1) OPERATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made available 

for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 

Department of State, for the costs of administering programs 

designed to promote and defend freedom of expression and 

the independence of the media in countries where such freedom 

and independence are restricted or denied. 

(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 

$10,000,000 shall be made available for programs that promote 
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and defend freedom of expression and the independence of 

the media abroad: Provided, That such funds are in addition 

to funds otherwise made available by this Act for such purposes, 

and are intended to complement emergency and safety programs for civil society, including journalists and media outlets 

at risk: Provided further, That such funds shall be subject 

to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM OFFICE.— 

Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 

Programs’’ shall be made available for the Office of International 

Religious Freedom, Department of State, including for support staff 

at not less than the amounts specified for such office in the table 

under such heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act). 

(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

headings ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be made available for international religious freedom programs and funds appropriated by 

this Act under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ 

and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available 

for humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted religious 

minorities: Provided, That funds made available by this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ 

pursuant to this section shall be the responsibility of the Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, in consultation 

with other relevant United States Government officials, and shall 

be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

(c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’ may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 

of law for assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq 

and Syria. 

(d) DESIGNATION OF NON-STATE ACTORS.—Section 7033(e) of 

the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public 115–31) shall continue 

in effect during fiscal year 2020. 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHILDREN, AND

DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated in titles III and VI of 

this Act that are made available for victims of war, displaced 

children, displaced Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons 

and assist victims of such trafficking, may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

(b) FORENSIC ASSISTANCE.— 

(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $12,500,000 shall be 

made available for forensic anthropology assistance related to 

the exhumation and identification of victims of war crimes, 
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crimes against humanity, and genocide, which shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 

and Labor, Department of State: Provided, That such funds 

shall be in addition to funds made available by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs for assistance for countries. 

(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not 

less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for DNA forensic 

technology programs to combat human trafficking in Central 

America and Mexico. 

(c) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than 

$5,000,000 shall be made available for programs to prevent atrocities, including to implement recommendations of the Atrocities 

Prevention Board: Provided, That funds made available pursuant 

to this subsection are in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided further, That such funds shall 

be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(d) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by the Bureau 

for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United 

States Agency for International Development, from this or any 

other Act, may be made available as a general contribution to 

the World Food Programme, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law. 

(e) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

Central Asia’’ shall be made available to carry out the Program 

for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as authorized by 

the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 

1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 

(2) GENOCIDE VICTIMS MEMORIAL SITES.—Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ may be 

made available as contributions to establish and maintain 

memorial sites of genocide, subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(3) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 

for private sector partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain 

available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That funds made 

available pursuant to this paragraph may only be made available following prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, and the regular notification procedures of 

the Committees on Appropriations. 

(4) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the amounts made available by title I of this Act under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 may be made available for grants pursuant to section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
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Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to facilitate 

collaboration with indigenous communities, and up to 

$1,000,000 may be made available for grants to carry out the 

activities of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 

(5) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator may use funds 

appropriated by this Act under title III to make innovation 

incentive awards in accordance with the terms and conditions 

of section 7034(e)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided, That each individual 

award may not exceed $100,000: Provided further, That no 

more than 15 such awards may be made during fiscal year 

2020. 

(6) EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.—None of the funds made 

available by this Act may be used to modify the Exchange 

Visitor Program administered by the Department of State to 

implement the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961 (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), except 

through the formal rulemaking process pursuant to the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) and notwithstanding the exceptions to such rulemaking process in 

such Act: Provided, That funds made available for such purpose 

shall only be made available after consultation with, and subject 

to the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 

Appropriations, regarding how any proposed modification would 

affect the public diplomacy goals of, and the estimated economic 

impact on, the United States: Provided further, That such consultation shall take place not later than 30 days prior to the 

publication in the Federal Register of any regulatory action 

modifying the Exchange Visitor Program. 

(f) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner vetting 

program, or making significant changes to the scope of an existing 

partner vetting program, the Secretary of State and USAID 

Administrator, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees 

on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary and the Administrator shall provide a direct vetting option for prime awardees 

in any partner vetting program initiated or significantly modified 

after the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary of 

State or USAID Administrator, as applicable, informs the Committees on Appropriations on a case-by-case basis that a direct vetting 

option is not feasible for such program. 

(g) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2020, the President 

may use up to $125,000,000 under the authority of section 451 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law. 

(h) INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS.—The Secretary of State 

should withhold funds appropriated under title III of this Act for 

assistance for the central government of any country that is not 

taking appropriate steps to comply with the Convention on the 

Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions, done at the Hague 

on October 25, 1980: Provided, That the Secretary shall report 

to the Committees on Appropriations within 15 days of withholding 

funds under this subsection. 

(i) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION.— The Secretary of State may transfer to, and merge with, funds 

under the heading ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials’’ 

unobligated balances of expired funds appropriated under the 
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heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for fiscal year 2020, except for 

funds designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, at no later 

than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year 

for which such funds are available for the purposes for which 

appropriated: Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 may be 

transferred. 

(j) AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ to counter extremism may be 

made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 

restricting assistance to foreign countries, except sections 502B, 

620A, and 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, 

That the use of the authority of this subsection shall be subject 

to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees 

and the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(k) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF DIPLOMATIC

MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary of 

State shall implement section 203(a)(2) of the William Wilberforce 

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public 

Law 110–457): Provided, That in addition to suspension on the 

basis of an unpaid default or final civil judgment directly or 

indirectly related to human trafficking against the employer or 

a family member assigned to an embassy, suspension on this basis 

should also apply to an employer or family member assigned to 

any diplomatic mission, or any international organization: Provided 

further, That the Secretary of State should assist in obtaining 

payment of final court judgments awarded to A–3 and G–5 visa 

holders, including encouraging the sending states to provide compensation directly to victims: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall include in the Trafficking in Persons annual report a concise 

summary of each trafficking case involving an A–3 or G–5 visa 

holder that meets one or more of the following criteria: (1) a final 

court judgment (including a default judgment) issued against a 

current or former employee of such diplomatic mission or international organization; (2) the issuance of a T-visa to the victim; 

or (3) a request by the Department of State to the sending state 

that immunity of individual diplomats or family members be waived 

to permit criminal prosecution. 

(l) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act 

of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

(2) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations 

Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall remain in effect through 

September 30, 2020. 

(3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIVER.—Section 

625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

2385(j)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

2020’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ in subparagraph (B). 

(4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMITATION.—(A) 

Subject to the limitation described in subparagraph (B), the 

authority provided by section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall remain in effect 

through September 30, 2020. 
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(B) The authority described in subparagraph (A) may not 

be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service 

(as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds twothirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such 

member under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 

if such member’s official duty station were in the District of 

Columbia. 

(5) CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign Operations, 

Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

1990 (Public Law 101–167) is amended— 

(A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 

(i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 2019’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2019, and 2020’’; and 

(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2019’’ each place 

it appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 

(B) in section 599E(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1255 note), by 

striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

(6) INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIVER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212) shall remain in effect 

through September 30, 2020, and may be used to facilitate 

the assignment of persons for oversight of programs in Syria, 

South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Venezuela. 

(7) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 

and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall 

remain in effect for facilities in Afghanistan through September 

30, 2020, except that the notification and reporting requirements contained in such section shall include the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(8) SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANISTAN

RECONSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE STATUS.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, any employee of the Special Inspector 

General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 

at least 12 months of continuous service after enactment of 

this Act or who is employed on the date on which SIGAR 

terminates, whichever occurs first, shall acquire competitive 

status for appointment to any position in the competitive service 

for which the employee possesses the required qualifications. 

(9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) 

shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2020. 

(10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL WAIVER

AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General of the Department of State 

may waive the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) of 

section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

4064) on a case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed 

by the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject to 

the same constraints and in the same manner by which the 

Secretary of State may exercise such waiver authority pursuant 

to subsection (g) of such section. 

(11) AFGHAN ALLIES.—Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the Afghan 

Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
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(A) in the heading, striking ‘‘2015, 2016, AND 2017’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2015 THROUGH 2020’’; 

(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 

‘‘18,500’’ and inserting ‘‘22,500’’; and 

(C) in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

(m) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act that are made available for monitoring and evaluation of assistance under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International 

Disaster Assistance’’, and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall, 

as appropriate, be made available for the regular collection of feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries on the quality and relevance of such assistance: Provided, That the Department of State 

and USAID shall establish, and post on their respective websites, 

updated procedures for implementing partners that receive funds 

under such headings for regularly collecting and responding to 

such feedback, including guidelines for the reporting on actions 

taken in response to the feedback received: Provided further, That 

the Department of State and USAID shall regularly conduct oversight to ensure that such feedback is regularly collected and used 

by implementing partners to maximize the cost-effectiveness and 

utility of such assistance. 

(n) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds available in 

the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund established pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) 

may be made available for pharmaceuticals and other products 

for child survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent 

as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, subject to the 

terms and conditions in such section: Provided, That the authority 

in section 525(b)(5) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 

and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 2005 (Public Law 108– 

447) shall be exercised by the Assistant Administrator for Global 

Health, USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such non-HIV/ 

AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and shall be subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall include 

in the congressional budget justification an accounting of budgetary 

resources, disbursements, balances, and reimbursements related 

to such fund. 

(o) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 

(1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated under the 

headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 

Eurasia and Central Asia’’ by this Act and prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

and related programs may be made available for the costs, 

as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and 

Ukraine, which are authorized to be provided: Provided, That 

amounts made available under this paragraph for the costs 

of such guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 

purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to a country. 

(2) DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds made available 

pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
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related programs that were previously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

of such Act. 

(3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of this subsection shall be 

subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

committees and the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

(p) LOCAL WORKS.— 

(1) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for 

Local Works pursuant to section 7080 of the Department of 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), which may 

remain available until September 30, 2024. 

(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For the purposes of section 7080 

of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 

113–235), ‘‘eligible entities’’ shall be defined as small local, 

international, and United States-based nongovernmental 

organizations, educational institutions, and other small entities 

that have received less than a total of $5,000,000 from USAID 

over the previous 5 fiscal years: Provided, That departments 

or centers of such educational institutions may be considered 

individually in determining such eligibility. 

(q) WESTERN HEMISPHERE DRUG POLICY COMMISSION.—Up to 

$499,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Western 

Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ of 

the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6) shall 

remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021, notwithstanding the period of availability under such heading. 

(r) DEFINITIONS.— (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—Unless 

otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act the 

term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the 

Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 

Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign 

Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

(2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND PRIOR ACTS.— Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for purposes of this Act 

the term ‘‘funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

and related programs’’ means funds that remain available for 

obligation, and have not expired. 

(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—In this Act 

‘‘international financial institutions’’ means the International 

Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International 

Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International 

Monetary Fund, the International Fund for Agricultural 

Development, the Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American 
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Investment Corporation, the North American Development 

Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, 

and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. 

(4) SOUTHERN KORDOFAN.—Any reference to Southern 

Kordofan in this or any other Act making appropriations for 

the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall for this fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, 

be deemed to include portions of Western Kordofan that were 

previously part of Southern Kordofan prior to the 2013 division 

of Southern Kordofan. 

(5) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ means the 

United States Agency for International Development. 

(6) SPEND PLAN.—In this Act, the term ‘‘spend plan’’ means 

a plan for the uses of funds appropriated for a particular 

entity, country, program, purpose, or account and which shall 

include, at a minimum, a description of— 

(A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria for measuring progress, and a timeline for achieving such goals; 

(B) amounts and sources of funds by account; 

(C) how such funds will complement other ongoing 

or planned programs; and 

(D) implementing partners, to the maximum extent 

practicable. 

(7) SUCCESSOR OPERATING UNIT.—Any reference to a particular USAID operating unit or office in this or prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

operations, and related programs shall be deemed to include 

any successor operating unit or office performing the same 

or similar functions. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY

SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 

(1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.—Funds made 

available under titles III and IV of this Act to carry out the 

provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapters 4 and 6 of 

part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, 

notwithstanding section 660 of that Act, to enhance the 

effectiveness and accountability of civilian police authority 

through training and technical assistance in human rights, 

the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through 

assistance to foster civilian police roles that support democratic 

governance, including assistance for programs to prevent conflict, respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, and 

foster improved police relations with the communities they 

serve. 

(2) COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND.—Funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, 

Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall be made 

available for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for programs in areas liberated from, under the influence of, or 

adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or 

other terrorist organizations: Provided, That such areas shall 

include the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Provided further, That 

prior to the obligation of funds made available pursuant to 

this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall take all practicable 
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steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 

oversight, and control of such funds: Provided further, That 

funds made available pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

committees, and the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

(3) COMBAT CASUALTY CARE.—(A) Consistent with the objectives of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms 

Export Control Act, funds appropriated by this Act under the 

headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’ shall be made available for combat casualty training and equipment. 

(B) The Secretary of State shall offer combat casualty care 

training and equipment as a component of any package of 

lethal assistance funded by this Act with funds appropriated 

under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign 

Military Financing Program’’: Provided, That the requirement 

of this subparagraph shall apply to a country in conflict, unless 

the Secretary determines that such country has in place, to 

the maximum extent practicable, functioning combat casualty 

care treatment and equipment that meets or exceeds the standards recommended by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Provided further, That any such training and equipment for combat casualty care shall be made available through 

an open and competitive process. 

(4) TRAINING RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN

LAW.—The Secretary of State shall offer training related to 

the requirements of international humanitarian law as a component of any package of lethal assistance funded by this Act 

with funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping 

Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’: Provided, That the requirement of this paragraph shall not apply 

to a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization (NATO), is a major non-NATO ally designated 

by section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or 

is complying with international humanitarian law: Provided 

further, That any such training shall be made available through 

an open and competitive process. 

(5) SECURITY FORCE PROFESSIONALIZATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 

Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ 

shall be made available to increase the capacity of foreign 

military and law enforcement personnel to operate in accordance with appropriate standards relating to human rights and 

the protection of civilians in the manner specified under this 

section in Senate Report 116–126, following consultation with 

the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That funds made 

available pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available 

through an open and competitive process. 

(6) GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, up to $7,500,000 

from funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

may be transferred to, and merged with, funds previously made 

available under the heading ‘‘Global Security Contingency 

Fund’’, subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 
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(7) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 

Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, not less than $7,500,000 

shall be made available for assistance to eliminate inhumane 

conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 

Provided, That the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

on the proposed uses of such funds prior to obligation and 

not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 

further, That such funds shall be in addition to funds otherwise 

made available by this Act for such purpose. 

(b) AUTHORITIES.— 

(1) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this Act under 

section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support 

for a nation emerging from instability may be deemed to mean 

support for regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national 

entity emerging from instability, as well as a nation emerging 

from instability. 

(2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION.— 

Section 7034(d) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J 

of Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal 

year 2020. 

(3) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AUTHORITY.— 

(A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense 

Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 

1011) is amended by striking ‘‘of this section’’ and all 

that follows through the period at the end and inserting 

‘‘of this section after September 30, 2021.’’. 

(B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 

‘‘and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, and 2021’’. 

(4) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 

the authority of section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act 

(22 U.S.C. 2763) may be used to provide financing to Israel, 

Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and 

major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing 

(including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense articles 

from United States commercial suppliers, not including Major 

Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types 

of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President 

determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national 

security reasons for those defense articles being provided by 

commercial lease rather than by government-to-government 

sale under such Act. 

(5) SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND.—Not to exceed 

$900,000,000 may be obligated pursuant to section 51(c)(2) 

of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(c)(2)) for the 

purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund (the Fund), 

to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2022: 

Provided, That the provision of defense articles and defense 

services to foreign countries or international organizations from 
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the Fund shall be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary 

of State. 

(6) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—For the purposes of funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for 

the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for assistance for units of foreign 

security forces, the term ‘‘to the maximum extent practicable’’ 

in section 620M(d)(7) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

(22 U.S.C. 2378d) means that the identity of such units shall 

be made publicly available unless the Secretary of State, on 

a case-by-case basis, determines and reports to the appropriate 

congressional committees that disclosure would endanger the 

safety of human sources or reveal sensitive intelligence sources 

and methods, or that non-disclosure is in the national security 

interest of the United States: Provided, That any such determination shall include a detailed justification, and may be 

submitted in classified form. 

(7) DUTY TO INFORM.—If assistance to a foreign security 

force is provided in a manner in which the recipient unit 

or units cannot be identified prior to the transfer of assistance, 

the Secretary of State shall provide a list of units prohibited 

from receiving such assistance pursuant to section 620M of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to the recipient government. 

(c) LIMITATIONS.— 

(1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

should not be used to support any military training or operations that include child soldiers. 

(2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 

(A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, demining equipment available to the United States 

Agency for International Development and the Department 

of State and used in support of the clearance of landmines 

and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may 

be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, subject 

to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State 

may prescribe. 

(B) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military assistance shall 

be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export 

license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster 

munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold 

or transferred, unless— 

(i) the submunitions of the cluster munitions, after 

arming, do not result in more than 1 percent 

unexploded ordnance across the range of intended operational environments, and the agreement applicable 

to the assistance, transfer, or sale of such cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies that 

the cluster munitions will only be used against clearly 

defined military targets and will not be used where 

civilians are known to be present or in areas normally 

inhabited by civilians; or 

(ii) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer is 

for the purpose of demilitarizing or permanently disposing of such cluster munitions. 

(3) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act should not be used for tear gas, small arms, light weapons, 

ammunition, or other items for crowd control purposes for 
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foreign security forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful expression, association, or assembly in countries that the 

Secretary of State determines are undemocratic or are undergoing democratic transitions. 

(d) REPORTS.— 

(1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later than 120 days 

after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

to the Committees on Appropriations a report on funds obligated and expended during fiscal year 2019, by country and 

purpose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and 

‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 

(2) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.—For the 

purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961, the term ‘‘military training provided to foreign 

military personnel by the Department of Defense and the 

Department of State’’ shall be deemed to include all military 

training provided by foreign governments with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense or the Department of 

State, except for training provided by the government of a 

country designated by section 517(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

2321k(b)) as a major non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

ally. 

ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

SEC. 7036. It is the sense of the Congress that— 

(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary 

boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel, 

is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States 

investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa; 

(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 

reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded; 

(3) all Arab League states should normalize relations with 

their neighbor Israel; 

(4) the President and the Secretary of State should continue 

to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and 

find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for 

example, taking into consideration the participation of any 

recipient country in the boycott when determining to sell 

weapons to said country; and 

(5) the President should report to Congress annually on 

specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage 

Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel 

to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott 

of Israel, including those to encourage allies and trading partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses 

from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses 

that do comply. 

PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

SEC. 7037. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None of the funds 

appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act may be provided 
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to support a Palestinian state unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 

that— 

(1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian state— 

(A) has demonstrated a firm commitment to peaceful 

co-existence with the State of Israel; and 

(B) is taking appropriate measures to counter terrorism 

and terrorist financing in the West Bank and Gaza, 

including the dismantling of terrorist infrastructures, and 

is cooperating with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate security organizations; and 

(2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing entity of 

a new Palestinian state) is working with other countries in 

the region to vigorously pursue efforts to establish a just, 

lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East that will 

enable Israel and an independent Palestinian state to exist 

within the context of full and normal relationships, which 

should include— 

(A) termination of all claims or states of belligerency; 

(B) respect for and acknowledgment of the sovereignty, 

territorial integrity, and political independence of every 

state in the area through measures including the establishment of demilitarized zones; 

(C) their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force; 

(D) freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area; and 

(E) a framework for achieving a just settlement of 

the refugee problem. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the governing entity should enact a constitution assuring the rule 

of law, an independent judiciary, and respect for human rights 

for its citizens, and should enact other laws and regulations 

assuring transparent and accountable governance. 

(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection (a) if the 

President determines that it is important to the national security 

interest of the United States to do so. 

(d) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) shall not 

apply to assistance intended to help reform the Palestinian 

Authority and affiliated institutions, or the governing entity, in 

order to help meet the requirements of subsection (a), consistent 

with the provisions of section 7040 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on 

Assistance for the Palestinian Authority’’). 

PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING

CORPORATION

SEC. 7038. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, technical 

support, consulting services, or any other form of assistance to 

the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 

ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

SEC. 7039. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2020, 30 days prior 

to the initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and 

Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations that procedures have been established to 
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assure the Comptroller General of the United States will have 

access to appropriate United States financial information in order 

to review the uses of United States assistance for the Program 

funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the West 

Bank and Gaza. 

(b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall 

take all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance is not 

provided to or through any individual, private or government entity, 

or educational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged 

in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or educational institutions, those that have as a principal officer of the 

entity’s governing board or governing board of trustees any individual that has been determined to be involved in, or advocating 

terrorist activity or determined to be a member of a designated 

foreign terrorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to 

be taken in carrying out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational institution which 

the Secretary has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

(c) PROHIBITION.— 

(1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.—None of the 

funds appropriated under titles III through VI of this Act 

for assistance under the West Bank and Gaza Program may 

be made available for— 

(A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise honoring 

individuals who commit, or have committed acts of terrorism; and 

(B) any educational institution located in the West 

Bank or Gaza that is named after an individual who the 

Secretary of State determines has committed an act of 

terrorism. 

(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 

made available by this or prior appropriations Acts, including 

funds made available by transfer, may be made available for 

obligation for security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza 

until the Secretary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks that have been established for 

security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza and reports 

on the extent of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

(d) OVERSIGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 

(1) The Administrator of the United States Agency for 

International Development shall ensure that Federal or nonFederal audits of all contractors and grantees, and significant 

subcontractors and sub-grantees, under the West Bank and 

Gaza Program, are conducted at least on an annual basis 

to ensure, among other things, compliance with this section. 

(2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up to $1,000,000 

may be used by the Office of Inspector General of the United 
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States Agency for International Development for audits, investigations, and other activities in furtherance of the requirements of this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in 

addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes. 

(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES AUDIT.— 

Subsequent to the certification specified in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit and 

an investigation of the treatment, handling, and uses of all funds 

for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds 

provided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2020 under 

the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such audit shall 

address— 

(1) the extent to which such Program complies with the 

requirements of subsections (b) and (c); and 

(2) an examination of all programs, projects, and activities 

carried out under such Program, including both obligations 

and expenditures. 

(f) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made available in this 

Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

SEC. 7040. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of the funds 

appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 

4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated 

or expended with respect to providing funds to the Palestinian 

Authority. 

(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection (a) shall 

not apply if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of 

the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the 

Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations that waiving such 

prohibition is important to the national security interest of the 

United States. 

(c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any waiver pursuant 

to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period of 

6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after 

the enactment of this Act. 

(d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursuant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall submit a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations detailing the justification for 

the waiver, the purposes for which the funds will be spent, and 

the accounting procedures in place to ensure that the funds are 

properly disbursed: Provided, That the report shall also detail the 

steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. 

(e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the waiver 

authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of State must certify 

and report to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Palestinian Authority has established a 

single treasury account for all Palestinian Authority financing and 

all financing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Authority 

treasury account, and there is a single comprehensive civil service 

roster and payroll, and the Palestinian Authority is acting to 

counter incitement of violence against Israelis and is supporting 
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activities aimed at promoting peace, coexistence, and security 

cooperation with Israel. 

(f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE LIBERATION

ORGANIZATION.— 

(1) None of the funds appropriated in titles III through 

VI of this Act may be obligated for salaries of personnel of 

the Palestinian Authority located in Gaza or may be obligated 

or expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity effectively 

controlled by Hamas, any power-sharing government of which 

Hamas is a member, or that results from an agreement with 

Hamas and over which Hamas exercises undue influence. 

(2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing government only 

if the President certifies and reports to the Committees on 

Appropriations that such government, including all of its ministers or such equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) (A) and 

(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. 

(3) The President may exercise the authority in section 

620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by 

the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

446) with respect to this subsection. 

(4) Whenever the certification pursuant to paragraph (2) 

is exercised, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations within 120 days of the certification and every quarter thereafter on whether such government, including all of its ministers or such equivalent are 

continuing to comply with the principles contained in section 

620K(b)(1) (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

as amended: Provided, That the report shall also detail the 

amount, purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

provided pursuant to the abovementioned certification and a 

full accounting of any direct support of such government. 

(5) None of the funds appropriated under titles III through 

VI of this Act may be obligated for assistance for the Palestine 

Liberation Organization. 

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

SEC. 7041. (a) EGYPT.— 

(1) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act that are available for assistance for Egypt may be 

made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 

restricting assistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 

section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and may 

only be made available for assistance for the Government of 

Egypt if the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 

Committees on Appropriations that such government is— 

(A) sustaining the strategic relationship with the 

United States; and 

(B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel 

Peace Treaty. 

(2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

less than $125,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

for Egypt, of which not less than $40,000,000 should be made 

available for higher education programs, including not less 
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than $15,000,000 for scholarships for Egyptian students with 

high financial need to attend not-for-profit institutions of higher 

education in Egypt that are currently accredited by a regional 

accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department 

of Education, or meets standards equivalent to those required 

for United States institutional accreditation by a regional 

accrediting agency recognized by such Department: Provided, 

That such funds shall be made available for democracy programs, and for development programs in the Sinai: Provided 

further, That such funds may not be made available for cash 

transfer assistance or budget support unless the Secretary of 

State certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional 

committees that the Government of Egypt is taking consistent 

and effective steps to stabilize the economy and implement 

market-based economic reforms. 

(3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—(A) Of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

Military Financing Program’’, $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, should be made available for 

assistance for Egypt: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to an interest bearing account in the Federal Reserve 

Bank of New York, following consultation with the Committees 

on Appropriations, and the uses of any interest earned on 

such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

That $300,000,000 of such funds shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 

Committees on Appropriations that the Government of Egypt 

is taking sustained and effective steps to— 

(i) strengthen the rule of law, democratic institutions, 

and human rights in Egypt, including to protect religious 

minorities and the rights of women, which are in addition 

to steps taken during the previous calendar year for such 

purposes; 

(ii) implement reforms that protect freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, including the 

ability of civil society organizations, human rights 

defenders, and the media to function without interference; 

(iii) release political prisoners and provide detainees 

with due process of law; 

(iv) hold Egyptian security forces accountable, 

including officers credibly alleged to have violated human 

rights; 

(v) investigate and prosecute cases of extrajudicial 

killings and forced disappearances; and 

(vi) provide regular access for United States officials 

to monitor such assistance in areas where the assistance 

is used: 

Provided further, That the certification requirement of this 

paragraph shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act 

under such heading for counterterrorism, border security, and 

nonproliferation programs for Egypt. 

(B) The Secretary of State may waive the certification 

requirement in subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines 

and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to do 

so is important to the national security interest of the United 

States, and submits a report to such Committees containing 
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a detailed justification for the use of such waiver and the 

reasons why any of the requirements of subparagraph (A) 

cannot be met: Provided, That the report required by this 

paragraph shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

be accompanied by a classified annex. 

(4) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after enactment of 

this Act, and every 60 days thereafter, the Secretary of State 

shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing and assessing the actions taken by the Government of Egypt during the previous 60 days to fairly compensate 

April Corley for injuries and losses sustained as a result of 

the attack on her tour group by the Egyptian military on 

September 13, 2015, and progress in resolving her case: Provided, That if the Secretary reports that no progress has been 

made in the previous 60 days, the report shall include the 

reasons for the lack of progress. 

(b) IRAN.— 

(1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

Programs’’ shall be made available for the programs and activities described under this section in House Report 116–78. 

(2) REPORTS.— 

(A) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations the semiannual report required by section 135(d)(4) of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by 

section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 

2015 (Public Law 114–17). 

(B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 

submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

report on— 

(i) the status of United States bilateral sanctions 

on Iran; 

(ii) the reimposition and renewed enforcement of 

secondary sanctions; and 

(iii) the impact such sanctions have had on Iran’s 

destabilizing activities throughout the Middle East. 

(c) IRAQ.— 

(1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 

IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Iraq 

for— 

(A) bilateral economic assistance and international 

security assistance, including in the Kurdistan Region of 

Iraq and for the Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund; 

(B) stabilization assistance, including in Anbar Province; 

(C) humanitarian assistance, including in the 

Kurdistan Region of Iraq; and 

(D) programs to protect and assist religious and ethnic 

minority populations in Iraq, including as described under 

this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
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(2) UNITED STATES CONSULATE GENERAL BASRAH.—Any 

change in the status of operations at United States Consulate 

General Basrah, including the return of Consulate property 

located adjacent to the Basrah International Airport to the 

Government of Iraq, shall be subject to prior consultation with 

the appropriate congressional committees and the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(3) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used 

by the Government of the United States to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement between the United States and 

Iraq. 

(d) JORDAN.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 

$1,525,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for 

Jordan, of which: not less than $1,082,400,000 shall be made 

available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, of which 

not less than $745,100,000 shall be made available for budget 

support for the Government of Jordan; and not less than 

$425,000,000 shall be made available under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 

(2) ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATED BY PRIOR ACTS.—Of the funds 

appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs, not less than 

$125,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Jordan, 

of which $100,000,000 shall be made available for budget support for the Government of Jordan and $25,000,000 shall be 

made available for programs to increase electricity transmission 

to neighboring countries, including Iraq: Provided, That such 

funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available 

for such purposes. 

(e) LEBANON.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 

IV of this Act shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon: Provided, That such funds made available under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available notwithstanding section 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 

2346 note). 

(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 

and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are made 

available for assistance for Lebanon may be made available 

for programs and equipment for the Lebanese Internal 

Security Forces (ISF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces 

(LAF) to address security and stability requirements in 

areas affected by conflict in Syria, following consultation 

with the appropriate congressional committees. 

(B) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that are made available for assistance for Lebanon may only be made available 

for programs to— 
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(i) professionalize the LAF to mitigate internal 

and external threats from non-state actors, including 

Hizballah; 

(ii) strengthen border security and combat terrorism, including training and equipping the LAF to 

secure the borders of Lebanon and address security 

and stability requirements in areas affected by conflict 

in Syria, interdicting arms shipments, and preventing 

the use of Lebanon as a safe haven for terrorist groups; 

and 

(iii) implement United Nations Security Council 

Resolution 1701: 

Provided, That prior to obligating funds made available 

by this subparagraph for assistance for the LAF, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a spend plan, including actions to be taken to 

ensure equipment provided to the LAF is used only for 

the intended purposes, except such plan may not be considered as meeting the notification requirements under section 

7015 of this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, and shall be submitted not later 

than September 1, 2020: Provided further, That any 

notification submitted pursuant to such section shall 

include any funds specifically intended for lethal military 

equipment. 

(3) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act may be made available for the ISF or the LAF if the 

ISF or the LAF is controlled by a foreign terrorist organization, 

as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

(f) LIBYA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III and 

IV of this Act shall be made available for stabilization assistance for Libya, including support for a United Nations-facilitated political process and border security: Provided, That the 

limitation on the uses of funds for certain infrastructure 

projects in section 7041(f)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 

(division K of Public Law 113–76) shall apply to such funds. 

(2) CERTIFICATION.—Prior to the initial obligation of funds 

made available by this Act for assistance for Libya, the Secretary of State shall certify and report to the Committees 

on Appropriations that all practicable steps have been taken 

to ensure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of such funds. 

(g) MOROCCO.— (1) AVAILABILITY AND CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds 

appropriated under title III of this Act shall be made available 

for assistance for the Western Sahara: Provided, That not later 

than 90 days after enactment of this Act and prior to the 

obligation of such funds, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall consult with the Committees on 

Appropriations on the proposed uses of such funds. 

(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’ that are available for assistance for 
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Morocco may only be used for the purposes requested in the 

Congressional Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal 

Year 2017. 

(h) SAUDI ARABIA.— 

(1) INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING.— 

None of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ may be made 

available for assistance for the Government of Saudi Arabia. 

(2) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK.—None of the funds appropriated 

or otherwise made available by this Act and prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

and related programs should be obligated or expended by the 

Export-Import Bank of the United States to guarantee, insure, 

or extend (or participate in the extension of) credit in connection 

with the export of nuclear technology, equipment, fuel, materials, or other nuclear technology-related goods or services to 

Saudi Arabia unless the Government of Saudi Arabia— 

(A) has in effect a nuclear cooperation agreement 

pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 

(42 U.S.C. 2153); 

(B) has committed to renounce uranium enrichment 

and reprocessing on its territory under that agreement; 

and 

(C) has signed and implemented an Additional Protocol 

to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency. 

(i) SYRIA.— 

(1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, and 

‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, not less than $40,000,000 shall be 

made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

for non-lethal stabilization assistance for Syria, of which not 

less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for emergency 

medical and rescue response and chemical weapons use investigations. 

(2) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection— 

(A) may not be made available for a project or activity 

that supports or otherwise legitimizes the Government of 

Iran, foreign terrorist organizations (as designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in Syria; 

(B) may not be made available for activities that further the strategic objectives of the Government of the Russian Federation that the Secretary of State determines 

may threaten or undermine United States national security 

interests; and 

(C) should not be used in areas of Syria controlled 

by a government led by Bashar al-Assad or associated 

forces. 

(3) MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.—Prior to the obligation 

of any funds appropriated by this Act and made available 

for assistance for Syria, the Secretary of State shall take all 

practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place for 

monitoring, oversight, and control of such assistance inside 

Syria. 
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(4) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available pursuant to this subsection may only be made available 

following consultation with the appropriate congressional 

committees, and shall be subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(j) TUNISIA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT.—Of the funds 

appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 

$191,400,000 shall be made available for assistance for Tunisia. 

(2) ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATED BY PRIOR ACTS.—Of the funds 

appropriated under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs, not less than 

$50,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for Tunisia: 

Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise 

made available for such purposes. 

(k) WEST BANK AND GAZA.— 

(1) REPORT ON ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the initial obligation 

of funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and 

Gaza, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees 

on Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance is to— 

(A) advance Middle East peace; 

(B) improve security in the region; 

(C) continue support for transparent and accountable 

government institutions; 

(D) promote a private sector economy; or 

(E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

(2) LIMITATIONS.— 

(A)(i) None of the funds appropriated under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act may be made 

available for assistance for the Palestinian Authority, if 

after the date of enactment of this Act— 

(I) the Palestinians obtain the same standing as 

member states or full membership as a state in the 

United Nations or any specialized agency thereof outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the 

Palestinians; or 

(II) the Palestinians initiate an International 

Criminal Court (ICC) judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, that 

subjects Israeli nationals to an investigation for alleged 

crimes against Palestinians. 

(ii) The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

in clause (i) of this subparagraph resulting from the 

application of subclause (I) of such clause if the Secretary 

certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that to do 

so is in the national security interest of the United States, 

and submits a report to such Committees detailing how 

the waiver and the continuation of assistance would assist 

in furthering Middle East peace. 

(B)(i) The President may waive the provisions of section 

1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 

Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–204) if the President 

determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of 

the Senate, and the appropriate congressional committees 
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that the Palestinians have not, after the date of enactment 

of this Act— 

(I) obtained in the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof the same standing as member 

states or full membership as a state outside an agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians; 

and 

(II) initiated or actively supported an ICC investigation against Israeli nationals for alleged crimes 

against Palestinians. 

(ii) Not less than 90 days after the President is unable 

to make the certification pursuant to clause (i) of this 

subparagraph, the President may waive section 1003 of 

Public Law 100–204 if the President determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 

Committees on Appropriations that the Palestinians have 

entered into direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel: 

Provided, That any waiver of the provisions of section 

1003 of Public Law 100–204 under clause (i) of this 

subparagraph or under previous provisions of law must 

expire before the waiver under the preceding sentence may 

be exercised. 

(iii) Any waiver pursuant to this subparagraph shall 

be effective for no more than a period of 6 months at 

a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the 

enactment of this Act. 

(3) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall reduce the 

amount of assistance made available by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the Palestinian Authority 

by an amount the Secretary determines is equivalent to the 

amount expended by the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine 

Liberation Organization, and any successor or affiliated 

organizations with such entities as payments for acts of terrorism by individuals who are imprisoned after being fairly 

tried and convicted for acts of terrorism and by individuals 

who died committing acts of terrorism during the previous 

calendar year: Provided, That the Secretary shall report to 

the Committees on Appropriations on the amount reduced for 

fiscal year 2020 prior to the obligation of funds for the Palestinian Authority. 

(4) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS.—Funds 

appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

programs may be made available for private sector partnership 

programs for the West Bank and Gaza if such funds are authorized: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to this 

paragraph shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, and the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(5) SECURITY REPORT.—The reporting requirements in section 1404 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public 

Law 110–252) shall apply to funds made available by this 

Act, including a description of modifications, if any, to the 

security strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 

(6) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
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a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing 

steps taken by the Palestinian Authority to counter incitement 

of violence against Israelis and to promote peace and coexistence with Israel. 

(l) YEMEN.—Funds appropriated under title III of this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs shall be made available 

for stabilization assistance for Yemen. 

AFRICA

SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION ASSISTANCE

RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ for the central 

government of a country in the African Great Lakes region may 

be made available only for Expanded International Military Education and Training and professional military education until the 

Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on 

Appropriations that such government is not facilitating or otherwise 

participating in destabilizing activities in a neighboring country, 

including aiding and abetting armed groups. 

(b) CAMEROON.—Funds appropriated under title IV of this Act 

that are made available for assistance for the armed forces of 

Cameroon, including the Rapid Intervention Battalion, may only 

be made available to counter regional terrorism, including Boko 

Haram and other Islamic State affiliates, participate in international peacekeeping operations, and for military education and 

maritime security programs. 

(c) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less 

than $3,000,000 shall be made available for a contribution to the 

Special Criminal Court in Central African Republic. 

(d) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.—Funds appropriated 

by this Act under titles III and IV shall be made available for 

assistance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo for stabilization, global health, and bilateral economic assistance, including 

in areas affected by, and at risk from, the Ebola virus disease. 

(e) LAKE CHAD BASIN COUNTRIES.—Funds appropriated under 

titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available, following 

consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for assistance 

for Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria for— 

(1) democracy, development, and health programs; 

(2) assistance for individuals targeted by foreign terrorist 

and other extremist organizations, including Boko Haram, consistent with the provisions of section 7059 of this Act; 

(3) assistance for individuals displaced by violent conflict; 

and 

(4) counterterrorism programs. 

(f) MALAWI.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than $60,000,000 shall 

be made available for assistance for Malawi, of which up to 

$10,000,000 shall be made available for higher education programs. 

(g) SAHEL STABILIZATION AND SECURITY.—Funds appropriated 

under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available for 

stabilization, health, development, and security programs in the 

countries of the Sahel region. 

(h) SOUTH SUDAN.— 
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(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under title III 

of this Act that are made available for assistance for South 

Sudan, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for 

democracy programs and not less than $8,000,000 shall be 

made available for conflict mitigation and reconciliation programs. 

(2) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are made available 

for assistance for the central Government of South Sudan may 

only be made available, following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, for— 

(A) humanitarian assistance; 

(B) health programs, including to prevent, detect, and 

respond to the Ebola virus disease; 

(C) assistance to support South Sudan peace negotiations or to advance or implement a peace agreement; and 

(D) assistance to support implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement 

and mutual arrangements related to such agreement: 

Provided, That prior to the initial obligation of funds made available 

pursuant to subparagraphs (C) and (D), the Secretary of State 

shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 

intended uses of such funds and steps taken by such government 

to advance or implement a peace agreement. 

(i) SUDAN.— 

(1) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE AND LOANS.—(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for assistance for 

the Government of Sudan. 

(B) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 

made available for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan 

guarantees held by the Government of Sudan, including the 

cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

United States, and modifying concessional loans, guarantees, 

and credit agreements. 

(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (1) shall 

not apply to— 

(A) humanitarian assistance; 

(B) assistance for democracy, health, agriculture, economic growth, and education programs; 

(C) assistance for the Darfur region, Southern Kordofan 

State, Blue Nile State, other marginalized areas and populations in Sudan, and Abyei; and 

(D) assistance to support implementation of outstanding issues of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 

mutual arrangements related to post-referendum issues 

associated with such Agreement, or any other viable peace 

agreement in Sudan. 

(3) CONSULTATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for any new program or activity in Sudan shall be subject 

to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 

committees. 

(j) ZIMBABWE.— 
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(1) INSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

instruct the United States executive director of each international financial institution to vote against any extension 

by the respective institution of any loan or grant to the Government of Zimbabwe, except to meet basic human needs or to 

promote democracy, unless the Secretary of State certifies and 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the rule 

of law has been restored, including respect for ownership and 

title to property, and freedoms of expression, association, and 

assembly. 

(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act shall be made available for assistance for the central 

Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and education, 

unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports as required 

in paragraph (1). 

EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 

(1) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—(A) Of the funds 

appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 

$131,450,000 shall be made available for assistance for Burma: 

Provided, That such funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law and following consultation 

with the appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, That such funds shall be made available for programs 

to promote ethnic and religious tolerance and to combat genderbased violence, including in Kachin, Karen, Rakhine, and Shan 

states: Provided further, That such funds may be made available for ethnic groups and civil society in Burma to help sustain 

ceasefire agreements and further prospects for reconciliation 

and peace, which may include support to representatives of 

ethnic armed groups for this purpose. 

(B) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for Burma shall be made available for community-based 

organizations operating in Thailand to provide food, medical, 

and other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons in eastern Burma, in addition to assistance for Burmese 

refugees from funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’: Provided, That such funds 

may be available for programs to support the return of Kachin, 

Karen, Rohingya, Shan, and other refugees and internally displaced persons to their locations of origin or preference in 

Burma only if such returns are voluntary and consistent with 

international law. 

(C) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act for assistance for Burma that are made available for assistance for 

the Government of Burma to support the implementation of 

Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement conferences, committees, and 

other procedures may only be made available if the Secretary 

of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

such conferences, committees, and procedures are directed 

toward a sustainable peace and the Government of Burma 

is implementing its commitments under such Agreement. 
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(2) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—None of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ may be made available for assistance 

for Burma: Provided, That the Department of State may continue consultations with the armed forces of Burma only on 

human rights and disaster response in a manner consistent 

with the prior fiscal year, and following consultation with the 

appropriate congressional committees. 

(3) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated under 

title III of this Act for assistance for Burma may be made 

available to any organization or entity controlled by the armed 

forces of Burma, or to any individual or organization that 

advocates violence against ethnic or religious groups or individuals in Burma, as determined by the Secretary of State for 

programs administered by the Department of State and USAID 

or the President of the National Endowment for Democracy 

(NED) for programs administered by NED. 

(4) CONSULTATION.—Any new program or activity in Burma 

initiated in fiscal year 2020 shall be subject to prior consultation 

with the appropriate congressional committees. 

(b) CAMBODIA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under title III 

of this Act, not less than $82,505,000 shall be made available 

for assistance for Cambodia. 

(2) CERTIFICATION AND EXCEPTIONS.— 

(A) CERTIFICATION.—None of the funds appropriated 

by this Act that are made available for assistance for 

the Government of Cambodia may be obligated or expended 

unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 

Committees on Appropriations that such Government is 

taking effective steps to— 

(i) strengthen regional security and stability, 

particularly regarding territorial disputes in the South 

China Sea and the enforcement of international sanctions with respect to North Korea; 

(ii) assert its sovereignty against interference by 

the People’s Republic of China, including by verifiably 

maintaining the neutrality of Ream Naval Base, other 

military installations in Cambodia, and dual use facilities such as the Dara Sakor development project; and 

(iii) respect the rights, freedoms, and responsibilities enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom 

of Cambodia as enacted in 1993. 

(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The certification required by 

subparagraph (A) shall not apply to funds appropriated 

by this Act and made available for democracy, health, 

education, and environment programs, programs to 

strengthen the sovereignty of Cambodia, and programs to 

educate and inform the people of Cambodia of the influence 

efforts of the People’s Republic of China in Cambodia. 

(3) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under title III 

of this Act for assistance for Cambodia shall be made available 

for— 

(A) research and education programs associated with 

the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; and 
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(B) programs in the Khmer language to monitor, map, 

and publicize the efforts by the People’s Republic of China 

to expand its influence in Cambodia, including in 

Sihanoukville, Bavet, Poipet, Koh Kong, and areas bordering Vietnam. 

(c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY AND THE ASIA REASSURANCE INITIATIVE ACT OF 2018.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 

III and IV of this Act, not less than $1,482,000,000 shall be 

made available to support the implementation of the IndoPacific Strategy and the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 

2018 (Public Law 115–409). 

(2) COUNTERING CHINESE INFLUENCE FUND.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 

Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not less than $300,000,000 shall be 

made available for a Countering Chinese Influence Fund to 

counter the influence of the People’s Republic of China globally, 

which shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes: 

Provided further, That such funds appropriated under such 

headings may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings: Provided further, That such 

transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

provided by this Act or any other Act, and is subject to the 

regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(3) RESTRICTION ON USES OF FUNDS.—None of the funds 

appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

programs may be made available for any project or activity 

that directly supports or promotes— 

(A) the Belt and Road Initiative or any dual-use infrastructure projects of the People’s Republic of China; and 

(B) the use of technology, including biotechnology, digital, telecommunications, and cyber, developed by the People’s Republic of China unless the Secretary of State, in 

consultation with the USAID Administrator and the Chief 

Executive Officer of the United States International 

Development Finance Corporation, as appropriate, determines that such use does not adversely impact the national 

security of the United States. 

(d) LAOS.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $34,280,000 shall be made available for assistance 

for Laos. 

(e) NORTH KOREA.— (1) CYBERSECURITY.—None of the funds appropriated by 

this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be made 

available for assistance for the central government of a country 

the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate 

congressional committees engages in significant transactions 

contributing materially to the malicious cyber-intrusion 

capabilities of the Government of North Korea: Provided, That 
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the Secretary of State shall submit the report required by 

section 209 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–122; 22 U.S.C. 9229) to 

the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

Secretary of State may waive the application of the restriction 

in this paragraph with respect to assistance for the central 

government of a country if the Secretary determines and reports 

to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is 

important to the national security interest of the United States, 

including a description of such interest served. 

(2) BROADCASTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be 

made available to maintain broadcasting hours into North 

Korea at levels not less than the prior fiscal year. 

(3) HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AND LIMITATION ON USE

OF FUNDS.—(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ 

shall be made available for the promotion of human rights 

in North Korea: Provided, That the authority of section 

7032(b)(1) of this Act shall apply to such funds. 

(B) None of the funds made available by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made available 

for assistance for the Government of North Korea. 

(f) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

(1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ in this Act 

may be obligated or expended for processing licenses for the 

export of satellites of United States origin (including commercial satellites and satellite components) to the People’s Republic 

of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in advance, the Committees on Appropriations are notified of such proposed action. 

(2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

shall apply to foreign assistance projects or activities of the 

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such 

projects or activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 

by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none of the 

funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 

this Act may be used to finance any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary 

of State has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 

an affiliate of, the PLA. 

(3) UNITED STATES-CHINA FRIENDSHIP VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.—Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act 

and following consultation with the heads of other relevant 

Federal agencies, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit 

a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the 

United States-China Friendship Volunteer Program, including 

a description of program coordination, implementation, and 

oversight, and the goals and objectives served: Provided, That 

the Director shall also consult with the Committees on Appropriations on such report. 

(4) HONG KONG.— 

(A) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ for the 

Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of 

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
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State, not less than $1,500,000 shall be made available 

for democracy programs for Hong Kong, including legal 

and other support for democracy activists. 

(B) REPORT.—Funds appropriated under title I of this 

Act shall be made available to prepare and submit to 

Congress the report required by section 301 of the United 

States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731), 

which shall also include a description of— 

(i) efforts by the Hong Kong authorities and the 

Government of the People’s Republic of China to prevent free assembly and communications by the people 

of Hong Kong; 

(ii) the technical surveillance equipment and 

methods used by the Hong Kong authorities and the 

Government of the People’s Republic of China to monitor the movement and communications of the Hong 

Kong population; 

(iii) the application of social and political control 

tools developed by the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China and used by such Government and 

the Hong Kong authorities in Hong Kong; 

(iv) the disinformation and political influence campaigns conducted by the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China in Hong Kong and overseas with 

respect to the situation in Hong Kong; and 

(v) the mission and activities of the People’s Armed 

Police, the People’s Liberation Army, the Ministries 

of Public Security and State Security in Beijing, the 

Government of the People’s Republic of China, and 

other Chinese security forces in Hong Kong, including 

their respective roles in human rights abuses against 

the people of Hong Kong. 

(g) PHILIPPINES.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

Enforcement’’ may be made available for counternarcotics assistance 

for the Philippines, except for drug demand reduction, maritime 

law enforcement, or transnational interdiction. 

(h) TIBET.— 

(1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—The Secretary of 

the Treasury should instruct the United States executive 

director of each international financial institution to use the 

voice and vote of the United States to support financing of 

projects in Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives 

for the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into Tibet 

or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Tibetan land and 

natural resources to non-Tibetans, are based on a thorough 

needs-assessment, foster self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people 

and respect Tibetan culture and traditions, and are subject 

to effective monitoring. 

(2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.—(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated 

by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

less than $8,000,000 shall be made available to nongovernmental organizations to support activities which preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable development, education, and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities 
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in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China. 

(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $6,000,000 shall be 

made available for programs to promote and preserve Tibetan 

culture and language in the refugee and diaspora Tibetan 

communities, development, and the resilience of Tibetan 

communities and the Central Tibetan Administration in India 

and Nepal, and to assist in the education and development 

of the next generation of Tibetan leaders from such communities: Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts 

made available in subparagraph (A) for programs inside Tibet. 

(C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be 

made available for programs to strengthen the capacity of the 

Central Tibetan Administration: Provided, That such funds 

shall be administered by the United States Agency for International Development. 

(i) VIETNAM.—Of the funds appropriated under titles III and 

IV of this Act, not less than $159,634,000 shall be made available 

for assistance for Vietnam, of which not less than— 

(1) $13,000,000 shall be made available for health and 

disability programs in areas sprayed with Agent Orange and 

contaminated with dioxin, to assist individuals with severe 

upper or lower body mobility impairment or cognitive or 

developmental disabilities; 

(2) $20,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding 

any other provision of law, for activities related to the remediation of dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and may be 

made available for assistance for the Government of Vietnam, 

including the military, for such purposes; and 

(3) $1,500,000 shall be made available for a war legacy 

reconciliation program. 

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

(1) FUNDING AND LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are 

made available for assistance for Afghanistan— 

(A) shall be made available to implement the South 

Asia Strategy, the Revised Strategy for United States 

Engagement in Afghanistan, and the United States Agency 

for International Development Country Development 

Cooperation Strategy for Afghanistan; 

(B) shall be made available to continue support for 

institutions of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan that 

are accessible to both women and men in a coeducational 

environment, including for the costs for operations and 

security for such institutions; 

(C) shall be made available for programs that protect 

and strengthen the rights of Afghan women and girls and 

promote the political and economic empowerment of women 

including their meaningful inclusion in political processes: 

Provided, That such assistance to promote the economic 

empowerment of women shall be made available as grants 
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to Afghan organizations, to the maximum extent practicable; and 

(D) may not be made available for any program, project, 

or activity pursuant to section 7044(a)(1)(C) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116– 

6). 

(2) AFGHAN WOMEN.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall promote 

the meaningful participation of Afghan women in ongoing 

peace and reconciliation processes in Afghanistan in a 

manner consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security 

Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68), including advocacy for 

the inclusion of Afghan women leaders in ongoing and 

future dialogue and negotiations and efforts to ensure that 

any peace agreement reached with the Taliban protects 

the rights of women and girls and ensures their freedom 

of movement, rights to education and work, and access 

to healthcare and legal representation. 

(B) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 

for an endowment pursuant to paragraph (3)(A)(iv) of this 

subsection for an institution of higher education in Kabul, 

Afghanistan that is accessible to both women and men 

in a coeducational environment: Provided, That such 

endowment shall be established in partnership with a 

United States-based American higher education institution 

that will serve on its board of trustees: Provided further, 

That prior to the obligation of funds for such an endowment, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

International Development shall submit a report to the 

Committees on Appropriations describing the governance 

structure, including a proposed board of trustees, and financial safeguards, including regular audit and reporting 

requirements, in any endowment agreement: Provided further, That the USAID Administrator shall provide a report 

on the expenditure of funds generated from such an endowment to the Committees on Appropriations on an annual 

basis. 

(3) AUTHORITIES.— 

(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under titles III 

through VI that are made available for assistance for 

Afghanistan may be made available— 

(i) notwithstanding section 7012 of this Act or 

any similar provision of law and section 660 of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

(ii) for reconciliation programs and disarmament, 

demobilization, and reintegration activities for former 

combatants who have renounced violence against the 

Government of Afghanistan, including in accordance 

with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Department of 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112– 

74); 
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(iii) for an endowment to empower women and 

girls; and 

(iv) for an endowment for higher education. 

(B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of the Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall apply 

to funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for Afghanistan. 

(C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $3,000,000 may be 

transferred to any other appropriation of any department 

or agency of the United States Government, upon the 

concurrence of the head of such department or agency, 

to support operations in, and assistance for, Afghanistan 

and to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961: Provided, That any such transfer shall be 

subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

(4) AGREEMENT AND CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated 

by this Act shall be made available for the following purposes— 

(A) the submission to the appropriate congressional 

committees by the President of a copy of any agreement 

or arrangement between the Government of the United 

States and the Taliban relating to the United States presence in Afghanistan or Taliban commitments on the future 

of Afghanistan, which shall be submitted not later than 

30 days after finalizing such an agreement or arrangement; 

and 

(B) the submission to the appropriate congressional 

committees of a joint certification by the Secretary of State 

and Secretary of Defense that such agreement or arrangement will further the objective of setting conditions for 

the long-term defeat of al Qaeda and Islamic State and 

will not make the United States more vulnerable to terrorist attacks originating from Afghanistan or supported 

by terrorist elements in Afghanistan. 

(5) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the funds made 

available by this Act may be used by the United States Government to enter into a permanent basing rights agreement 

between the United States and Afghanistan. 

(b) BANGLADESH.—Of the funds appropriated under titles III 

and IV of this Act, not less than $198,323,000 shall be made 

available for assistance for Bangladesh, of which— 

(1) not less than $23,500,000 shall be made available to 

address the needs of communities impacted by refugees from 

Burma; 

(2) not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 

programs to protect freedom of expression and due process 

of law; and 

(3) not less than $23,300,000 shall be made available for 

democracy programs, of which not less than $2,000,000 shall 

be made available for such programs for the Rohingya community in Bangladesh. 

(c) NEPAL.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 

III and IV of this Act, not less than $130,265,000 shall be 
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made available for assistance for Nepal, including for earthquake recovery and reconstruction programs and democracy 

programs. 

(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’ shall only be made available for humanitarian and disaster relief and reconstruction activities in Nepal, 

and in support of international peacekeeping operations: Provided, That such funds may only be made available for any 

additional uses if the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 

of Nepal is investigating and prosecuting violations of human 

rights and the laws of war, and the Nepal Army is cooperating 

fully with civilian judicial authorities in such cases. 

(d) PAKISTAN.— 

(1) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The terms and conditions of 

section 7044(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F 

of Public Law 116–6) shall continue in effect during fiscal 

year 2020. 

(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated under title III 

of this Act that are made available for assistance for Pakistan, 

not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 

programs and not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available 

for gender programs. 

(e) SRI LANKA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under title III of this 

Act shall be made available for assistance for Sri Lanka for 

democracy and economic development programs, particularly 

in areas recovering from ethnic and religious conflict: Provided, 

That such funds shall be made available for programs to assist 

in the identification and resolution of cases of missing persons. 

(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act for 

assistance for the central Government of Sri Lanka, except 

for funds made available for humanitarian assistance, victims 

of trauma, and technical assistance to promote fiscal transparency and sovereignty, may be made available only if the 

Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 

Appropriations that such Government is taking effective and 

consistent steps to— 

(A) respect and uphold the rights and freedoms of 

the people of Sri Lanka regardless of ethnicity and religious 

belief, including by investigating violations of human rights 

and holding perpetrators of such violations accountable; 

(B) assert its sovereignty against interference by the 

People’s Republic of China; and 

(C) promote reconciliation between ethnic and religious 

groups arising from past conflict in Sri Lanka, including 

by addressing land confiscation and ownership issues, 

resolving cases of missing persons, and reducing the presence of the armed forces in former conflict zones. 

(3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’, not to exceed $500,000 may be made 

available for assistance for Sri Lanka: Provided, That such 

funds may be made available only for programs to support 
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humanitarian and disaster response preparedness and maritime security, including professionalization and training for 

the navy and coast guard: Provided further, That funds made 

available under the heading ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’ may 

only be made available subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(f) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act shall 

be made available for assistance for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and 

other countries in South and Central Asia to significantly increase 

the recruitment, training, and retention of women in the judiciary, 

police, and other security forces, and to train judicial and security 

personnel in such countries to prevent and address gender-based 

violence, human trafficking, and other practices that disproportionately harm women and girls. 

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.— 

(A) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $519,885,000 

should be made available for assistance for Belize, Costa 

Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and 

Panama, including through the Central America Regional 

Security Initiative: Provided, That such assistance shall 

be prioritized for programs and activities that addresses 

the key factors that contribute to the migration of unaccompanied, undocumented minors to the United States and 

such funds shall be made available for global health, 

humanitarian, development, democracy, border security, 

and law enforcement programs for such countries, including 

for programs to reduce violence against women and girls 

and to combat corruption, and for support of commissions 

against corruption and impunity, as appropriate: Provided 

further, That not less than $45,000,000 shall be for support 

of offices of Attorneys General and of other entities and 

activities to combat corruption and impunity in such countries. 

(B) FISCAL YEAR 2019.—Of the funds appropriated under 

titles III and IV of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 

(division F of Public Law 116–6), not less than $527,600,000 

should be made available for assistance for Belize, Costa 

Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and 

Panama, including through the Central America Regional 

Security Initiative: Provided, That such funds shall be 

made available subject to the conditions in paragraph (2) 

of this subsection and notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and 

(2) of section 7045(a) of the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6). 

(2) NORTHERN TRIANGLE.— (A) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN CENTRAL

GOVERNMENTS.—Of the funds made available pursuant to 

paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ 

and under title IV of this Act that are made available 

for assistance for each of the central governments of El 
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Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, 50 percent may only 

be obligated after the Secretary of State certifies and 

reports to the appropriate congressional committees that 

such government is— 

(i) combating corruption and impunity, including 

prosecuting corrupt government officials; 

(ii) implementing reforms, policies, and programs 

to increase transparency and strengthen public institutions; 

(iii) protecting the rights of civil society, opposition 

political parties, and the independence of the media; 

(iv) providing effective and accountable law 

enforcement and security for its citizens, and upholding 

due process of law; 

(v) implementing policies to reduce poverty and 

promote equitable economic growth and opportunity; 

(vi) supporting the independence of the judiciary 

and of electoral institutions; 

(vii) improving border security; 

(viii) combating human smuggling and trafficking 

and countering the activities of criminal gangs, drug 

traffickers, and transnational criminal organizations; 

and 

(ix) informing its citizens of the dangers of the 

journey to the southwest border of the United States. 

(B) REPROGRAMMING.—If the Secretary is unable to 

make the certification required by subparagraph (A) for 

one or more of the governments, such assistance for such 

central government shall be reprogrammed for assistance 

for other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 

notwithstanding the minimum funding requirements of this 

subsection and of section 7019 of this Act: Provided, That 

any such reprogramming shall be subject to the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(C) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of subparagraph (A) 

shall not apply to funds appropriated by this Act that 

are made available for— 

(i) the Mission to Support the Fight Against 

Corruption and Impunity in Honduras, the International Commission Against Impunity in El Salvador, 

and support of offices of Attorneys General and of 

other entities and activities related to combating 

corruption and impunity; 

(ii) programs to combat gender-based violence; 

(iii) humanitarian assistance; and 

(iv) food security programs. 

(b) COLOMBIA.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under titles III and IV, not less than $448,253,000 shall be 

made available for assistance for Colombia: Provided, That 

such funds shall be made available for the programs and activities described under this section in the explanatory statement 

described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 

this consolidated Act). 

(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
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(A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

and Law Enforcement’’ and made available for assistance 

for Colombia, 20 percent may be obligated only after the 

Secretary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations that the Government of Colombia is 

continuing to implement a national whole-of-government 

counternarcotics strategy intended to reduce by 50 percent 

cocaine production and coca cultivation levels in Colombia 

by 2023. 

(B) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ and made available for assistance for Colombia, 

20 percent may be obligated only after the Secretary of 

State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that— 

(i) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and other 

judicial authorities are taking effective steps to hold 

accountable perpetrators of gross violations of human 

rights in a manner consistent with international law, 

including for command responsibility, and sentence 

them to deprivation of liberty; 

(ii) the Government of Colombia is taking effective 

steps to prevent attacks against human rights 

defenders and other civil society activists, trade unionists, and journalists, and judicial authorities are prosecuting those responsible for such attacks; and 

(iii) senior military officers responsible for 

ordering, committing, and covering up cases of false 

positives are being held accountable, including removal 

from active duty if found guilty through criminal or 

disciplinary proceedings. 

(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraph (2) shall 

not apply to funds made available for aviation instruction and 

maintenance, and maritime and riverine security programs. 

(4) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds appropriated 

by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 

and made available for assistance for Colombia may be used 

to transport personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication 

and interdiction, including security for such activities, and to 

provide transport in support of alternative development programs and investigations by civilian judicial authorities. 

(5) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are 

made available for assistance for Colombia may be made available for payment of reparations to conflict victims or compensation to demobilized combatants associated with a peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and illegal armed 

groups. 

(c) HAITI.— (1) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 

for assistance for Haiti may not be made available for assistance 

for the central Government of Haiti unless the Secretary of 

State certifies and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
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that such government is taking effective steps, which are steps 

taken since the certification and report submitted during the 

prior year, if applicable, to— 

(A) strengthen the rule of law in Haiti, including by— 

(i) selecting judges in a transparent manner based 

on merit; 

(ii) reducing pre-trial detention; 

(iii) respecting the independence of the judiciary; 

and 

(iv) improving governance by implementing 

reforms to increase transparency and accountability, 

including through the penal and criminal codes; 

(B) combat corruption, including by implementing the 

anti-corruption law enacted in 2014 and prosecuting corrupt officials; 

(C) increase government revenues, including by implementing tax reforms, and increasing expenditures on public 

services; and 

(D) resolve commercial disputes between United States 

entities and the Government of Haiti. 

(2) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government of Haiti shall 

be eligible to purchase defense articles and services under 

the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the 

Coast Guard. 

(3) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available by this 

Act may be used to provide assistance to the armed forces 

of Haiti. 

(d) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under titles III and IV, not less than $60,000,000 shall be made 

available for the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative. 

(e) VENEZUELA.— 

(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $30,000,000 shall be 

made available for democracy programs for Venezuela. 

(2) Funds appropriated under title III of this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs shall be made available for assistance for communities in countries supporting 

or otherwise impacted by refugees from Venezuela, including 

Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Curacao, and Trinidad and Tobago: 

Provided, That such amounts are in addition to funds otherwise 

made available for assistance for such countries, subject to 

prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

EUROPE AND EURASIA

SEC. 7046. (a) ASSISTANCE.— (1) GEORGIA.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $132,025,000 shall be made 

available for assistance for Georgia. 

(2) UKRAINE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $448,000,000 shall be made 

available for assistance for Ukraine. 

(b) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

may be made available for assistance for a government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if such government directs 
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any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent State of the former Soviet Union, 

such as those violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That except as otherwise provided in section 7047(a) of 

this Act, funds may be made available without regard to the restriction in this subsection if the President determines that to do so 

is in the national security interest of the United States: Provided 

further, That prior to executing the authority contained in the 

previous proviso, the Secretary of State shall consult with the 

Committees on Appropriations on how such assistance supports 

the national security interest of the United States. 

(c) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT.—Section 907 

of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not 

apply to— 

(1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 

title V of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) 

and section 1424 of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass 

Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation 

assistance; 

(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 

Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

1961; 

(3) any activity carried out by a member of the United 

States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within 

his or her official capacity; 

(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other assistance provided by the United States International Development 

Finance Corporation as authorized by the BUILD Act of 2018 

(division F of Public Law 115–254); 

(5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank 

Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 

(6) humanitarian assistance. 

(d) TURKEY.—None of the funds made available by this Act 

may be used to facilitate or support the sale of defense articles 

or defense services to the Turkish Presidential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under Chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act 

(22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) unless the Secretary of State determines 

and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that members of the TPPD that are named in the July 17, 2017, indictment 

by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and against 

whom there are pending charges, have returned to the United 

States to stand trial in connection with the offenses contained 

in such indictment or have otherwise been brought to justice: Provided, That the limitation in this paragraph shall not apply to 

the use of funds made available by this Act for border security 

purposes, for North Atlantic Treaty Organization or coalition operations, or to enhance the protection of United States officials and 

facilities in Turkey. 

COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION

SEC. 7047. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 

by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central 

Government of the Russian Federation. 

(b) ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.— 
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(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country that the Secretary of State determines and 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations has taken affirmative steps intended to support or be supportive of the Russian 

Federation annexation of Crimea or other territory in Ukraine: 

Provided, That except as otherwise provided in subsection (a), 

the Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance required 

by this paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports 

to such Committees that to do so is in the national interest 

of the United States, and includes a justification for such 

interest. 

(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act may be made available for— 

(A) the implementation of any action or policy that 

recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over 

Crimea or other territory in Ukraine; 

(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United 

States Government investments in Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the control of Russian-backed separatists, if such activity includes the participation of Russian 

Government officials, or other Russian owned or controlled 

financial entities; or 

(C) assistance for Crimea or other territory in Ukraine 

under the control of Russian-backed separatists, if such 

assistance includes the participation of Russian Government officials, or other Russian owned or controlled financial entities. 

(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 

directors of each international financial institution to use the 

voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance 

by such institution (including any loan, credit, or guarantee) 

for any program that violates the sovereignty or territorial 

integrity of Ukraine. 

(4) DURATION.—The requirements and limitations of this 

subsection shall cease to be in effect if the Secretary of State 

determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

that the Government of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty 

over Crimea and other territory in Ukraine under the control 

of Russian-backed separatists. 

(c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF ABKHAZIA

AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 

(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country that the Secretary of State determines and 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations has recognized 

the independence of, or has established diplomatic relations 

with, the Russian Federation occupied Georgian territories of 

Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That 

the Secretary shall publish on the Department of State website 

a list of any such central governments in a timely manner: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the restriction 

on assistance required by this paragraph if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

to do so is in the national interest of the United States, and 

includes a justification for such interest. 
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(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated by this 

Act may be made available to support the Russian Federation 

occupation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 

Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia. 

(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 

directors of each international financial institution to use the 

voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance 

by such institution (including any loan, credit, or guarantee) 

for any program that violates the sovereignty and territorial 

integrity of Georgia. 

(d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.— 

(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

under the headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

‘‘International Military Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign 

Military Financing Program’’, not less than $290,000,000 shall 

be made available to carry out the purposes of the Countering 

Russian Influence Fund, as authorized by section 254 of the 

Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 

2017 (Public Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543) and notwithstanding 

the country limitation in subsection (b) of such section, and 

programs to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and security forces in countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia 

and strengthen security cooperation between such countries 

and the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as appropriate. 

(2) ECONOMICS AND TRADE.—Funds appropriated by this 

Act and made available for assistance for the Eastern Partnership countries shall be made available to advance the 

implementation of Association Agreements and trade agreements with the European Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to external economic and political pressure from the 

Russian Federation. 

(e) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

shall be made available to support democracy programs in the 

Russian Federation and other countries in Europe, Eurasia, and 

Central Asia, including to promote Internet freedom: Provided, That 

not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

States Agency for International Development, shall submit to the 

appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive, multiyear 

strategy for the promotion of democracy in such countries. 

UNITED NATIONS

SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

(1) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated 

under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’ in title I and ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ 

in title V of this Act that are available for contributions to 

the United Nations (including the Department of Peacekeeping 

Operations), any United Nations agency, or the Organization 

of American States, 15 percent may not be obligated for such 

organization, department, or agency until the Secretary of State 

determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

that the organization, department, or agency is— 
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(A) posting on a publicly available website, consistent 

with privacy regulations and due process, regular financial 

and programmatic audits of such organization, department, 

or agency, and providing the United States Government 

with necessary access to such financial and performance 

audits; 

(B) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 

procedures which meet or exceed best practices in the 

United States for the protection of whistleblowers from 

retaliation, including— 

(i) protection against retaliation for internal and 

lawful public disclosures; 

(ii) legal burdens of proof; 

(iii) statutes of limitation for reporting retaliation; 

(iv) access to binding independent adjudicative 

bodies, including shared cost and selection external 

arbitration; and 

(v) results that eliminate the effects of proven 

retaliation, including provision for the restoration of 

prior employment; and 

(C) effectively implementing and enforcing policies and 

procedures on the appropriate use of travel funds, including 

restrictions on first class and business class travel. 

(2) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or pursuant to 

paragraph (1) may be waived on a case- by-case basis if the 

Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations that such waiver is necessary to avert or 

respond to a humanitarian crisis. 

(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS AND

ORGANIZATIONS.— 

(1) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES DELEGATIONS.—None 

of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay 

expenses for any United States delegation to any specialized 

agency, body, or commission of the United Nations if such 

agency, body, or commission is chaired or presided over by 

a country, the government of which the Secretary of State 

has determined, for purposes of section 1754(c) of the Export 

Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), supports international terrorism. 

(2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None of the funds 

made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary 

of State as a contribution to any organization, agency, commission, or program within the United Nations system if such 

organization, agency, commission, or program is chaired or 

presided over by a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 620A 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms 

Export Control Act, section 1754(c) of the Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)), or any other provision 

of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support 

for acts of international terrorism. 

(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the restriction in this subsection if the Secretary determines and reports 

to the Committees on Appropriations that to do so is important 

to the national interest of the United States, including a 

description of the national interest served. 
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(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.—None of the 

funds appropriated by this Act may be made available in support 

of the United Nations Human Rights Council unless the Secretary 

of State determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that participation in the Council is important to the national 

interest of the United States and that such Council is taking significant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and ensure 

integrity in the election of members to such Council: Provided, 

That such report shall include a description of the national interest 

served and the steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda 

item and ensure integrity in the election of members to such 

Council: Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall report 

to the Committees on Appropriations not later than September 

30, 2020, on the resolutions considered in the United Nations 

Human Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and on 

steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and 

ensure integrity in the election of members to such Council. 

(d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY.—Prior to 

the initial obligation of funds for the United Nations Relief and 

Works Agency (UNRWA), the Secretary of State shall report to 

the Committees on Appropriations, in writing, on whether UNRWA 

is— 

(1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the West Bank, 

Gaza, and other fields of operation to inspect UNRWA installations and reporting any inappropriate use; 

(2) acting promptly to address any staff or beneficiary 

violation of its own policies (including the policies on neutrality 

and impartiality of employees) and the legal requirements 

under section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

(3) implementing procedures to maintain the neutrality 

of its facilities, including implementing a no-weapons policy, 

and conducting regular inspections of its installations, to ensure 

they are only used for humanitarian or other appropriate purposes; 

(4) taking necessary and appropriate measures to ensure 

it is operating in compliance with the conditions of section 

301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and continuing 

regular reporting to the Department of State on actions it 

has taken to ensure conformance with such conditions; 

(5) taking steps to ensure the content of all educational 

materials currently taught in UNRWA-administered schools 

and summer camps is consistent with the values of human 

rights, dignity, and tolerance and does not induce incitement; 

(6) not engaging in operations with financial institutions 

or related entities in violation of relevant United States law, 

and is taking steps to improve the financial transparency of 

the organization; and 

(7) in compliance with the United Nations Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and is implementing in a 

timely fashion the Board’s recommendations. 

(e) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERS.— None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to 

titles III through VI of this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any 

assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United 

Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 

1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for 
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participation of another country’s delegation at international conferences held under the auspices of multilateral or international 

organizations. 

(f) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees 

on Appropriations detailing the amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020 for contributions to any 

organization, department, agency, or program within the United 

Nations system or any international program that are withheld 

from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: Provided, 

That the Secretary shall update such report each time additional 

funds are withheld by operation of any provision of law: Provided 

further, That the reprogramming of any withheld funds identified 

in such report, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior 

consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

Committees on Appropriations. 

(g) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of State should withhold assistance to any 

unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary 

has credible information that such unit has engaged in sexual 

exploitation or abuse, including while serving in a United Nations 

peacekeeping operation, until the Secretary determines that the 

government of such country is taking effective steps to hold the 

responsible members of such unit accountable and to prevent future 

incidents: Provided, That the Secretary shall promptly notify the 

government of each country subject to any withholding of assistance 

pursuant to this paragraph, and shall notify the appropriate 

congressional committees of such withholding not later than 10 

days after a determination to withhold such assistance is made: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 

practicable, assist such government in bringing the responsible 

members of such unit to justice. 

(h) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated by this Act which are returned or not made available 

due to the implementation of subsection (a), the third proviso under 

the heading ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’ in title I of this Act, or section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall remain available for obligation 

until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the requirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma under section 307(a) of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

by this Act. 

(i) NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST WITHHOLDING.— 

(1) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of State shall withhold 

5 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’ for a 

specialized agency or other entity of the United Nations if 

the Secretary, in consultation with the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, determines and reports to the 

Committees on Appropriations that such agency or entity has 

taken an official action that is against the national security 

interest of the United States or an ally of the United States, 

including Israel. 

(2) RELEASE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the United States Ambassador to the United 

Nations, may release funds withheld pursuant to paragraph 
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(1) if the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees 

on Appropriations that such agency or entity is taking steps 

to address the action that resulted in the withholding of such 

funds. 

(3) REPROGRAMMING.—Should the Secretary of State be 

unable to make a determination pursuant to paragraph (2) 

regarding the release of withheld funds, such funds may be 

reprogrammed for other purposes under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Organizations’’. 

(4) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following consultation 

with the Committees on Appropriations, may waive the requirements of this subsection if the Secretary determines that to 

do so in the national interest. 

WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS

SEC. 7049. (a) If the President determines that doing so will 

contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or 

other violations of international humanitarian law, the President 

may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 of up to $30,000,000 of commodities and 

services for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal established 

with regard to the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council 

may establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 

regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: 

Provided, That the determination required under this section shall 

be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required under section 

552(c): Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to 

this section shall be made available subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 

available for a United States contribution to the International 

Criminal Court: Provided, That funds may be made available for 

technical assistance, training, assistance for victims, protection of 

witnesses, and law enforcement support related to international 

investigations, apprehensions, prosecutions, and adjudications of 

genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not apply to investigations, 

apprehensions, or prosecutions of American service members and 

other United States citizens or nationals, or nationals of the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or major non-NATO allies 

initially designated pursuant to section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

SEC. 7050. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for obligation 

during fiscal year 2020 under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 

and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less 

than $65,500,000 shall be made available for programs to promote 

Internet freedom globally: Provided, That such programs shall be 

prioritized for countries whose governments restrict freedom of 

expression on the Internet, and that are important to the national 

interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds made 

available pursuant to this section shall be matched, to the maximum 
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extent practicable, by sources other than the United States Government, including from the private sector. 

(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND UNITED STATES AGENCY

FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

Asia’’ that are made available pursuant to subsection (a) shall 

be— 

(A) coordinated with other democracy programs funded 

by this Act under such headings, and shall be incorporated 

into country assistance and democracy promotion strategies, as appropriate; 

(B) for programs to implement the May 2011, International Strategy for Cyberspace, the Department of State 

International Cyberspace Policy Strategy required by section 402 of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of 

Public Law 114–113), and the comprehensive strategy to 

promote Internet freedom and access to information in 

Iran, as required by section 414 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754); 

(C) made available for programs that support the 

efforts of civil society to counter the development of repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, including countering threats to Internet freedom at international 

organizations; to combat violence against bloggers and 

other users; and to enhance digital security training and 

capacity building for democracy activists; 

(D) made available for research of key threats to Internet freedom; the continued development of technologies 

that provide or enhance access to the Internet, including 

circumvention tools that bypass Internet blocking, filtering, 

and other censorship techniques used by authoritarian 

governments; and maintenance of the technological advantage of the United States Government over such censorship 

techniques: Provided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the 

United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), shall 

coordinate any such research and development programs 

with other relevant United States Government departments and agencies in order to share information, technologies, and best practices, and to assess the effectiveness 

of such technologies; and 

(E) made available only after the Assistant Secretary 

for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

State, concurs that such funds are allocated consistent 

with— 

(i) the strategies referenced in subparagraph (B) 

of this paragraph; 

(ii) best practices regarding security for, and oversight of, Internet freedom programs; and 

(iii) sufficient resources and support for the 

development and maintenance of anti-censorship technology and tools. 

(2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.—Funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
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Broadcasting Operations’’ that are made available pursuant 

to subsection (a) shall be— 

(A) made available only for tools and techniques to 

securely develop and distribute USAGM digital content, 

facilitate audience access to such content on websites that 

are censored, coordinate the distribution of USAGM digital 

content to targeted regional audiences, and to promote 

and distribute such tools and techniques, including digital 

security techniques; 

(B) coordinated with programs funded by this Act 

under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, and shall be incorporated into country broadcasting 

strategies, as appropriate; 

(C) coordinated by the USAGM CEO to provide Internet circumvention tools and techniques for audiences in 

countries that are strategic priorities for the USAGM and 

in a manner consistent with the USAGM Internet freedom 

strategy; and 

(D) made available for the research and development 

of new tools or techniques authorized in subparagraph 

(A) only after the USAGM CEO, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State and other relevant United States Government departments and agencies, evaluates the risks and 

benefits of such new tools or techniques, and establishes 

safeguards to minimize the use of such new tools or techniques for illicit purposes. 

(c) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After consultation 

among the relevant agency heads to coordinate and de-conflict 

planned activities, but not later than 90 days after enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAGM CEO shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations spend plans for funds 

made available by this Act for programs to promote Internet 

freedom globally, which shall include a description of safeguards 

established by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs 

are not used for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Department 

of State spend plan shall include funding for all such programs 

for all relevant Department of State and the United States Agency 

for International Development offices and bureaus. 

(d) SECURITY AUDITS.—Funds made available pursuant to this 

section to promote Internet freedom globally may only be made 

available to support technologies that undergo comprehensive security audits conducted by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 

and Labor, Department of State to ensure that such technology 

is secure and has not been compromised in a manner detrimental 

to the interest of the United States or to individuals and organizations benefiting from programs supported by such funds: Provided, 

That the security auditing procedures used by such Bureau shall 

be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect current industry 

security standards. 

(e) SURGE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up to $2,500,000 may be made 

available to surge Internet freedom programs in closed societies 

if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appropriate 

congressional committees that such use of funds is in the national 

interest: Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts 

made available for such purposes: Provided further, That such 

funds may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated 
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by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ following consultation with, and the regular notification 

procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT

OR PUNISHMENT

SEC. 7051. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 

by this Act may be used to support or justify the use of torture 

and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment 

by any official or contract employee of the United States Government. 

(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 

of this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding section 660 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and following consultation 

with the Committees on Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate 

torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by foreign police, military or other security forces in countries 

receiving assistance from funds appropriated by this Act. 

AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE

SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law or regulation, aircraft procured with funds 

appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International 

Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 

Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be used for 

any other program and in any region. 

(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided in subsection 

(a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State determines and 

reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the equipment 

is no longer required to meet programmatic purposes in the designated country or region: Provided, That any such transfer shall 

be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 

(1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft purchased or leased 

by the Department of State and the United States Agency 

for International Development with funds made available in 

this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall be 

coordinated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 

Mission: Provided, That notwithstanding section 7063(b) of this 

Act, such aircraft may be used to transport, on a reimbursable 

or non-reimbursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel 

supporting Department of State and USAID programs and 

activities: Provided further, That official travel for other agencies for other purposes may be supported on a reimbursable 

basis, or without reimbursement when traveling on a space 

available basis: Provided further, That funds received by the 

Department of State in connection with the use of aircraft 

owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of State may 

be credited to the Working Capital Fund of the Department 

and shall be available for expenses related to the purchase, 

lease, maintenance, chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 
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(2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the primary purpose of 

which is the transportation of personnel. 

(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and maintenance, 

including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act shall be borne by 

the recipient country. 

PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY FOREIGN

GOVERNMENTS

SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 of the 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) shall 

apply to this Act: Provided, That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ 

in subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

SEC. 7054. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and conditions of sections 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of State, 

Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 

(division F of Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act. 

(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 

the United States Executive Director of the International Monetary 

Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any loan will be repaid to 

the IMF before other private or multilateral creditors. 

EXTRADITION

SEC. 7055. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appropriated 

in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other than funds 

provided under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, 

‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States 

Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance’’) 

for the central government of a country which has notified the 

Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the United States 

any individual indicted for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole 

or for killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 

States extradition request. 

(b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply to the central government of a country with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations and with which the United States has 

an extradition treaty and the government of that country is in 

violation of the terms and conditions of the treaty. 

(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the restriction 

in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the Secretary certifies 

to the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is important 

to the national interest of the United States. 
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IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

SEC. 7056. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated 

or expended to provide— 

(1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise currently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing 

such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if 

such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number 

of employees of such business enterprise in the United States 

because United States production is being replaced by such 

enterprise outside the United States; 

(2) assistance for any program, project, or activity that 

contributes to the violation of internationally recognized 

workers’ rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act 

of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 

designated zone or area in that country: Provided, That the 

application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 

2467(4)(D) and (E)) should be commensurate with the level 

of development of the recipient country and sector, and shall 

not preclude assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agriculture; 

(3) any assistance to an entity outside the United States 

if such assistance is for the purpose of directly relocating or 

transferring jobs from the United States to other countries 

and adversely impacts the labor force in the United States; 

or 

(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or 

guidelines implemented pursuant to the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the 

Export-Import Bank of the United States on December 12, 

2013, when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 

guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, 

any coal-fired or other power-generation project the purpose 

of which is to— 

(A) provide affordable electricity in International 

Development Association (IDA)-eligible countries and IDAblend countries; and 

(B) increase exports of goods and services from the 

United States or prevent the loss of jobs from the United 

States. 

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

SEC. 7057. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made available 

under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ in 

this Act for fiscal year 2020, $32,500,000 shall be made available 

for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). 

(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of 

the operation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to the 

‘‘Global Health Programs’’ account and shall be made available 

for family planning, maternal, and reproductive health activities, 

subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations. 

(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None of the 

funds made available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for 

a country program in the People’s Republic of China. 
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(d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made available unless— 

(1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act 

in an account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and 

does not commingle such funds with other sums; and 

(2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

the Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of 

funds that UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the 

report is submitted for a country program in the People’s 

Republic of China. 

(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that UNFPA 

plans to spend funds for a country program in the People’s 

Republic of China in the year covered by the report, then 

the amount of such funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s 

Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds made 

available to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 

remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 

GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by titles III 

and IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assistance 

for child survival activities or disease programs including activities 

relating to research on, and the prevention, treatment and control 

of, HIV/AIDS may be made available notwithstanding any other 

provision of law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global 

Health Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 

AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 

U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That of the funds 

appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $575,000,000 

should be made available for family planning/reproductive health, 

including in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity 

or endangered species. 

(b) INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 

(1) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Secretary of State 

determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

that an international infectious disease outbreak is sustained, 

severe, and is spreading internationally, or that it is in the 

national interest to respond to a Public Health Emergency 

of International Concern, funds appropriated by this Act under 

the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises 

Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Migration and 

Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ 

may be made available to combat such infectious disease or 

public health emergency, and may be transferred to, and 

merged with, funds appropriated under such headings for the 

purposes of this paragraph. 

(2) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.—Up to $10,000,000 of the 

funds made available under the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ may be made available for the Emergency Reserve 
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Fund established pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31): 

Provided, That such funds shall be made available under the 

same terms and conditions of such section. 

(3) EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 

heading ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ that are made 

available to respond to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in 

the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in countries 

affected by, or at risk of being affected by, such outbreak, 

shall be the responsibility of the Assistant Administrator for 

Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, 

or successor official responsible for USAID Ebola response. 

(4) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available by this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 

with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular 

notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

GENDER EQUALITY

SEC. 7059. (a) WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT.— 

(1) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

shall be made available to promote gender equality in United 

States Government diplomatic and development efforts by 

raising the status, increasing the participation, and protecting 

the rights of women and girls worldwide. 

(2) WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act are available to implement the Women’s 

Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 

(Public Law 115–428): Provided, That the Secretary of State 

and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall consult with the 

Committees on Appropriations on the implementation of such 

Act. 

(3) WOMEN’S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY

FUND.—Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, up to $100,000,000 may be made available for the Women’s 

Global Development and Prosperity Fund. 

(b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appropriated by title 

III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available 

for programs specifically designed to increase leadership opportunities for women in countries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections 

for women’s political status, expanding women’s participation in 

political parties and elections, and increasing women’s opportunities 

for leadership positions in the public and private sectors at the 

local, provincial, and national levels. 

(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 

(1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 

this Act, not less than $165,000,000 shall be made available 

to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond 

to gender-based violence in countries where it is common in 

conflict and non-conflict settings. 

(2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this 

Act that are available to train foreign police, judicial, and 
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military personnel, including for international peacekeeping 

operations, shall address, where appropriate, prevention and 

response to gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, 

and shall promote the integration of women into the police 

and other security forces. 

(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 

Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 

and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should 

be made available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, 

and improve coordination of, United States Government efforts 

to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace 

building, transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transition, and to ensure 

the equitable provision of relief and recovery assistance to women 

and girls. 

(e) WOMEN AND GIRLS AT RISK FROM EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made 

available to support women and girls who are at risk from extremism and conflict, and for the activities described in section 

7059(e)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public 

Law 115–141): Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts 

otherwise made available by this Act for such purposes, and shall 

be made available following consultation with, and the regular 

notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

(1) BASIC EDUCATION.—(A) Of the funds appropriated under 

title III of this Act, not less than $875,000,000 shall be made 

available for assistance for basic education, and such funds 

may be made available notwithstanding any other provision 

of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries: Provided, 

That such funds shall also be used for secondary education 

activities: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development, following 

consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, may 

reprogram such funds between countries: Provided further, That 

funds made available under the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the support of nonstate schools in this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

programs shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(B) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

Act for assistance for basic education programs, not less 

than $125,000,000 shall be made available for contributions 

to multilateral partnerships that support education. 

(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $235,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for higher education: Provided, That such 

funds may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, and 

shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
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Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of such 

amount, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available 

for new and ongoing partnerships between higher education 

institutions in the United States and developing countries 

focused on building the capacity of higher education institutions 

and systems in developing countries: Provided further, That 

not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the USAID 

Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses of funds for such partnerships. 

(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 

than $17,000,000 shall be made available for cooperative development programs of USAID and not less than $30,000,000 shall 

be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 

program. 

(c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 

(1)(A) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 

provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part 

II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for the provisions 

of this subsection, to support environment programs. 

(B) Funds made available pursuant to this subsection shall 

be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(2)(A) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this 

Act, not less than $315,000,000 shall be made available for 

biodiversity conservation programs. 

(B) Not less than $100,664,000 of the funds appropriated 

under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

to combat the transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 

trafficking. 

(C) None of the funds appropriated under title IV of this 

Act may be made available for training or other assistance 

for any military unit or personnel that the Secretary of State 

determines has been credibly alleged to have participated in 

wildlife poaching or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports 

to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is 

in the national security interest of the United States. 

(D) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiversity programs shall not be used to support the expansion of industrial 

scale logging or any other industrial scale extractive activity 

into areas that were primary/intact tropical forests as of 

December 30, 2013, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

instruct the United States executive directors of each international financial institutions (IFI) to use the voice and vote 

of the United States to oppose any financing of any such 

activity. 

(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 

States executive director of each IFI that it is the policy of 

the United States to use the voice and vote of the United 

States, in relation to any loan, grant, strategy, or policy of 

such institution, regarding the construction of any large dam 

consistent with the criteria set forth in Senate Report 114– 

79, while also considering whether the project involves important foreign policy objectives. 
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(4) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 

not less than $135,000,000 shall be made available for sustainable landscapes programs. 

(5) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 

not less than $177,000,000 shall be made available for adaptation programs. 

(6) Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, 

not less than $179,000,000 shall be made available for renewable energy programs. 

(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.—Of the 

funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than 

$1,005,600,000 shall be made available for food security and agricultural development programs to carry out the purposes of the Global 

Food Security Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–195): Provided, That 

funds may be made available for a contribution as authorized 

by section 3202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by section 3310 of the 

Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334). 

(e) MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES.—Of the 

funds appropriated by this Act, not less than $265,000,000 shall 

be made available to support the development of, and access to 

financing for, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, especially women. 

(f) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.—Of the 

funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 

Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

Law Enforcement’’, not less than $67,000,000 shall be made available for activities to combat trafficking in persons internationally, 

of which not less than $45,000,000 shall be from funds made available under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law 

Enforcement’’: Provided, That funds appropriated by this Act that 

are made available for programs to end modern slavery shall be 

in addition to funds made available by this subsection to combat 

trafficking in persons. 

(g) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 

than $30,000,000 shall be made available to support people-topeople reconciliation programs which bring together individuals 

of different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds from areas 

of civil strife and war, including between Israelis and Palestinians 

living in the West Bank and Gaza: Provided, That the USAID 

Administrator shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, 

prior to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds, 

and such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

to the maximum extent practicable, such funds shall be matched 

by sources other than the United States Government: Provided 

further, That such funds shall be administered by the Office of 

Conflict Management and Mitigation, USAID. 

(h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act, not less than $450,000,000 shall be made available for 

water supply and sanitation projects pursuant to section 136 of 

the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, of which not less than 

$225,000,000 shall be for programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and 

of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to 
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support initiatives by local communities in developing countries 

to build and maintain safe latrines. 

BUDGET DOCUMENTS

SEC. 7061. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 45 days after 

enactment of this Act, each department, agency, or organization 

funded in titles I, II, and VI of this Act, and the Department 

of the Treasury and Independent Agencies funded in title III of 

this Act, including the Inter-American Foundation and the United 

States African Development Foundation, shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for funds appropriated to such department, agency, or organization in such titles 

of this Act, or funds otherwise available for obligation in fiscal 

year 2020, that provides details of the uses of such funds at the 

program, project, and activity level: Provided, That such plans 

shall include, as applicable, a comparison between the congressional 

budget justification funding levels, the most recent congressional 

directives or approved funding levels, and the funding levels proposed by the department or agency; and a clear, concise, and informative description/justification: Provided further, That operating 

plans that include changes in levels of funding for programs, 

projects, and activities specified in the congressional budget justification, in this Act, or amounts specifically designated in the 

respective tables included in the explanatory statement described 

in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 

Act), as applicable, shall be subject to the notification and reprogramming requirements of section 7015 of this Act. 

(b) SPEND PLANS.— 

(1) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of State or Administrator of the United States 

Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations a spend plan 

for funds made available by this Act, for— 

(A) assistance for Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Colombia, and countries in Central America; 

(B) assistance made available pursuant to section 

7047(d) of this Act to counter Russian influence and aggression, except that such plan shall be on a country-by-country 

basis; 

(C) assistance made available pursuant to section 7059 

of this Act; 

(D) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 

(E) democracy programs, Power Africa, and sectors 

enumerated in subsections (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and 

(h) of section 7060 of this Act; 

(F) funds provided under the heading ‘‘International 

Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ for International 

Organized Crime and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights: Provided, That the spend plans shall include 

bilateral and global programs funded under such heading 

along with a brief description of the activities planned 

for each country; and 

(G) the regional security initiatives described under 

this heading in Senate Report 116–126. 

(2) Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committees 
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on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for funds made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of the 

Treasury, International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in title 

III. 

(c) SPENDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment 

of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed report on spending of funds made 

available during fiscal year 2019 under the heading ‘‘Development 

Credit Authority’’. 

(d) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in subsection 

(b) shall not be considered as meeting the notification requirements 

in this Act or under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961. 

(e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.— 

(1) SUBMISSION.—The congressional budget justification for 

Department of State operations and foreign operations shall 

be provided to the Committees on Appropriations concurrent 

with the date of submission of the President’s budget for fiscal 

year 2021: Provided, That the appendices for such justification 

shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations not 

later than 10 calendar days thereafter. 

(2) MULTI-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall include 

in the congressional budget justification a detailed justification 

for multi-year availability for any funds requested under the 

headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 

REORGANIZATION

SEC. 7062. (a) OVERSIGHT.— 

(1) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the 

Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

or any other Act may not be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, or other plan described in paragraph (2) by 

the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, or any other Federal department, 

agency, or organization funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head of such department, agency, or organization with the appropriate congressional committees: Provided, 

That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 

procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any such notification submitted to such Committees 

shall include a detailed justification for any proposed action, 

including the information specified under section 7073 of the 

joint explanatory statement accompanying the Department of 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided 

further, That congressional notifications submitted in prior 

fiscal years pursuant to similar provisions of law in prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

operations, and related programs may be deemed to meet the 

notification requirements of this section. 

(2) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to paragraph 

(1), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any 

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(A) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered 

departments, agencies, or organizations, including bureaus 

and offices within or between such departments, agencies, 

or organizations, including the transfer to other agencies 

of the authorities and responsibilities of such bureaus and 

offices; 

(B) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the 

United States official presence overseas, including at 

bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic facilities 

and other platforms; or 

(C) expand or reduce the size of the permanent Civil 

Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and 

locally employed staff workforce of the Department of State 

and USAID from the levels specified in sections 7063(d)(1) 

and 7064(i)(1) of this Act. 

(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.— 

(1) USAID REORGANIZATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter until September 

30, 2021, the USAID Administrator shall submit a report to 

the appropriate congressional committees on the status of 

USAID’s reorganization in the manner described in House 

Report 116–78. 

(2) BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION, 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—None of the funds appropriated by 

this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

of State, foreign operations, and related programs, or any other 

Act may be used to downsize, downgrade, consolidate, close, 

move, or relocate the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and 

Migration, Department of State, or any activities of such 

Bureau, to another Federal agency. 

(3) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Funds made available by 

this Act— 

(A) under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary 

for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of 

State, and this responsibility shall not be delegated; and 

(B) that are made available for the Office of Global 

Women’s Issues shall be administered by the United States 

Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, Department of State, and this responsibility shall not be delegated. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT

SEC. 7063. (a) FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT.—Funds 

appropriated by this Act for the operations of the Department 

of State under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Capital 

Investment Fund’’ shall be made available to implement the recommendations contained in the Foreign Assistance Data Review 

Findings Report (FADR) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) 

report entitled ‘‘Department Financial Systems Are Insufficient to 

Track and Report on Foreign Assistance Funds’’: Provided, That 

not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

of State shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations an 

update to the plan required under section 7006 of the Department 

of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31) for implementing the 

FADR and OIG recommendations: Provided further, That such 
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funds may not be obligated for enhancements to, or expansions 

of, the Budget System Modernization Financial System, Central 

Resource Management System, Joint Financial Management 

System, or Foreign Assistance Coordination and Tracking System 

until such updated plan is submitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such funds may not be obligated 

for new, or expansion of existing, ad hoc electronic systems to 

track commitments, obligations, or expenditures of funds unless 

the Secretary of State, following consultation with the Chief 

Information Officer of the Department of State, has reviewed and 

certified that such new system or expansion is consistent with 

the FADR and OIG recommendations. 

(b) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

or otherwise made available to the Department of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may only be used for the 

service centers included in the Congressional Budget Justification, 

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 

Fiscal Year 2020: Provided, That the amounts for such service 

centers shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, 

except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided further, 

That Federal agency components shall be charged only for their 

direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: Provided further, 

That prior to increasing the percentage charged to Department 

of State bureaus and offices for procurement-related activities, the 

Secretary of State shall include the proposed increase in the Department of State budget justification or, at least 60 days prior to 

the increase, provide the Committees on Appropriations a justification for such increase, including a detailed assessment of the cost 

and benefit of the services provided by the procurement fee: Provided further, That Federal agency components may only pay for 

Working Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose 

and authorities of such components: Provided further, That the 

Working Capital Fund shall be paid in advance or reimbursed 

at rates which will return the full cost of each service. 

(c) CERTIFICATION.— 

(1) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 45 days after the initial 

obligation of funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 

this Act that are made available to a Department of State 

bureau or office with responsibility for the management and 

oversight of such funds, the Secretary of State shall certify 

and report to the Committees on Appropriations, on an individual bureau or office basis, that such bureau or office is 

in compliance with Department and Federal financial and 

grants management policies, procedures, and regulations, as 

applicable. 

(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—When making a certification 

required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider 

the capacity of a bureau or office to— 

(A) account for the obligated funds at the country 

and program level, as appropriate; 

(B) identify risks and develop mitigation and monitoring plans; 

(C) establish performance measures and indicators; 

(D) review activities and performance; and 

(E) assess final results and reconcile finances. 

(3) PLAN.—If the Secretary of State is unable to make 

a certification required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
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submit a plan and timeline detailing the steps to be taken 

to bring such bureau or office into compliance. 

(d) PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 

(1) Funds made available by this Act are made available 

to support the permanent Foreign Service and Civil Service 

staff levels of the Department of State at not less than the 

hiring targets established in the fiscal year 2019 operating 

plan. 

(2) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 

and every 60 days thereafter until September 30, 2021, the 

Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate congressional 

committees on the on-board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of the Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family 

member, and locally employed staff workforce of the Department of State, on an operating unit-by-operating unit basis: 

Provided, That such report shall also include a hiring plan, 

including timelines, for maintaining the agency-wide, on-board 

Foreign Service and Civil Service at not less than the levels 

specified in paragraph (1). 

(e) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.— 

(1) None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act 

under the heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ may 

be made available for a new major information technology 

(IT) investment without the concurrence of the Chief Information Officer, Department of State. 

(2) None of the funds made available by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs may be used by an 

agency to submit a project proposal to the Technology Modernization Board for funding from the Technology Modernization Fund unless, not later than 15 days in advance of submitting the project proposal to the Board, the head of the agency— 

(A) notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the 

proposed submission of the project proposal; and 

(B) submits to the Committees on Appropriations a 

copy of the project proposal. 

(3) None of the funds made available by this Act and 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs may be used by an 

agency to carry out a project that is approved by the Board 

unless the head of the agency— 

(A) submits to the Committees on Appropriations a 

copy of the approved project proposal, including the terms 

of reimbursement of funding received for the project; and 

(B) agrees to submit to the Committees on Appropriations a copy of each report relating to the project that 

the head of the agency submits to the Board. 

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MANAGEMENT

SEC. 7064. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $100,000,000 of the funds 

made available in title III of this Act pursuant to or to carry 

out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for 

Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used by the United 

States Agency for International Development to hire and employ 
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individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 

of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949). 

(b) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals contained 

in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2021. 

(c) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account charged for the 

cost of an individual hired and employed under the authority of 

this section shall be the account to which the responsibilities of 

such individual primarily relate: Provided, That funds made available to carry out this section may be transferred to, and merged 

with, funds appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading 

‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 

(d) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Individuals hired 

and employed by USAID, with funds made available in this Act 

or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs, pursuant to the authority 

of section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), 

may be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 

the limitation set forth in such section. 

(e) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated under title 

III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition 

to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 

(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed 

by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs 

in response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject 

to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(f) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds appropriated by 

this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, 

and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title 

II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 

et seq.), may be used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal 

services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support 

for new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed 

by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired 

and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 of such contractors 

shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided further, That 

such funds appropriated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace 

Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made 

available only for personal services contractors assigned to the 

Office of Food for Peace. 

(g) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appropriated by this Act, USAID 

may provide an exception to the fair opportunity process for placing 

task orders under such contracts when the order is placed with 

any category of small or small disadvantaged business. 

(h) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINTMENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority provided by section 7059(o) 

of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111– 

117) may be assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or 

Pakistan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. 
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(i) PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 

(1) Funds made available by this Act under the heading 

‘‘Operating Expenses’’ are made available to support 1,850 

permanent Foreign Service Officers and 1,600 permanent Civil 

Service staff. 

(2) Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 

and every 60 days thereafter until September 30, 2021, the 

USAID Administrator shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the on-board personnel levels, hiring, 

and attrition of the Civil Service, Foreign Service, and foreign 

service national workforce of USAID, on an operating unitby-operating unit basis: Provided, That such report shall also 

include a hiring plan, including timelines, for maintaining the 

agency-wide, on-board Foreign Service Officers and Civil 

Service staff at not less than the levels specified in paragraph 

(1). 

STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS IMPACTED BY

EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT

SEC. 7065. (a) RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND.— 

(1) FUNDS AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military 

Financing Program’’, not less than $200,000,000 shall be made 

available for the Relief and Recovery Fund for assistance for 

areas liberated or at risk from, or under the control of, the 

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, other terrorist organizations, 

or violent extremist organizations, including for stabilization 

assistance for vulnerable ethnic and religious minority communities affected by conflict: Provided, That unless specifically 

designated in this Act or in the explanatory statement described 

in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) for assistance for countries, such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes: 

Provided further, That such funds appropriated under such 

headings may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such headings: Provided further, That such 

transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

provided by this Act or any other Act, and is subject to the 

regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(2) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that 

are made available for the Relief and Recovery Fund, not less 

than $10,000,000 shall be made available for programs to promote accountability for genocide, crimes against humanity, and 

war crimes, including in Iraq and Syria, which shall be in 

addition to any other funds made available by this Act for 

such purposes: Provided, That such programs shall include 

components to develop local investigative and judicial skills, 

and to collect and preserve evidence and maintain the chain 

of custody of evidence, including for use in prosecutions, and 
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may include the establishment of, and assistance for, transitional justice mechanisms: Provided further, That such funds 

shall be administered by the Special Coordinator for the Office 

of Global Criminal Justice, Department of State: Provided further, That funds made available by this paragraph shall be 

made available on an open and competitive basis. 

(b) COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN ASIA.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’, not less than $2,500,000 shall be made available for programs to counter violent extremism in Asia, including within the 

Buddhist community: Provided, That such funds are in addition 

to funds otherwise made available by this Act for such purposes. 

(c) GLOBAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RESILIENCE FUND.— Of the funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

$5,000,000 shall be made available to the Global Community 

Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), including as a contribution: Provided, That any such funds made available for the GCERF 

shall be made available on a cost-matching basis from sources 

other than the United States Government, to the maximum extent 

practicable, and shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

(d) GLOBAL CONCESSIONAL FINANCING FACILITY.—Of the funds 

appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

Fund’’, $25,000,000 shall be made available for the Global 

Concessional Financing Facility of the World Bank to provide 

financing to support refugees and host communities: Provided, That 

such funds shall be in addition to funds allocated for bilateral 

assistance in the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961, and may only be made available subject 

to prior to consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 

DISABILITY PROGRAMS

SEC. 7066. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall be made available for programs and activities administered by the United States 

Agency for International Development to address the needs and 

protect and promote the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries, including initiatives that focus on independent 

living, economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, education, employment, 

transportation, sports, and integration of individuals with disabilities, including for the cost of translation. 

(b) MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT.—Of 

the funds made available pursuant to this section, 5 percent may 

be used by USAID for management, oversight, and technical support. 

DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 7067. In order to enhance the continued participation 

of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-development and debtfor-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a 

grantee or contractor of the United States Agency for International 

Development may place in interest bearing accounts local currencies 

which accrue to that organization as a result of economic assistance 

provided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
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notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, any 

interest earned on such investment shall be used for the purpose 

for which the assistance was provided to that organization. 

ENTERPRISE FUNDS

SEC. 7068. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds made available 

under titles III through VI of this Act may be made available 

for Enterprise Funds unless the appropriate congressional committees are notified at least 15 days in advance. 

(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the distribution 

of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding 

up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President 

shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 

for the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

(c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a transition to 

and operation of any private equity fund or other parallel investment fund under an existing Enterprise Fund, the President shall 

submit such transition or operating plan to the appropriate congressional committees. 

RESCISSIONS

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 7069. (a) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— (1) Of the unobligated balances available under the Economic Support Fund, identified by Treasury Appropriation 

Fund Symbol 72 X 1037, $32,000,000 are rescinded. 

(2) Of the unobligated and unexpended balances available 

to the President for bilateral economic assistance under the 

heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ from prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

and related programs, $200,000,000 shall be deobligated, as 

appropriate, and shall be rescinded. 

(3) For the purposes of this subsection, no amounts may 

be rescinded from amounts that were designated by Congress 

as an emergency requirement or for Overseas Contingency 

Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to a concurrent 

resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

(b) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE.— Of the unobligated balances from amounts available under the 

heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ in title 

II of the Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 

B of Public Law 114–254), $242,462,000 are rescinded: Provided, 

That such funds that were previously designated by the Congress 

for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act. 

(c) COMPLEX CRISES FUND.—Of the unobligated balances from 

amounts made available under title VIII in prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs under the heading ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 

$40,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such funds that were 

previously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
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Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act. 

(d) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.—Of the 

unobligated balances available under the heading ‘‘Export and 

Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the United States, 

Subsidy Appropriation’’ for tied-aid grants from prior Acts making 

appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

related programs, $64,282,000 are rescinded. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

DIVISION H—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $115,490,000, of which not to exceed $3,100,000 shall be available 

for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,000,000 

shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 

not to exceed $21,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

General Counsel; not to exceed $10,500,000 shall be available for 

the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 

not to exceed $15,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 

$2,650,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $29,244,000 shall 

be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall be available for the Office 

of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,859,000 shall be available for 

the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $12,181,000 

shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $16,814,000 shall be available 

for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 

the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 

appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 

other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That 

no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 

by more than 7 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall 

be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 

shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception 

and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be 

credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 

in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
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in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary 

for Public Affairs. 

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $21,000,000, of which 

$14,218,000 shall remain available until expended for (1) $5,000,000 

for new competitive grants under section 5505 of title 49, United 

States Code, for Tier I University Transportation Centers, (2) 

$1,000,000 for the establishment of an emergency planning 

transportation data initiative to conduct research and develop 

models for data integration of geo-located weather and roadways 

information for emergency and other severe weather conditions 

to improve public safety and emergency evacuation and response 

capabilities, (3) $1,000,000 for the Secretary of Transportation to 

enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, 

Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study through the Transportation Research Board on effective ways to measure the resilience 

of transportation systems and services to natural disasters, natural 

hazards, and other potential disruptions, and (4) $5,000,000 for 

the establishment of a Highly Automated Systems Safety Center 

of Excellence as required in section 105 of this Act: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to amounts previously provided 

for Tier I University Transportation Centers: Provided further, That 

such amounts for additional Tier I University Transportation Centers under this heading are provided notwithstanding section 

5505(c)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until 

expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 

public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 

training: Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, 

judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a 

reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research 

and Technology of the Department of Transportation. 

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

For capital investments in surface transportation infrastruc- ture, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

2022: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants 

to be awarded to a State, local government, transit agency, port 

authority, or a collaboration among such entities on a competitive 

basis for projects that will have a significant local or regional 

impact: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding provided 

under this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway 

or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States Code; public 

transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 

States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation projects; 

port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry); and projects investing in surface 

transportation facilities that are located on tribal land and for 

which title or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal 

Government: Provided further, That of the amount made available 

under this heading, the Secretary shall use an amount not less 

than $15,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design of projects 
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eligible for funding under this heading: Provided further, That 

grants awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject 

to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That the Secretary 

may use up to 20 percent of the funds made available under 

this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under 

chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, or sections 501 through 

504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 

1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, if the Secretary finds that 

such use of the funds would advance the purposes of this paragraph: 

Provided further, That in distributing funds provided under this 

heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure 

an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the 

investment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, 

That a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 

$5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: Provided further, 

That not more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 

this heading may be awarded to projects in a single State: Provided 

further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure 

is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, 

up to 80 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give 

priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds 

in order to complete an overall financing package: Provided further, 

That an award under this heading is an urban award if it is 

to a project located within or on the boundary of an Urbanized 

Area (UA), as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, that had 

a population greater than 200,000 in the 2010 Census: Provided 

further, That for the purpose of determining if an award for planning, preparation or design is an urban award, the project location 

is the location of the project being planned, prepared or designed: 

Provided further, That each award under this heading that is not 

an urban award is a rural award: Provided further, That of the 

funds awarded under this heading, not more than 50 percent shall 

be awarded as urban awards and rural awards, respectively: Provided further, That for rural awards, the minimum grant size 

shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 

share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That projects 

conducted using funds provided under this heading must comply 

with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 

United States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

conduct a new competition to select the grants and credit assistance 

awarded under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 

may retain up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under this 

heading, and may transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit 

Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the Maritime Administration to fund the award and oversight of grants 

and credit assistance made under the National Infrastructure 

Investments program: Provided further, That none of the funds 

provided in the previous proviso may be used to hire additional 

personnel: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consider and 

award projects based solely on the selection criteria from the fiscal 

year 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Provided further, That, 

notwithstanding the previous proviso, the Secretary shall not use 

the Federal share or an applicant’s ability to generate non-Federal 
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revenue as a selection criteria in awarding projects: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 

further, That such Notice of Funding Opportunity shall require 

application submissions 90 days after the publishing of such Notice: 

Provided further, That of the applications submitted under the 

previous two provisos, the Secretary shall make grants no later 

than 270 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts that 

the Secretary determines: Provided further, That such sums provided for national infrastructure investments for multimodal safety 

projects under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113– 

6; 127 Stat. 423) shall remain available through fiscal year 2024 

for the liquidation of valid obligations of active grants awarded 

with this funding: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 

shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2019. 

NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE

BUREAU

For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation 

and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, 

$5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations no less than 15 days prior to exercising the transfer 

authority granted under section 116(h) of title 49, United States 

Code. 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 

Department of Transportation’s financial systems and reengineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain available 

through September 30, 2021. 

CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 

necessary upgrades to wide area network and information technology infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls 

and identity management, testing and assessment of information 

technology against business, security, and other requirements, 

implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 

infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of enhanced 

security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021. 

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,470,000. 

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 

research, systems development, development activities, and making 

grants, $10,879,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That of such amount, $1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 

of the Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
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(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred to this 

appropriation, to remain available until expended, amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under 

this heading for IIPIC activities not related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, That the tools and analysis developed 

by the IIPIC shall be available to other Federal agencies for the 

permitting and review of major infrastructure projects not related 

to transportation only to the extent that other Federal agencies 

provide funding to the Department as provided for under the previous proviso. 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 

of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $319,793,000, shall 

be paid from appropriations made available to the Department 

of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided 

on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of 

Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the 

Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 

assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, 

subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such 

assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by 

such Committees. 

SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND OUTREACH

For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business 

utilization and outreach activities, $4,646,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 

332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related 

to any mode of transportation: Provided further, That appropriations 

made available under this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent with prior year appropriations that were made 

available under the heading ‘‘Minority Business Resource Center 

Program’’. 

PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

In addition to funds made available from any other source 

to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 

41731 through 41742, $162,000,000, to be derived from the Airport 

and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in determining between or among carriers competing 

to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider 

the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

That basic essential air service minimum requirements shall not 

include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under section 

41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

none of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used 

to enter into a new contract with a community located less than 
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40 miles from the nearest small hub airport before the Secretary 

has negotiated with the community over a local cost share: Provided 

further, That amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential 

air service program under section 41742(b) of title 49, United States 

Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts otherwise 

provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse such 

amounts from fees credited to the account established under section 

45303 of title 49, United States Code. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF

TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this Act to 

the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office 

of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or 

reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the 

modal administrations in this Act, except for activities underway 

on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 

or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 

for Congressional notification. 

SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 

Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the 

Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each 

meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance to record 

the decisions and actions of each meeting. 

SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 327 

of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Working Capital 

Fund is hereby authorized to provide partial or full payments 

in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from all Federal 

agencies from available funds for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass 

transportation fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 

13150 and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That 

the Department shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in 

the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide 

uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees: Provided 

further, That such reserve will not exceed one month of benefits 

payable and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 

the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That the 

Working Capital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer 

agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 

SEC. 104. No later than May 1, 2020, the Secretary shall 

announce the selection of all projects to receive awards for all 

competitive grants provided in Public Law 116–6 under the 

headings: ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Federal–State Partnership for State of Good Repair’’, ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements’’, 

‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Restoration and Enhancement’’, 

‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Magnetic Levitation Technology 

Deployment Program’’, and ‘‘Maritime Administration—Port Infrastructure Development Program’’. 

SEC. 105. (a) The Secretary shall establish a Highly Automated 

Systems Safety Center of Excellence within the Department of 

Transportation, in order to have a Department of Transportation 

workforce capable of reviewing, assessing, and validating the safety 

of automated technologies. 
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(b) The Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence 

shall— 

(1) serve as a central location within the Department of 

Transportation for expertise in automation and human factors, 

computer science, data analytics, machine learning, sensors, 

and other technologies involving automated systems; 

(2) collaborate with and provide support on highly automated systems to all Operating Administrations of the Department of Transportation; and 

(3) have a workforce composed of Department of Transportation employees, including direct hires or detailees from Operating Administrations of the Department of Transportation and 

other Federal agencies. 

(c) Employees of the Highly Automated Systems Safety Center 

of Excellence, in conjunction with the relevant Operating Administrations of the Department of Transportation, shall review, assess, 

and validate highly automated systems to ensure their safety. 

(d) The Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence 

shall not supersede laws or regulations granting certification 

authorities to Operating Administrations of the Department of 

Transportation. 

(e) No later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate on staffing needs 

and the staffing plan for the Highly Automated Systems Safety 

Center of Excellence. 

SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 

be used to terminate the Intelligent Transportation System Program 

Advisory Committee established under section 5305(h) of 

SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 512 note; Public Law 109–59). 

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 

not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities related to commercial space transportation, administrative 

expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance 

of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps 

sold to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 

for replacement only, $10,630,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2021, of which $10,519,000,000 shall be derived 

from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That of the 

sums appropriated under this heading— 

(1) not less than $1,404,096,000 shall be available for aviation safety activities; 

(2) $7,970,734,000 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; 

(3) $26,040,000 shall be available for commercial space 

transportation activities; 

(4) $800,646,000 shall be available for finance and management activities; 
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(5) $61,538,000 shall be available for NextGen and operations planning activities; 

(6) $118,642,000 shall be available for security and hazardous materials safety; and 

(7) $248,304,000 shall be available for staff offices: 

Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 

activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided further, 

That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 

more than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess 

of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

in that section: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 

after the submission of the budget request, the Administrator of 

the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress 

an annual update to the report submitted to Congress in December 

2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided 

further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced 

by $100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 

the submission of the budget request that such report has not 

been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That not later 

than 60 days after the submission of the budget request, the 

Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that 

describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 

flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format similar 

to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stated 

attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced 

by $100,000 per day for each day after the date that is 60 days 

after the submission of the budget request that such report has 

not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 

be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standardsetting organization to assist in the development of aviation safety 

standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

shall be available for new applicants for the second career training 

program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 

or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation 

user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the 

enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited 

to this appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received from 

States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 

authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 

and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 

or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 

station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 

major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the 

funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $170,000,000 

shall be used to fund direct operations of the current air traffic 

control towers in the contract tower program, including the contract 

tower cost share program, and any airport that is currently qualified 

or that will qualify for the program during the fiscal year: Provided 

further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 

and cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That 
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none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

this Act or any other Act may be used to eliminate the Contract 

Weather Observers program at any airport. 

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 

contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 

experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part 

A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 

acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 

service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 

of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees 

of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities 

where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 

lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this 

heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; 

to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 

$3,045,000,000, of which $515,000,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2021, $2,409,473,000 shall remain available until 

September 30, 2022, and $120,527,000 shall remain available until 

expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 

public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 

the establishment, improvement, and modernization of national 

airspace systems: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 

after submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan for the 

Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding for each 

budget line item for fiscal years 2021 through 2025, with total 

funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets 

for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and Budget. 

RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part 

A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites 

by lease or grant, $192,665,000, to be derived from the Airport 

and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 

30, 2022: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 

as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 

municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which 

shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, 

and development: Provided further, That funds made available 

under this heading shall be used in accordance with the explanatory 

statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 

A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That not to exceed 

10 percent of any funding level specified under this heading in 

the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
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preceding division A of this consolidated Act) may be transferred 

to any other funding level specified under this heading in the 

explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That 

no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by more 

than 10 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess 

of 10 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth 

in that section. 

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning 

and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 

and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 

and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, 

installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 

devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 

under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and administration of airport safety programs, 

including those related to airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,000,000,000, to be 

derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under 

this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 

programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 

in fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 

United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under 

this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 

conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or 

other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Government’s 

share of allowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants 

or paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a project 

at other than a large or medium hub airport that is a successive 

phase of a multi-phased construction project for which the project 

sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 

project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than 

$116,500,000 shall be available for administration, not less than 

$15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research 

Program, not less than $39,224,000 shall be available for Airport 

Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community 

Air Service Development Program: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 
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States Code, such program may include the participation of an 

airport that serves a community or consortium that is not larger 

than a small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifications 

effective at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a request 

for proposals. 

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Airports’’, to 

enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for projects 

as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and subchapter 1 

of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, $400,000,000, to 

remain available through September 30, 2022: Provided, That 

amounts made available under this heading shall be derived from 

the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 

percentages under chapter 471: Provided further, That the Secretary 

shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary 

grants to airports: Provided further, That the amount made available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation 

on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth 

in any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 

Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of the funds 

provided under this heading to fund the award and oversight by 

the Administrator of grants made under this heading. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally 

funded research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 

Systems Development during fiscal year 2020. 

SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 

pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors 

to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 

building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space 

in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic 

control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the 

prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 

between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement 

on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances 

that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 

Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control facilities. 

SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 

41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any 

amount remaining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 

may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 

SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 

49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation 

current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available 

for the same purposes of such appropriation. 

SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 

for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United 

States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 
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unless such employee actually performed work during the time 

corresponding to such premium pay. 

SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 

or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration 

to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of 

a Government-issued credit card. 

SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 

or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal 

Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of the 

Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of 

Transportation. 

SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may 

be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation 

on the ability of any owner or operator of a private aircraft to 

obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft 

registration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 

Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data that 

is made available to the public, except data made available to 

a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner 

or operator. 

SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 

for salaries and expenses of more than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration. 

SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under this Act 

may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 

49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation Administration 

provides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical navigation 

products and explains how such fees are consistent with Executive 

Order No. 13642. 

SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 

close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 

90 full business days in advance. 

SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this 

Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission 

rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. 

SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under this Act may 

be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 

to withhold from consideration and approval any new application 

for participation in the Contract Tower Program, or for reevaluation 

of Cost-share Program participants as long as the Federal Aviation 

Administration has received an application from the airport, and 

as long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligible 

using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Administration published establishment criteria. 

SEC. 119D. None of the funds made available by this Act 

may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or technical center 

unless the Administrator submits a request for the reprogramming 

of funds under section 405 of this Act. 
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Not to exceed $453,549,689, together with advances and 

reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, 

shall be obligated for necessary expenses for administration and 

operation of the Federal Highway Administration. In addition, 

$3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian Regional 

Commission in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United 

States Code. 

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

Funds available for the implementation or execution of Federalaid highway and highway safety construction programs authorized 

under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and the provisions 

of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Public 

Law 114–94) shall not exceed total obligations of $46,365,092,000 

for fiscal year 2020: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and 

spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 

the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in the 

field of municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting 

and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion 

of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit 

instruments: Provided further, That such fees are available until 

expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 

are in addition to administrative expenses that are also available 

for such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation 

or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 

of title 23, United States Code. 

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federalaid highway and highway safety construction programs authorized 

under title 23, United States Code, $47,104,092,000 derived from 

the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 

to remain available until expended. 

HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $2,166,140,392: Provided, That the funds made available under 

this heading shall be derived from the general fund, shall be in 

addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 2020 in this or 

any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 

of title 23, United States Code; or (2) the Appalachian Development 
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Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public 

Law 102–240, and shall not affect the distribution or amount of 

funds provided in any other Act: Provided further, That section 

1101(b) of Public Law 114–94 shall apply to funds made available 

under this heading: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading— 

(1) $781,140,392 shall be for activities eligible under sections 133(b)(1) and 133(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, 

and to provide necessary charging infrastructure along corridorready or corridor-pending alternative fuel corridors designated 

pursuant to section 151 of title 23, United States Code; 

(2) $1,150,000,000 shall be for a bridge replacement and 

rehabilitation program; 

(3) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for 

construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System 

as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240; 

(4) $3,500,000 shall be for activities eligible under the 

Puerto Rico Highway Program as described in section 

165(b)(2)(C) of title 23, United States Code; 

(5) $1,500,000 shall be for activities eligible under the 

Territorial Highway Program, as described in section 165(c)(6) 

of title 23, United States Code; 

(6) $70,000,000 shall be for the nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program under section 1123 of 

the FAST Act; 

(7) $50,000,000 shall be for competitive grants for activities 

described in section 130(a) of title 23, United States Code; 

(8) $5,000,000 shall be for the Regional Infrastructure 

Accelerator Demonstration Program authorized under section 

1441 of the FAST Act; and 

(9) $5,000,000 shall be for a National Road Network Pilot 

Program for the Federal Highway Administration to create 

a national level, geo-spatial dataset that uses data already 

collected under the Highway Performance Monitoring System: 

Provided further, That for the purposes of funds made available 

under this heading for activities eligible under sections 133(b)(1) 

and 133(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and to provide necessary charging infrastructure along corridor-ready or corridorpending alternative fuel corridors designated pursuant to section 

151 of title 23, United States Code, the term ‘‘State’’ means any 

of the 50 States or the District of Columbia: Provided further, 

That the funds made available under this heading for activities 

eligible under sections 133(b)(1) and 133(b)(4) of title 23, United 

States Code, and to provide necessary charging infrastructure along 

corridor-ready or corridor-pending alternative fuel corridors designated pursuant to section 151 of title 23, United States Code, 

shall be suballocated in the manner described in section 133(d) 

of such title, except that the set-aside described in section 133(h) 

of such title shall not apply to funds made available under this 

heading: Provided further, That the funds made available under 

this heading for activities eligible under sections 133(b)(1) and 

133(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and to provide necessary 

charging infrastructure along corridor-ready or corridor-pending 

alternative fuel corridors designated pursuant to section 151 of 

title 23, United States Code, shall be administered as if apportioned 

under chapter 1 of such title and shall remain available through 
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September 30, 2023: Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading for activities eligible under sections 

133(b)(1) and 133(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and to 

provide necessary charging infrastructure along corridor-ready or 

corridor-pending alternative fuel corridors designated pursuant to 

section 151 of title 23, United States Code, shall be apportioned 

to the States in the same ratio as the obligation limitation for 

fiscal year 2020 is distributed among the States in section 120(a)(5) 

of this Act: Provided further, That, except as provided in the following proviso, the funds made available under this heading for 

activities eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway Program and 

activities eligible under the Territorial Highway Program shall be 

administered as if allocated under sections 165(b) and 165(c), respectively, of title 23, United States Code, and shall remain available 

through September 30, 2023: Provided further, That the funds 

made available under this heading for activities eligible under 

the Puerto Rico Highway Program shall not be subject to the 

requirements of sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such title: 

Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading 

for the nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program under section 1123 of the FAST Act shall remain available 

through September 30, 2023: Provided further, That for the purposes of funds made available under this heading for a bridge 

replacement and rehabilitation program, (1) the term ‘‘State’’ means 

any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, and (2) the 

term ‘‘qualifying State’’ means any State in which the percentage 

of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition in 

such State is at least 5 percent: Provided further, That, of the 

funds made available under this heading for a bridge replacement 

and rehabilitation program, the Secretary shall reserve $6,000,000 

for each State that does not meet the definition of a qualifying 

State: Provided further, That, after making the reservations under 

the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall distribute the remaining 

funds made available under this heading for a bridge replacement 

and rehabilitation program to each qualifying State by the proportion that the percentage of total deck area of bridges classified 

as in poor condition in such qualifying State bears to the sum 

of the percentages of total deck area of bridges classified as in 

poor condition in all qualifying States: Provided further, That for 

the bridge replacement and rehabilitation program: 

(1) no qualifying State shall receive more than $50,000,000; 

(2) each State shall receive an amount not less than 

$6,000,000; and 

(3) after calculating the distribution of funds pursuant 

to the preceding proviso, any amount in excess of $50,000,000 

shall be redistributed equally among each State that does not 

meet the definition of a qualifying State: 

Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading 

for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program shall be used 

for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on public 

roads: Provided further, That for purposes of this heading for the 

bridge replacement and rehabilitation program, the Secretary shall 

calculate the percentages of total deck area of bridges (including 

the percentages of total deck area classified as in poor condition) 

based on the National Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 2018: 

Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading 

for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program shall be 
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administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

States Code, and shall remain available through September 30, 

2023: Provided further, That the funds made available under this 

heading, in paragraph (7) in the third proviso, shall be available 

for projects eligible under section 130(a) of title 23, United States 

Code, for commuter authorities, as defined in section 24102(2) of 

title 49, United States Code, that experienced at least one accident 

investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board between 

January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2018 and for which the National 

Transportation Safety Board issued an accident report: Provided 

further, That the funds made available under this heading, in 

paragraph (7) of the third proviso, shall be administered as if 

apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That for the purposes of funds made available under 

this heading for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a State that 

contains 1 or more counties (including any political subdivision 

located within the area) in the Appalachian region as defined in 

section 14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 

That funds made available under this heading for construction 

of the Appalachian Development Highway System shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That a project carried 

out with funds made available under this heading for construction 

of the Appalachian Development Highway System shall be carried 

out in the same manner as a project under section 14501 of title 

40, United States Code: Provided further, That subject to the following proviso, funds made available under this heading for 

construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System shall 

be apportioned to Appalachian States according to the percentages 

derived from the 2012 Appalachian Development Highway System 

Cost-to-Complete Estimate, adopted in Appalachian Regional 

Commission Resolution Number 736, and confirmed as each Appalachian State’s relative share of the estimated remaining need 

to complete the Appalachian Development Highway System, 

adjusted to exclude those corridors that such States have no current 

plans to complete, as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development 

Highway System Completion Report: Provided further, That the 

Secretary shall adjust apportionments made under the preceding 

proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be apportioned an 

amount in excess of 30 percent of the amount made available 

for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System 

under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

consult with the Appalachian Regional Commission in making 

adjustments under the preceding two provisos: Provided further, 

That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is 

made for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 

System under this heading shall be up to 100 percent: Provided 

further, That amounts provided under this heading in paragraphs 

(7), (8), and (9) shall remain available until expended. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of Transportation shall— 

(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federalaid highways— 
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(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 

and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States 

Code; and 

(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; 

(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 

for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts— 

(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 

(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for previous 

fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 

or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 

(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 

a previous fiscal year; 

(3) determine the proportion that— 

(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 

less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to 

(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 

for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

through (11) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 

appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 

equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 

such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 

distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 

(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 

the Secretary under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned 

by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 

multiplying— 

(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 

by 

(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each 

such program for such fiscal year; and 

(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under 

title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program in section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from 

the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the proportion 

that— 

(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United States 

Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears to 
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(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs that are apportioned under title 

23, United States Code, to all States for such fiscal year. 

(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 

limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations 

under or for— 

(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 

(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 

Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714); 

(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 

Stat. 1701); 

(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 

Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119); 

(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 

Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 

(101 Stat. 198); 

(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 

on June 8, 1998); 

(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 

for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount 

equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 

(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 

authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 

for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 

only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed 

or been used; 

(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 

effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount 

equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 

(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 

119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 

with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations 

at the time at which the funds were initially made available 

for obligation; and 

(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 

each of fiscal years 2013 through 2020, only in an amount 

equal to $639,000,000). 

(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 

of such fiscal year— 

(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 

available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 

be obligated during that fiscal year; and 

(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able 

to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 

during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 

large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 

144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

of Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 

Code. 

(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR- TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
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contract authority for transportation research programs carried 

out under— 

(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and 

(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act. 

(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made available under 

paragraph (1) shall— 

(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; 

and 

(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 

imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years. 

(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

of distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 

the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 

funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 

23, United States Code) that— 

(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal 

year for Federal-aid highway programs; and 

(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to 

the States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 

section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not 

be available for obligation, for such fiscal year because 

of the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal 

year. 

(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 

(1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 

authority under subsection (a)(5). 

(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each State under 

paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described 

in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code. 

SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 

the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of 

title 49, United States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid 

highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for 

such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the 

obligation limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

construction programs. 

SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his 

or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the 

intent to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, 

That the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted 

under the Buy America requirements. 

SEC. 123. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance 

unless not less than 3 days before any application approval to 

provide credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, 

United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation provides 

notification in writing to the following committees: the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing 
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and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Provided, 

That such notification shall include, but not be limited to, the 

name of the project sponsor; a description of the project; whether 

credit assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, 

or line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 

SEC. 124. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 

used to make a grant for a project under section 117 of title 

23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 days 

before making a grant under that section, provides written notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 

the proposed grant, including an evaluation and justification for 

the project and the amount of the proposed grant award: Provided, 

That the written notification required in the previous proviso shall 

be made no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 165 

of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project eligible 

under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of title 23 and 

located within the boundary of the State or territory any earmarked 

amount, and any associated obligation limitation: Provided, That 

the Department of Transportation for the State or territory for 

which the earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 

notifies the Secretary of Transportation of its intent to use its 

authority under this section and submits a quarterly report to 

the Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding would 

be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of availability of 

funds to be obligated under this section, such funds and associated 

obligation limitation shall remain available for obligation for a 

period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the Secretary 

of Transportation is notified. The Federal share of the cost of 

a project carried out with funds made available under this section 

shall be the same as associated with the earmark. 

(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ means— 

(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 

XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a 

prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 

authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 

fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered 

by the Federal Highway Administration; or 

(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of 

the Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior 

law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal 

years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 

the Federal Highway Administration. 

(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised only 

for those projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 

percent of the amount made available for obligation as of October 

1 of the current fiscal year, and shall be applied to projects within 

the same general geographic area within 25 miles for which the 

funding was designated, except that a State or territory may apply 

such authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or 

activities the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 

which payments have been made under a final voucher. 

(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 

information provided by the States and territories each quarter 

to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
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SEC. 126. The following are repealed: 

(1) Section 352 of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–59, 109 Stat. 568). 

(2) Section 324 of the Department of Transportation and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 (Public Law 99– 

190; 99 Stat. 1288). 

(3) Section 325 of the Department of Transportation and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104– 

50; 109 Stat. 456). 

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, tolls collected for motor 

vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn, New 

York, and Staten Island, New York, shall be collected for any 

such vehicles exiting from such bridge in both Staten Island and 

Brooklyn. 

SEC. 127. Section 125(d) of title 23, United States Code, is 

amended by striking paragraph (4). 

SEC. 128. Until final guidance is published, the Administrator 

of the Federal Highway Administration shall make determinations 

on Buy America waivers for those waivers that were submitted 

before April 17, 2018, as if the notice of proposed rulemaking 

of that date was not in effect. 

SEC. 129. Section 1948 of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109– 

59; 119 Stat. 1514) is repealed. 

SEC. 129A. Section 119(e)(5) of title 23, United States Code, 

is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 120, each 

fiscal year, if the Secretary determines that a State has 

not developed and implemented a State asset management 

plan consistent with this section, the Federal share payable 

on account of any project or activity for which funds are 

obligated by the State in that fiscal year under this section 

shall be 65 percent. 

‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall make the 

determination under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year 

not later than the day before the beginning of such fiscal 

year.’’. 

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 

execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations 

and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 49, United States 

Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

Act, $288,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

(other than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances 

and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until 

expended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 

execution or administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
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programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall not 

exceed total obligations of $288,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2020, of which $9,073,000, 

to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2022, is 

for the research and technology program, and of which $35,334,000, 

to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2022, is 

for information management. 

MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 

31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, 

as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 

$391,135,561, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 

than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementation 

or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 

total obligations of $391,135,561 in fiscal year 2020 for ‘‘Motor 

Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this heading: (1) $308,700,000 shall be available for the motor carrier 

safety assistance program; (2) $33,200,000 shall be available for the commercial 

driver’s license program implementation program; 

(3) $45,900,000 shall be available for the high priority 

activities program, of which $1,000,000 is to be made available 

from prior year unobligated contract authority provided for 

Motor Carrier Safety in the Transportation Equity Act for 

the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU (Public 

Law 109–59), or other appropriations or authorization Acts; 

and 

(4) $3,335,561 shall be made available for commercial motor 

vehicle operators grants, of which $2,335,561 is to be made 

available from prior year unobligated contract authority provided for Motor Carrier Safety in the Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), SAFETEA– 

LU (Public Law 109–59), or other appropriations or authorization Acts. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations by certified 

mail, registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records 

the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violations. 

SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or any 

other Act may be obligated or expended to implement, administer, 

or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United 

States Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant 

to such section, with respect to the use of electronic logging devices 
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by operators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 

31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 

602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 

U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 

SEC. 132. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 

shall update annual inspection regulations under Appendix G to 

subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 

as recommended by GAO–19–264. 

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under 

chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 

Code, $194,000,000, of which $40,000,000 shall remain available 

through September 30, 2021. 

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, including behavioral research on Automated 

Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and 

improving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 4011 of 

the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 

94), and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $155,300,000, 

to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 

planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, 

in fiscal year 2020, are in excess of $155,300,000: Provided further, 

That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

(1) $149,800,000 shall be for programs authorized under 

23 U.S.C. 403, including behavioral research on Automated 

Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and 

improving consumer responses to safety recalls, and section 

4011 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public 

Law 114–94); and 

(2) $5,500,000 shall be for the National Driver Register 

authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: 

Provided further, That within the $155,300,000 obligation limitation 

for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall remain available 

until September 30, 2021, and shall be in addition to the amount 

of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Provided 

further, That amounts for behavioral research on Automated 

Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and 

improving consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 

to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal year 

2020 in this Act. 
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HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions 

of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation Act, to remain available until 

expended, $623,017,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none 

of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 

execution of programs for which the total obligations in fiscal year 

2020 are in excess of $623,017,000 for programs authorized under 

23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That of 

the sums appropriated under this heading— (1) $279,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 

under 23 U.S.C. 402; (2) $285,900,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; (3) $30,500,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; and (4) $26,817,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ 

under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation Act: 

Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 

construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 

made available for ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 

U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’’ (as described 

in subsection (d) of that section) shall be available for technical 

assistance to the States: Provided further, That with respect to 

the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8), any amounts 

transferred to increase the amounts made available under section 

402 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the 

authority granted under the previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 

405(a)(8) within 5 days. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made available to 

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the 

amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 

to pay for travel and related expenses for State management reviews 

and to pay for core competency development training and related 

expenses for highway safety staff. 

SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this 

Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation authority 

was made available in previous public laws but only to the extent 

that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used. 
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SEC. 142. In addition to the amounts made available under 

the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquidation of Contract 

Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ 

for carrying out the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United 

States Code, $17,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2021, shall be made available to the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration from the general fund: Provided, That of 

the sums provided under this provision— 

(1) not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available to provide 

funding for grants, pilot program activities, and innovative solutions 

to reduce impaired-driving fatalities in collaboration with eligible 

entities under section 403 of title 23, United States Code; and 

(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available to continue 

a high visibility enforcement paid-media campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing safety in collaboration with the Federal 

Railroad Administration. 

SEC. 143. None of the funds in this Act or any other Act 

shall be used to enforce the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(9). 

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for, $224,198,000, of which $20,000,000 shall 

remain available until expended. 

RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, $40,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING PROGRAM

The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue direct 

loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 

of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 

(Public Law 94–210), as amended, such authority shall exist as 

long as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 

FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR

For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership 

for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by section 24911 

of title 49, United States Code, $200,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up 

to one percent of the amount provided under this heading for 

the costs of award and project management oversight of grants 

carried out under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity for funds provided under this heading consistent with section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, no later 

than 180 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

the Secretary shall review all applications received in response 

to the Notice of Funding Opportunity required in the previous 

proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary shall announce the 

selection of projects to receive awards for the funds described in 
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the previous two provisos no later than 1 year of enactment of 

this Act. 

CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as authorized by section 

22907 of title 49, United States Code, $325,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That section 22905(f) of title 

49, United States Code, shall not apply to projects for the 

implementation of positive train control systems otherwise eligible 

under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

further, That amounts available under this heading for projects 

selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the appropriate agencies 

to be administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United 

States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not limit 

eligible projects from consideration for funding for planning, 

engineering, environmental, construction, and design elements of 

the same project in the same application: Provided further, That 

unobligated balances remaining after 4 years from the date of 

enactment may be used for any eligible project under section 

22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the amount provided under this heading for the costs of award and project management oversight of grants carried out under section 22907 of title 

49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be available for 

projects eligible under section 22907(c)(2) of title 49, United States 

Code, that require the acquisition of rights-of-way, track, or track 

structure to support the development of new intercity passenger 

rail service routes: Provided further, That for amounts available 

under this heading eligible recipients under section 22907(b) of 

title 49, United States Code, shall include any holding company 

of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are 

defined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity that encompasses funds provided under this heading in this 

Act no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act and announce 

the selection of projects to receive awards for such funds no later 

than 300 days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

That the Notice of Funding Opportunity under the previous proviso 

shall require application submissions 60 days after the publishing 

of such Notice. 

MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM

For necessary expenses related to the deployment of magnetic 

levitation transportation projects, consistent with language in section 1307(a) through (c) of Public Law 109–59, as amended by 

section 102 of Public Law 110–244 (section 322 of title 23, United 

States Code), $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT

For necessary expenses related to Restoration and Enhancement Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 49, United 
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States Code, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the 

funds provided under this heading to fund the costs of award 

and project management and oversight. 

NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

PASSENGER CORPORATION

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 11101(a) 

of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A 

of Public Law 114–94), $700,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to onehalf of 1 percent of the funds provided under both this heading 

and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs of project management and oversight of activities authorized by section 11101(c) 

of division A of Public Law 114–94: Provided further, That in 

addition to the project management oversight funds authorized 

under section 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94, the 

Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the funds 

provided under this heading to fund expenses associated with the 

Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 24905 

of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 

amounts made available under this heading and the ‘‘National 

Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ 

heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to 

bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into compliance with 

the Americans with Disabilities Act: Provided further, That of the 

amounts made available under this heading and the ‘‘National 

Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ 

heading, $100,000,000 shall be made available to fund the replacement of the single-level passenger cars used on Northeast Corridor, 

State Supported Corridor, and Long Distance routes. 

NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

CORPORATION

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with the National Network as authorized by section 11101(b) 

of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A 

of Public Law 114–94), $1,300,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to an addi- tional $2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 

expenses associated with the State-Supported Route Committee 

established under section 24712 of title 49, United States Code: 

Provided further, That at least $50,000,000 of the amount provided 

under this heading shall be available for the development, installation and operation of railroad safety technology, including the 

implementation of a positive train control system, on State-supported routes as defined under section 24102(13) of title 49, United 

States Code, on which positive train control systems are not 

required by law or regulation: Provided further, That none of the 

funds provided under this heading shall be used by Amtrak to 

give notice under subsection (a) or (b) of section 24706 of title 

49, United States Code, with respect to long-distance routes (as 
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defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which 

Amtrak is the sole operator on a host railroad’s line and a positive 

train control system is not required by law or regulation, or, except 

in an emergency or during maintenance or construction outages 

impacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail service 

on any portion of such route operated in fiscal year 2018, including 

implementation of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of 

title 49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National Railroad 

Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs 

in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee: Provided, That 

the President of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous 

proviso for specific employees when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 

of the system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 

shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a summary of all overtime 

payments incurred by the Corporation for 2019 and the three prior 

calendar years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 

the total number of employees that received waivers and the total 

overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees 

receiving waivers for each month for 2019 and for the three prior 

calendar years. 

SEC. 151. None of the funds provided to the National Railroad 

Passenger Corporation under the headings ‘‘Northeast Corridor 

Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and 

‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police 

Department uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger trains 

or at stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level 

on May 1, 2019. 

SEC. 152. It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed 

transportation access for 4,700,000 riders in 325 communities 

in 40 States and are particularly important in rural areas; 

and 

(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should 

be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National 

Network (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States 

Code). 

SEC. 153. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification 

Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 

Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, 

United States Code, $117,000,000, of which $15,000,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2021, and up to $1,000,000 

shall be available to carry out the provisions of section 5326 of 
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such title: Provided, That upon submission to the Congress of 

the fiscal year 2021 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on Capital 

Investment Grants, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 

2021. 

TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 

Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment 

of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 

5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 

5339, and 5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and 

section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 

$10,800,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of 

the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That funds available for the implementation or execution 

of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 

5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 

amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of the 

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total 

obligations of $10,150,348,462 in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, 

That the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under 

49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall not exceed 80 percent, except that 

if there is substantial public interest or benefit, the Secretary 

may approve a greater Federal share: Provided further, That in 

addition to the amounts appropriated for purposes of 49 U.S.C. 

5338(e), not less than 2 percent of the funds appropriated or available for the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 5338(f) shall be available for 

the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 5338(e). 

TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities grants 

under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, low or no 

emission grants under section 5339(c) of such title, formula grants 

to rural areas under section 5311 of such title, high density state 

apportionments under section 5340(d) of such title, the demonstration and deployment of innovative mobility solutions as authorized 

under section 5312 of such title, bus testing facilities under sections 

5312 and 5318 of such title, and for grants to areas of persistent 

poverty, $510,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

That of the sums provided under this heading— 

(1) $338,000,000 shall be available for the buses and bus 

facilities competitive grants as authorized under section 5339 

of such title, of which $168,000,000 shall be available for the 

buses and bus facilities formula grants as authorized under 

section 5339(a) of such title, and $170,000,000 shall be available 

for buses and bus facilities competitive grants as authorized 

under section 5339(b) of such title; 
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(2) $75,000,000 shall be available for the low or no emission 

grants as authorized under section 5339(c) of such title: Provided, That the minimum grant award shall be not less than 

$750,000; 

(3) $40,000,000 shall be available for formula grants for 

rural areas as authorized under section 5311 of such title; 

(4) $40,000,000 shall be available for the high density 

state apportionments as authorized under section 5340(d) of 

such title; 

(5) Notwithstanding section 5318(a) of such title, 

$3,000,000 shall be available for the operation and maintenance 

of bus testing facilities by institutions of higher education 

selected pursuant to section 5312(h): Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into a contract or cooperative agreement 

with, or make a grant to, each institution of higher education 

selected pursuant to section 5312(h) of such title, to operate 

and maintain a facility to conduct the testing of low or no 

emission vehicle new bus models using the standards established pursuant to section 5318(e)(2) of such title: Provided 

further, That the term ‘‘low or no emission vehicle’’ has the 

meaning given the term in section 5312(e)(6) of such title: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of 

the cost of testing a low or no emission vehicle new bus model 

at each selected institution of higher education: Provided further, That the entity having the vehicle tested shall pay 20 

percent of the cost of testing: Provided further, That a low 

or no emission vehicle new bus model tested that receives 

a passing aggregate test score in accordance with the standards 

established under section 5318(e)(2) of such title, shall be 

deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of section 

5318(e) of such title; 

(6) $5,500,000 shall be available for the demonstration 

and deployment of innovative mobility solutions as authorized 

under section 5312 of such title; and 

(7) $8,500,000 shall be available for competitive grants 

to eligible entities to assist areas of persistent poverty: Provided, That areas of persistent poverty means any county that 

has consistently had 20 percent or more of the population 

living in poverty over the 30 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial 

census and the most recent Small Area Income and Poverty 

Estimates, or any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 

20 percent as measured by the 2013–2017 5-year data series 

available from the American Community Survey of the Census 

Bureau: Provided further, That grants shall be for planning, 

engineering, or development of technical, or financing plans 

for projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 

Code: Provided further, That eligible entities are those defined 

as eligible recipients or subrecipients under sections 5307, 5310 

or 5311 of title 49, United States Code, and are in areas 

of persistent poverty: Provided further, That the Federal Transit 

Administration should complete outreach to such counties and 

the departments of transportation within applicable States via 

personal contact, webinars, web materials and other appropriate methods determined by the Administrator: Provided further, That State departments of transportation may apply on 

behalf of eligible entities within their States: Provided further, 
H. R. 1865—430 

That the Federal Transit Administration should encourage 

grantees to work with non-profits or other entities of their 

choosing in order to develop planning, technical, engineering, 

or financing plans: Provided further, That the Federal Transit 

Administration should encourage grantees to partner with nonprofits that can assist with making projects low or no emissions: 

Provided further, That projects funded under paragraph (7) 

of this heading shall be for not less than 90 percent of the 

net total project cost: 

Provided further, That amounts made available by this heading 

shall be derived from the general fund: Provided further, That 

the amounts made available under this heading shall not be subject 

to any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth in 

any Act. 

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, $5,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, of which not less 

than $2,500,000 shall be for a cooperative agreement through which 

the Federal Transit Administration assists transit recipients with 

frontline workforce development and standards based training in 

maintenance and operations through an agreement with a national 

nonprofit organization with a demonstrated capacity to develop 

and provide such programs though labor management partnerships 

and apprenticeships: Provided, That the assistance provided under 

this heading does not duplicate the activities of 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) 

or 49 U.S.C. 5312. 

CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital 

investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United States 

Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, $1,978,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2023: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

this heading, $1,681,300,000 shall be allocated by December 31, 

2021: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 

this heading, $1,458,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States Code, 

$300,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section 

5309(e) of title 49, United States Code, $100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United 

States Code, and $100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue 

to administer the capital investment grants program in accordance 

with the procedural and substantive requirements of section 5309 

of title 49, United States Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That 

projects that receive a grant agreement under the Expedited Project 

Delivery for Capital Investment Grants Pilot Program under section 

3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act shall 

be deemed eligible for funding provided for projects under section 

5309 of title 49, United States Code, without further evaluation 

or rating under such section: Provided further, That such funding 

shall not exceed the Federal share under section 3005(b). 
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GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

AUTHORITY

For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 

Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of Public 

Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve grants 

for capital and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 

and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 

those investments that will improve the safety of the system before 

approving such grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in 

order to ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 

requirements of section 601(e)(1) of division B of Public Law 110– 

432. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 

the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 

under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, 

or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. 

SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 

appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Transit Administration 

for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2023, and other 

recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 

for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 

SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

funds appropriated before October 1, 2019, under any section of 

chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available 

for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under 

the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. 

SEC. 163. No funds in this or any other Act shall be used 

to adjust apportionments or withhold funds from apportionments 

pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4). 

SEC. 164. An eligible recipient of a grant under section 5339(c) 

may submit an application in partnership with other entities, 

including a transit vehicle manufacturer, that intend to participate 

in the implementation of a project under section 5339(c) of title 

49, United States Code, and a project awarded with such partnership shall be treated as satisfying the requirement for a competitive 

procurement under section 5325(a) of title 49, United States Code, 

for the named entity. 

SEC. 165. None of the funds made available in this or any 

other Act shall be used to impede or hinder project advancement 

or approval for any project seeking a Federal contribution from 

the capital investment grant program of greater than 40 percent 

of project costs as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5309. 

SEC. 166. None of the funds made available under this Act 

may be used for the implementation or furtherance of new policies 

detailed in the ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ letter distributed by the Federal 

Transit Administration to capital investment grant program project 

sponsors on June 29, 2018. 
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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 

hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 

and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 

section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 

amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, 

and capital asset renewal activities on those portions of the Saint 

Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint 

Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $38,000,000, to be 

derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 

Public Law 99–662: Provided, That of the amounts made available 

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

capital asset renewal activities. 

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 

merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 

States, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 

authorized by law, $152,589,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

(1) $80,216,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2021 for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine 

Academy; 

(2) $5,225,000 shall remain available until expended for 

the maintenance and repair, and equipment at the United 

States Merchant Marine Academy; 

(3) $3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2021 for the Maritime Environment and Technology Assistance 

program authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United 

States Code; and 

(4) $9,775,000, shall remain available until expended for 

the Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for the purposes authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: 

Provided further, That not later than 120 days after enactment 

of this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall 

transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

the annual report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at 

the United States Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant 
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to section 3507 of Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That 

available balances under this heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry out activities authorized under 

sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: Provided 

further, That from funds provided under paragraphs (3) and (4) 

of the first proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make 

grants no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act in such 

amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided further, That any 

unobligated balances and obligated balances not yet expended from 

previous appropriations under this heading for programs and activities supporting State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to 

and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration— 

State Maritime Academy Operations’’ and shall be made available 

for the same purposes as the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—State Maritime Academy Operations’’. 

STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses of operations, support and training 

activities for State Maritime Academies, $342,280,000: Provided, 

That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

(1) $30,080,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

be for maintenance, repair, life extension, marine insurance, 

and capacity improvement of National Defense Reserve Fleet 

training ships in support of State Maritime Academies, of which 

$8,080,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 

expenses related to training mariners for costs associated with 

training vessel sharing pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 51504(g)(3) for 

costs associated with mobilizing, operating and demobilizing 

the vessel, including travel costs for students, faculty and crew, 

the costs of the general agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, 

operational fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the 

Secretary; 

(2) $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

be for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, 

including funds for construction, planning, administration, and 

design of school ships; 

(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available through September 

30, 2021, for the Student Incentive Program; 

(4) $3,800,000 shall remain available until expended for 

training ship fuel assistance; and 

(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2021, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies. 

ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 

section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by Public 

Law 113–281, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

SHIP DISPOSAL

For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime 

Administration. 

PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, $225,000,000 to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That projects eligible 

for funding provided under this heading shall be projects for coastal 

seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, no less 

than $200,000,000 shall be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes 

ports: Provided further, That the Maritime Administration shall 

distribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants 

to port authorities or commissions or their subdivisions and agents 

under existing authority, as well as to a State or political subdivision of a State or local government, a tribal government, a public 

agency or publicly chartered authority established by one or more 

States, a special purpose district with a transportation function, 

a multistate or multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity 

described above jointly with a private entity or group of private 

entities: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding provided 

under this heading shall be designed to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, 

or within a port and located— 

(1) within the boundary of a port, or 

(2) outside the boundary of a port, and directly related 

to port operations, or to an intermodal connection to a port: 

Provided further, That project awards eligible under this heading 

shall be only for— 

(1) port gate improvements; 

(2) road improvements both within and connecting to the 

port; 

(3) rail improvements both within and connecting to the 

port; 

(4) berth improvements (including docks, wharves, piers 

and dredging incidental to the improvement project); 

(5) fixed landside improvements in support of cargo operations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, container terminals, 

Ro/Ro structures including parking garages necessary for intermodal freight transfer, warehouses including refrigerated facilities, lay-down areas, transit sheds, and other such facilities); 

(6) utilities necessary for safe operations (including 

lighting, stormwater, and other such improvements that are 

incidental to a larger infrastructure project); or 

(7) a combination of activities described above: 

Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for which 

an expenditure is made under this heading shall be up to 80 

percent: Provided further, That for grants awarded under this 

heading, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Provided 

further, That for grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary 

shall prioritize ports that handled less than 10,000,000 short tons 
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in 2017, as identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Provided 

further, That for grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary 

may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Provided 

further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated 

under this heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant 

administration. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Administration 

is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary 

repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy 

involving Government property under control of the Maritime 

Administration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall 

be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof 

and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for 

items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered 

into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $24,215,000, of which 

$1,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, 

the Secretary of Transportation shall initiate a rulemaking on automatic and remote-controlled shut-off valves and hazardous liquid 

pipeline facilities leak detection systems as required under section 

4 and section 8 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and 

Job Creation Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–90), respectively, and 

shall issue a final rule no later than one year after enactment 

of this Act. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 

safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, $61,000,000, of which $11,000,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That up to $800,000 

in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in 

the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 

further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 

available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 

municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 

expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
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PIPELINE SAFETY

(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety program, 

as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the pipeline 

program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

$168,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, of 

which $23,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

Trust Fund; of which $137,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from 

fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose 

of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141: Provided, That not less than 

$1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 

the One-Call State grant program. 

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Prepared- ness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000 shall remain 

available until September 30, 2022, from amounts made available 

by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) and (c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the 

amounts made available from this account shall be available to 

pay administrative costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, 

prior year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be available to develop a hazardous materials response training curriculum 

for emergency responders, including response activities for the 

transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids 

by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such training available through an electronic 

format: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made available under this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 

U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e). 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to 

carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

as amended, $94,600,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 

shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 

3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 

to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 

is subject to regulation by the Department of Transportation. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 
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for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 

vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 

vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 

(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 

to the Department and its operating administrations shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment 

of unmanned aircraft systems that advance the Department’s, or 

its operating administrations’, missions. 

(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or procured by 

the Department prior to the enactment of this Act shall be deemed 

authorized. 

SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 

by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 

per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 

Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 

2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), 

except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 

18 U.S.C. 2721. 

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 

noncompliance with this provision. 

SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 

for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political and Presidential 

appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 

none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned 

on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 

SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, 

municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 

expenses incurred for training may be credited respectively to the 

Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account 

and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 

in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act to the 

Department of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 

guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary 

of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 

Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project 

competitively selected to receive any discretionary grant award, 

letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, 

line of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement is 

announced by the Department or its modal administrations: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ 

of funds from the emergency relief program: Provided further, That 

no notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 

(b) In addition to the notification required in subsection (a), 

none of the funds made available in this Act to the Department 

of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, 

line of credit, cooperative agreement or discretionary grant unless 
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the Secretary of Transportation provides the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such 

loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or 

discretionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 full 

business days before such announcement: Provided, That the 

Department shall provide the list required in this subsection prior 

to the notification required in subsection (a): Provided further, 

That the requirement to provide a list in this subsection does 

not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 

relief program: Provided further, That no list shall involve funds 

that are not available for obligation. 

SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 

and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 

from travel management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 

credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 

and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation 

using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available 

until expended. 

SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any prior Act 

that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by 

the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor under 

a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, 

shall be available— 

(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 

Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments: Provided, That amounts made available in this Act 

shall be available until expended; and 

(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 

improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 

of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, as amended 

by the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 

2010 and Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 

Improvement Act of 2012, and Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015: Provided, That amounts in excess of that 

required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

(A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropriation from which the improper payments were made, and 

shall be available for the purposes and period for which 

such appropriations are available: Provided further, That 

where specific project or accounting information associated 

with the improper payment or payments is not readily 

available, the Secretary may credit an appropriate account, 

which shall be available for the purposes and period associated with the account so credited; or 

(B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall 

be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

Provided further, That prior to depositing such recovery 

in the Treasury, the Secretary shall notify the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations of the amount and 

reasons for such transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has 

the same meaning as that provided in section 2(e)(2) of 

Public Law 111–204. 

SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any 

funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and 
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Senate Committees on Appropriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be provided solely to the House and 

Senate Committees on Appropriations, and said reprogramming 

action shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

Transportation may provide notice to other congressional committees of the action of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 

following the date on which the reprogramming action has been 

approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for the 

costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when 

such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are 

purchased to provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal 

administration or administrations. 

SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits 

authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, 

including distribution of transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may use funds 

provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under 

title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing geographic, economic, 

or any other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, 

or to amend a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids 

a recipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit 

Administration grant from imposing such hiring preference on a 

contract or construction project with which the Department of 

Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient certifies 

the following: 

(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, 

a pool of readily available but unemployed individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work 

that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction; 

(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor does 

not displace any of its existing employees in order to satisfy 

such hiring preference; and 

(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 

delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 

not delay or displace any transportation project in the 

applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 

Transportation Improvement Program. 

SEC. 192. Section 502(b)(3) of the Railroad Revitalization and 

Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(b)(3)) is amended 

by striking ‘‘only during the 4-year period beginning on the date 

of enactment of the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act 

of 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘until September 30, 2020’’. 

SEC. 193. The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate with 

the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best practices 

for Industrial Control Systems Procurement are up-to-date and 

shall ensure that systems procured with funds provided under 

this title were procured using such practices. 
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 

Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE OFFICES

For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 

which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy 

Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,217,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2021: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 

available under this heading shall be available to the Secretary 

for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary 

may determine. 

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support Offices, $563,378,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 

Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

(1) $73,562,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer; (2) $103,916,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

General Counsel, of which not less than $18,700,000 shall 

be for the Departmental Enforcement Center; (3) $206,849,000 shall be available for the Office of 

Administration; 

(4) $39,827,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

Chief Human Capital Officer; 

(5) $57,861,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 

Policy and Management; 

(6) $19,445,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

Chief Procurement Officer; 

(7) $4,242,000 shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 

(8) $57,676,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

Chief Information Officer: 

Provided further, That funds provided under this heading may 

be used for necessary administrative and non-administrative 

expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 

not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 

Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

funds appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 

and promotional activities that directly support program activities 

funded in this title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 

in electronic form all signed reports required by Congress: Provided 
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further, That none of the funds made available under this heading 

for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial transformation initiative shall be available for obligation until after 

the Secretary has published all mitigation allocations made available under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 

Development—Community Planning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ in Public Law 115–123 and the necessary 

administrative requirements pursuant to section 1102 of Public 

Law 116–20: Provided further, That only after the terms and conditions of the previous proviso have been met, not more than 10 

percent of the funds made available under this heading for the 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial transformation 

initiative may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a plan 

for expenditure that includes the financial and internal control 

capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, 

key milestones to be met, and the relationship between the proposed 

use of funds made available under this heading and the projected 

total cost and scope of the initiative. 

PROGRAM OFFICES

For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, $847,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— (1) $227,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 

and Indian Housing; (2) $124,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Community Planning and Development; (3) $384,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Housing, of which not less than $12,300,000 shall be for the Office 

of Recapitalization; (4) $28,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 

Development and Research; (5) $75,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair 

Housing and Equal Opportunity; and (6) $9,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead 

Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the 

‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts 

transferred, including reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to 

the Fund under this heading shall be available only for Federal 

shared services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 

and for any such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 

management, space renovation, furniture, or supply services the 

Secretary has determined shall be provided through the Fund, 

and the operational expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts 

within the Fund shall not be available to provide services not 

specifically authorized under this heading: Provided further, That 

upon a determination by the Secretary that any other service (or 

portion thereof) authorized under this heading shall be provided 
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through the Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries 

and expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government National 

Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be transferred to 

the Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations of its plans for executing such transfers at least 

fifteen (15) days in advance of such transfers: Provided further, 

That the Secretary may transfer not to exceed an additional 

$5,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, to be merged 

with the Fund and to remain available until expended for any 

purpose under this heading. 

PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 

rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act 

of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), 

not otherwise provided for, $19,874,050,000, to remain available 

until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2019 (in addition 

to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 

that shall be available on October 1, 2019), and $4,000,000,000, 

to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 

1, 2020: Provided, That the amounts made available under this 

heading are provided as follows: 

(1) $21,502,000,000 shall be available for renewals of 

expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 

(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 

of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 

Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 

vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 

carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2020 funding 

cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 

agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 

leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 

applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 

by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making 

any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 

first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 

tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided 

further, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph 

may be used to fund a total number of unit months under 

lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level 

of units under contract, except for public housing agencies 

participating in the MTW demonstration, which are instead 

governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this paragraph 

(except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), prorate 

each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 

pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 

provided in the following provisos, the entire amount specified 

under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 

paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing agencies 
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based on the allocation and pro rata method described above, 

and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their 

annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment of 

this Act or March 1, 2020: Provided further, That the Secretary 

may extend the notification period with the prior written 

approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 

to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same 

pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ 

calendar year 2020 allocations based on the excess amounts 

of public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, 

including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 

VMS data in calendar year 2019 that is verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 

public housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 

Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single fund budget 

authority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2020 MTW funding allocation: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred to 

in the previous two provisos throughout the calendar year 

to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families 

as the result of insufficient funding, as determined by the 

Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of renewal 

funding allocations: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 

shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations 

for public housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 

by a public housing agency that experienced a significant 

increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs 

of vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 

portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that 

were not in use during the previous 12-month period in order 

to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 

8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated 

with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) 

vouchers; (4) for public housing agencies that despite taking 

reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding; (5) for 

adjustments in the allocations for public housing agencies that 

(i) are leasing a lower-than-average percentage of their authorized vouchers, (ii) have low amounts of budget authority in 

their net restricted assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative to other agencies, and (iii) are 

not participating in the Moving to Work demonstration, to 

enable such agencies to lease more vouchers; and (6) for public 

housing agencies that have experienced increased costs or loss 

of units in an area for which the President declared a disaster 

under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 

previous proviso based on need, as determined by the Secretary; 

(2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 

for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion 
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of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation 

of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 

public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 

enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under 

any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 

8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and 

voluntary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

including replacement and relocation assistance or for projectbased assistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted 

elderly tenants currently residing in section 202 properties 

financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant 

to Public Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority 

as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a public 

housing development is submitted for demolition or disposition 

under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 

8 rental assistance when the units pose an imminent health 

and safety risk to residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for units that 

were occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to 

be available as assisted housing, subject only to the availability 

of funds: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

under this paragraph, up to $5,000,000 may be available to 

provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise provided 

under this paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 

areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent 

of household income, as the result of: (A) the maturity of 

a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires 

the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) 

the expiration of a rental assistance contract for which the 

tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) the expiration of 

affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation program administered by the Secretary: Provided further, 

That such tenant protection assistance made available under 

the previous proviso may be provided under the authority of 

section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the 

Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, including, but not limited to, requirements for defining 

eligible at-risk households within 60 days of the enactment 

of this Act: Provided further, That any tenant protection 

voucher made available from amounts under this paragraph 

shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, except 

the replacement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, 

when the initial family that received any such voucher no 

longer receives such voucher, and the authority for any public 

housing agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may provide section 8 

rental assistance from amounts made available under this paragraph for units assisted under a project-based subsidy contract 

funded under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ heading 

under this title where the owner has received a Notice of 

Default and the units pose an imminent health and safety 

risk to residents: Provided further, That to the extent that 

the Secretary determines that such units are not feasible for 

continued rental assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy 
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contract associated with such units to another project or 

projects and owner or owners, any remaining amounts associated with such units under such contract shall be recaptured 

and used to reimburse amounts used under this paragraph 

for rental assistance under the preceding proviso; 

(3) $1,977,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 

expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 

8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 

$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 

public housing agencies that need additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, including fees associated with 

section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 

of disaster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and other 

special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 

than $1,947,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph 

shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar 

year 2020 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and 

related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately 

before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 

That if the amounts made available under this paragraph are 

insufficient to pay the amounts determined under the previous 

proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated 

to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies 

receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent 

necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under 

the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including 

recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 

to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under 

this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 

vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

were appropriated: Provided further, That all public housing 

agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 

funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject 

to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the previous 

proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 

paragraph shall be only for activities related to the provision 

of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, 

including related development activities; 

(4) $229,050,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 

contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 

administrative expenses: Provided, That administrative and 

other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 

the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded 

under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata 

reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other 

expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 

this heading: Provided further, That upon turnover, section 

811 special purpose vouchers funded under this heading in 

this or prior Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, 

shall be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 

(5) $1,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and associated 

administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VASH to serve Native 

American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 

living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, 

That such amount shall be made available for renewal grants 
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to recipients that received assistance under prior Acts under 

the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided further, That the 

Secretary shall be authorized to specify criteria for renewal 

grants, including data on the utilization of assistance reported 

by grant recipients: Provided further, That such assistance 

shall be administered in accordance with program requirements 

under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be authorized 

to waive, or specify alternative requirements for any provision 

of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 

in connection with the use of funds made available under 

this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 

nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon 

a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 

requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 

administration of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 

recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization of such 

rental assistance and other program data, as prescribed by 

the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned or 

recaptured from awards under prior Acts; 

(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 

for use through a supported housing program administered 

in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 

authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development shall make such funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (competition provision) of this title, 

to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical 

Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical 

need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency administrative performance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 

further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 

any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 

of Housing and Urban Development administers in connection 

with the use of funds made available under this paragraph 

(except for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding 

by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue to 

remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 

(7) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the family 

unification program as authorized under section 8(x) of the 

Act: Provided, That the amounts made available under this 

paragraph are provided as follows: 

(A) $5,000,000 shall be for new incremental voucher 

assistance: Provided, That the assistance made available 
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under this subparagraph shall continue to remain available 

for family unification upon turnover; and 

(B) $20,000,000 shall be for new incremental voucher 

assistance to assist eligible youth as defined by such section 

8(x)(2)(B): Provided, That assistance made available under 

this subparagraph shall continue to remain available for 

such eligible youth upon turnover: Provided further, That 

of the total amount made available under this subparagraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be available on a noncompetitive basis to public housing agencies that partner 

with public child welfare agencies to identify such eligible 

youth, that request such assistance to timely assist such 

eligible youth, and that meet any other criteria as specified 

by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

review utilization of the assistance made available under 

the previous proviso, at an interval to be determined by 

the Secretary, and unutilized voucher assistance that is 

no longer needed shall be recaptured by the Secretary 

and reallocated pursuant to the previous proviso: 

Provided further, That for any public housing agency administering voucher assistance appropriated in a prior Act under 

the family unification program, or made available and competitively selected under this paragraph, that determines that it 

no longer has an identified need for such assistance upon 

turnover, such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the agency and 

reallocate it to any other public housing agency or agencies 

based on need for voucher assistance in connection with such 

specified program or eligible youth, as applicable; 

(8) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the mobility 

demonstration authorized under section 235 of division G of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 

note; Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 465), of which up to 

$5,000,000 shall be for new incremental voucher assistance 

and the remainder of which shall be available to provide 

mobility-related services to families with children, including 

pre- and post-move counseling and rent deposits, and to offset 

the administrative costs of operating the mobility demonstration: Provided, That incremental voucher assistance made available under this paragraph shall be for families with children 

participating in the mobility demonstration and shall continue 

to remain available for families with children upon turnover: 

Provided further, That for any public housing agency administering voucher assistance under the mobility demonstration 

that determines that it no longer has an identified need for 

such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall notify the 

Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such assistance 

from the agency and reallocate it to any other public housing 

agency or agencies based on need for voucher assistance in 

connection with such demonstration; and 

(9) the Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 

vouchers funded under this heading. 
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HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 

Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based 

Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2020 and prior years may be 

used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were appropriated: 

Provided, That any obligated balances of contract authority from 

fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be 

rescinded: Provided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, 

or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 projectbased contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 

year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 

budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 

appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the purposes 

set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 

available. 

PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 

capital and management activities for public housing agencies, as 

authorized under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ‘‘Act’’) $2,869,893,812, to remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding 

any other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2020, 

the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate 

to any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary and 

the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority 

under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the 

time periods under such section: Provided further, That for purposes 

of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to 

amounts, that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement 

that will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided 

further, That of the total amount made available under this heading, up to $14,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment activities: Provided further, That of 

the total amount made available under this heading, up to 

$1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administrative and 

judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of the total amount 

provided under this heading, not to exceed $64,650,000 shall be 

available for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 

203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital 

needs including safety and security measures necessary to address 

crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting from 

unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters 

excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural disasters 

under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2020, of which 

$34,650,000 shall be available for public housing agencies under 

administrative and judicial receiverships or under the control of 

a Federal monitor: Provided further, That of the amount made 

available under the previous proviso, not less than $10,000,000 
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shall be for safety and security measures: Provided further, That 

in addition to the amount in the previous proviso for such safety 

and security measures, any amounts that remain available, after 

all applications received on or before September 30, 2021, for emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be allocated to 

public housing agencies for such safety and security measures: 

Provided further, That for funds provided under this heading, the 

limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in the previous 

proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund activities authorized 

under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies requesting waivers under 

the previous proviso if the request is approved or denied within 

14 days of submitting the request: Provided further, That from 

the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary shall 

provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2020 to public housing agencies 

that are designated high performers: Provided further, That the 

Department shall notify public housing agencies of their formula 

allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

That of the total amount provided under this heading, $45,000,000 

shall be available for competitive grants to public housing agencies 

to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards and other housingrelated hazards including carbon monoxide and mold in public 

housing: Provided further, That of the amounts available under 

the previous proviso, no less than $25,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce leadbased paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the activities 

of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls (as those 

terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based 

Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided 

further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant under 

the previous two provisos shall be considered funds for projects 

or activities under title I of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations implementing such section: Provided further, That for funds made available under the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall allow 

a PHA to apply for up to 20 percent of the funds made available 

under the first two provisos and prioritize need when awarding 

grants. 

PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

For 2020 payments to public housing agencies for the operation 

and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) 

of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), 

$4,549,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the total amount available under this heading, 

$25,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate pursuant 

to a need-based application process notwithstanding section 203 

of this title and not subject to the Operating Fund formula at 

part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations to public housing 

agencies that experience financial insolvency, as determined by 

the Secretary: Provided further, That after all such insolvency needs 

are met, the Secretary may distribute any remaining funds to 

all public housing agencies on a pro-rata basis pursuant to the 
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Operating Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this 

heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement 

housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to 

transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable 

mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, 

public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $175,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That grant 

funds may be used for resident and community services, community 

development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and 

for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 

housing: Provided further, That the use of funds made available 

under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 

grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, 

That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 

or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may include local 

governments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply 

jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes 

of environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 

housing agency under section 26 of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under this heading 

shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, 

not less than $87,500,000 shall be awarded to public housing agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create partnerships 

with other local organizations including assisted housing owners, 

service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 

the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 

Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That no more than 

$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be 

provided as grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 

input from residents and the community: Provided further, That 

unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds 

appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior 

fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 

Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of 

Funding Availability for funds made available under this heading 

no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

That the Secretary shall make grant awards no later than one 

year from the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts 

that the Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

(42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until September 30, 2023, 
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obligate any available unobligated balances made available under 

this heading in this, or any prior Act. 

SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS

For activities and assistance related to Self-Sufficiency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 2023, $130,000,000: 

Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading 

are provided as follows: 

(1) $80,000,000 shall be for the Family Self-Sufficiency 

program to support family self-sufficiency coordinators under 

section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437u), to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 9 of such 

Act with public and private resources, and enable eligible families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, 

waive or specify alternative requirements under subsections 

(b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), or (c)(1) of section 23 of such Act in order 

to facilitate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program 

for individuals receiving assistance under different provisions 

of the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

That owners of a privately owned multifamily property with 

a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants of such property in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary: 

Provided further, That such procedures established pursuant 

to the previous proviso shall permit participating tenants to 

accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) and 

shall allow owners to use funding from residual receipt accounts 

to hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency program; 

(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Opportunity and 

Self-Sufficiency program to provide for supportive services, 

service coordinators, and congregate services as authorized by 

section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 

Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 

(3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative, modeled 

after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided, That funding provided under this paragraph shall be available for competitive 

grants to partnerships between public housing authorities, local 

workforce investment boards established under section 107 of 

the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 

U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and organizations that provide 

support to help public housing residents obtain employment 

and increase earnings: Provided further, That applicants must 

demonstrate the ability to provide services to residents, partner 

with workforce investment boards, and leverage service dollars: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may allow public housing 

agencies to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 

requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 

Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary 

to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the 

Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 

are necessary for the effective implementation of the Jobs- 
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Plus initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant 

to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the 

effective date of such notice. 

NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For activities and assistance authorized under title I of the 

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing 

and Community Development Act of 1974 with respect to Indian 

tribes (42 U.S.C. 5306(a)(1)), and related training and technical 

assistance, $825,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2024, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That the amounts made 

available under this heading are provided as follows: 

(1) $646,000,000 shall be available for the Native American 

Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I 

of NAHASDA: Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to 

determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such 

Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

under section 302 of such Act with the need component based 

on single-race census data and with the need component based 

on multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation 

for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 

allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Department will 

notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of 

the date of enactment of this Act; 

(2) $2,000,000 shall be available for the cost of guaranteed 

notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of 

NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 

modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 

amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 

obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 

exceed $32,000,000; 

(3) $100,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 

under the Native American Housing Block Grants program, 

as authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That the 

Secretary shall obligate this additional amount for competitive 

grants to eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that 

apply for funds: Provided further, That in awarding this additional amount, the Secretary shall consider need and administrative capacity, and shall give priority to projects that will 

spur construction and rehabilitation: Provided further, That 

a grant funded pursuant to this paragraph shall be not greater 

than $10,000,000: Provided further, That up to 1 percent of 

this additional amount may be transferred, in aggregate, to 

‘‘Program Offices—Public and Indian Housing’’ for necessary 

costs of administering and overseeing the obligation and 

expenditure of this additional amount and of additional 

amounts provided in prior years, to remain available until 
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September 30, 2025: Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso in prior Acts may 

also be used for the purposes described in the previous proviso; 

(4) $70,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian 

tribes for carrying out the Indian Community Development 

Block Grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) 

of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law (including section 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 

may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats 

to health and safety: Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent 

of any grant made with funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be expended for planning and management development and administration: Provided further, That funds provided 

under this paragraph shall remain available until September 

30, 2022; and 

(5) $7,000,000 shall be available for providing training 

and technical assistance to Indian tribes, Indian housing 

authorities and tribally designated housing entities, to support 

the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, and 

for training and technical assistance related to funding provided 

under this heading and other headings under this Act for 

the needs of Native American families and Indian country: 

Provided, That of the funds made available under this paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 shall be available for a national 

organization as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA 

(25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made available under this paragraph may be used, contracted, or competed 

as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative 

Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), the amounts 

made available under this paragraph may be used by the 

Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with public and 

private organizations, agencies, institutions, and other technical 

assistance providers to support the administration of negotiated 

rulemaking under section 106 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), 

the administration of the allocation formula under section 302 

of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administration of 

performance tracking and reporting under section 407 of 

NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167): Provided further, That of the 

funds made available under this paragraph, not more than 

$1,000,000 shall be available to support utilization, outreach, 

and capacity building with tribes and tribal housing organizations for the Tribal HUD-VASH program. 

INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 

184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 

U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,100,000, to remain available until expended: 

Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 

loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

Act of 1974: Provided further, That an additional $500,000, to 

remain available until expended, shall be available for administrative contract expenses including management processes to carry 

out the loan guarantee program: Provided further, That the Secretary may subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is 
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to be guaranteed, up to $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 

expended: Provided further, That for any unobligated balances 

(including amounts of uncommitted limitation) remaining from 

amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 115– 

31, Public Law 115–141, and Public Law 116–6, and for any recaptures occurring in fiscal year 2019 or in future fiscal years of 

amounts made available under this heading in prior fiscal years, 

the second proviso of each such heading shall be applied as if 

‘‘these funds are available to’’ was struck and ‘‘the Secretary may’’ 

was inserted in its place. 

NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as 

authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 

$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 

That notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 

of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts provided 

under this heading in investment securities and other obligations: 

Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading 

in this and prior fiscal years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families both on and off the 

Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of 

law. 

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 

AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 

Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $410,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021, except that amounts allocated pursuant 

to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all 

expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that initially 

were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made 

available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 

years that meet all program requirements before awarding funds 

for new contracts under such section: Provided further, That the 

Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 

60 days of enactment of this Act. 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

For carrying out the community development block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.)(‘‘the Act’’ herein), 

$3,425,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 

unless otherwise specified: Provided, That unless explicitly provided 

for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 

made with funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 

for planning and management development and administration: 

Provided further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of 

general local government, or insular area that directly or indirectly 

receives funds under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise 

transfer all or any portion of such funds to another such entity 
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in exchange for any other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use such funds for activities eligible under title 

I of the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds provided under this heading may 

be provided to a for-profit entity for an economic development 

project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines required under 

subsection (e)(2): Provided further, That of the total amount pro- vided under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271): Provided further, That the funds 

allocated pursuant to the previous proviso shall not adversely affect 

the amount of any formula assistance received by a State under 

this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 

the funds for such activities based on the percentages shown in 

Table 1 of the Notice establishing the funding formula published 

in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 2019): Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 

days of enactment of this Act. 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

during fiscal year 2020, commitments to guarantee loans under 

section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall 

not exceed a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations 

guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 

the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding 

subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy 

cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 

be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commitment 

authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any State 

on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in accordance 

with the requirements of such section 108: Provided further, That 

any State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 

previous proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such guarantee 

to the units of general local government in nonentitlement areas 

that received the commitment. 

HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

Housing Act, as amended, $1,350,000,000, to remain available until 

September 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount 

made available under this heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply 

to allocations of such amount: Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 

days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That section 218(g) 

of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with respect to 

the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME Investment 

Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire in 2016, 2017, 

2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022 under that section: Provided further, 
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That section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not 

apply to any uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or 

would be deducted from the line of credit in the participating 

jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust Fund in 2018, 2019, 2020, 

2021, or 2022 under that section. 

SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 

Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 

Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $55,000,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the total 

amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

available to the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program 

as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 

Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, That of the 

total amount provided under this heading, $36,000,000 shall be 

made available for the second, third, and fourth capacity building 

activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 

Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 

shall be made available for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building by national 

rural housing organizations with experience assessing national 

rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical assistance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local governments, and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities: 

Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, $4,000,000, shall be made available for a program to 

rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or low-income veterans, as authorized under section 1079 of Public Law 113–291: 

Provided further, That funds provided under the previous proviso 

shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of this Act. 

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized 

under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Continuum of Care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing 

Stability Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of 

title IV of such Act $2,777,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided further, That not less than $290,000,000 

of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: Provided further, That not less than $2,350,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 

this heading shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 

Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 

$50,000,000 shall be made available for grants for rapid re-housing 

projects and supportive service projects providing coordinated entry, 

and for eligible activities the Secretary determines to be critical 

in order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, 

sexual assault, or stalking: Provided further, That such projects 

shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of care program 

subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 

applicants: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds 

appropriated under this heading shall be available for the national 
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homeless data analysis project: Provided further, That for all match 

requirements applicable to funds made available under this heading 

for this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or 

could have used) as a source of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there 

is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of 

any such funds: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

under this heading shall be available to provide funding for new 

projects, except for projects created through reallocation, unless 

the Secretary determines that the continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and ranked based on the 

degree to which they improve the continuum of care’s system 

performance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize 

funding under the Continuum of Care program to continuums of 

care that have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from 

lower performing projects to higher performing projects: Provided 

further, That the Secretary shall provide incentives to create 

projects that coordinate with housing providers and healthcare 

organizations to provide permanent supportive housing and rapid 

rehousing services: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts 

remaining from funds appropriated under this heading in fiscal 

year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental assistance for 

rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 

purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for 

which such funds were appropriated: Provided further, That all 

balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from 

the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this 

account shall be available, if recaptured, for Continuum of Care 

renewals in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That the Department 

shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) for 

the Emergency Solutions Grant program within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That up to $80,000,000 of the 

funds appropriated under this heading shall be to implement 

projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving 

homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities with 

a priority for communities with substantial rural populations in 

up to eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth homelessness: 

Provided further, That of the amount made available under the 

previous proviso, up to $10,000,000 shall be available to provide 

technical assistance on improving system responses to youth 

homelessness, and collection, analysis, use, and reporting of data 

and performance measures under the comprehensive approaches 

to serve homeless youth, in addition to and in coordination with 

other technical assistance funds provided under this title: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may use up to 10 percent of the amount 

made available under the previous proviso to build the capacity 

of current technical assistance providers or to train new technical 

assistance providers with verifiable prior experience with systems 

and programs for youth experiencing homelessness: Provided further, That amounts made available for the Continuum of Care 

program under this heading in this and prior Acts may be used 

to competitively or non-competitively renew or replace grants for 

youth homeless demonstration projects under the Continuum of 

Care program, notwithstanding any conflict with the requirements 

of the Continuum of Care program: Provided further, That youth 

aged 24 and under seeking assistance under this heading shall 
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not be required to provide third party documentation to establish 

their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: 

Provided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under 

or families headed by youth aged 24 and under who are living 

in unsafe situations may be served by youth-serving providers 

funded under this heading: Provided further, That persons eligible 

under section 103(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

Act may be served by any project funded under this heading to 

provide both transitional housing and rapid re-housing: Provided 

further, That when awarding funds under the Continuum of Care 

program, the Secretary shall not deviate from the FY 2018 Notice 

of Funding Availability with respect to the tier 2 funding process, 

the Continuum of Care application scoring, and for new projects, 

the project quality threshold requirements, except as otherwise 

provided under this Act or as necessary to award all available 

funds or consider the most recent data from each Continuum of 

Care. 

HOUSING PROGRAMS

PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 

subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 

(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 

$12,170,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2019 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

appropriated under this heading that became available October 

1, 2019), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

shall be available on October 1, 2020: Provided, That the amounts 

made available under this heading shall be available for expiring 

or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to 

section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant 

to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 

in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 

the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 

the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance funded under this 

paragraph: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 

under this heading, not to exceed $345,000,000 shall be available 

for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 projectbased assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the previous 

proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the 

administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to section 

236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent 

supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) 

rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental 

assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 

Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance 

contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 

section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
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Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts 

pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 

Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the 

Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided 

further, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading 

‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading 

‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based 

contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which 

such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 

for any project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance 

Agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 

interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in excess 

of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted 

to the Department and deposited in this account, to be available 

until expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant 

to the previous proviso shall be available in addition to the amount 

otherwise provided by this heading for uses authorized under this 

heading. 

HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 

contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 

202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, for project rental 

assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, 

including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 

of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 

for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, including 

renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing 

and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services associated with the housing, $793,000,000, to 

remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That of the 

amount provided under this heading, up to $100,000,000 shall 

be for service coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted housing projects: 

Provided further, That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspectionrelated activities associated with section 202 projects: Provided 

further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 

202 governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, 

except that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 

exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon request 

of the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts 

accounts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 

assistance contract, and that upon termination of such contract 

are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 

shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 

to remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided further, 

That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous 

proviso shall be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise 

provided by this heading, for the purposes authorized under this 

heading: Provided further, That unobligated balances, including 

recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or 
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appropriated under this heading shall be available for the current 

purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes 

for which such funds originally were appropriated: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 

shall be for a program to be established by the Secretary to make 

grants to experienced non-profit organizations, States, local governments, or public housing agencies for safety and functional home 

modification repairs to meet the needs of low-income elderly homeowners to enable them to remain in their primary residence: Provided further, That of the total amount made available under the 

previous proviso, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available to 

meet such needs in communities with substantial rural populations: 

Provided further, That beneficiaries of the grant assistance provided 

in the previous two provisos under this heading in the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 

(Public Law 116–6) shall be homeowners. 

HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 

contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as 

authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), as amended, for project rental 

assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 

section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 

86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to contracts for such 

assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

for up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 

housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with the housing 

for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of 

such Act, $202,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2023: Provided, That amounts made available under this heading 

shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections 

and inspection-related activities associated with section 811 

projects: Provided further, That, upon the request of the Secretary, 

project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 

project subject to a section 811 project rental assistance contract, 

and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 

amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to 

the Department and deposited in this account, to remain available 

until September 30, 2023: Provided further, That amounts deposited 

in this account pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available 

in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading 

for the purposes authorized under this heading: Provided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 

heading shall be used for the current purposes authorized under 

this heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds 

originally were appropriated. 

HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, 

as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $53,000,000, to remain available 
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until September 30, 2021, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services and up to $3,000,000 for the certification 

of housing counselors as required under 12 U.S.C. 1701x: Provided, That grants made available from amounts provided under this 

heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of this 

Act: Provided further, That funds shall be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and 

prospective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 

management or literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing conditions, meeting 

their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy 

or homeownership; for program administration; and for housing 

counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes of providing 

such grants from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject 

to the availability of annual appropriations. 

RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

For amendments to contracts under section 236(f)(2) of the 

National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $3,000,000, to remain available 

until expended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobligated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated prior to fiscal 

year 2006 from terminated contracts under such section of law, 

and any unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

remaining from funds appropriated under this heading after fiscal 

year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of up to one 

year for expiring contracts under such section of law. 

PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 

U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $13,000,000, to remain available until 

expended, of which $13,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 

the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 

from the general fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary 

to incur obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt 

of collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 

Provided further, That the amount made available under this 

heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 

are received during fiscal year 2020 so as to result in a final 

fiscal year 2020 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be modified 

as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2020 appropriation: 

Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue a final rule to complete rulemaking initiated 

by the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Manufactured Housing Program: 

Minimum Payments to the States’’ published in the Federal Register 

on December 16, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 91083): Provided further, 

That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, the Secretary may assess and collect fees from any program participant: 

Provided further, That such collections shall be deposited into the 

Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary 

expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
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requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry 

out responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through the 

use of approved service providers that are paid directly by the 

recipients of their services. 

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured 

under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed 

$400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 

Provided, That during fiscal year 2020, obligations to make direct 

loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National 

Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided 

further, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso shall 

be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection 

with sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 

and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: 

Provided further, That for administrative contract expenses of the 

Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That to the extent 

guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before 

April 1, 2020, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 

expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 

any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 

available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That 

notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) 

of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal 

year 2020 the Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 of the National 

Housing Act only to the extent that the net credit subsidy cost 

for such insurance does not exceed zero: Provided further, That 

for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall not take any action against 

a lender solely on the basis of compare ratios that have been 

adversely affected by defaults on mortgages secured by properties 

in areas where a major disaster was declared in 2017 or 2018 

pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 

238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 

1735c), shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, 

any part of which is to be guaranteed, to remain available until 

September 30, 2021: Provided, That during fiscal year 2020, gross 

obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing 

Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale of 

single family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 

insured under such Act. 
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GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE

PROGRAM ACCOUNT

New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes 

of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 

1721(g)), shall not exceed $550,000,000,000, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021: Provided, That $30,500,000, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, shall be for necessary salaries 

and expenses of the Office of Government National Mortgage 

Association: Provided further, That to the extent that guaranteed 

loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 

2020, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall 

be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional 

guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 

any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made 

available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That 

receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant 

to title III of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be 

credited as offsetting collections to this account. 

POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 

research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 

otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing 

and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), 

including carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, $98,000,000, to 

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

respect to amounts made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, the Secretary may enter into 

cooperative agreements with philanthropic entities, other Federal 

agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 

tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or colleges or universities for research projects: Provided further, That with respect 

to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative agreements 

must contribute at least a 50 percent match toward the cost of 

the project: Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements 

entered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the 

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply with 

section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu 

of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of award decisions: Provided further, That prior to obligation 

of technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan 

to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on how 

it will allocate funding for this activity at least 30 days prior 

to obligation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

under this heading may be available for the doctoral dissertation 

research grant program. 
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FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 

1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 

and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

of 1987, as amended, $70,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That grants made available from 

amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 

180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect 

fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, 

and may use such funds to develop on-line courses and provide 

such training: Provided further, That no funds made available under 

this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative 

branches of the Federal Government in connection with a specific 

contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made 

available under this heading, $350,000 shall be available to the 

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the creation and 

promotion of translated materials and other programs that support 

the assistance of persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development. 

OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES

LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 

section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 

Act of 1992, $290,000,000, to remain available until September 

30, 2022, of which $50,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes 

Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and 

Urban Development Act of 1970, which shall include research, 

studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 

outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housingrelated diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes of 

environmental review, pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions 

of law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 

Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies program 

under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such 

purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 

a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 

Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, 

That not less than $95,000,000 of the amounts made available 

under this heading for the award of grants pursuant to section 

1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 

of 1992 shall be provided to areas with the highest lead-based 

paint abatement needs: Provided further, That $64,000,000 of the 

funds appropriated under this heading shall be for the implementation of projects in not more than ten communities to demonstrate 

how intensive, extended, multi-year interventions can dramatically 

reduce the presence of lead-based paint hazards in those communities: Provided further, That each project shall serve no more 
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than four contiguous census tracts in which there are high concentrations of housing stock built before 1940, in which low-income 

families with children make up a significantly higher proportion 

of the population as compared to the State average, and that 

are located in jurisdictions in which instances of elevated blood 

lead levels reported to the State are significantly higher than the 

State average: Provided further, That such projects shall be awarded 

not less than $6,000,000 and not more than $9,000,000: Provided 

further, That funding awarded for such projects shall be made 

available for draw down contingent upon the grantee meeting costsavings, productivity, and grant compliance benchmarks established 

by the Secretary: Provided further, That each recipient of funds 

for such projects shall contribute an amount not less than 10 

percent of the total award, and that the Secretary shall give priority 

to applicants that secure commitments for additional contributions 

from public and private sources: Provided further, That grantees 

currently receiving grants made under this heading shall be eligible 

to apply for such projects, provided that they are deemed to be 

in compliance with program requirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the amount made available for 

the Healthy Homes Initiative, $5,000,000 shall be for the 

implementation of projects in up to 5 communities that are served 

by both the Healthy Homes Initiative and the Department of Energy 

weatherization programs to demonstrate whether the coordination 

of Healthy Homes remediation activities with weatherization activities achieves cost savings and better outcomes in improving the 

safety and quality of homes: Provided further, That each applicant 

shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary 

to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of 

funding availability: Provided further, That amounts made available 

under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, still 

remaining available, may be used for any purpose under this 

heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were 

appropriated if a program competition is undersubscribed and there 

are other program competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

For the development, modernization, and enhancement of, 

modifications to, and infrastructure for Department-wide and program-specific information technology systems, for the continuing 

operation and maintenance of both Department-wide and programspecific information systems, and for program-related maintenance 

activities, $280,000,000, of which $260,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, and of which $20,000,000 shall 

remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That any 

amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain 

available until expended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously 

enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified 

under this Fund, in addition to any other information technology 

purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made available 

under this heading for development, modernization and enhancement may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a plan 
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for expenditure that—(A) identifies for each modernization project: 

(i) the functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and 

the mission benefits to be realized, (ii) the estimated life-cycle 

cost, and (iii) key milestones to be met; and (B) demonstrates 

that each modernization project is: (i) compliant with the Department’s enterprise architecture, (ii) being managed in accordance 

with applicable life-cycle management policies and guidance, (iii) 

subject to the Department’s capital planning and investment control 

requirements, and (iv) supported by an adequately staffed project 

office. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

amended, $128,200,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall 

have independent authority over all personnel issues within this 

office: Provided further, That the Office of Inspector General shall 

procure and rely upon the services of an independent external 

auditor(s) to audit the fiscal year 2020 and subsequent financial 

statements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

including the financial statements of the Federal Housing Administration and the Government National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That in addition to amounts under this heading 

otherwise available for the purposes specified in the previous proviso, $10,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2021, 

shall be available only for such specified purposes. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

DEVELOPMENT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, 

or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with 

such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described 

in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance 

Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded 

or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and 

such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 

finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies 

with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, 

in accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 

the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance 

their project at a lower interest rate. 

SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under this 

Act may be used during fiscal year 2020 to investigate or prosecute 

under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged 

in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 

of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the 

purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Government official 

or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 
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SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 

cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title 

II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance 

with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 

or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 

regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 

for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 

Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal 

Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, 

and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through 

a reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the 

Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available 

for any program, project or activity in excess of amounts set forth 

in the budget estimates submitted to Congress. 

SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to make such 

expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

available to each such corporation or agency and in accordance 

with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 

regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of 

such Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

forth in the budget for 2020 for such corporation or agency except 

as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 

commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 

Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 

provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 

proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 

States Government. 

SEC. 207. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees 

on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and activity within the 

jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit additional, updated 

budget information to these Committees upon request. 

SEC. 208. No funds provided under this title may be used 

for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association 

that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit 

Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 

2020 and 2021, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

may authorize the transfer of some or all project-based assistance, 

debt held or insured by the Secretary and statutorily required 

low-income and very low-income use restrictions if any, associated 

with one or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

multifamily housing project or projects. 
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(b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based assistance 

under this section may be done in phases to accommodate the 

financing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such project or projects meet the standards 

under subsection (c). 

(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the 

following conditions: 

(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

(A) For occupied units in the transferring project: The 

number of low-income and very low-income units and the 

configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the transferring project shall be no less than when transferred to 

the receiving project or projects and the net dollar amount 

of Federal assistance provided to the transferring project 

shall remain the same in the receiving project or projects. 

(B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: 

The Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number 

of dwelling units in the receiving project or projects to 

allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

market demands, as determined by the Secretary and provided there is no increase in the project-based assistance 

budget authority. 

(2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 

Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically nonviable. 

(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 

applicable physical standards established by the Secretary. 

(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 

shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 

transferring project and provide a certification of approval by 

all appropriate local governmental officials. 

(5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 

eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project 

or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the 

transferring project or projects until new units in the receiving 

project are available for occupancy. 

(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 

best interest of the tenants. 

(7) If either the transferring project or the receiving project 

or projects meets the condition specified in subsection (d)(2)(A), 

any lien on the receiving project resulting from additional 

financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 

project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may waive 

this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 

necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, construction, 

and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

(8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 

subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 

project or projects shall execute and record either a continuation 

of the existing use agreement or a new use agreement for 

the project where, in either case, any use restrictions in such 

agreement are of no lesser duration than the existing use 

restrictions. 

(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974(2 U.S.C. 
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661a)) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that 

appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any 

such increased cost. 

(d) For purposes of this section— 

(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-income’’ shall 

have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 

governing the program under which the project is insured or 

assisted; 

(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ means housing 

that meets one of the following conditions— 

(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under 

the National Housing Act; 

(B) housing that has project-based assistance attached 

to the structure including projects undergoing mark to 

market debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

(C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 

Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 

(D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 

Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as such section 

existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales 

National Affordable Housing Act; 

(E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 

Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (42 

U.S.C. 8013); or 

(F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 

agreement; 

(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 

(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)); 

(B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 

rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 

8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately 

before October 1, 1983); 

(C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of 

the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 

1701s); 

(D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/ 

or additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) 

of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 

(E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) 

of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and 

(F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) 

of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

(42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 

(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ means the multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of 

the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required lowincome and very low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the multifamily 

housing project which is transferring some or all of the projectbased assistance, debt, and the statutorily required low-income 

and very low-income use restrictions to the receiving project 

or projects; and 

(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development. 
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(e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, including the 

effect of such transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, 

physical and financial conditions, and long-term preservation of 

the affected properties. 

SEC. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 

8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 

to any individual who— 

(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 

education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 

(2) is under 24 years of age; 

(3) is not a veteran; 

(4) is unmarried; 

(5) does not have a dependent child; 

(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is defined 

in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

(42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 

(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older 

and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 

(8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 

who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person 

to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing 

Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess 

of amounts received for tuition and any other required fees and 

charges) that an individual receives under the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or 

an institution of higher education (as defined under section 102 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be 

considered income to that individual, except for a person over 

the age of 23 with dependent children. 

SEC. 211. The funds made available for Native Alaskans under 

paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Native American Programs’’ in 

title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan 

housing block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 

2005, and only such recipients shall be eligible to apply for funds 

made available under paragraph (3) of such heading. 

SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 

year 2020, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property 

that is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development, and during the process of foreclosure 

on any property with a contract for rental assistance payments 

under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

U.S.C. 1437f) or other Federal programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached 

to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary 

determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that such a multifamily property owned or held by the 

Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments 

under such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration 

of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property and 

all available Federal, State, and local resources, including rent 
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adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f 

note) and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied 

in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with 

the tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 

properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall 

also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based contracts 

remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of 

contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for 

imminent major threats to health and safety after written notice 

to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other 

available remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 

After disposition of any multifamily property described under this 

section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such properties 

shall be subject to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA. 

SEC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 

or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any 

asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of 

Housing and Urban Development in connection with the operating 

fund rule: Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of 

a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall 

not be exempt from asset management requirements. 

SEC. 214. With respect to the use of amounts provided in 

this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement 

and management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) 

and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not impose any requirement 

or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits 

in any way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant 

to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 

1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a public housing 

agency may not use capital funds authorized under section 9(d) 

for activities that are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance 

with amounts from the operating fund in excess of the amounts 

permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

SEC. 215. No official or employee of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder 

unless the Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined 

that such allotment holder has implemented an adequate system 

of funds control and has received training in funds control procedures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriation 

under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support 

Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage 

Association—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within 

the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

SEC. 216. The Secretary of the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2020, notify the public 

through the Federal Register and other means, as determined 

appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program 

or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to 

be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
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law, for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate Government web site 

or through other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary. 

SEC. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 

shall be paid from the individual program office and Office of 

General Counsel salaries and expenses appropriations. The annual 

budget submission for the program offices and the Office of General 

Counsel shall include any such projected litigation costs for attorney 

fees as a separate line item request. No funds provided in this 

title may be used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney 

fees until the Department submits for review a spending plan 

for such costs to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

SEC. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 

percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated 

for any office under the headings ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’ 

or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any other such office or account: Provided, 

That no appropriation for any such office or account shall be 

increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, 

whichever is less, without prior written approval of the House 

and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

the Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees 3 business days in advance of any such transfers under this section 

up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 

SEC. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance payments 

shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined 

by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section 

referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), and comply with any standards 

under applicable State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condition of any property covered 

under a housing assistance payment contract. 

(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) when 

a multifamily housing project with a section 8 contract or contract 

for similar project-based assistance— 

(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition Standards 

(UPCS) score of 60 or less; or 

(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3 

days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies identified 

by the inspector at the project have been corrected. 

Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects 

with assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply 

to such units assisted under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) 

or to public housing units assisted with capital or operating funds 

under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

U.S.C. 1437g). 

(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC inspection, 

the Secretary must provide the owner with a Notice of Default 

with a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary must also provide a copy 

of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local government, 

any mortgagees, and any contract administrator. If the owner’s 

appeal results in a UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary 

may withdraw the Notice of Default. 

(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails 

to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 
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(A) require immediate replacement of project management with a management agent approved by the Secretary; 

(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used 

solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as designated by the Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property 

affected by the penalty; 

(C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 

abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved 

by the Secretary under established procedures, which will 

be obligated to promptly make all required repairs and 

to accept renewal of the assistance contract as long as 

such renewal is offered; 

(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another 

project or projects and owner or owners; 

(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 

(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage 

the property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a 

judicial order of specific performance requiring the owner 

to cure all project deficiencies; 

(H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party 

to stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the 

property through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an 

infusion of capital provided by a third-party that requires 

time to effectuate; or 

(I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies 

available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary. 

(d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 

that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise 

of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants 

for major threats to health and safety after written notice to the 

affected tenants. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government, that the 

property is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments 

under such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration 

of— 

(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 

and all available Federal, State, and local resources, including 

rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); 

and 

(2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for projectbased rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

of other existing housing properties, or provide other rental 

assistance. 

(e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all properties covered by this section that are assessed through the Real Estate 

Assessment Center and have UPCS physical inspection scores of 

less than 60 or have received an unsatisfactory management and 

occupancy review within the past 36 months. The report shall 

include— 
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(1) the enforcement actions being taken to address such 

conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and 

termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have such 

conditions multiple times; 

(2) actions that the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 

properties; and 

(3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to 

further improve the living conditions at properties covered 

under a housing assistance payment contract. 

This report shall be due to the Senate and House Committees 

on Appropriations no later than 30 days after the enactment of 

this Act, and on the first business day of each Federal fiscal year 

quarter thereafter while this section remains in effect. 

SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this Act, or 

any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with 

respect to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 

9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 

seq.), may be used by any public housing agency for any amount 

of salary, including bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 

or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual 

rate of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive 

Schedule at any time during any public housing agency fiscal year 

2020. 

SEC. 221. None of the funds in this Act provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used to make 

a grant award unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate 

Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days 

before any project, State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit 

organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 

is announced by the Department or its offices. 

SEC. 222. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA). 

SEC. 223. None of the funds made available in this Act shall 

be used by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government 

National Mortgage Administration, or the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development to insure, securitize, or establish a Federal 

guarantee of any mortgage or mortgage backed security that 

refinances or otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject 

to eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 

SEC. 224. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to terminate the status of a unit of general local government 

as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 of the Housing 

and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with 

respect to grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

SEC. 225. Amounts made available under this Act which are 

either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, 

or transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research 

in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and 

which are unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, 

grant, or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 

immediately become available and may be reobligated in that fiscal 

year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 

or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made available 
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to that Office subject to reprogramming requirements in section 

405 of this Act. 

SEC. 226. None of the funds provided in this Act or any other 

act may be used for awards, including performance, special act, 

or spot, for any employee of the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development subject to administrative discipline (including suspension from work), in this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not 

be effective prior to the effective date of any such administrative 

discipline or after any final decision over-turning such discipline. 

SEC. 227. Funds made available in this title under the heading 

‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used by the Secretary to 

participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of division 

G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division H of Public 

Law 114–113, section 525 of division H of Public Law 115–31, 

section 525 of division H of Public Law 115–141, section 524 of 

division B of Public Law 115–245 and such authorities as are 

enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in an appropriations 

Act for fiscal year 2020: Provided, That such participation shall 

be limited to no more than 10 continuums of care and housing 

activities to improve outcomes for disconnected youth. 

SEC. 228. With respect to grant amounts awarded under the 

heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fiscal years 2015 through 

2020 for the continuum of care (CoC) program as authorized under 

subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

Act, costs paid by program income of grant recipients may count 

toward meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, provided 

the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient’s 

CoC program. 

SEC. 229. (a) From amounts made available under this title 

under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’, the Secretary 

may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one Continuum 

of Care program component to another. 

(b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, the 

funding recipient must have the consent of the Continuum of Care 

and meet standards determined by the Secretary. 

SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

to direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing zoning 

laws as part of carrying out the final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively 

Furthering Fair Housing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) 

or the notice entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 

Assessment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 2014)). 

SEC. 231. (a) Amounts recaptured from funds appropriated 

for this or any succeeding fiscal year under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning 

and Development—Homeless Assistance Grants’’ shall become available until expended not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 

after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available and 

shall be available, in addition to rental assistance amounts that 

were recaptured and made available until expended under such 

heading by any prior Act, and in addition to such other funds 

as may be available for such purposes, for the following purposes: 
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(1) For grants under the Continuum of Care program under 

subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.); 

(2) For grants under the Emergency Solutions Grant program under subtitle B of title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 

et seq.); 

(3) Not less than 10 percent of the amounts shall be used 

only for grants in rural areas under the Continuum of Care 

program, to include activities eligible under the Rural Housing 

Stability Assistance program under section 491 of such Act 

(42 U.S.C. 11408) that are not otherwise eligible under the 

Continuum of Care program; and 

(4) Not less than 10 percent of the amounts shall be for 

emergency solutions grants for disaster areas as authorized 

by subsection (c). 

(b) Prior to the use of any recaptured amounts referred to 

in subsection (a), including competing, awarding, or obligating such 

amounts, the Secretary shall submit a plan in accordance with 

subsection (a) that specifies the planned use of any such amounts 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and receive prior written approval of such 

plan, except that use of amounts in the plan for the purposes 

specified in subsection (a)(4) may begin once such plan is submitted 

to such Committees. 

(c)(1) The Secretary may make grants under the Emergency 

Solutions Grants program under subtitle B of title IV of the 

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.) 

to States or local governments to address the needs of homeless 

individuals or families or individuals or families at risk of homelessness in areas affected by a major disaster declared pursuant to 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) on or after the date of enactment 

of this Act, whose needs are not otherwise served or fully met 

by existing Federal disaster relief programs, including the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program under such Act (42 U.S.C. 

5170b). 

(2) For purposes of grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

may suspend all consultation, citizen participation, and matching 

requirements. 

SEC. 232. The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone 

Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such designations, 

made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 

prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the 

terms and conditions of such agreements. 

SEC. 233. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to establish and apply review criteria, including rating 

factors or preference points, for participation in or coordination 

with EnVision Centers, in the evaluation, selection, and award 

of any funds made available and requiring competitive selection 

under this Act, except with respect to any such funds otherwise 

authorized for EnVision Center purposes under this Act. 

SEC. 234. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

shall make available to grantees under programs included under 

the Department’s Consolidated Planning Process, not later than 

the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the 

enactment of this Act, the prepopulated up-to-date housing and 
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economic data and data for both broadband and resilience assessment requirements, as referred to in the HUD Response to the 

third comment under section III.A. of the Supplementary Information included with the final rule entitled ‘‘Modernizing HUD’s 

Consolidated Planning Process To Narrow the Digital Divide and 

Increase Resilience to Natural Hazards’’, published by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal Register 

on Friday, December 16, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 91000). 

(b) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 

require such grantees to incorporate the broadband and resilience 

components into the Consolidated Plan process not later than the 

expiration of the 270-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 235. None of the funds made available by this or any 

prior Act may be used to require or enforce any changes to the 

terms and conditions of the public housing annual contributions 

contract between the Secretary and any public housing agency, 

as such contract was in effect as of December 31, 2017, unless 

such changes are mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and such 

agency: Provided, That such agreement by an agency may be 

indicated only by a written amendment to the terms and conditions 

containing the duly authorized signature of its chief executive: 

Provided further, That the Secretary may not withhold funds to 

compel such agreement by an agency which certifies to its compliance with its contract. 

SEC. 236. None of the amounts made available in this Act 

or in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) may be used to consider 

Family Self-Sufficiency performance measures or performance 

scores in determining funding awards for programs receiving Family 

Self-Sufficiency program coordinator funding provided in this Act 

or in the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6). 

SEC. 237. (a) All unobligated balances from funds appropriated 

under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Public and Indian Housing—Tenant Based Rental Assistance’’ in 

chapter 10 of title I of division B of the Consolidated Security, 

Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Public Law 110–329) are hereby rescinded. 

(b) All unobligated balances from funds appropriated under 

the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Public and Indian Housing—Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ in 

chapter 10 of title I of division B of the Consolidated Security, 

Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Public Law 110–329; 122 Stat. 324) (as amended by section 1203 

of Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1859) are hereby rescinded. 

SEC. 238. Any public housing agency designated as a Moving 

to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of (Public Law 114–113) 

may, upon such designation, use funds (except for special purpose 

funding, including special purpose vouchers) previously allocated 

to any such public housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the 

United States Housing Act of 1937, including any reserve funds 

held by the public housing agency or funds held by the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the authority 

for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under such section 

and section 204 of title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 

and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies 
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Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134), notwithstanding 

the purposes for which such funds were appropriated. 

SEC. 239. None of the amounts made available by this Act 

or by Public Law 116–6 may be used to prohibit any public housing 

agency under receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor 

from applying for, receiving, or using funds made available under 

the heading ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ for competitive grants 

to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in this Act or 

that remain available and not awarded from prior Acts, or be 

used to prohibit a public housing agency from using such funds 

to carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement agreement, 

consent decree, voluntary agreement, or similar document for a 

violation of the Lead Safe Housing or Lead Disclosure Rules. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing and 

Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

ACCESS BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized 

by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 

$9,200,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received 

for publications and training expenses: Provided further, That of 

this amount, $800,000 shall be for activities authorized under section 432 of Public Law 115–254. 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 

as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, 

as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 

5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 

31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $28,000,000: Provided, That not to 

exceed $2,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for 

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $24,274,000: 

Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 

authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector 

General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
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1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, 

That the Inspector General may enter into contracts and other 

arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with 

public agencies and with private persons, subject to the applicable 

laws and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 

within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ 

such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out 

the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, 

subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern such 

selections, appointments, and employment within the Corporation: 

Provided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 

request for fiscal year 2021, the Inspector General shall submit 

to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 

request for fiscal year 2021 in similar format and substance to 

those submitted by executive agencies of the Federal Government. 

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 

Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS– 

15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

5901–5902), $110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be 

used for official reception and representation expenses. The amounts 

made available to the National Transportation Safety Board in 

this Act include amounts necessary to make lease payments on 

an obligation incurred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 

NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by 

the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101– 

8107), $157,500,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family 

rental housing program: Provided, That an additional $1,000,000, 

to remain available until September 30, 2023, shall be for the 

promotion and development of shared equity housing models. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,100,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 

Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 

as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 

appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollarfor-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
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fiscal year 2020, to result in a final appropriation from the general 

fund estimated at no more than $35,850,000. 

UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 

rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 

3109 of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency 

Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant 

to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as 

amended, $3,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

TITLE IV 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 

the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 

of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 

regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 

SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 

may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 

so provided herein. 

SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 

Act for any consulting service through a procurement contract 

pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 

limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 

of public record and available for public inspection, except where 

otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive 

order issued pursuant to existing law. 

SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be obligated or expended for any employee training that— 

(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 

and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 

duties; 

(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants; 

(3) does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end 

of course evaluation; 

(4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 

Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ 

personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. 

(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 

preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon 

the performance of official duties. 

SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 

the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations 

Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain 

available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection 
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of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming 

of funds that— 

(1) creates a new program; 

(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

(3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 

or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 

by the Congress; 

(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 

by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 

for a different purpose; 

(5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 

excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; 

(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 

$5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 

(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, division, 

office, bureau, board, commission, agency, administration, or 

department different from the budget justifications submitted 

to the Committees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 

the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 

That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 

this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of 

the House of Representatives to establish the baseline for 

application of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 

current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report shall 

include— 

(A) a table for each appropriation with a separate 

column to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 

adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and 

the fiscal year enacted level; 

(B) a delineation in the table for each appropriation 

and its respective prior year enacted level by object class 

and program, project, and activity as detailed in this Act, 

the table accompanying the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, accompanying reports of the House and 

Senate Committee on Appropriations, or in the budget 

appendix for the respective appropriations, whichever is 

more detailed, and shall apply to all items for which a 

dollar amount is specified and to all programs for which 

new budget (obligational) authority is provided, as well 

as to discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; and 

(C) an identification of items of special congressional 

interest. 

SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 

not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available 

at the end of fiscal year 2020 from appropriations made available 

for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2020 in this Act, shall 

remain available through September 30, 2021, for each such account 

for the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall be 

submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

for approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 
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That these requests shall be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this Act. 

SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support any 

Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power of 

eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for a 

public use: Provided, That for purposes of this section, public use 

shall not be construed to include economic development that primarily benefits private entities: Provided further, That any use 

of funds for mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the general 

public (including energy-related, communication-related, waterrelated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other structures 

designated for use by the general public or which have other 

common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve the general 

public and are subject to regulation and oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an immediate threat to 

public health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 

Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public 

Law 107–118) shall be considered a public use for purposes of 

eminent domain. 

SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 

the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, 

other than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee 

who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the United States and 

has satisfactorily completed his or her period of active military 

or naval service, and has within 90 days after his or her release 

from such service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

for a period of not more than 1 year, made application for restoration 

to his or her former position and has been certified by the Office 

of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the duties 

of his or her former position and has not been restored thereto. 

SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 

be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending 

the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 

of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known 

as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 

that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 

U.S.C. 8301–8305). 

SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of 

sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 

may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under 

sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or 

exemption application under section 40109 of that title of an air 

carrier already holding an air operators certificate issued by a 

country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

Agreement where such approval would contravene United States 
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law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

Agreement. 

(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise 

preclude the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign 

air carrier permit or an exemption to such an air carrier where 

such authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway 

Air Transport Agreement and United States law. 

SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 

50 employees of a single agency or department of the United States 

Government, who are stationed in the United States, at any single 

international conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to 

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 

days in advance that such attendance is important to the national 

interest: Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of 

the United States attended by representatives of the United States 

Government and of foreign governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. 

SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 

Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount 

authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 

1914 of title 28, United States Code. 

SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used by the Department of Transportation, the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, or any other Federal agency 

to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive 

fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with 

Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

24, 2011. 

SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 

such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 

of pornography. 

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 

or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 

or adjudication activities. 

SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 

may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this 

Act timely access to any records, documents, or other materials 

available to the department or agency over which that Inspector 

General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 

1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, documents, or other materials, under 

any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 

refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector 

General’s right of access. 

(b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

its Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, 

and other materials in a timely manner. 

(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided 

by the establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
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(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report 

to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to comply 

with this requirement. 

SEC. 419. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees 

for contractors whose performance has been judged to be below 

satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet 

the basic requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines 

that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 

scope of the project and/or program unless such awards or incentive 

fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition 

Regulations. 

SEC. 420. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as referring 

only to the provisions of this division. 

SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used in contravention of section 5309(d)(2) of title 49, United 

States Code. 

SEC. 422. None of the funds made available by this division 

may be used to issue rules or guidance in contravention of section 

1210 of Public Law 115–254 (132 Stat. 3442) or section 312 of 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act (42 U.S.C. 5155). 

SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this division 

may be used in contravention of section 2635.702 of title 5, Code 

of Federal Regulations. 

SEC. 424. Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining 

from— 

(1) Public Law 91–605, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Rail Crossings Demonstration Projects’’ account under 

Treasury Account Fund Symbol 69X0555, a total of $517,220.20 

is hereby permanently rescinded; 

(2) Public Law 92–18, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Darien Gap Highway’’ account under Treasury Account 

Fund Symbol 69X0553, a total of $2,037,034.50 is hereby 

permanently rescinded; 

(3) Public Law 93–87, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Alaska Highway’’ account under Treasury Account Fund 

Symbol 69X0537, a total of $62,861.61 is hereby permanently 

rescinded; 

(4) Public Law 94–387, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Railroad-Highway Crossings Demonstration Projects’’ 

account under Treasury Account Fund Symbol 69X0557, a total 

of $2,035,137.12 is hereby permanently rescinded; 

(5) Public Law 97–257, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Access Highways to Public Recreation Areas on Certain 

Lakes’’ account under Treasury Account Fund Symbol 69X0503, 

a total of $352,333.19 is hereby permanently rescinded; 

(6) Public Law 99–190, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Highway Beautification’’ account under Treasury 

Account Fund Symbol 69X0540, a total of $488,909.57 is hereby 

permanently rescinded; 

(7) Public Law 101–164, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Highway Demonstration Projects-Preliminary 

Engineering’’ account under Treasury Account Fund Symbol 
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69X0583, a total of $2,601,431.71 is hereby permanently 

rescinded; 

(8) Public Law 101–516, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Highway Demonstration Projects’’ account under 

Treasury Account Fund Symbol 69X0598, a total of $1,341 

is hereby permanently rescinded; 

(9) Public Law 102–143, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Highway Studies Feasibility, Design, Environmental, 

Engineering’’ account under Treasury Account Fund Symbol 

69X0533, a total of $262,204.01 is hereby permanently 

rescinded; 

(10) Public Law 103–331, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Surface Transportation Projects’’ account under 

Treasury Account Fund Symbol 69X0505, a total of $573,097.13 

is hereby permanently rescinded; and 

(11) Public Law 107–87, and any other Act, appropriated 

to the ‘‘Miscellaneous Highway Project’’ account under Treasury 

Account Fund Symbol 69X0641, a total of $11,003,637 is hereby 

permanently rescinded. 

SEC. 425. (a) Section 127(l)(3)(A) of title 23, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), in the first sentence, 

by striking ‘‘clause (i) or (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) through 

(iv)’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iii) The Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky) 

Parkway (to be designated as a spur of Interstate 

Route 69) from the interchange with the William H. 

Natcher Parkway in Ohio County, Kentucky, west to 

the interchange of the Western Kentucky Parkway 

with the Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway. 

‘‘(iv) The Edward T. Breathitt (Pennyrile) Parkway 

(to be designated as a spur of Interstate Route 69) 

from Interstate 24, north to Interstate 69.’’. 

(b) DESIGNATION AS HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR.—Section 1105(c) 

of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 

(Public Law 102–240; 105 Stat. 2032; 131 Stat. 797) is amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(91) The Wendell H. Ford (Western Kentucky) Parkway 

from the interchange with the William H. Natcher Parkway 

in Ohio County, Kentucky, west to the interchange of the 

Western Kentucky Parkway with the Edward T. Breathitt 

(Pennyrile) Parkway.’’. 

(c) DESIGNATION AS FUTURE INTERSTATE.—Section 1105(e)(5)(A) 

of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 

(Public Law 102–240; 109 Stat. 597; 131 Stat. 797) is amended 

in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and subsection (c)(90)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(90), and subsection (c)(91)’’. 

(d) NUMBERING OF PARKWAY.—Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the 

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public 

Law 102–240; 109 Stat. 598; 126 Stat. 426; 131 Stat. 797) is 

amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The route referred 

to in subsection (c)(91) is designated as Interstate Route I–569.’’. 

(e) EXEMPTION.—Notwithstanding section 111 of title 23, United 

States Code, if the segment of highway described in paragraph 

(91) of section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 

Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240; 105 Stat. 2032; 131 
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Stat. 797) is designated as a route on the Interstate System, any 

commercial establishment operating legally in a rest area on that 

segment before the date of that designation may continue to operate 

in the Interstate right-of-way, subject to the Interstate access standards established under section 111 of that title. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Housing 

and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2020’’. 

DIVISION I—EXTENSIONS 

TITLE I 

IMMIGRATION EXTENSIONS 

SEC. 101. Section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform 

and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note) 

shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 102. Subclauses 101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and (III) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(C)(ii)(II) and 

(III)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for 

‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 103. Section 220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) shall be 

applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

2015’’. 

SEC. 104. Section 610(b) of the Departments of Commerce, 

Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) shall be applied by substituting 

‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

SEC. 105. Notwithstanding the numerical limitation set forth 

in section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Homeland Security, after 

consultation with the Secretary of Labor, and upon the determination that the needs of American businesses cannot be satisfied 

in fiscal year 2020 with United States workers who are willing, 

qualified, and able to perform temporary nonagricultural labor, 

may increase the total number of aliens who may receive a visa 

under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) in such fiscal year above such limitation by 

not more than the highest number of H–2B nonimmigrants who 

participated in the H–2B returning worker program in any fiscal 

year in which returning workers were exempt from such numerical 

limitation. 

TITLE II 

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM EXTENSION 

SEC. 201. Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood 

Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied 

by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
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TITLE III—SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS 

AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION EXTENSION 

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF THE SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 2000. 

(a) SECURE PAYMENTS FOR STATES AND COUNTIES CONTAINING

FEDERAL LAND.— 

(1) SECURE PAYMENTS.—Section 101 of the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 

U.S.C. 7111) is amended, in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 

‘‘and 2018’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2018, 2019, 

and 2020’’. 

(2) PAYMENTS TO STATES AND COUNTIES.— 

(A) ELECTION TO RECEIVE PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Section 

102(b) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(b)) is 

amended— 

(i) in paragraph (1)(D)— 

(I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 

‘‘FOR FISCAL YEARS 2017 AND 2018’’ and inserting 

‘‘FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 2017 THROUGH 2020’’; 

and 

(II) by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2017 or 2018’’ 

and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2017 through 

2020’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (2), in subparagraphs (A) and 

(B), by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2017 and 2018’’ each 

place it appears and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 

2017 through 2020’’. 

(B) EXPENDITURE RULES FOR ELIGIBLE COUNTIES.—Section 102(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(d)) is 

amended— 

(i) in paragraph (1)(F)— 

(I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 

‘‘FOR FISCAL YEARS 2017 AND 2018’’ and inserting 

‘‘FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 2017 THROUGH 2020’’; 

and 

(II) by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2017 and 2018’’ 

and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2017 through 

2020’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (3)(D)— 

(I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 

‘‘FOR FISCAL YEARS 2017 AND 2018’’ and inserting 

‘‘FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 2017 THROUGH 2020’’; 

and 

(II) by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2017 and 2018’’ 

and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2017 through 

2020’’. 

(C) DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE COUNTIES.—Section 103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 

7113(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘through and for fiscal 
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years 2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2015 and 

for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2020’’. 

(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SPECIAL PROJECTS

ON FEDERAL LAND.— 

(1) EXISTING ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—Section 205(a)(4) of 

the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 

Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 29, 2018’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 

20, 2021’’. 

(2) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 208 of the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 

(16 U.S.C. 7128) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘2022’’; and 

(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 

‘‘2023’’. 

(c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO EXPEND COUNTY FUNDS.— 

Section 304 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘2022’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 

‘‘2023’’. 

TITLE IV—EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

EXTENSION 

SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION PERIOD. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the Export-Import Bank Act 

of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635f) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 

(b) EXPOSURE LIMIT.—Section 6(a)(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 

635e(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2015 

through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

2027’’. 

SEC. 402. PROGRAM ON CHINA AND TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPORTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Export-Import Bank Act 

of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635) is amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(l) PROGRAM ON CHINA AND TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPORTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Bank shall establish a Program 

on China and Transformational Exports to support the extension of loans, guarantees, and insurance, at rates and on terms 

and other conditions, to the extent practicable, that are fully 

competitive with rates, terms, and other conditions established 

by the People’s Republic of China or by a covered country, 

that aim to— 

‘‘(A) directly neutralize export subsidies for competing 

goods and services financed by official export credit, tied 

aid, or blended financing provided by the People’s Republic 

of China or by a covered country; or 

‘‘(B) advance the comparative leadership of the United 

States with respect to the People’s Republic of China, or 
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support United States innovation, employment, and technological standards, through direct exports in any of the 

following areas: 

‘‘(i) Artificial intelligence. 

‘‘(ii) Biotechnology. 

‘‘(iii) Biomedical sciences. 

‘‘(iv) Wireless communications equipment 

(including 5G or subsequent wireless technologies). 

‘‘(v) Quantum computing. 

‘‘(vi) Renewable energy, energy efficiency, and 

energy storage. 

‘‘(vii) Semiconductor and semiconductor machinery 

manufacturing. 

‘‘(viii) Emerging financial technologies, including 

technologies that facilitate— 

‘‘(I) financial inclusion through increased 

access to capital and financial services; 

‘‘(II) data security and privacy; 

‘‘(III) payments, the transfer of funds, and 

associated messaging services; and 

‘‘(IV) efforts to combat money laundering and 

the financing of terrorism. 

‘‘(ix) Water treatment and sanitation, including 

technologies and infrastructure to reduce contaminants 

and improve water quality. 

‘‘(x) High performance computing. 

‘‘(xi) Associated services necessary for use of any 

of the foregoing exports. 

‘‘(2) COVERED COUNTRIES.—In this subsection, the term 

‘covered country’ means any country that— 

‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Treasury designates as a 

covered country in a report to the Committee on Financial 

Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development of 

the Senate; 

‘‘(B) is not a participant in the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits of the Organization for 

Economic Cooperation and Development (in this subsection 

referred to as the ‘Arrangement’); and 

‘‘(C) is not in substantial compliance with the financial 

terms and conditions of the Arrangement. 

‘‘(3) FINANCING.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be a goal of the Bank to 

reserve not less than 20 percent of the applicable amount 

(as defined in section 6(a)(2)) for support made pursuant 

to the Program on China and Transformational Exports. 

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of the Treasury may 

reduce or eliminate the 20 percent goal in subparagraph 

(A), on reporting to the Committee on Financial Services 

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that 

the People’s Republic of China is in substantial compliance 

with— 

‘‘(i) the financial terms and conditions of the 

Arrangement; and 

‘‘(ii) the rules and principles of the Paris Club. 
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‘‘(C) SUNSET AND REPORT.—The program established 

under paragraph (1) shall expire on December 31, 2026. 

Not later than 4 years after enactment of this subsection, 

the President of the Bank shall submit a report to the 

Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs of the Senate assessing the following: 

‘‘(i) The capacity and demand of United States 

entities to export goods and services in the areas 

described in paragraph (1)(B), as assessed in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce. 

‘‘(ii) The availability of private-sector financing for 

exports in the areas. 

‘‘(iii) The feasibility and advisability of continuing 

the goal of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph with 

respect to paragraph (1)(B) after December 31, 2026. 

‘‘(D) NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL

MONETARY AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.—The National 

Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial 

Problems shall ensure that Bank authorizations pursuant 

to the Program on China and Transformational Exports 

are considered or reviewed expeditiously, consistent with 

the other credit standards required by law.’’. 

(b) REQUIRED REPORTING.—Section 8 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 

635g) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(l) REPORT ON AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER THE PRO- GRAM ON

CHINA AND TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPORTS.—The Bank shall include 

in its annual report to Congress under subsection (a) a narrative 

and financial summary of the authorizations made under the Program on China and Transformational Exports.’’. 

(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 2(l)(1)(B) of 

the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 shall be construed to weaken 

any export controls affecting critical technologies (as defined in 

section 721(a)(6)(A) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 

4565(a)(6)(A))). 

SEC. 403. SMALL BUSINESS POLICY. 

Section 2(b)(1) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 

U.S.C. 635(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (E)(i)(I) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(E)(i)(I) It is further the policy of the United States to encourage the participation of small business (including women-owned 

businesses, minority-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, 

businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and businesses in 

rural areas) and start-up businesses in international commerce, 

and to educate such businesses about how to export goods using 

the Bank.’’. 

SEC. 404. INCREASE IN SMALL BUSINESS THRESHOLD. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(b)(1)(E)(v) of the Export-Import 

Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(E)(v)) is amended by striking 

‘‘25’’ and inserting ‘‘30’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 

shall take effect on January 1, 2021. 
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SEC. 405. EXCLUSION OF UNUTILIZED INSURANCE AUTHORITY IN CALCULATING SMALL BUSINESS THRESHOLD. 

Section 2(b)(1)(E)(v) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 

(12 U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(E)(v)) is amended by adding at the end the 

following: ‘‘For the purpose of calculating the amounts of authority 

required under this clause, the Bank shall, with respect to insurance, exclude unutilized authorizations that terminated during the 

fiscal year.’’. 

SEC. 406. ANTI-FRAUD REFORMS. 

Section 2 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 

635) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (f), by striking the period and inserting: 

‘‘, and shall deny an application for assistance if the end user, 

borrower, lender, or exporter has been convicted of an act 

of fraud or corruption in connection with an application for 

support from the Bank made in the preceding 5 years. The 

Bank may proceed with an application described in this subsection only if an end user, borrower, lender, or exporter can 

be fully excluded from the transaction.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘should require’’ and 

inserting ‘‘shall require’’. 

SEC. 407. FINANCING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, 

AND ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES. 

Section 2(b)(1)(K) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 

U.S.C. 635(b)(1)(K)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, energy efficiency 

(including battery electric vehicles, batteries for electric vehicles, 

and electric vehicle charging infrastructure), and energy storage. 

It shall be a goal of the Bank to ensure that not less than 5 

percent of the applicable amount (as defined in section 6(a)(2)) 

is made available each fiscal year for the financing of renewable 

energy, energy efficiency (including battery electric vehicles, batteries for electric vehicles, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure), and energy storage technology exports’’ before the period. 

SEC. 408. REPORTING ON FINANCING RELATED TO CHINA. 

(a) NATIONAL INTEREST REPORT.—Before authorizing a loan 

or guarantee for a transaction in an amount greater than 

$25,000,000 for which the end user, lender, or obligor is the government of China, the President of the Export-Import Bank of the 

United States (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Bank’’) shall— 

(1) report to the Committee on Financial Services of the 

House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that the Bank has 

consulted with the Secretary of State and any other relevant 

department or agency, as deemed appropriate by the President 

of the United States, to assess any risks posed by the entity 

or the transaction to the national interest of the United States; 

and 

(2) include a summary of the transaction and the consultation. 

(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report described in subsection (a) 

shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 

annex. 

(c) RELATED POLICIES.— 

(1) The Board of Directors of the Bank shall prescribe 

policies for the Bank with respect to— 
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(A) procedures required by the consultation described 

in subsection (a)(1); 

(B) establishment of a period of not less than 25 days 

to complete the consultations described in subsection (a) 

during which time consulted parties may submit any appropriate information to the Bank; and 

(C) efforts by the Bank to assess and determine ownership or control by the government of China pursuant to 

the requirements of subsection (a). 

(2) In prescribing the policies described under paragraph 

(1) of this subsection, the Board of Directors of the Bank shall— 

(A) consult with the Secretary of State with respect 

to the procedures referred to in subparagraphs (A) and 

(B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, and seek to ensure 

that the procedures— 

(i) are consistent, wherever appropriate, with 

national interest determinations made under section 

2(b)(1)(B) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; and 

(ii) include coordination between the Secretary of 

State and the Director of National Intelligence, wherever appropriate; and 

(B) consult with the Secretary of the Treasury with 

respect to the efforts described in paragraph (1)(C) of this 

subsection. 

(d) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this section, the term 

‘‘government of China’’ means any person that the Bank has reason 

to believe is— 

(1) the state and the government of China, as well as 

any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof; 

(2) any entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by any of 

the foregoing, including any partnership, association, or other 

entity in which any of the foregoing owns a 50 percent or 

greater interest or a controlling interest, and any entity which 

is otherwise controlled by any of the foregoing; 

(3) any person that is or has been acting or purporting 

to act, directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of any of the 

foregoing; and 

(4) any other person which the Secretary of the Treasury 

has notified the Bank is included in any of the foregoing. 

(e) SUNSET.—This section shall have no force or effect on the 

earlier of-— 

(1) December 31, 2026; or 

(2) the date that is 30 days after the date that the President 

of the United States reports to the Committee on Financial 

Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that 

China is in substantial compliance with— 

(A) the financial terms and conditions of the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits of the 

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; 

and 

(B) the rules and principles of the Paris Club. 

SEC. 409. ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES DURING QUORUM LAPSE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(c)(6) of the Export-Import Bank 

Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635a(c)(6)) is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B)(i) If there is an insufficient number of directors to constitute a quorum under subparagraph (A) for 120 consecutive days 

during the term of a President of the United States, a temporary 

Board, consisting of the following members, shall act in the stead 

of the Board of Directors: 

‘‘(I) The United States Trade Representative. 

‘‘(II) The Secretary of the Treasury. 

‘‘(III) The Secretary of Commerce. 

‘‘(IV) The members of the Board of Directors. 

‘‘(ii) If, at a meeting of the temporary Board— 

‘‘(I) a member referred to in clause (i)(IV) is present, the 

meeting shall be chaired by such a member, consistent with 

Bank bylaws; or 

‘‘(II) no such member is present, the meeting shall be 

chaired by the United States Trade Representative. 

‘‘(iii) A member described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of clause 

(i) may delegate the authority of the member to vote on whether 

to authorize a transaction, whose value does not exceed 

$100,000,000, to— 

‘‘(I) if the member is the United States Trade Representative, the Deputy United States Trade Representative; or 

‘‘(II) if the member is referred to in such subclause (II) 

or (III), the Deputy Secretary of the department referred to 

in the subclause. 

‘‘(iv) If the temporary Board consists of members of only one 

political party, the President of the United States shall, to the 

extent practicable, appoint to the temporary Board a qualified 

member of a different political party who occupies a position 

requiring nomination by the President, by and with the consent 

of the Senate. 

‘‘(v) The temporary board may not change or amend Bank 

policies, procedures, bylaws, or guidelines. 

‘‘(vi) The temporary Board shall expire at the end of the term 

of the President of the United States in office at the time the 

temporary Board was constituted or upon restoration of a quorum 

of the Board of Directors as defined in subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(vii) With respect to a transaction that equals or exceeds 

$100,000,000, the Chairperson of the temporary Board shall ensure 

that the Bank complies with section 2(b)(3).’’. 

(b) TERMINATION.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 

shall have no force or effect after December 31, 2026. 

TITLE V—TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE 

PROGRAM EXTENSION 

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 502. 7-YEAR EXTENSION OF TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE PROGRAM. 

(a) TERMINATION DATE.—Section 108(a) of the Terrorism Risk 

Insurance Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 6701 note) is amended by striking 

‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 
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(b) TIMING OF MANDATORY RECOUPMENT.—Section 

103(e)(7)(E)(i) of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (15 

U.S.C. 6701 note) is amended— 

(1) in subclause (I)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’; 

(2) in subclause (II)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’; and 

(3) in subclause (III)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 

(c) ONGOING REPORTS REGARDING MARKET CONDITIONS FOR

TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE.—Paragraph (2) of section 104(h) of 

the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 6701 note) 

is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively; and 

(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 

subparagraph: 

‘‘(B) an evaluation of the availability and affordability 

of terrorism risk insurance, which shall include an analysis 

of such availability and affordability specifically for places 

of worship;’’. 

(d) STUDY AND REPORT ON CYBER TERRORISM.—Not later than 

the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the 

enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

shall conduct a study and report to the Committee on Financial 

Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, which shall— 

(1) analyze and address— 

(A) overall vulnerabilities and potential costs of cyber 

attacks to the United States public and private infrastructure that could result in physical or digital damage; 

(B) whether State-defined cyber liability under a property and casualty line of insurance is adequate coverage 

for an act of cyber terrorism; 

(C) whether such risks can be adequately priced by 

the private market; and 

(D) whether the current risk-share system under the 

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 6701 

note) is appropriate for a cyber terrorism event; and 

(2) set forth recommendations on how Congress could 

amend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 

6701 note) to meet the next generation of cyber threats. 

TITLE VI—NASA ENHANCED USE 

LEASING EXTENSION 

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘NASA Enhanced Use Leasing 

Extension Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 602. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASES OF NONEXCESS PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS 

AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. 

Section 20145(g) of title 51, United States Code, is amended, 

in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting 

‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

TITLE VII—INKSNA EXTENSION 

SEC. 701. EXEMPTION FROM THE IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA 

NONPROLIFERATION ACT. 

Section 7(1) of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106–178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended, 

in the undesignated matter following subparagraph (B), by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

TITLE VIII—BRAND USA EXTENSION 

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Brand USA Extension Act’’. 

SEC. 802. THE CORPORATION FOR TRAVEL PROMOTION. 

Subsection (b) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 

2131(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

(A) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or foodservice’’ after 

‘‘restaurant’’; 

(B) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘, such as outdoor recreation’’ before the semicolon at the end; and 

(C) in clause (viii), by inserting ‘‘commercial or private’’ 

before ‘‘passenger air sector’’; 

(2) in paragraph (5)(A)— 

(A) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘speaking conventions, 

sales missions,’’ after ‘‘trade shows,’’; 

(B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(C) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end 

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(vi) to promote tourism to the United States 

through digital media, online platforms, and other 

appropriate medium.’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (7)(C), by striking ‘‘3 days’’ and inserting 

‘‘5 days’’. 

SEC. 803. ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. 

Subsection (c) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 

2131(c)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting 

‘‘$450,000’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3)— 

(A) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph 

(K); 

(B) in subparagraph (H)(iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

end; and 

(C) by inserting after subparagraph (H)(iii) the following: 
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‘‘(I) a list of countries the Corporation identifies as 

emerging markets for tourism to the United States; 

‘‘(J) a description of the efforts the Corporation has 

made to promote tourism to rural areas of the United 

States; and’’. 

SEC. 804. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR BRAND USA. 

Subsection (d) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 

2131(d)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘2027’’; 

(2) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘70 percent’’ and 

inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘2027’’. 

SEC. 805. PERFORMANCE PLAN. 

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the Corporation for Travel Promotion shall make the 

performance metrics established pursuant to subsection (f)(1)(A) 

of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(f)(1)(A)) publicly 

available on the website of the Corporation. 

SEC. 806. ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION FEE 

INCREASE. 

Section 217(h)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(h)(3)(B)(i)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘$10’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$17’’. 

TITLE IX—DC OPPORTUNITY 

SCHOLARSHIP EXTENSIONS 

SEC. 901. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RESULTS. 

(a) Section 3014(a) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and 

Results Act (sec. 38–1853.14, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 

striking ‘‘through fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘through fiscal 

year 2023’’. 

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 

on September 30, 2019. 

TITLE X—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

SEC. 1001. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects 

of this division and each succeeding division shall not be entered 

on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) 

of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this 

division and each succeeding division shall not be entered on any 

PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 

Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Notwithstanding 

Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 

joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 

budgetary effects of this division and each succeeding division shall 

not be estimated— 

(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and 

(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 

appropriation Act. 

DIVISION J—FOREIGN POLICY 

TITLE I—VENEZUELA ASSISTANCE 

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLES. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Venezuela Emergency Relief, 

Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019’’ or the 

‘‘VERDAD Act of 2019’’. 

Subtitle A—Support for the Interim President of Venezuela and Recognition of the 

Venezuelan National Assembly 

SEC. 111. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF THE 

INTERIM PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) Venezuela’s electoral event on May 20, 2018 was 

characterized by widespread fraud and did not comply with 

international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process. 

(2) Given the fraudulent nature of Venezuela’s May 20, 

2018 electoral event, Nicola ́s Maduro’s tenure as President 

of Venezuela ended on January 10, 2019. 

(3) The National Assembly of Venezuela approved a resolution on January 15, 2019 that terminated Nicola ́s Maduro’s 

authority as the President of Venezuela. 

(4) On January 23, 2019, the President of the National 

Assembly of Venezuela was sworn in as the Interim President 

of Venezuela. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress— 

(1) to support the decisions by the United States Government, more than 50 governments around the world, the 

Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Parliament to recognize National 

Assembly President Juan Guaido ́ as the Interim President of 

Venezuela; 

(2) to encourage the Interim President of Venezuela to 

advance efforts to hold democratic presidential elections in 

the shortest possible period; and 

(3) that the Organization of American States, with support 

from the United States Government and partner governments, 

should provide diplomatic, technical, and financial support for 

a new presidential election in Venezuela that complies with 

international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process. 
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SEC. 112. RECOGNITION OF VENEZUELA’S DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED 

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that Venezuela’s unicameral 

National Assembly convened on January 6, 2016, following democratic elections that were held on December 6, 2015. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly is the only 

national level democratic institution remaining in the country. 

(c) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to recognize 

the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela as the 

only legitimate national legislative body in Venezuela. 

(d) ASSISTANCE TO VENEZUELA’S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.—The 

Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development, shall prioritize 

efforts to provide technical assistance to support the democratically 

elected National Assembly of Venezuela in accordance with section 

143. 

SEC. 113. ADVANCING A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO VENEZUELA’S 

CRISIS. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) direct, credible negotiations led by the Interim President 

of Venezuela and members of Venezuela’s democratically 

elected National Assembly— 

(A) are supported by stakeholders in the international 

community that have recognized the Interim President of 

Venezuela; 

(B) include the input and interests of Venezuelan civil 

society; and 

(C) represent the best opportunity to reach a solution 

to the Venezuelan crisis that includes— 

(i) holding a new presidential election that complies with international standards for a free, fair, and 

transparent electoral process; 

(ii) ending Nicola ́s Maduro’s usurpation of presidential authorities; 

(iii) restoring democracy and the rule of law; 

(iv) freeing political prisoners; and 

(v) facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid; 

(2) dialogue between the Maduro regime and representatives of the political opposition that commenced in October 

2017, and were supported by the Governments of Mexico, of 

Chile, of Bolivia, and of Nicaragua, did not result in an agreement because the Maduro regime failed to credibly participate 

in the process; and 

(3) negotiations between the Maduro regime and representatives of the political opposition that commenced in October 

2016, and were supported by the Vatican, did not result in 

an agreement because the Maduro regime failed to credibly 

participate in the process. 

(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to support 

diplomatic engagement in order to advance a negotiated and peaceful solution to Venezuela’s political, economic, and humanitarian 

crisis that is described in subsection (a)(1). 
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Subtitle B—Humanitarian Relief for 

Venezuela 

SEC. 121. HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) the United States Government should expand efforts 

to peacefully address Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis; and 

(2) humanitarian assistance— 

(A) should be targeted toward those most in need and 

delivered through partners that uphold internationally recognized humanitarian principles; and 

(B) should not be passed through the control or distribution mechanisms of the Maduro regime. 

(b) HUMANITARIAN RELIEF.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordination 

with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall provide— 

(A) humanitarian assistance to individuals and communities in Venezuela, including— 

(i) public health commodities and services, 

including medicines and basic medical supplies and 

equipment; 

(ii) basic food commodities and nutritional supplements needed to address growing malnutrition and 

improve food security for the people of Venezuela, with 

a specific emphasis on the most vulnerable populations; 

and 

(iii) technical assistance to ensure that health and 

food commodities are appropriately selected, procured, 

targeted, and distributed; and 

(B) Venezuelans and hosting communities, as appropriate, in neighboring countries with humanitarian aid, 

such as— 

(i) urgently needed health and nutritional assistance, including logistical and technical assistance to 

hospitals and health centers in affected communities; 

(ii) food assistance for vulnerable individuals, 

including assistance to improve food security for 

affected communities; and 

(iii) hygiene supplies and sanitation services. 

(2) AID TO VENEZUELANS IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.— 

The aid described in paragraph (1)(B)— 

(A) may be provided— 

(i) directly to Venezuelans in neighboring countries, including countries of the Caribbean; or 

(ii) indirectly through the communities in which 

the Venezuelans reside; and 

(B) should focus on the most vulnerable Venezuelans 

in neighboring countries. 

(c) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE STRATEGY UPDATE.—Not later 

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

Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development, shall submit, 

to the appropriate congressional committees, an update to the Venezuela humanitarian assistance strategy described in the conference 
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report accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public 

Law 116–6), to cover a 2-year period and include— 

(1) a description of the United States humanitarian assistance provided under this section; 

(2) a description of United States diplomatic efforts to 

ensure support from international donors, including regional 

partners in Latin America and the Caribbean, for the provision 

of humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela; 

(3) the identification of governments that are willing to 

provide financial and technical assistance for the provision 

of such humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela 

and a description of such assistance; and 

(4) the identification of the financial and technical assistance to be provided by multilateral institutions, including the 

United Nations humanitarian agencies, the Pan American 

Health Organization, the Inter-American Development Bank, 

and the World Bank, and a description of such assistance. 

(d) DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

International Development, shall work with relevant foreign governments and multilateral organizations to coordinate a donors summit 

and carry out diplomatic engagement to advance the strategy 

required under subsection (c). 

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to carry out 

the activities set forth in subsection (b). 

(f) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate 

congressional committees’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 

(4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 122. SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE 

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN VENEZUELA. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the United Nations humanitarian agencies should conduct and publish independent assessments of the humanitarian situation in Venezuela, including— 

(1) the extent and impact of the shortages of food, medicine, 

and medical supplies in Venezuela; 

(2) basic health indicators in Venezuela, such as maternal 

and child mortality rates and the prevalence and treatment 

of communicable diseases; and 

(3) the efforts needed to resolve the shortages identified 

in paragraph (1) and to improve the health indicators referred 

to in paragraph (2). 

(b) UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR.—The President 

should instruct the Permanent Representative to the United 

Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States 

at the United Nations to support the efforts of the Resident Coordinator for Venezuela in a manner that— 

(1) contributes to Venezuela’s long-term recovery; and 

(2) advances humanitarian efforts in Venezuela and for 

Venezuelans residing in neighboring countries. 
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SEC. 123. COORDINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF HUMANITARIAN 

ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Humanitarian Assistance to the Venezuelan People Act of 2019’’. 

(b) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate 

congressional committees’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

of the Senate; 

(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

(5) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and 

(6) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

Representatives. 

(c) REPORT ON THE COORDINATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA

INCLUDING STRATEGY ON FUTURE EFFORTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

International Development, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that evaluates the delivery 

and coordination of humanitarian assistance to the people of 

Venezuela since the onset of the humanitarian crisis, whether 

residing in Venezuela or elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. 

(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required under 

paragraph (1) shall— 

(A) identify how United States Agency for International 

Development and Department of State best practices are 

being utilized in providing humanitarian assistance to Venezuela and countries in the region, including a description 

of coordination efforts with United States embassies and 

USAID missions throughout the region; 

(B) describe the current and anticipated challenges 

to distributing humanitarian assistance in Venezuela and 

countries hosting Venezuelan migrants; 

(C) describe the coordination of United States assistance with foreign donors; and 

(D) describe how the distribution of humanitarian 

assistance is being monitored and evaluated, including— 

(i) the number of beneficiaries receiving such 

assistance; 

(ii) an assessment of how humanitarian and 

development assistance is benefitting Venezuelan 

migrants inside and outside of the country; and 

(iii) what additional staff may be necessary to manage such assistance. 

Subtitle C—Addressing Regime Cohesion 

SEC. 131. CLASSIFIED BRIEFING ON DECLINING COHESION INSIDE THE 

VENEZUELAN MILITARY AND THE MADURO REGIME. 

(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
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acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in 

coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide 

a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees that assesses 

the declining cohesion inside the Venezuelan military and security 

forces and the Maduro regime. 

(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under subsection (a) shall— 

(1) identify senior members of the Venezuelan military 

and the Maduro regime, including generals, admirals, cabinet 

ministers, deputy cabinet ministers, and the heads of intelligence agencies, whose loyalty to Nicola ́s Maduro is declining; 

(2) describe the factors that would accelerate the decision 

making of individuals identified in paragraph (1)— 

(A) to break with the Maduro regime; and 

(B) to recognize the Interim President of Venezuela 

and his government; and 

(3) assess and detail the massive number of desertions 

and defections that have occurred at the officer and enlisted 

levels inside the Venezuelan military and security forces. 

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this section, 

the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 

(4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House of Representatives. 

SEC. 132. ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON VISAS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall impose the visa 

restrictions described in subsection (c) on any foreign person who 

the Secretary determines— 

(1) is a current or former senior official of the Maduro 

regime, or any foreign person acting on behalf of such regime, 

who is knowingly responsible for, complicit in, responsible for 

ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, or participating 

in (directly or indirectly) any activity in or in relation to Venezuela, on or after January 23, 2019, that significantly undermines or threatens the integrity of— 

(A) the democratically-elected National Assembly of 

Venezuela; or 

(B) the President of such National Assembly, while 

serving as Interim President of Venezuela, or the senior 

government officials under the supervision of such President; 

(2) is the spouse or adult child of a foreign person described 

in paragraph (1); or 

(3) is the spouse or adult child of Venezuelan person sanctioned under— 

(A) section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human 

Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

278), as amended by section 163 of this title; 

(B) section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 

Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1903(b)); or 

(C) Executive Orders 13692 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) and 

13850. 
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(b) REMOVAL FROM VISA REVOCATION LIST.—Pursuant to such 

procedures as the Secretary of State may establish to implement 

this section— 

(1) if any person described in subsection (a)(1) recognizes 

and pledges support for the Interim President of Venezuela 

or a subsequent democratically elected government of Venezuela, that person and any family members of that person 

who were subject to visa restrictions pursuant to subsection 

(a)(2) shall no longer be subject to such visa restrictions; and 

(2) if any person described in subparagraphs (A) through 

(C) of subsection (a)(3) recognizes and pledges support for the 

Interim President of Venezuela or a subsequent democratically 

elected government of Venezuela, any family members of that 

person who were subject to visa restrictions pursuant to subsection (a)(3) shall no longer be subject to such visa restrictions. 

(c) VISA RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

(1) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An alien described in 

subsection (a) is— 

(A) inadmissible to the United States; 

(B) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation 

to enter the United States; and 

(C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 

the United States or to receive any benefit under the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

(2) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien described in subsection (a) 

is subject to revocation of any visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued. 

(B) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revocation under subparagraph (A) shall— 

(i) take effect immediately; and 

(ii) automatically cancel any other valid visa or 

entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. 

(3) EXCEPTIONS.—Sanctions under paragraphs (1) and (2) 

shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling 

the alien into the United States is necessary— 

(A) to permit the United States to comply with the 

Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United 

Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 

into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations 

and the United States, or other applicable international 

obligations; or 

(B) to carry out or assist law enforcement activity 

in the United States. 

(d) RULEMAKING.—The President shall issue such regulations, 

licenses, and orders as may be necessary to carry out this section. 

SEC. 133. WAIVER FOR SANCTIONED OFFICIALS THAT RECOGNIZE THE 

INTERIM PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. 

(a) REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS.—If a person sanctioned under 

any of the provisions of law described in subsection (b) recognizes 

and pledges supports for the Interim President of Venezuela or 

a subsequent democratically elected government, the person shall 

no longer be subject to such sanctions, pursuant to such procedures 

as the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury may 

establish to implement this section. 
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(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions described in this 

subsection are set forth in the following provisions of law: 

(1)(A) Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 

(Public Law 113–278), as amended by section 163 of this title. 

(B) Paragraph (5) of section 5(a) of such Act, to the extent 

such paragraph relates to the sanctions described in paragraph 

(3) or (4) of such subsection. 

(2)(A) Clauses (1) and (4) of section 1(a)(ii)(A) of Executive 

Order 13692 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

(B) Subparagraph (D)(2) of section 1(a)(ii) of such Executive 

Order, to the extent such subparagraph relates to the provisions 

of law cited in subparagraph (A). 

(3)(A) Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 13850. 

(B) Paragraph (iii) of section 1(a) of such Executive Order, 

to the extent such paragraph relates to the provision of law 

cited in subparagraph (A). 

(c) RULEMAKING.—The President shall issue such regulations, 

licenses, and orders as may be necessary to carry out this section. 

Subtitle D—Restoring Democracy and Addressing the Political Crisis in Venezuela 

SEC. 141. SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES 

AND THE LIMA GROUP. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Secretary of State should— 

(1) take additional steps to support ongoing efforts by the 

Secretary General of the Organization of American States to 

promote diplomatic initiatives to foster the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela; 

(2) conduct diplomatic engagement in support of efforts 

by the Lima Group to restore democracy and the rule of law 

in Venezuela and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance for the Venezuelan people; and 

(3) engage with the International Contact Group on Venezuela to advance a peaceful and democratic solution to the 

current crisis. 

(b) DEFINED TERMS.—In this section: 

(1) INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP ON VENEZUELA.—The 

‘‘International Contact Group on Venezuela’’ refers to a diplomatic bloc— 

(A) whose members include the European Union, 

France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, the 

Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ecuador, Costa Rica, 

and Uruguay; and 

(B) which was established to advance a peaceful and 

democratic solution to the current crisis in Venezuela. 

(2) LIMA GROUP.—The ‘‘Lima Group’’ refers to a diplomatic 

bloc— 

(A) whose members include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, 

Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Saint Lucia; and 

(B) which was established to address the political, economic, and humanitarian crises in Venezuela. 
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SEC. 142. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Secretary of State should conduct robust diplomatic engagement 

in support of efforts in Venezuela, and on the part of the international community, to ensure accountability for possible crimes 

against humanity and serious violations of human rights. 

(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 

to Congress that— 

(1) evaluates the degree to which the Maduro regime and 

its officials, including members of the Venezuelan security 

forces, have engaged in actions that constitute possible crimes 

against humanity and serious violations of human rights; and 

(2) provides options for holding accountable the perpetrators identified under paragraph (1). 

SEC. 143. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION 

AND DEMOCRATIC CIVIL SOCIETY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordination with 

the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development— 

(1) shall work with the Organization of American States 

to ensure credible international observation of future elections 

in Venezuela that contributes to free, fair, and transparent 

democratic electoral processes; and 

(2) shall work with nongovernmental organizations— 

(A) to strengthen democratic governance and institutions, including the democratically elected National 

Assembly of Venezuela; 

(B) to defend internationally recognized human rights 

for the people of Venezuela, including support for efforts 

to document crimes against humanity and violations of 

human rights; 

(C) to support the efforts of independent media outlets 

to broadcast, distribute, and share information beyond the 

limited channels made available by the Maduro regime; 

and 

(D) to combat corruption and improve the transparency 

and accountability of institutions that are part of the 

Maduro regime. 

(b) ENGAGEMENT AT THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.— 

The Secretary of State, acting through the United States Permanent 

Representative to the Organization of American States, should advocate and build diplomatic support for sending an election observation mission to Venezuela to ensure that democratic electoral processes are organized and carried out in a free, fair, and transparent 

manner. 

(c) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency 

for International Development, shall provide a briefing on the 

strategy to carry out the activities described in subsection (a) to— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 
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(4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2020, $17,500,000 

to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a). 

(2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts appropriated 

pursuant to paragraph (1) are subject to the notification 

requirements applicable to expenditures from the Economic 

Support Fund under section 531(c) of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346(c)) and from the Development 

Assistance Fund under section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2413(a)), to the extent that such funds 

are expended. 

Subtitle E—Supporting the Reconstruction 

of Venezuela 

SEC. 151. RECOVERING ASSETS STOLEN FROM THE VENEZUELAN 

PEOPLE. 

(a) RECOVERING ASSETS.—The President, acting through the 

Secretary of State and in consultation with the Secretary of the 

Treasury, shall advance a coordinated international effort— 

(1) to work with foreign governments— 

(A) to share financial investigations intelligence, as 

appropriate; 

(B) to block the assets identified pursuant to paragraph 

(2); and 

(C) to provide technical assistance to help governments 

establish the necessary legal framework to carry out asset 

forfeitures; and 

(2) to carry out special financial investigations to identify 

and track assets taken from the people and institutions of 

Venezuela through theft, corruption, money laundering, or 

other illicit means. 

(b) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through 

the Secretary of State and in consultation with the Secretary 

of the Treasury, shall submit a strategy for carrying out the 

activities described in subsection (a) to Congress. 

(2) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under 

paragraph (1) shall— 

(A) assess whether the United States or another 

member of the international community should establish 

a managed fund to hold the assets identified pursuant 

to subsection (a)(2) that could be returned to a future 

democratic government in Venezuela; and 

(B) include such recommendations as the President 

and the Secretary of State consider appropriate for legislative or administrative action in the United States that 

would be needed to establish and manage the fund 

described in subparagraph (A). 
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Subtitle F—Restoring the Rule of Law in 

Venezuela 

SEC. 161. DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COORDINATED SANCTIONS STRATEGY WITH PARTNERS IN THE WESTERN 

HEMISPHERE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. 

(a) STRENGTHENING SANCTIONS CAPACITY IN LATIN AMERICA

AND THE CARIBBEAN.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, shall offer to provide technical assistance to partner governments in Latin America and the Caribbean 

to assist such governments in establishing the legislative and regulatory frameworks needed to impose targeted sanctions on officials 

of the Maduro regime who— 

(1) are responsible for human rights abuses; 

(2) have engaged in public corruption; or 

(3) are undermining democratic institutions and processes 

in Venezuela. 

(b) COORDINATING INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS.—The Secretary 

of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 

engage in diplomatic efforts with partner governments, including 

the Government of Canada, governments in the European Union, 

and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean, to impose 

targeted sanctions on the Maduro regime officials described in 

subsection (a). 

(c) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit a strategy 

for carrying out the activities described in subsection (a) to— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

of the Senate; 

(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

(5) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and 

(6) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

Representatives. 

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2020, $3,000,000 to 

carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a). 

(2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts appropriated 

pursuant to paragraph (1) are subject to the notification 

requirements applicable to expenditures from the Economic 

Support Fund under section 531(c) of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346(c)) and the International Narcotics 

and Law Enforcement Fund under section 489 of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h) to the extent that 

such funds are expended. 

SEC. 162. CLASSIFIED BRIEFING ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS IN CORRUPTION AND ILLICIT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING. 

(a) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting 
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through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide a 

classified briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on 

the involvement of senior officials of the Maduro regime, including 

members of the National Electoral Council, the judicial system, 

and the Venezuelan security forces, in illicit narcotics trafficking 

and significant acts of public corruption in Venezuela. 

(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The briefing provided under subsection (a) shall— 

(1) describe how the significant acts of public corruption 

pose challenges for United States national security and impact 

the rule of law and democratic governance in countries of 

the Western Hemisphere; 

(2) identify individuals for whom there is credible information that they frustrated the ability of the United States to 

combat illicit narcotics trafficking; 

(3) include an assessment of the relationship between 

individuals identified under subsection (a) and Nicola ́s Maduro 

or members of his cabinet; and 

(4) include input from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network. 

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this section, 

the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

of the Senate; 

(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

(5) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House of Representatives; and 

(6) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

Representatives. 

SEC. 163. CONCERNS OVER PDVSA TRANSACTIONS WITH ROSNEFT. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) In late 2016, Venezuelan state-owned oil company 

Petro ́leos de Venezuela, S.A. (referred to in this section as 

‘‘PDVSA’’), through a no compete transaction, secured a loan 

from Russian government-controlled oil company Rosneft, using 

49.9 percent of PDVSA’s American subsidiary, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, including its assets in the United States, 

as collateral. As a result of this transaction, 100 percent of 

CITGO is held as collateral by PDVSA’s creditors. 

(2) CITGO, a wholly owned subsidiary of PDVSA, is 

engaged in interstate commerce and owns and controls critical 

energy infrastructure in 19 States of the United States, 

including an extensive network of pipelines, 48 terminals, and 

3 refineries, with a combined oil refining capacity of 749,000 

barrels per day. CITGO’s refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana, 

is the sixth largest refinery in the United States. 

(3) The Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions 

on Rosneft, which is controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation, and its Executive Chairman, Igor Sechin, following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and its illegal 

annexation of Crimea in 2014. 
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(4) The Department of Homeland Security has designated 

the energy sector as critical to United States infrastructure. 

(5) The growing economic crisis in Venezuela raises the 

probability that the Maduro regime and PDVSA will default 

on their international debt obligations, resulting in a scenario 

in which Rosneft could come into control of CITGO’s United 

States energy infrastructure holdings. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) control of critical United States energy infrastructure 

by Rosneft, a Russian government-controlled entity currently 

under United States sanctions that is led by Igor Sechin, who 

is also under United States sanctions and is a close associate 

of Vladimir Putin, would pose a significant risk to United 

States national security and energy security; and 

(2) a default by PDVSA on its loan from Rosneft, resulting 

in Rosneft coming into possession of PDVSA’s United States 

CITGO assets, would warrant careful consideration by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. 

(c) PREVENTING ROSNEFT FROM CONTROLLING UNITED STATES

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.—The President shall take all necessary 

steps to prevent Rosneft from gaining control of critical United 

States energy infrastructure. 

(d) SECURITY RISK REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a 

report assessing the national security risks posed by potential Russian acquisition and control of CITGO’s United States energy infrastructure holdings to— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

of the Senate; 

(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

(5) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

of Representatives; and 

(6) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

Representatives. 

SEC. 164. CLASSIFIED BRIEFING ON ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN FOREIGN 

GOVERNMENTS AND ACTORS IN VENEZUELA. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through 

the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of 

State, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, 

shall provide a classified briefing to the appropriate congressional 

committees on— 

(1) the full extent of cooperation by the Government of 

the Russian Federation, the Government of the People’s 

Republic of China, the Government of Cuba, and the Government of Iran with the Maduro regime; and 

(2) the activities inside Venezuelan territory of foreign 

armed groups, including Colombian criminal organizations and 

defectors from the Colombian guerilla group known as the 

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and foreign terrorist 

organizations, including the Colombian guerilla group known 

as the National Liberation Army (ELN). 
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(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this section, 

the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 

(4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House of Representatives. 

SEC. 165. COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN VENEZUELA. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘RussianVenezuelan Threat Mitigation Act’’. 

(b) THREAT ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY TO COUNTER RUSSIAN

INFLUENCE IN VENEZUELA.— 

(1) DEFINED TERM.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives. 

(2) THREAT ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding— 

(A) an assessment of Russian-Venezuelan security 

cooperation; 

(B) the potential threat such cooperation poses to the 

United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere; 

and 

(C) a strategy to counter threats identified in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 

(c) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

(1) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien described in this paragraph is an alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary 

of Homeland Security (or a designee of either Secretary) knows, 

or has reason to believe, is acting or has acted on behalf 

of the Government of Russia in direct support of the security 

forces of the Maduro regime. 

(2) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.—An alien described in 

paragraph (1) is— 

(A) inadmissible to the United States; 

(B) ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation 

to enter the United States; and 

(C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into 

the United States or to receive any benefit under the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

(3) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien described in paragraph (1) 

is subject to revocation of any visa or other entry documentation regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is or was issued. 

(B) IMMEDIATE EFFECT.—A revocation under subparagraph (A) shall— 

(i) take effect immediately; and 

(ii) automatically cancel any other valid visa or 

entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession. 
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(4) EXCEPTIONS.—Sanctions under paragraphs (2) and (3) 

shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling 

the alien into the United States is necessary— 

(A) to permit the United States to comply with the 

Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United 

Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered 

into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations 

and the United States, or other applicable international 

obligations; or 

(B) to carry out or assist law enforcement activity 

in the United States. 

(5) NATIONAL SECURITY.—The President may waive the 

application of this subsection with respect to an alien if the 

President— 

(A) determines that such a waiver is in the national 

interest of the United States; and 

(B) submits a notice of, and justification for, such 

waiver to the appropriate congressional committees. 

(6) SUNSET.—This subsection shall terminate on the date 

that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 166. RESTRICTION ON EXPORT OF COVERED ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO CERTAIN SECURITY FORCES OF VENEZUELA. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Venezuela 

Arms Restriction Act’’. 

(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs of the Senate; 

(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives; and 

(D) the Committee on Financial Services of the House 

of Representatives. 

(2) COVERED ARTICLE OR SERVICE.—The term ‘‘covered 

article or service’’— 

(A) for purposes of subsection (c), means— 

(i) a defense article or defense service (as such 

terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms Export 

Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794)); and 

(ii) any article included on the Commerce Control 

List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of 

the Export Administration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal 

Regulations, and controlled for crime control purposes, 

if the end user is likely to use the article to violate 

the human rights of the citizens of Venezuela; and 

(B) for purposes of subsection (d), means— 

(i) any defense article or defense service of the 

type described in section 47 of the Arms Export Control 

Act (22 U.S.C. 2794); and 

(ii) any article of the type included on the Commerce Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to 

part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations and 

controlled for crime control purposes. 
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(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ means 

a person that is not a United States person. 

(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or 

entity. 

(5) SECURITY FORCES OF VENEZUELA.—The term ‘‘security 

forces of Venezuela’’ includes— 

(A) the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, including 

the Bolivarian National Guard; 

(B) the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service; 

(C) the Bolivarian National Police; and 

(D) the Bureau for Scientific, Criminal and Forensic 

Investigations of the Ministry of Interior, Justice, and 

Peace. 

(6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

(A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 

admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 

or 

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United 

States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, 

including a foreign branch of such an entity. 

(c) RESTRICTION ON EXPORT OF COVERED ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO CERTAIN SECURITY FORCES OF VENEZUELA.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, covered articles or services may not be exported from 

the United States to any element of the security forces of 

the Maduro regime. 

(2) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 

consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the heads 

of other departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall— 

(A) determine, using such information that is available 

to the Secretary of State, whether any covered article or 

service has been transferred since July 2017 to the security 

forces of Venezuela without a license or other authorization 

as required by law; and 

(B) submit such determination in writing to the appropriate congressional committees. 

(d) REPORT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, shall 

submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 

regarding the transfer by foreign persons of covered articles 

or services to elements of the security forces of Venezuela 

that are under the authority of the Maduro regime. 

(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required under 

paragraph (1) shall include— 

(A) a list of all significant transfers by foreign persons 

of covered articles or services to such elements of the 

security forces of Venezuela since July 2017; 

(B) a list of all foreign persons who maintain an 

existing defense relationship with such elements of the 

security forces of Venezuela; and 
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(C) any known use of covered articles or services by 

such elements of the security forces of Venezuela or associated forces, including paramilitary groups, that have coordinated with such security forces to assault, intimidate, or 

murder political activists, protesters, dissidents, and other 

civil society leaders, including Juan Guaido ́. 

(e) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the earlier of— 

(1) the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment 

of this Act; or 

(2) the date on which the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Venezuela has returned to a democratic form of government with 

respect for the essential elements of representative democracy 

as set forth in Article 3 of the Inter-American Democratic 

Charter, adopted by the Organization of American States in 

Lima on September 11, 2001. 

Subtitle G—Cryptocurrency and Ensuring 

the Effectiveness of United States Sanctions 

SEC. 171. BRIEFING ON THE IMPACT OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES ON 

UNITED STATES SANCTIONS. 

(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(2) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

of the Senate; 

(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 

(4) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

Representatives. 

(b) METHODOLOGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Chairman of 

the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Chairman of 

the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, shall develop a methodology to assess how any digital currency, digital coin, or digital 

token, that was issued by, for, or on behalf of the Maduro regime 

is being utilized to circumvent or undermine United States sanctions. 

(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

of the Treasury shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 

on the methodology developed under subsection (b). 

Subtitle H—Miscellaneous Provisions 

SEC. 181. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS. 

(a) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; SANCTIONS COORDINATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after any of the 

congressional committees listed in paragraph (2) requests a 

briefing regarding the implementation— 
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(A) of section 121, the Secretary of State and the 

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall provide such briefing to such 

committee; and 

(B) of section 161, the Secretary of State shall provide 

such briefing to such committee. 

(2) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The committees listed 

in this paragraph are— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives; and 

(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

of Representatives. 

(b) UNITED NATIONS; NEGOTIATED SOLUTION; CRIMES AGAINST

HUMANITY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after any congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing 

regarding the implementation of section 113, 122, or 142, the 

Secretary of State shall provide such briefing to such committee. 

(2) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The congressional 

committees listed in this paragraph are— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives. 

(c) REGIME COHESION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing 

regarding the implementation of section 131, the Secretary 

of State and the Director of National Intelligence shall provide 

such briefing to such committee. 

(2) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The congressional 

committees listed in this paragraph are— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives; and 

(D) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

of the House of Representatives. 

(d) INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION; DEMOCRATIC CIVIL

SOCIETY.—Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee 

listed in subsection (a)(2) requests a briefing regarding the 

implementation of section 143, the Secretary of State and the 

Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development shall provide such briefing to such committee. 

(e) VISA RESTRICTIONS; SANCTIONS WAIVER.—Not later than 

15 days after a congressional committee listed in subsection (b)(2) 

requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 132 

or 133, the Secretary of State shall provide such briefing to such 

committee. 

(f) RECOVERY OF STOLEN ASSETS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing 

regarding the implementation of section 151, the Secretary 

of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General shall provide such briefing to such committee. 
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(2) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The congressional 

committees listed in this paragraph are— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs of the Senate; 

(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; 

(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives; 

(E) the Committee on Financial Services of the House 

of Representatives; and 

(F) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

Representatives. 

(g) PDVSA TRANSACTIONS WITH ROSNEFT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing 

regarding the implementation of section 163, the Secretary 

of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary 

of Homeland Security shall provide such briefing to such committee. 

(2) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The congressional 

committees listed in this paragraph are— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives; and 

(D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

of Representatives. 

SEC. 182. PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISIONS OF THIS 

TITLE AS AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY 

FORCE. 

Nothing in this title may be construed as an authorization 

for the use of military force. 

SEC. 183. EXTENSION AND TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST VENEZUELA. 

(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 5(e) of the Venezuela Defense of 

Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

278; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’. 

(b) TERMINATION.—The requirement to impose sanctions under 

this title shall terminate on December 31, 2023. 

TITLE II—EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 

SECURITY AND ENERGY PARTNERSHIP 

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Eastern Mediterranean Security 

and Energy Partnership Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 202. FINDINGS. 

Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) The security of partners and allies in the Eastern Mediterranean region is critical to the security of the United States 

and Europe. 
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(2) Greece is a valuable member of the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization (NATO) and a key pillar of stability in 

the Eastern Mediterranean. 

(3) Israel is a steadfast ally of the United States and 

has been designated a ‘‘major non-NATO ally’’ and ‘‘major strategic partner’’. 

(4) Cyprus is a key strategic partner and signed a Statement of Intent with the United States on November 6, 2018, 

to enhance bilateral security cooperation. 

(5) The countries of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel have participated in critical trilateral summits to improve cooperation on 

energy and security issues. 

(6) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participated in the 

trilateral summit among Israel, Greece, and Cyprus on March 

20, 2019. 

(7) The United States, Israel, Greece, and Cyprus oppose 

any action in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea 

that could challenge stability, violate international law, or 

undermine good neighborly relations, and in a joint declaration 

on March 21, 2019, agreed to ‘‘defend against external malign 

influences in the Eastern Mediterranean and the broader 

Middle East’’. 

(8) The recent discovery of what may be the region’s largest 

natural gas field off the Egyptian coast and the newest discoveries of natural gas off the coast of Cyprus could represent 

a significant and positive development for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, enhancing the region’s strategic 

energy significance. 

(9) It is in the national security interest of the United 

States to promote, achieve, and maintain energy security 

among, and through cooperation with, allies. 

(10) Natural gas developments in the Eastern Mediterranean have the potential to provide economic gains and contribute to energy security in the region and Europe, as well 

as support European efforts to diversify away from natural 

gas supplied by the Russian Federation. 

(11) The soon to be completed Trans Adriatic Pipeline 

is a critical component of the Southern Gas Corridor and the 

European Union’s efforts to diversify energy resources. 

(12) The proposed Eastern Mediterranean pipeline, if 

commercially viable, would provide for energy diversification 

in accordance with the European Union’s third energy package 

of reforms. 

(13) The United States acknowledges the achievements 

and importance of the Binational Industrial Research and 

Development Foundation (BIRD) and the United States-Israel 

Binational Science Foundation (BSF) and supports continued 

multiyear funding to ensure the continuity of the programs 

of the Foundations. 

(14) The United States has welcomed Greece’s allocation 

of 2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to defense 

in accordance with commitments made at the 2014 NATO 

Summit in Wales. 

(15) Energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean 

region must be safeguarded against threats posed by terrorist 

and extremist groups, including Hezbollah and any other actor 

in the region. 
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(16) The energy exploration in the Republic of Cyprus’s 

Exclusive Economic Zone and territorial waters— 

(A) furthers United States interests by providing a 

potential alternative to Russian gas for United States allies 

and partners; and 

(B) should not be impeded by other sovereign states. 

(17) The United States Government cooperates closely with 

Cyprus, Greece, and Israel through information sharing agreements. 

(18) United States officials have assisted the Government 

of the Republic of Cyprus with crafting that nation’s national 

security strategy. 

(19) The United States Government provides training to 

Cypriot officials in areas such as cybersecurity, counterterrorism, and explosive ordnance disposal and stockpile management. 

(20) Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are valued members of 

the Proliferation Security Initiative to combat the trafficking 

of weapons of mass destruction. 

(21) The Republic of Cyprus continues to work closely with 

the United Nations and regional partners in Europe to combat 

terrorism and violent extremism. 

(22) Despite robust economic and security relations with 

the United States, the Republic of Cyprus has been subject 

to a United States prohibition on the export of defense articles 

and services since 1987. 

(23) The 1987 arms prohibition was designed to restrict 

United States arms sales and transfers to the Republic of 

Cyprus and the occupied part of Cyprus to avoid hindering 

reunification efforts. 

(24) At least 40,000 Turkish troops are stationed in the 

occupied part of Cyprus with some weapons procured from 

the United States through mainland Turkey. 

(25) While the United States has, as a matter of policy, 

avoided the provision of defense articles and services to the 

Republic of Cyprus, the Government of Cyprus has, in the 

past, sought to obtain defense articles from other countries, 

including countries, such as Russia, that pose challenges to 

United States interests around the world. 

SEC. 203. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

It is the policy of the United States— 

(1) to continue to actively participate in the trilateral dialogue on energy, maritime security, cybersecurity and protection 

of critical infrastructure conducted among Israel, Greece, and 

Cyprus; 

(2) to support diplomatic efforts with partners and allies 

to deepen energy security cooperation among Greece, Cyprus, 

and Israel and to encourage the private sector to make investments in energy infrastructure in the Eastern Mediterranean 

region; 

(3) to strongly support the completion of the Trans Adriatic 

and Eastern Mediterranean Pipelines and the establishment 

of liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals across the Eastern 

Mediterranean as a means of diversifying regional energy needs 

away from the Russian Federation; 
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(4) to maintain a robust United States naval presence 

and investments in the naval facility at Souda Bay, Greece 

and develop deeper security cooperation with Greece to include 

the recent MQ–9 deployments to the Larissa Air Force Base 

and United States Army helicopter training in central Greece; 

(5) to welcome Greece’s commitment to move forward with 

the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB pipeline) and additional LNG terminals that will help facilitate delivery of nonRussian gas to the Balkans and central Europe; 

(6) to support deepened security cooperation with the 

Republic of Cyprus through the removal of the arms embargo 

on the country; 

(7) to support robust International Military Education and 

Training (IMET) programming with Greece and the Republic 

of Cyprus; 

(8) to leverage relationships within the European Union 

to encourage investments in Cypriot border and maritime security; 

(9) to support efforts to counter Russian Federation interference and influence in the Eastern Mediterranean through 

increased security cooperation with Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, 

to include intelligence sharing, cyber, and maritime domain 

awareness; 

(10) to support the Republic of Cyprus’ efforts to regulate 

its banking industry to ensure that it is not used as a source 

of international money laundering and encourage additional 

measures toward that end; 

(11) to strongly oppose any actions that would trigger 

mandatory sanctions pursuant to section 231 of the Countering 

America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) 

(Public Law 115–44), to include the purchase of military equipment from the Russian Federation; 

(12) to continue robust official strategic engagement with 

Israel, Greece, and Cyprus; 

(13) to urge countries in the region to deny port services 

to Russian Federation vessels deployed to support the government of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria; 

(14) to support joint military exercises among Israel, 

Greece, and Cyprus; 

(15) to fully implement relevant CAATSA provisions to 

prevent interference by the Russian Federation in the region; 

(16) to support efforts by countries in the region to demobilize military equipment supplied by the Russian Federation 

in favor of equipment provided by NATO and NATO-allied 

member countries; and 

(17) to strongly support the active and robust participation 

of Israel, Cyprus, and Greece in the Combating Terrorism 

Fellowship Program. 

SEC. 204. UNITED STATES-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ENERGY 

COOPERATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordination with 

the Secretary of Energy, may enter into cooperative agreements 

supporting and enhancing dialogue and planning involving international partnerships between the United States and Israel, Greece, 

and the Republic of Cyprus. 
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(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—If the Secretary of State, in coordination 

with the Secretary of Energy, enters into agreements authorized 

under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit an annual report 

to the appropriate congressional committees that describes— 

(1) actions taken to implement such agreements; and 

(2) any projects undertaken pursuant to such agreements. 

(c) UNITED STATES-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ENERGY

CENTER.—The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the Secretary of State, may establish a joint United States-Eastern Mediterranean Energy Center in the United States leveraging the experience, knowledge, and expertise of institutions of higher education 

and entities in the private sector, among others, in offshore energy 

development to further dialogue and collaboration to develop more 

robust academic cooperation in energy innovation technology and 

engineering, water science, technology transfer, and analysis of 

emerging geopolitical implications, which include opportunities as 

well as crises and threats from foreign natural resource and energy 

acquisitions. 

SEC. 205. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF ARTICLES ON 

THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST TO THE REPUBLIC 

OF CYPRUS. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) allowing for the export, re-export or transfer of arms 

subject to the United States Munitions List (part 121 of title 

22, Code of Federal Regulations) to the Republic of Cyprus 

would advance United States security interests in Europe by 

helping to reduce the dependence of the Government of the 

Republic of Cyprus on other countries, including countries that 

pose challenges to United States interests around the world, 

for defense-related materiel; and 

(2) it is in the interest of the United States to continue 

to support United Nations-facilitated efforts toward a comprehensive solution to the division of Cyprus. 

(b) MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION.—Section 620C(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2373(e)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Any agreement’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), any agreement’’; 

and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(3) The requirement under paragraph (1) shall not apply to 

any sale or other provision of any defense article or defense service 

to Cyprus if the end-user of such defense article or defense service 

is the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.’’. 

(c) EXCLUSION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF

CYPRUS FROM CERTAIN RELATED REGULATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (d) and except as 

provided in paragraph (2), beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall not apply a 

policy of denial for exports, re-exports, or transfers of defense 

articles and defense services destined for or originating in the 

Republic of Cyprus if— 

(A) the request is made by or on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus; and 

(B) the end-user of such defense articles or defense 

services is the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. 
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(2) EXCEPTION.—This exclusion shall not apply to any 

denial based upon credible human rights concerns. 

(d) LIMITATIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF ARTICLES ON THE UNITED

STATES MUNITIONS LIST TO THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The policy of denial for exports, reexports, or transfers of defense articles on the United States 

Munitions List to the Republic of Cyprus shall remain in place 

unless the President determines and certifies to the appropriate 

congressional committees not less than annually that— 

(A) the Government of the Republic of Cyprus is continuing to cooperate with the United States Government 

in efforts to implement reforms on anti-money laundering 

regulations and financial regulatory oversight; and 

(B) the Government of the Republic of Cyprus has 

made and is continuing to take the steps necessary to 

deny Russian military vessels access to ports for refueling 

and servicing. 

(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the limitations contained in this subsection for one fiscal year if the President 

determines that it is essential to the national security interests 

of the United States to do so. 

(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.— 

In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

means— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 206. IMET COOPERATION WITH GREECE AND THE REPUBLIC OF 

CYPRUS. 

There is authorized to be appropriated $1,300,000 for fiscal 

year 2020, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, and $1,800,000 for fiscal 

year 2022 for International Military Education and Training (IMET) 

assistance for Greece and $200,000 for fiscal year 2020, $500,000 

for fiscal year 2021, and $750,000 for fiscal year 2022 for such 

assistance for the Republic of Cyprus. The assistance shall be 

made available for the following purposes: 

(1) Training of future leaders. 

(2) Fostering a better understanding of the United States. 

(3) Establishing a rapport between the United States military and the country’s military to build alliances for the future. 

(4) Enhancement of interoperability and capabilities for 

joint operations. 

(5) Focusing on professional military education. 

(6) Enabling countries to use their national funds to receive 

a reduced cost for other Department of Defense education and 

training. 

SEC. 207. FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 up to $3,000,000 for Foreign 

Military Financing (FMF) assistance for Greece to assist the country 

in meeting its commitment as a member of the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization (NATO) to dedicate 20 percent of its defense 

budget to enhance research and development. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

Greece should receive robust support under the European Recapitalization Incentive Program implemented by the Department of 

Defense. 

SEC. 208. STRATEGY ON UNITED STATES SECURITY AND ENERGY 

COOPERATION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, shall 

submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy on 

enhanced security and energy cooperation with countries in the 

Eastern Mediterranean region, including Israel, the Republic of 

Cyprus, and Greece. 

(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 

include the following elements: 

(1) A description of United States participation in and 

support for the Eastern Mediterranean Natural Gas Forum. 

(2) An evaluation of all possible delivery mechanisms into 

Europe for natural gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean region. 

(3) An evaluation of efforts to protect energy exploration 

infrastructure in the region, including infrastructure owned 

or operated by United States companies. 

(4) An assessment of the capacity of the Republic of Cyprus 

to host an Energy Crisis Center in the region which could 

provide basing facilities in support of search and rescue efforts 

in the event of an accident. 

(5) An assessment of the timing of potential natural gas 

delivery in the region as well as an assessment of the ultimate 

destination countries for the natural gas delivery from the 

region. 

(6) A plan to work with United States businesses seeking 

to invest in Eastern Mediterranean energy exploration, development, and cooperation. 

(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 

submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 

SEC. 209. REPORT ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION MALIGN INFLUENCE IN 

THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

to the appropriate congressional committees a report on Russian 

Federation malign influence in the Republic of Cyprus, Greece, 

and Israel since January 1, 2017. 

(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 

include the following elements: 

(1) An assessment of security, political, and energy goals 

of the Russian Federation in the Eastern Mediterranean. 

(2) A description of energy projects of the Government 

of the Russian Federation in the Eastern Mediterranean. 

(3) A listing of Russian national ownership of media outlets 

in these countries, including the name of the media outlet, 

approximate viewership, and assessment of whether the outlet 

promotes pro-Kremlin views. 

(4) An assessment of military engagement by the Government of the Russian Federation in the security sector, including 

engagement by military equipment and personnel contractors. 
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(5) An assessment of efforts supported by the Government 

of the Russian Federation to influence elections in the three 

countries, through the use of cyber attacks, social media campaigns, or other malign influence techniques. 

(6) An assessment of efforts by the Government of the 

Russian Federation to intimidate and influence the decision 

by His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, leader 

of 300,000,000 Orthodox Christians worldwide, to grant 

autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. 

(c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 

submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 

SEC. 210. REPORT ON INTERFERENCE BY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE 

EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OF THE REPUBLIC OF 

CYPRUS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, shall 

submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report listing 

incidents since January 1, 2017, determined by the Secretary of 

State to interfere in efforts by the Republic of Cyprus to explore 

and exploit natural resources in its Exclusive Economic Zone. 

(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 

submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 

SEC. 211. REPORT ON INTERFERENCE BY OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE 

AIRSPACE OF GREECE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate 

congressional committees a report listing incidents since January 

1, 2017, determined by the Secretary of State to be violations 

of the airspace of the sovereign territory of Greece by its neighbors. 

(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be 

submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. 

SEC. 212. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. 

In this title, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

TITLE III—END NEGLECTED TROPICAL 

DISEASES ACT 

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘End Neglected Tropical Diseases 

Act’’. 

SEC. 302. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

It is the policy of the United States to support a broad range 

of implementation and research and development activities that 

work toward the achievement of cost-effective and sustainable treatment, control, and, where possible, elimination of neglected tropical 

diseases for the economic and social well-being of all people. 
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SEC. 303. DEFINITION. 

In this title, the terms ‘‘neglected tropical diseases’’ and 

‘‘NTDs’’— 

(1) mean infections caused by pathogens, including viruses, 

bacteria, protozoa, and helminths that disproportionately 

impact individuals living in extreme poverty, especially in 

developing countries; and 

(2) include— 

(A) Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium Ulcerans infection); 

(B) Chagas disease; 

(C) dengue or severe dengue fever; 

(D) dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease); 

(E) echinococcosis; 

(F) foodborne trematodiases; 

(G) human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness); 

(H) leishmaniasis; 

(I) leprosy; 

(J) lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis); 

(K) onchocerciasis (river blindness); 

(L) scabies; 

(M) schistosomiasis; 

(N) soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) (roundworm, 

whipworm, and hookworm); 

(O) taeniasis/cysticercosis; 

(P) trachoma; and 

(Q) yaws (endemic treponematoses). 

SEC. 304. EXPANSION OF UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES PROGRAM. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, as in effect on the date 

of the enactment of this Act, should— 

(1) provide integrated drug treatment packages to as many 

individuals suffering from NTDs or at risk of acquiring NTDs, 

including individuals displaced by manmade and natural disasters, as logistically feasible; 

(2) better integrate NTD control and treatment tools and 

approaches into complementary development and global health 

programs by coordinating, to the extent practicable and appropriate, across multiple sectors, including those relating to HIV/ 

AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, education, nutrition, other infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and water, sanitation, 

and hygiene; 

(3) establish low-cost, high-impact community- and schoolbased NTD programs to reach large at-risk populations, 

including school-age children, with integrated drug treatment 

packages, as feasible; 

(4) as opportunities emerge and resources allow, engage 

in research and development of new tools and approaches to 

reach the goals relating to the elimination of NTDs as set 

forth by the 2012 World Health Organization publication ‘‘Accelerating Work to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected 

Tropical Diseases: A Roadmap for Implementation’’, including 

for Chagas disease, Guinea worm, human African 

trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), leprosy, and visceral 

leishmaniasis; and 
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(5) monitor research on and developments in the prevention 

and treatment of other NTDs so breakthroughs can be incorporated into the Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, as practicable and appropriate. 

(b) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—The Administrator of the United 

States Agency for International Development (referred to in this 

section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) should incorporate the following 

priorities into the Neglected Tropical Diseases Program (as in effect 

on the date of the enactment of this Act): 

(1) Planning for and conducting robust monitoring and 

evaluation of program investments in order to accurately 

measure impact, identify and share lessons learned, and inform 

future NTD control and elimination strategies. 

(2) Coordinating program activities with complementary 

development and global health programs of the United States 

Agency for International Development, including programs 

relating to water, sanitation, and hygiene, food and nutrition 

security, and education (both primary and secondary), in order 

to advance the goals of the London Declaration on Neglected 

Tropical Diseases (2012). 

(3) Including morbidity management in treatment plans 

for high-burden NTDs. 

(4) Incorporating NTDs included in the Global Burden of 

Disease Study 2010 into the program as opportunities emerge, 

to the extent practicable and appropriate. 

(5) Continuing investments in the research and development of new tools and approaches that complement existing 

research investments and ensure that new discoveries make 

it through the pipeline and become available to individuals 

who need them most. 

SEC. 305. ACTIONS BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

(a) OFFICE OF THE GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR.—It is the sense 

of Congress that the Coordinator of United States Government 

Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally should fully consider 

evolving research on the impact of NTDs on efforts to control 

HIV/AIDS when making future programming decisions, as necessary and appropriate. 

(b) GLOBAL PROGRAMMING.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State should encourage 

the Global Fund to take into consideration evolving research 

on the impact of NTDs on efforts to control HIV/AIDS when 

making programming decisions, particularly with regard to 

female genital schistosomiasis, which studies suggest may be 

one of the most significant cofactors in the AIDS epidemic 

in Africa, as necessary and appropriate. 

(2) GLOBAL FUND.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘Global 

Fund’’ means the public-private partnership known as the 

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria established pursuant to Article 80 of the Swiss Civil Code. 

(c) G–20 COUNTRIES.—The Secretary of State, acting through 

the Office of Global Health Diplomacy, should encourage G–20 

countries to significantly increase their role in the control and 

elimination of NTDs. 

SEC. 306. MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH INSTITUTIONS. 

(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the treatment of NTDs, 

including community- and school-based deworming programs, can 
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be a highly cost-effective intervention, and schools can serve as 

an effective delivery mechanism for reaching large numbers of 

children with safe treatment for soil-transmitted helminthiases 

(roundworm, whipworm, and hookworm) in particular. 

(b) UNITED NATIONS.—The President should direct the United 

States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 

the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to urge the 

World Health Organization and the United Nations Development 

Programme to— 

(1) ensure the dissemination of best practices and programming on NTDs to governments and make data accessible to 

practitioners in an open and timely fashion; 

(2) highlight impacts of community- and school-based 

deworming programs on children’s health and education, 

emphasizing the cost-effectiveness of such programs; 

(3) encourage governments to implement deworming campaigns at the national level; 

(4) consider the designation of a portion of grant funds 

of the institutions to deworming initiatives and cross-sectoral 

collaboration with water, sanitation, and hygiene efforts and 

nutrition or education programming, as practicable and appropriate; 

(5) encourage accurate monitoring and evaluation of NTD 

programs, including deworming programs; and 

(6) engage governments in cross-border initiatives for the 

treatment, control, prevention, and elimination of NTDs, and 

assist in developing transnational agreements, when and where 

necessary. 

SEC. 307. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

Nothing in this title may be construed to increase authorizations of appropriations for the United States Agency for International Development. 

TITLE IV—PREVENTING CHILD MARRIAGE IN DISPLACED POPULATIONS 

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Child Marriage 

in Displaced Populations Act’’. 

SEC. 402. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds the following: 

(1) According to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 

12,000,000 girls marry before the age of 18 every year. 

(2) Early marriage denies children, especially girls, their 

right to make vital decisions about their well-being, including 

relating to their health, family, and career. Child brides are 

less likely to finish their education, and are at higher risk 

for abuse, contracting HIV, and dying while pregnant or giving 

birth. 

(3) Child marriage also imposes substantial economic costs 

to developing countries, impeding development and prosperity 

gains. 

(4) Displaced populations are particularly vulnerable to 

child marriage, in communities where poverty, instability, and 
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displacement put pressure on families to marry children, 

particularly young girls, off at a young age. 

(5) One United Nations (UN) study found that child marriage rates were 4 times higher among displaced Syrian refugees than among Syrians before the crisis. This indicates that 

displacement, instability, and poverty are driving child marriages. 

(6) United Nations agencies, including UNICEF and the 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 

have acknowledged the dangers of child marriage and taken 

steps to address its risk in the populations they serve. 

(7) The UN Joint Program on Child Marriage supports 

this work by building the resilience of populations to indirectly 

prevent child marriage and by generating new data and evidence on the prevalence of child marriage in humanitarian 

and fragile settings. For example, in Uganda, the UN Joint 

Program on Child Marriage helped 27,000 adolescent girls 

strengthen critical skills through school clubs and Go Back 

to School campaigns, as well as life skills and financial literacy 

training. 

(8) After the UN Joint Program on Child Marriage identified Yemen as one of its focus countries, 65,000 people, of 

whom 45,000 are adolescents, were reached with awarenessraising activities on the harms of child marriage in 2018 alone. 

As a result, local council representatives, elders, and community 

leaders from 6 districts signed a pledge to support advocacy 

efforts to end child marriage. 

SEC. 403. PREVENTING CHILD MARRIAGE IN DISPLACED POPULATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the United States 

Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, 

vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations 

to call for an adoption of an agreed upon definition of ‘‘child marriage’’ across United Nations agencies. 

(b) STRATEGY.—The President shall direct the United States 

Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, 

vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations 

to call for the development of a comprehensive strategy to address 

child marriage in refugee settlements administered by the United 

Nations. The strategy should include the following elements: 

(1) A mandate to regularly collect and report data related 

to the number of known or suspected child marriages taking 

place inside each such settlement. 

(2) Protocols for United Nations personnel regarding 

prevention and monitoring of child marriages inside each such 

settlement. 

(3) A description of United Nations programs administered 

at such settlements that include— 

(A) physical, mental, and emotional rehabilitation and 

support to children who have extricated themselves from 

child marriage; and 

(B) alternatives to child marriage, such as education 

initiatives. 

(4) Protocols regarding how United Nations personnel 

should— 
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(A) report adults participating in illegal child marriages in each such settlement; and 

(B) monitor the prosecution of such adults by the 

authorities of the country in which the settlement at issue 

is located. 

(c) RESEARCH.—The President shall direct the United States 

Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, 

vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations 

to advocate for the United Nations and its appropriate agencies 

to include, as appropriate, in all of its research regarding child 

marriage, the relationship between child marriage and violence 

against girls, including young children and infants. 

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) CHILD MARRIAGE.—The term ‘‘child marriage’’ means 

a formal marriage or informal union involving at least one 

person younger than age 18. 

(2) ILLEGAL CHILD MARRIAGE.—The term ‘‘illegal child marriage’’ means a child marriage that is illegal under the laws 

of the country in which the child marriage occurs. 

TITLE V—GLOBAL FRAGILITY 

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Global Fragility Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 502. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED. 

In this title: 

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

(2) RELEVANT FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY.—The term 

‘‘relevant Federal department or agency’’ means the Department of State, the United States Agency for International 

Development, the Department of Defense, the Department of 

Treasury, and any other Federal department or agency the 

President determines is relevant to carry out the purposes 

of this title. 

SEC. 503. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

It is the policy of the United States to seek to stabilize conflictaffected areas and prevent violence and fragility globally, including 

by— 

(1) ensuring that all relevant Federal departments and 

agencies coordinate to achieve coherent, long-term goals for 

programs designed to carry out such policy; 

(2) seeking to improve global, regional, and local coordination of relevant international and multilateral development and 

donor organizations regarding efforts to carry out such policy; 

and 

(3) enhancing the effectiveness of United States foreign 

assistance programs and activities to carry out such policy, 

including by improving assessment, monitoring, and evaluation 

conducted by the relevant Federal departments and agencies. 
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SEC. 504. GLOBAL FRAGILITY STRATEGY. 

(a) STRATEGY.—The President, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency 

for International Development (‘‘USAID’’), the Secretary of Defense, 

and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 

shall establish a comprehensive, integrated, ten-year strategy, to 

be referred to as the ‘‘Global Fragility Strategy’’, to contribute 

to the stabilization of conflict-affected areas, address global fragility, 

and strengthen the capacity of the United States to be an effective 

leader of international efforts to prevent extremism and violent 

conflict. The strategy shall focus on addressing long-term causes 

of fragility and violence, and shall— 

(1) consider the causes of fragility and violence at both 

the local and national levels, the external actors that reinforce 

and exploit such conditions, and successful prevention strategies and their key features; 

(2) include specific objectives and multisectoral approaches 

to reduce fragility and the causes of violence, including those 

that strengthen state-society relations, curb extremist ideology, 

and make society less vulnerable to the spread of extremism 

and violence; 

(3) encourage and empower local and national actors to 

address the concerns of their citizens, including those in vulnerable communities, and build community resilience against 

violence and extremism; 

(4) address the long-term underlying causes of fragility 

and violence through participatory, locally led programs, 

empowering marginalized groups such as youth and women, 

inclusive dialogues and conflict resolutions processes, justice 

sector reform, good governance, inclusive and accountable 

service delivery, and community policing and civilian security, 

including by combatting impunity for security forces implicated 

in violations of internationally recognized human rights and 

other serious crimes; 

(5) describe approaches that ensure national leadership 

where appropriate and participatory engagement by civil society 

and local partners in the design, implementation, and monitoring of programs; 

(6) assign roles for relevant Federal departments and agencies to avoid duplication of efforts, while ensuring that— 

(A) the Department of State is responsible for leading 

the drafting and execution of the strategy, establishing 

United States foreign policy, advancing diplomatic and 

political efforts, and overseeing the planning and 

implementation of security assistance and related civilian 

security efforts; 

(B) USAID is responsible for overseeing prevention 

programs, and is the lead implementing agency for development, humanitarian, and related non-security program 

policy; 

(C) activities undertaken or supported by the Department of Defense in relation to the Global Fragility Strategy 

are established through joint formulation and with the 

concurrence of the Secretary of State; and 

(D) other relevant Federal departments and agencies 

support the activities of the Department of State and 
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USAID as appropriate, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States 

Agency for International Development; 

(7) describe programs that relevant Federal departments 

and agencies will undertake to achieve the stated objectives, 

including descriptions of existing programs and funding by 

fiscal year and account; 

(8) identify mechanisms to improve coordination between 

the United States, foreign governments, and international 

organizations, including the World Bank, the United Nations, 

regional organizations, and private sector organizations; 

(9) address efforts to expand public-private partnerships 

and leverage private sector resources; 

(10) describe the criteria, metrics, and mechanisms for 

monitoring and evaluation of programs and objectives in the 

strategy to ensure planning, implementation, and coordination 

are appropriately executed and updated; 

(11) describe how the strategy will ensure that programs 

are country-led and context-specific; and 

(12) identify mechanisms or activities to reduce the risk 

that the programs, policies, or resources of the United States 

and its partners will facilitate corruption, empower or abet 

repressive local actors, or be exploited by extremists to gain 

support for their cause. 

(b) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.—The Global Fragility 

Strategy required under this section shall be developed in consultation with representatives of civil society and national and local 

governance entities in countries and regions described in section 

505, as well as relevant international development organizations 

with experience implementing programs in fragile states, multilateral organizations and donors, relevant private, academic, and 

philanthropic entities, and the appropriate congressional committees. 

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

congressional committees a report setting forth the strategy 

described in subsection (a), which shall be submitted in unclassified 

form, but may include a classified annex if necessary, and shall 

include, at a minimum, the following elements: 

(1) The objectives, general and specific, of the strategy. 

(2) An identification of the relevant Federal departments 

and agencies that will be involved and the assignment of priorities to such departments and agencies. 

(3) A description of the compact-based partnerships that 

will be established to ensure local leadership of strategies, 

policy, and programs, as well as mutual accountability for 

results and resources needed to support such partnerships. 

(4) An identification of the authorities, staffing, and other 

requirements, as necessary and appropriate, needed to effectively implement the Global Fragility Strategy. 

(5) A description of the ways in which United States leadership will be used to enhance overall international prevention 

efforts, including through increasing the engagement of the 

member states of the Group of Seven and Group of Twenty. 

(6) An identification of which officials of the Department 

of State, USAID, and the Department of Defense, with a rank 
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not lower than Assistant Secretary or Assistant Administrator, 

will be responsible for leading and overseeing the strategy. 

(7) A list of priority countries and regions selected pursuant 

to section 505, including descriptions of the rationale for such 

selections. 

SEC. 505. SELECTION OF PRIORITY COUNTRIES AND REGIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency 

for International Development, and the Secretary of Defense, and 

in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees specified in subsection (b), shall select certain countries as ‘‘priority 

countries’’ and certain regions as ‘‘priority regions’’ for the purpose 

of implementing the Global Fragility Strategy required under section 504— 

(1) on the basis of— 

(A) the national security interests of the United States; 

(B) clearly defined indicators of the levels of violence 

or fragility in such country or region, such as the country’s 

or region’s— 

(i) ranking on recognized global fragility lists, such 

as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and 

Development States of Fragility report, the Fund for 

Peace Fragile States Index, the World Bank Harmonized List of Fragile Situations, the Institute for 

Economics and Peace Global Peace Index, and the Holocaust Museum Early Warning Project Risk Assessment; 

(ii) ranking on select United States Government 

conflict and atrocity early warning watch lists; 

(iii) levels of violence, including violence committed 

by armed groups, state actors, and violent extremist 

organizations, gender-based violence, and violence 

against children and youth; and 

(iv) vulnerability to rising sea levels, flooding, 

drought, wildfires, desertification, deforestation, food 

insecurity, and human displacement; and 

(C) an assessment of— 

(i) the commitment and capacity of national and 

sub-national government entities and civil society partners in such country or region to work with relevant 

Federal departments and agencies on the Global Fragility Strategy, including by demonstrating commitment to— 

(I) improving inclusive, transparent, and 

accountable power structures, including effective, 

legitimate, and resilient national and sub-national 

institutions; and 

(II) ensuring strong foundations for human 

rights, rule of law, and equal access to justice; 

and 

(ii) the likelihood that United States assistance 

under the Global Fragility Strategy would measurably 

help to reduce fragility, prevent the spread of extremism and violence, and stabilize conflict-affected areas 

in each such country or region; and 
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(2) in a manner that ensures that not fewer than five 

countries or regions are selected, including not fewer than 

two in which the priority will be preventing violent conflict 

and fragility, rather than stabilizing ongoing conflicts. 

(b) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—Prior to finalization of 

the selection of priority countries and regions under subsection 

(a), representatives from the Department of State, USAID, the 

Department of Defense, and other relevant Federal departments 

and agencies, as necessary and appropriate, shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the countries and regions being 

considered and shall consider congressional input on such 

prioritization. 

SEC. 506. PRIORITY COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PLANS. 

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the President, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 

the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other 

relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the 

appropriate congressional committees ten-year plans to align and 

integrate under the Global Fragility Strategy established pursuant 

to section 504 all relevant diplomatic, development, and security 

assistance and activities of the United States Government with 

respect to each of the countries and regions selected pursuant 

to section 505. Each such country and regional plan shall include 

the following elements: 

(1) Specific multi-year interagency plans for coordination 

and implementation under each such plan. 

(2) An up-to-date baseline analysis for each such country 

or region, including an analysis of the conditions that contribute 

to violence and fragility. 

(3) Prioritized descriptions of the goals and objectives for 

stabilizing conflict-affected areas, reducing fragility, and preventing the spread of extremism and violence in each such 

country. 

(4) Descriptions of how and when the relevant goals, objectives, plans, and benchmarks for each such country or region 

will be incorporated into relevant United States country or 

regional plans and strategies, including the National Security 

Strategy of the United States, the Stabilization Assistance 

Review, Department of State Integrated Country Strategies, 

USAID Country Development Cooperation Strategies, and 

Department of Defense Campaign Plans, Operational Plans, 

and Regional Strategies, as well as any equivalent or successor 

plans or strategies. 

(5) Interagency plans to ensure that appropriate local 

actors, including government and civil society entities, have 

an appropriate ownership stake in developing, implementing, 

monitoring, and evaluating relevant activities under each such 

plan. 

(6) Interagency plans to integrate existing and planned 

security assistance and cooperation programs in each such 

country or region with the strategy, and to mitigate risks 

associated with such programs, including risks related to 

corruption, governance, and human rights. 

(7) Assessment, monitoring, and evaluation frameworks for 

diplomatic, development, and security assistance and activities, 
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which shall be informed by consultations with the stakeholders 

specified in section 504(b), with clear metrics for each such 

country or region, as well as interagency plans for using such 

frameworks to adapt such activities on a regular basis. 

(8) Descriptions of available policy tools and how such 

tools will be used to reduce fragility, prevent the spread of 

extremism and violence, and stabilize conflict-affected areas 

in each such country or region. 

(9) A description of how planning and implementation of 

assistance under the Global Fragility Strategy for each such 

country or region will be coordinated in a manner that 

strengthens partnerships and leverages the unique expertise 

and resources of the United States Government and— 

(A) governments of such countries; 

(B) international development organizations; 

(C) relevant international donors; 

(D) multilateral organizations; and 

(E) the private sector. 

(10) A regional component outlining plans to address relevant transnational issues and how each such country is 

affected by or at risk of regional fragility or violence. 

(11) When a region is selected, a component outlining plans 

to address factors at the individual country level that affect 

regional fragility or violence. 

SEC. 507. IMPLEMENTATION. 

The President, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 

the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development, the Secretary of Defense, the heads of other relevant 

Federal departments and agencies, relevant United States ambassadors, USAID mission directors, geographic combatant commanders, and other relevant individuals with responsibility over 

activities in each priority country or region selected pursuant to 

section 505, shall ensure that— 

(1) the Global Fragility Strategy required under section 

504, including each of the country plans developed under section 

506, is implemented, updated, and coordinated on a regular 

basis; and 

(2) the strategy is used to guide United States Government 

policy at a senior level and incorporated into relevant strategies 

and plans across the United States Government such that 

the activities of all relevant Federal departments and agencies 

are consistent with the strategy. 

SEC. 508. BIENNIAL REPORTS AND CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION. 

(a) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than two years after the 

submission of the plans required in section 506, and every two 

years thereafter until the date that is ten years after the date 

of submission of such plans, the President, the Secretary of State, 

the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other 

relevant Federal departments and agencies shall jointly submit 

to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report, 

which may include a classified annex, on progress made and lessons 

learned with respect to implementation of the Global Fragility 

Strategy established pursuant to section 504. The report shall 

include the following elements: 
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(1) Descriptions of steps taken to incorporate the strategy 

into any relevant, existing country and regional plans or strategies. 

(2) Accountings of all funding received and obligated to 

implement each such country and regional plan during the 

previous two years, and, to the extent feasible, projections 

of funding to be requested, planned, and implemented for the 

following two years. 

(3) Descriptions of progress made towards achieving specific 

targets, metrics, and indicators for each priority country and 

region. 

(4) Descriptions of any changes made to programs based 

on the results of assessment, monitoring, and evaluation for 

each priority country and region. 

(b) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State, 

the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development, and the Secretary of Defense shall provide to any 

appropriate congressional committee briefings on the implementation of this title upon the request of any such committee. 

SEC. 509. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) PREVENTION AND STABILIZATION FUND.— 

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury 

of the United States a fund, which shall be known as the 

‘‘Prevention and Stabilization Fund’’ (in this subsection referred 

to as ‘‘The Fund’’), to be administered by the Department 

of State and USAID, as appropriate, to support stabilization 

of conflict-affected areas and to mitigate fragility, including 

through the Global Fragility Strategy established pursuant to 

section 504, which shall replace the Relief and Recovery Fund. 

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $200,000,000 for each 

of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

(3) PURPOSES OF THE FUND.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Fund shall be used— 

(i) to support stabilization of conflict-affected areas 

and prevent global fragility, including through the 

Global Fragility Strategy established pursuant to section 504; and 

(ii) to provide assistance to areas liberated or at 

risk from, or under the control of, the Islamic State 

of Iraq and Syria, other terrorist organizations, or violent extremist organizations, including for stabilization 

assistance for vulnerable ethnic and religious minority 

communities affected by conflict. 

(B) AMOUNTS IN ADDITION.—Amounts authorized to be 

appropriated to the Fund under this section are in addition 

to any funds otherwise made available for the purposes 

described in paragraph (1). 

(4) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds may not be obligated under this section unless the congressional committees 

specified in section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

(22 U.S.C. 2394–1) are notified of the amount and nature 

of such proposed obligation at least 15 days in advance of 

such proposed obligation, in accordance with the procedures 
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applicable to notifications regarding reprogrammings pursuant 

to such section. 

(b) COMPLEX CRISIS FUND.— 

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury 

of the United States a fund, which shall be known as the 

‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’ (in this subsection referred to as the 

‘‘Fund’’), to be administered by USAID, to support programs 

and activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen 

events overseas, including to support the Global Fragility 

Strategy established pursuant to section 504. 

(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $30,000,000 for each of 

the fiscal years 2020 through 2024, which shall remain available until expended. 

(3) PURPOSES OF THE FUND.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, except section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act 

of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d), amounts in the Fund may be 

used to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to support programs 

and activities to prevent or respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and complex crises overseas, 

including through the Global Fragility Strategy established 

pursuant to section 504. 

(B) AMOUNTS IN ADDITION.—Amounts authorized to be 

appropriated to the Fund are in addition to any amounts 

otherwise made available for the purposes described in 

subparagraph (A). 

(4) LIMITATIONS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund may not be 

expended for lethal assistance or to respond to natural 

disasters. 

(B) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than five 

percent of the amounts in the Fund may be used for 

administrative expenses. 

(5) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The United States 

Agency for International Development shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not less than five days prior 

to the obligation of amounts in the Fund. 

(6) WAIVER.—The notification requirement under paragraph (5) may be waived if— 

(A) notification by the deadline specified in such paragraph would pose a substantial risk to human health or 

welfare; and 

(B) the appropriate congressional committees— 

(i) are notified as early as practicable but in no 

event later than three days after an obligation of 

amounts from the Fund; and 

(ii) are provided with an explanation of the emergency circumstances that necessitated such waiver. 

SEC. 510. IMPROVING AND LEVERAGING ASSISTANCE FOR THE GLOBAL 

FRAGILITY STRATEGY. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the President, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 

United States Agency for International Development, the Secretary 
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of Defense, and the heads of other relevant Federal departments 

and agencies should— 

(1) develop more adaptive and responsive policy and program planning, implementation, and scaling under the Global 

Fragility Strategy established pursuant to section 504, and 

work with the appropriate congressional committees to identify 

any legislative changes that may be necessary to support such 

efforts; 

(2) better integrate the strategy and other conflict and 

violence reduction objectives and activities into other policy 

and program areas, where appropriate; and 

(3) support transparent and accountable multilateral funds, 

initiatives, and strategies to enhance and better coordinate 

private and public efforts to stabilize conflict-affected areas 

and prevent violence and fragility globally. 

(b) OTHER FUNDING AND COST MATCHING.—The Global Fragility 

Strategy established pursuant to section 504— 

(1) may, after consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, be supported with funds other than funds 

authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 509; and 

(2) shall seek to leverage funds from sources other than 

the United States Government in order to promote coordination 

and cost-matching to the maximum extent practicable. 

(c) MULTI-DONOR GLOBAL FRAGILITY FUND.— 

(1) AUTHORITY.—Pursuant to sections 607 and 632 of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2357 and 2392), 

and consistent with subsection (b), and after consultation with 

the appropriate congressional committees, the Secretary of 

State is authorized to establish funding mechanisms, to include 

the establishment of a Global Fragility Fund, to leverage, 

receive, coordinate, and program funds provided by other donors 

and private sector partners to carry out the purposes of this 

title. 

(2) PURPOSES.—A funding mechanism established pursuant 

to paragraph (1) should— 

(A) include input from and participation by key 

bilateral and multilateral donors, representatives of civil 

society, relevant nongovernmental organizations and private sector entities, and developing countries where fragility threatens to exacerbate violent extremism and undermine development; 

(B) enhance donor coordination and cooperation; 

(C) advance clearly defined goals, objectives, and 

metrics for monitoring, evaluating, and measuring 

progress; and 

(D) focus on strengthening national and local good 

governance and conflict resolution capacity in fragile and 

conflict-affected areas over the long-term through comprehensive, compact-based agreements that support 

country-led strategies. 

(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Funds may not be obligated under this section except in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and subject to the notification 

of such committees of the amount and proposed uses of such 

funds at least 15 days in advance of such proposed obligation. 
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SEC. 511. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

Nothing in this title shall be construed as a declaration of 

war or an authorization for the use of military force. 

TITLE VI—COMBATING WILDLIFE 

TRAFFICKING 

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Rescuing Animals With Rewards 

Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘RAWR Act’’. 

SEC. 602. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(1) Wildlife trafficking is a major transnational crime that is estimated to generate over $10 billion a year in illegal 

profits and which is increasingly perpetrated by organized, 

sophisticated criminal enterprises, including known terrorist 

organizations. 

(2) Wildlife trafficking not only threatens endangered species worldwide, but also jeopardizes local security, spreads disease, undermines rule of law, fuels corruption, and damages 

economic development. 

(3) Combating wildlife trafficking requires a coordinated 

and sustained approach at the global, regional, national, and 

local levels. 

(4) Congress stated in the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016 that it is the policy of 

the United States to take immediate actions to stop the illegal 

global trade in wildlife and wildlife products and associated 

transnational organized crime. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Department of State’s rewards program is a powerful tool 

in combating sophisticated international crime and that the Department of State and Federal law enforcement should work in concert 

to offer rewards that target wildlife traffickers. 

SEC. 603. WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AWARDS PROGRAM. 

Subparagraph (B) of section 36(k)(5) of the State Department 

Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)(5)) is amended 

by inserting ‘‘wildlife trafficking (as defined by section 2(12) of 

the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act 

of 2016 (16 U.S.C. 7601(12); Public Law 114–231)) and’’ after 

‘‘includes’’. 

TITLE VII—CHAMPIONING AMERICAN 

BUSINESS THROUGH DIPLOMACY 

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Championing American Business 

Through Diplomacy Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 702. FINDINGS. 

Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) According to the 2017 National Security Strategy of 

the United States of America, ‘‘Retaining our position as the 
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world’s preeminent economic actor strengthens our ability to 

use the tools of economic diplomacy for the good of Americans 

and others.’’. 

(2) A November 7, 2018, cable from Secretary of State 

Michael R. Pompeo to all diplomatic and consular posts— 

‘‘Boosting Commercial Diplomacy Around the World’’—stated 

that ‘‘helping American companies is a foreign policy priority. . .Promoting broad-based, responsible, and sustainable 

economic growth helps to stabilize regions and creates new 

and growing markets for U.S. companies. A transparent and 

level playing field for U.S. investment in these countries 

counters real and growing challenges such as China’s Belt 

and Road initiative.’’. 

(3) In the January–February 2019 issue of The Foreign 

Service Journal, Ambassador Barbara Stephenson, the President of the American Foreign Service Association, wrote, ‘‘Foreign Service support for American business. . .is a major reason why the U.S. Foreign Service was created.’’. 

SEC. 703. ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF 

STATE. 

Subsection (c) of section 1 of the State Department Basic 

Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS

MATTERS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the numerical limitation 

specified in paragraph (1), there is authorized to be established in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary 

of State who shall be responsible to the Secretary of State 

for matters pertaining to international economics and business matters in the conduct of foreign policy. 

‘‘(B) MATTERS CONTEMPLATED.—The matters referred 

to in subparagraph (A) include the following: 

‘‘(i) International trade and investment policy. 

‘‘(ii) International finance, economic development, 

and debt policy. 

‘‘(iii) Economic sanctions and combating terrorist 

financing. 

‘‘(iv) International transportation policy. 

‘‘(v) Support for United States businesses. 

‘‘(vi) Economic policy analysis and private sector 

outreach. 

‘‘(vii) International data privacy and innovation 

policies. 

‘‘(viii) Such other related duties as the Secretary 

may from time to time designate.’’. 

SEC. 704. CHIEF OF MISSION RESPONSIBILITIES. 

Section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

3927) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(d) PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC INTERESTS.— Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal 

duty the promotion of United States economic and commercial 

interests in such country.’’. 
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SEC. 705. INCREASED TRAINING IN ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL 

DIPLOMACY. 

Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

4028) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(d) ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY.—The Secretary 

of State, with the assistance of other relevant officials and the 

private sector, shall establish as part of the standard training 

provided for economic and commercial officers of the Foreign 

Service, chiefs of mission, and deputy chiefs of mission, training 

on matters related to economic and commercial diplomacy, with 

particular attention to market access and other elements of an 

enabling framework for United States businesses, commercial 

advocacy, and United States foreign economic policy, in addition 

to awareness about the support of the United States Government 

available to United States businesses, including support provided 

by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, 

the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Trade and Development Agency, the Department of the Treasury, the United States Agency for International 

Development, and the United States International Development 

Finance Corporation.’’. 

SEC. 706. REPORT FROM EACH MISSION ON MATTERS OF COMMERCIAL 

RELATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the chief of mission 

at each bilateral diplomatic mission of the United States and the 

Director of the American Institute in Taiwan shall submit to the 

Secretary of State mission plans that include the following: 

(1) Data and other information regarding actions taken 

by each such mission or Institute during the previous year 

to foster commercial relations and safeguard United States 

economic and business interests in the country or region in 

which each such chief of mission and the Director serves. 

(2) Each such mission’s and Institute’s anticipated economic 

and commercial priorities for the coming year. 

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of State, after 

receiving the information required under subsection (a), shall 

submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

a report, disaggregated by country or region, on activities and 

initiatives, including with appropriate examples, to create an 

enabling environment and otherwise promote United States economic and business interests in each such country or region, as 

well as information about significant foreign competition to United 

States businesses in the relevant country or region, including statedirected investments by foreign governments and United States 

strategic competitors in such country or region. 

SEC. 707. CONSOLIDATED REPORT ON UNIFIED INVESTMENT CLIMATE 

STATEMENT AND COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the Secretary 

of Commerce shall jointly produce and make publicly available 

on a United States Government internet website an annual countryand region-specific report regarding commercial relations with foreign countries and regions and safeguarding United States economic 

and business interests abroad, including with regard to United 
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States exports and investments, including by small- and mediumsize enterprises. 

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report required under 

subsection (a) shall include the following with respect to each 

country or region covered by each such report: 

(1) Information about doing business in each country or 

region. 

(2) Background information about each country’s or region’s 

political environment. 

(3) Information about selling United States products and 

services in each country or region. 

(4) Leading sectors for United States exports and investment in each country or region. 

(5) Information about trade regulations, customs, and 

standards in each country or region, such as— 

(A) information on import tariffs; and 

(B) documentation about which United States 

businesses should be aware when exporting, including any 

prohibited items or temporary entry procedures. 

(6) Investment climate statements describing each country’s 

or region’s openness to foreign investments, such as information 

relating to each country’s or region’s— 

(A) investment policies; 

(B) market barriers; 

(C) business risks; 

(D) legal and regulatory system, including dispute resolution; 

(E) level of public and private sector corruption; 

(F) level of political violence and instability; 

(G) adherence to internationally recognized core labor 

standards; and 

(H) protection of property rights. 

(7) Information about trade and project financing in each 

country or region, such as each country’s or region’s— 

(A) banking and financial system, and how United 

States businesses typically get paid; 

(B) foreign exchange controls; and 

(C) important sources of funding for project financing. 

(8) Relevant business travel information and business customs in each country or region. 

(9) Information about services and personnel of the diplomatic mission of the United States available to United States 

businesses to support their activities in each country or region. 

(10) Any significant trade or commercial agreement that 

exists between the United States and each country or region. 

(11) A point of contact at the diplomatic or consular mission 

of the United States in each country or region for United 

States businesses. 

(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be 

construed to require the duplication of existing reports. 

SEC. 708. WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION TO SUPPORT UNITED STATES ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS INTERESTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the 
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Treasury, and the United States Trade Representative, shall have 

primary responsibility for coordinating a whole-of-government effort 

to expand United States efforts in supporting United States economic and business interests abroad. The Secretary may delegate 

responsibilities under this Act to a senior, Senate-confirmed Department of State official. 

(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Secretary shall— 

(1) chair the interagency coordinating committee established under subsection (c); 

(2) develop and implement the joint strategic plan required 

under subsection (c)(4) for all United States trade-related and 

trade capacity building and related technical assistance programs, in consultation with the coordinating committee established under subsection (c); 

(3) advise the Federal departments and agencies designated 

by the President to participate in the interagency coordinating 

committee under this section in identifying the most needed 

and effective ways for United States diplomatic and consular 

posts and the departments and agencies that staff such posts 

to support the expansion of United States trade relations with 

host governments; 

(4) consult with the private sector in the development of 

government-wide trade expansion efforts, including establishing 

a point of contact and lead office within the Department of 

State to receive private-sector recommendations and comments 

concerning trade capacity assistance, coordination, consultations, and country-specific issues; 

(5) consult with the Office of Management and Budget 

regarding the administrative and human resources needs that 

may be required to implement the provisions of this title; 

and 

(6) brief Congress on trade capacity building programs 

and make recommendations, as appropriate, to Congress for 

improvements in trade capacity building efforts. 

(c) ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY ACTION GROUP.— 

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish an 

interagency coordinating committee, to be known as the ‘‘Economic Diplomacy Action Group’’, to coordinate and carry out 

the purposes of this section. 

(2) LEADERSHIP.—The Group shall be chaired by the Secretary of State and the vice-chairs shall be the United States 

Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce. The 

Secretaries and the United States Trade Representative may 

delegate responsibilities under this Act to appropriate, senior, 

Senate-confirmed officials. 

(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The President may appoint to the Group 

senior officials from the United States Agency for International 

Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department 

of the Treasury, the Export-Import Bank, the United States 

Development Finance Corporation, and any such other relevant 

executive branch department or agency as the President determines to be substantially involved in trade capacity building 

and related assistance efforts in developing countries. 

(4) DEVELOPMENT OF JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN.—The Group 

shall develop a joint strategic plan for all United States capacity 

building and technical assistance programs. 

(d) DIPLOMACY TRADE EXPANSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF TEAC.—The Chair and Vice-Chairs 

of the Economic Diplomacy Action Group shall establish a 

trade expansion advisory committee with selected representatives of the United States private sector and other organizations, including labor organizations, with direct and relevant 

operational experience in importing from and exporting into 

developing countries, as appropriate, to provide comment and 

advice on priorities for trade expansion initiatives. The Chair 

and Vice-Chairs of the Group may also appoint representatives 

from select non-profit organizations to the advisory committee 

if such representatives can demonstrate both a presence in 

and relevant operational or programmatic experience with trade 

capacity building efforts in developing countries. 

(2) MEETINGS.—The trade expansion advisory committee 

shall convene at least twice annually or more often as necessary 

at the call of the Chair and Vice-Chairs of the Group. 

(3) STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVICE.—The trade expansion 

advisory committee shall advise the Chair and Vice-Chairs 

of the Group on ways that embassies can better support the 

United States private sector abroad, including assisting the 

Chair and Vice-Chairs— 

(A) in soliciting private-sector advice; 

(B) with respect to implementation of strategic planning; and 

(C) in advancing the overall mission and goals of 

United States national security. 

SEC. 709. PRIVATE SECTOR CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION. 

(a) CONSULTATION WITH PRIVATE SECTOR BY EMBASSY.—In 

developing the priorities for trade expansion initiatives described 

in section 708(d), embassy mission teams shall convene local representatives of the United States private sector and the private 

sector of host countries to consult on issues affecting trade at 

the borders of such countries and take into account the private 

sector’s operational expertise and experience confronting the trade 

barriers in such countries as well as its recommendations for reform 

and best practices. 

(b) INCLUSION OF PRIVATE-SECTOR COMMENTS IN MISSION

PLANS.—Written comments from local United States private sector 

representatives shall be included in the trade expansion component 

of mission plans submitted by the chief of mission to the Secretary 

of State, with recommendations and comments from the mission 

team, for the purpose of informing the development of the joint 

strategic plan on trade expansion priorities required pursuant to 

section 708(c)(4) and recommended funding for the implementation 

of such plan. 

(c) DESIGNATED EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR PRIVATE

SECTOR CONSULTATION.—Each chief of mission shall designate an 

appropriate point of contact within the embassy who shall receive 

recommendations from appropriate private sector representatives 

regarding the implementation of the strategic plan required under 

section 708(c)(4) and ongoing trade barriers negatively impacting 

priority trade expansion. The chief of mission shall ensure that 

the designated point of contact shall be reasonably available for 

consultations with appropriate private sector representatives and 

to receive recommendations with respect to country-specific issues 

that may arise that will foreseeably disrupt trade. 
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(d) REQUIREMENT TO PROTECT BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, Secretary of Commerce, and United States Trade Representative as well as 

the heads of all other agencies involved in the Economic Diplomacy Action Group established under section 708(c) shall protect from disclosure any proprietary information submitted by 

any private sector representative and marked as ‘‘business 

confidential information’’, unless the party submitting the confidential business information had notice, at the time of submission, that such information would be released by the head 

of any such department or agency, or such party subsequently 

consents to the release of the information. To the extent business confidential information is provided, a non-confidential 

version of the information shall also be provided, in which 

the business confidential information is summarized or, if necessary, deleted. 

(2) TREATMENT AS TRADE SECRETS.—Proprietary information submitted by a private party in accordance with this Act 

shall be considered to be a matter falling within the meaning 

of trade secrets and commercial or financial information exemption under section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, 

and shall be exempt from disclosure without the express 

approval of the private party. 

SEC. 710. IMPROVING AWARENESS OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

TOOLS AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT UNITED STATES 

BUSINESSES OVERSEAS. 

The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce shall 

take actions to improve the awareness of United States businesses 

with respect to United States Government tools and services to 

assist such businesses overseas, especially small and medium-sized 

enterprises, including by coordinating with State trade agencies, 

Export Assistance Centers, and Small Businesses Development Centers. 

SEC. 711. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 

STATES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

States shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

of the Senate a report on United States economic and commercial 

diplomacy. 

(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required under 

subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following: 

(1) What is known about the effectiveness of United States 

economic and commercial diplomacy in influencing foreign 

governments and supporting United States businesses abroad. 

(2) Coordination between the Department of State and 

the Department of Commerce with respect to United States 

economic and commercial diplomacy. 

(3) The effectiveness of training provided pursuant to subsection (d) of section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

(as added by section 705 of this title) on matters relating 

to economic and commercial diplomacy. 

(4) The status and effectiveness of actions taken by the 

Secretary of State under section 710 of this title regarding 
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commercial relations with foreign countries and regions and 

safeguarding United States economic and business interests 

abroad. 

(5) The status of the U.S. Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce and its effectiveness in advancing the economic and business interests of the United States abroad. 

(6) The status of the Foreign Service economics officers 

and their effectiveness in advancing the economic and business 

interests of the United States abroad. 

(7) Recommendations to improve United States economic 

and commercial diplomacy. 

TITLE VIII—UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS 

FREEDOM REAUTHORIZATION 

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States Commission 

on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 802. REAUTHORIZATION. 

Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 

(22 U.S.C. 6436) is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

SEC. 803. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION. 

Section 201 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 

(22 U.S.C. 6431) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 

(B) by striking subparagraph (B); 

(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: 

‘‘(d) ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.—At the first meeting 

of the Commission after May 30 of each year, a majority of the 

members of the Commission who are present and voting shall 

elect a Chair and a Vice Chair. The Vice Chair shall have been 

appointed by an officeholder from a different political party than 

the officeholder who appointed the member of the Commission 

who was elected Chair. The positions of Chair and Vice Chair 

shall be rotated annually between members who were appointed 

to the Commission by officeholders of different political parties.’’; 

(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Country Report on Human 

Rights Practices’’ and inserting ‘‘International Religious 

Freedom Report’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(j) REMOVAL.—If a payment is made under section 415(a) of 

the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) 

for an award or settlement in connection with a claim alleging 

a violation of unlawful harassment, intimidation, reprisal, or 

discrimination under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 

(2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) that was committed personally by an individual who, at the time of committing the violation, was a Member 

of the Commission, the Member shall be removed from the Commission.’’. 
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SEC. 804. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. 

(a) DUTIES.—Section 202(e) of the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘The Commission’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) TRACKING; REVIEW.—The Commission shall regularly— 

‘‘(A) track the implementation by the United States 

Government of the recommendations it makes under paragraph (1); and 

‘‘(B) review, to the extent practicable, the effectiveness 

of such implemented recommendations in advancing religious freedom internationally.’’. 

(b) POWERS.—Section 203(e) of the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432a(e)) is amended by adding 

at the end the following: ‘‘If a Member of the Commission is invited 

to speak at an event in his or her capacity as a Commissioner, 

the Member shall provide notice of the request to all Commissioners 

and the Executive Director as soon as the Commissioner becomes 

aware of such invitation. Speeches and responses to questions at 

official events shall reflect the views of the Commission. Official 

speeches and other prepared materials shall be made available 

to all Commissioners in advance of the event. If a Commissioner 

is speaking in his or her private capacity, he or she shall include 

qualifying language that the views they are representing are his 

or her own views and not the views of the Commission.’’. 

SEC. 805. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432b) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘fix the compensation of the Executive 

Director and other personnel’’ and inserting ‘‘provide 

reasonable compensation to the Executive Director’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘and other personnel may not exceed 

the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 

under section 5316’’ and inserting ‘‘may not exceed the 

rate payable under level II of the Executive Schedule under 

section 5313’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The rate of 

pay for other personnel of the Commission may not exceed 

the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule 

under section 5315 of such title. All employees of the 

Commission shall otherwise be treated as employees whose 

pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, including 

for purposes of applying the Standing Rules of the Senate. 

The Commission shall be treated as an employing office 

of the Senate.’’; 

(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the commission, for the 

executive director’’ and inserting ‘‘the Commission, for the 

Executive Director’’; and 

(3) by striking subsection (g). 

(b) COVERAGE OF COMMISSION EMPLOYEES.—Section 101(b) of 

the Congressional Accountability Act (2 U.S.C. 1301(b)) is 

amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the United States 

Commission on International Religious Freedom,’’ after ‘‘With 

respect to’’; 

(2) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 

clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 

(B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Subject to paragraph 

(3),’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) Legal assistance and representation under this 

chapter, including assistance and representation with 

respect to the proposal or acceptance of the disposition 

of a claim under this chapter, shall be provided to the 

United States Commission on International Religious 

Freedom by the Office of Senate Chief Counsel for Employment of the Senate, in the case of assistance and representation in connection with a claim filed under subchapter 

IV (including all subsequent proceedings under such subchapter in connection with such claim).’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (3)— 

(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 

the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) the term ‘United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’ means the Commission established under section 201 of the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.).’’. 

SEC. 806. COMMISSION TRAVEL AND ANNUAL DISCLOSURES. 

(a) DUTIES.—Section 201(i) of the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(i)) is amended by striking 

‘‘are subject to’’ and inserting ‘‘shall comply with’’. 

(b) POWERS.—Section 203(f) of the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6432a(f)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘The Members of the Commission’’ and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Members of the Commission’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) PROHIBITION AGAINST PAYMENT OF OFFICIAL TRAVEL

BY NON-FEDERAL SOURCES.—Members of the Commission and 

Commission staff may not accept payment from a non-Federal 

source for expenses related to official travel on behalf of the 

Commission.’’. 

(c) ANNUAL DISCLOSURES.—Section 203 of the International 

Religious Freedom Act of 1998, as amended by subsection (b), 

is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(g) ANNUAL DISCLOSURES.—Not later than March 1 of each 

year, each Member of the Commission shall submit a report to 

the appropriate congressional committees (as defined in section 

4(a) of the United States Commission on International Religious 

Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2015 (22 U.S.C. 6433a(a)) with 

respect to the most recently concluded 12-month period, that discloses any travel by the Member outside of the United States 

that was paid for or reimbursed by a person or entity other than 

the Member, a relative of the Member, or the Federal Government, 

including— 
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‘‘(1) who paid for or reimbursed the travel; 

‘‘(2) a good faith estimate of the cost of the travel, if 

the travel was funded by a person or entity that does not 

employ the Member; and 

‘‘(3) brief details of the travel and events related to such 

travel.’’. 

SEC. 807. STRATEGIC PLAN. 

Section 4(d) of the United States Commission on International 

Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2015 (22 U.S.C. 6433a(d)) 

is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of the Act, and not less frequently than biennially 

thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter’’. 

SEC. 808. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

Section 207(a) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 

1998 (22 U.S.C. 6435(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2016 to 2019’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2022’’. 

SEC. 809. RECORD RETENTION. 

Section 208 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 

(22 U.S.C. 6435a) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(f) COMMISSION RECORDS.—The Commission shall comply with 

all of the records management requirements set forth in chapter 

31 of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 

‘Federal Records Act of 1950’). 

‘‘(g) OFFICIAL EMAIL FOR COMMISSION BUSINESS.—When conducting any Commission business on electronic accounts, Commission Members and staff shall use official Commission electronic 

accounts.’’. 

TITLE IX—OTHER MATTERS 

SEC. 901. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN MONTHLY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PAYMENTS AND OTHER PAYMENTS FOR 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PERSONNEL UNDER CHIEF OF 

MISSION AUTHORITY. 

(a) ADJUSTMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN INJURIES.— 

(1) INCREASE.—The Secretary of State may pay an additional monthly monetary benefit, provided that the covered 

employee is receiving benefits under section 8105 or 8106 of 

title 5, United States Code, and may determine the amount 

of each monthly monetary benefit amount by taking into 

account— 

(A) the severity of the qualifying injury; 

(B) the circumstances by which the covered employee 

became injured; and 

(C) the seniority of the covered employee, particularly 

for purposes of compensating for lost career growth. 

(2) MAXIMUM.—Notwithstanding chapter 81 of title 5, 

United States Code, the total amount of monthly compensation 

increased under paragraph (1) may not exceed the monthly 

pay of the maximum rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General 

Schedule under section 5332 of such title. 
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(b) COSTS FOR TREATING QUALIFYING INJURIES.—The Secretary 

of State may pay the costs of or reimburse for diagnosing and 

treating— 

(1) a qualifying injury of a covered employee for such 

costs, that are not otherwise covered by chapter 81 of title 

5, United States Code, or other provision of Federal law; or 

(2) a covered individual, or a covered dependent, for such 

costs that are not otherwise covered by Federal law. 

(c) INFORMATION EXCHANGE.—To avoid duplicate or otherwise 

improper payments under this subsection, the Secretary of Labor 

and the Secretary of State shall exchange information about the 

amounts paid for treatment of qualifying injuries. 

(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall— 

(1) prescribe regulations ensuring the fair and equitable 

implementation of this section; and 

(2) submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives such regulations. 

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) COVERED DEPENDENT.—The term ‘‘covered dependent’’ 

means a family member (as defined by the Secretary of State) 

of a employee who, on or after January 1, 2016— 

(A) accompanies the employee to an assigned duty 

station in a foreign country under chief of mission 

authority; and 

(B) becomes injured by reason of a qualifying injury. 

(2) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered employee’’ 

means an employee of the Department of State who, on or 

after January 1, 2016, becomes injured by reason of a qualifying 

injury and was assigned to a duty station in the Republic 

of Cuba, the People’s Republic of China, or another foreign 

country designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection (f). 

(3) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered individual’’ 

means an individual who, on or after January 1, 2016, becomes 

injured by reason of a qualifying injury and is— 

(A) detailed to a duty station in the Republic of Cuba, 

the People’s Republic of China, or another foreign country 

designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 

(f); or 

(B) affiliated with the Department of State, as determined by the Secretary of State. 

(4) QUALIFYING INJURY.—The term ‘‘qualifying injury’’ 

means the following: 

(A) With respect to a covered dependent, an injury 

incurred— 

(i) during a period in which the covered dependent 

is accompanying an employee to an assigned duty station in the Republic of Cuba, the People’s Republic 

of China, or another foreign country designated by 

the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection (f); 

(ii) in connection with war, insurgency, hostile act, 

terrorist activity, or other incident designated by the 

Secretary of State; and 

(iii) that was not the result of the willful misconduct of the covered dependent. 
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(B) With respect to a covered employee or a covered 

individual, an injury incurred— 

(i) during a period of assignment to a duty station 

in the Republic of Cuba, the People’s Republic of China, 

or another country designated by the Secretary of State 

pursuant to subsection (f); 

(ii) in connection with war, insurgency, hostile act, 

terrorist activity, or other incident designated by the 

Secretary of State; and 

(iii) that was not the result of the willful misconduct of the covered employee or the covered individual. 

(f) DESIGNATION BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF ANOTHER

FOREIGN COUNTRY OR DUTY STATION.—The Secretary of State may 

designate another foreign country for the purposes of this section, 

provided that the Secretary reports such designation to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and includes 

in such report a rationale for each such designation. The Secretary 

of State may not designate an added foreign country or duty station 

for purposes of providing additional monetary benefit pursuant 

to subsection (a) or (b) for a qualifying injury to covered employees, 

covered dependents, or covered individuals under this section unless 

the Secretary of State— 

(1) provides to the Committees on Foreign Relations of 

the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

of Representatives 30 days’ notice of the designation of a particular additional country or duty station and the rationale 

for such addition; and 

(2) provides no such additional monetary benefit pursuant 

to subsection (a) or (b) to covered employees, covered dependents, or covered individuals for a qualifying injury until the 

30-day notice period expires, unless there is written agreement 

by both the Chair and Ranking Members of both the Committee 

on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that there 

is no objection to proceeding with provision of such monetary 

benefit compensation in less than 30 days. 

(g) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—For purposes of section 104 of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, amounts paid pursuant to 

this section shall be treated as amounts described in subsection 

(a)(5) of such section. 

(h) APPLICATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall apply with respect to— 

(A) payments made to covered employees (as defined 

in such section) under section 8105 or 8106 of title 5, 

United States Code, beginning on or after January 1, 2016; 

and 

(B) diagnosis or treatment described in subsection (b) 

occurring on or after January 1, 2016. 

(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 

modify or otherwise supersede chapter 81 of title 5, or chapter 

11 of title 42 United States Code. Monetary benefits and treatment expenses paid under this section shall not be considered 

payments under any workers’ compensation law. 
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SEC. 902. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO CERTAIN 

ACTIONS BY SAUDI ARABIAN OFFICIALS. 

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in 

coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall declassify, with any redactions necessary to protect intelligence sources 

and methods, any and all information related to whether the 

Government of Saudi Arabia materially assisted or facilitated any 

citizen or national of Saudi Arabia in departing from the United 

States while the citizen or national was awaiting trial or sentencing 

for a criminal offense committed in the United States. 

SEC. 903. PROMOTING SECURITY AND JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the Promoting 

Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019. 

(b) FACILITATION OF THE SETTLEMENT OF TERRORISM-RELATED

CLAIMS OF NATIONALS OF THE UNITED STATES.— 

(1) COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS TO FACILITATE THE RESOLUTION OF ANTI-TERRORISM ACT CLAIMS.—The Secretary of State, 

in consultation with the Attorney General, shall, not later 

than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, develop 

and initiate a comprehensive process for the Department of 

State to facilitate the resolution and settlement of covered 

claims. 

(2) ELEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS.—The comprehensive process developed under paragraph (1) shall include, 

at a minimum, the following: 

(A) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Department of State shall publish a notice 

in the Federal Register identifying the method by which 

a national of the United States, or a representative of 

a national of the United States, who has a covered claim, 

may contact the Department of State to give notice of 

the covered claim. 

(B) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of State, or a designee of the 

Secretary, shall meet (and make every effort to continue 

to meet on a regular basis thereafter) with any national 

of the United States, or a representative of a national 

of the United States, who has a covered claim and has 

informed the Department of State of the covered claim 

using the method established pursuant to subparagraph 

(A) to discuss the status of the covered claim, including 

the status of any settlement discussions with the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

(C) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

of this Act, the Secretary of State, or a designee of the 

Secretary, shall make every effort to meet (and make every 

effort to continue to meet on a regular basis thereafter) 

with representatives of the Palestinian Authority and the 

Palestine Liberation Organization to discuss the covered 

claims identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) and potential settlement of the covered claims. 

(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of State shall, 

not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this 
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Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

a report describing activities that the Department of State 

has undertaken to comply with this subsection, including specific updates regarding subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph 

(2). 

(4) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

(A) covered claims should be resolved in a manner 

that provides just compensation to the victims; 

(B) covered claims should be resolved and settled in 

favor of the victim to the fullest extent possible and without 

subjecting victims to unnecessary or protracted litigation; 

(C) the United States Government should take all practicable steps to facilitate the resolution and settlement 

of all covered claims, including engaging directly with the 

victims or their representatives and the Palestinian 

Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization; and 

(D) the United States Government should strongly urge 

the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation 

Organization to commit to good-faith negotiations to resolve 

and settle all covered claims. 

(5) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered 

claim’’ means any pending action by, or final judgment in 

favor of, a national of the United States, or any action by 

a national of the United States dismissed for lack of personal 

jurisdiction, under section 2333 of title 18, United States Code, 

against the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Liberation 

Organization. 

(c) JURISDICTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO FACILITATE RESOLUTION

OF TERRORISM-RELATED CLAIMS OF NATIONALS OF THE UNITED

STATES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2334(e) of title 18, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 

for purposes of any civil action under section 2333 of this 

title, a defendant shall be deemed to have consented to personal 

jurisdiction in such civil action if, regardless of the date of 

the occurrence of the act of international terrorism upon which 

such civil action was filed, the defendant— 

‘‘(A) after the date that is 120 days after the date 

of the enactment of the Promoting Security and Justice 

for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019, makes any payment, 

directly or indirectly— 

‘‘(i) to any payee designated by any individual 

who, after being fairly tried or pleading guilty, has 

been imprisoned for committing any act of terrorism 

that injured or killed a national of the United States, 

if such payment is made by reason of such imprisonment; or 

‘‘(ii) to any family member of any individual, following such individual’s death while committing an 

act of terrorism that injured or killed a national of 
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the United States, if such payment is made by reason 

of the death of such individual; or 

‘‘(B) after 15 days after the date of enactment of the 

Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism 

Act of 2019— 

‘‘(i) continues to maintain any office, headquarters, 

premises, or other facilities or establishments in the 

United States; 

‘‘(ii) establishes or procures any office, headquarters, premises, or other facilities or establishments 

in the United States; or 

‘‘(iii) conducts any activity while physically present 

in the United States on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority.’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘Except with respect to payments described in paragraph 

(1)(A), no court may consider the receipt of any assistance 

by a nongovernmental organization, whether direct or 

indirect, as a basis for consent to jurisdiction by a defendant.’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES AND LOCATIONS.— 

In determining whether a defendant shall be deemed to have 

consented to personal jurisdiction under paragraph (1)(B), no 

court may consider— 

‘‘(A) any office, headquarters, premises, or other facility 

or establishment used exclusively for the purpose of conducting official business of the United Nations; 

‘‘(B) any activity undertaken exclusively for the purpose of conducting official business of the United Nations; 

‘‘(C) any activity involving officials of the United States 

that the Secretary of State determines is in the national 

interest of the United States if the Secretary reports to 

the appropriate congressional committees annually on the 

use of the authority under this subparagraph; 

‘‘(D) any activity undertaken exclusively for the purpose of meetings with officials of the United States or 

other foreign governments, or participation in training and 

related activities funded or arranged by the United States 

Government; 

‘‘(E) any activity related to legal representation— 

‘‘(i) for matters related to activities described in 

this paragraph; 

‘‘(ii) for the purpose of adjudicating or resolving 

claims filed in courts of the United States; or 

‘‘(iii) to comply with this subsection; or 

‘‘(F) any personal or official activities conducted 

ancillary to activities listed under this paragraph. 

‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Notwithstanding any other 

law (including any treaty), any office, headquarters, premises, 

or other facility or establishment within the territory of the 

United States that is not specifically exempted by paragraph 

(3)(A) shall be considered to be in the United States for purposes 

of paragraph (1)(B). 

‘‘(5) DEFINED TERM.—In this subsection, the term ‘defendant’ means— 

‘‘(A) the Palestinian Authority; 
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‘‘(B) the Palestine Liberation Organization; 

‘‘(C) any organization or other entity that is a successor 

to or affiliated with the Palestinian Authority or the Palestine Liberation Organization; or 

‘‘(D) any organization or other entity that— 

‘‘(i) is identified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); 

and 

‘‘(ii) self identifies as, holds itself out to be, or 

carries out conduct in the name of, the ‘State of Palestine’ or ‘Palestine’ in connection with official business 

of the United Nations.’’. 

(2) PRIOR CONSENT NOT ABROGATED.—The amendments 

made by this subsection shall not abrogate any consent deemed 

to have been given under section 2334(e) of title 18, United 

States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION; APPLICABILITY; SEVERABILITY.— 

(1) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—This section, and the amendments 

made by this section, should be liberally construed to carry 

out the purposes of Congress to provide relief for victims 

of terrorism. 

(B) CASES AGAINST OTHER PERSONS.—Nothing in this 

section may be construed to affect any law or authority, 

as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

this Act, relating to a case brought under section 2333(a) 

of title 18, United States Code, against a person who is 

not a defendant, as defined in paragraph (5) of section 

2334(e) of title 18, United States Code, as added by subsection (c)(1) of this section. 

(2) APPLICABILITY.—This section, and the amendments 

made by this section, shall apply to any case pending on or 

after August 30, 2016. 

(3) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section, an 

amendment made by this section, or the application of such 

provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held 

to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this section, the amendments made by this section, and the application of such provisions to any person or circumstance shall not be affected 

thereby. 

SEC. 904. DEBT RELIEF FOR SOMALIA. 

(a) DEBT RELIEF.—(1) Of the funds appropriated under titles 

III and IV of division G of this Act and under such titles in 

prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 

foreign operations, and related programs, not to exceed $35,000,000 

may be transferred to the ‘‘Department of the Treasury, Debt 

Restructuring’’ account for the same purposes and under the same 

authorities and conditions (other than the period of availability) 

as other funds provided under that heading for the cost, as defined 

in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 

loans and loan guarantees, as the President may determine, or 

for the cost of selling, reducing, or cancelling amounts owed to 

the United States as a result of loans made to Somalia, in the 

event that Somalia meets the domestic and internationally-agreed 

conditions and the transfer is consistent with United States law 

and foreign policy considerations. 
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(2) For the purposes of this section, no amounts may be transferred from amounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as emergency requirements 

pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or section 

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

Act of 1985. 

(3) Prior to the initial obligation of funds made available pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 

appropriate congressional committees a report on the outcome of 

the Paris Club meeting on debt cancellation for Somalia, the estimate of amounts needed and over what time period, and the proposed sources of funds to be transferred pursuant to this section: 

Provided, That such funds shall also be subject to prior consultation 

with the appropriate congressional committees and the regular 

notification procedures of such committees. 

(b) DEBT RESTRUCTURING.—Section 501(i) of title V of H.R. 

3425, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 

106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–313), as most recently amended by section 699H(b)(1) of division J of the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 2372), is further amended 

by striking ‘‘2000–2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2000–2021’’. 

(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 

this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

means— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 

on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

DIVISION K—NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM COMMEMORATIVE 

COIN 

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘National Law Enforcement 

Museum Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 

The Congress finds the following: 

(1) In 2000, Congress passed and President William J. 

Clinton signed into law the National Law Enforcement Museum 

Act (Public Law 106–492), which authorized the National Law 

Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc., to build the National 

Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the District 

of Columbia to honor and commemorate the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers in the United States. 

(2) In April 2016, construction began on the National Law 

Enforcement Museum in the District of Columbia across the 

street from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial 

in Judiciary Square. 

(3) The National Law Enforcement Museum formally 

opened in October of 2018. 

(4) The National Law Enforcement Museum’s mission is— 

(A) to honor and commemorate the extraordinary 

service and sacrifice of America’s law enforcement officers; 
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(B) to serve as an important bridge between law 

enforcement’s past and present, between the heroes of 

yesteryear and those who have followed in their footsteps, 

and between America’s peace officers and the public they 

serve; 

(C) increase public understanding and support for law 

enforcement and to promote law enforcement safety; and 

(D) strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve with thought-provoking programs at the Museum and around the country 

that promote dialogue on topics of current interest. 

SEC. 103. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 

in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue 

the following coin: (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 coins, which 

shall— 

(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

(C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 $1 coins, 

which shall— 

(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 

(3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more than 750,000 halfdollar coins which shall— 

(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

(C) be minted to the specifications for half-dollar coins 

contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States Code. 

(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this Act shall 

be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United 

States Code. 

(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 5134 of title 

31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall 

be considered to be numismatic items. 

SEC. 104. DESIGN OF COINS. 

(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted under 

this Act shall be emblematic of the National Law Enforcement 

Museum and the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers throughout the history of the United States. 

(2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin minted 

under this Act there shall be— 

(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2021’’; and 

(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We 

Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus 

Unum’’. 

(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted under this 

Act shall be— 

(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the 

Commission of Fine Arts and the National Law Enforcement 

Officers Memorial Fund, Inc.; and 

(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 
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SEC. 105. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this Act shall 

be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

(b) MINT FACILITIES.—Only one facility of the United States 

Mint may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins 

minted under this Act. 

(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue coins 

minted under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning 

on January 1, 2021. 

SEC. 106. SALE OF COINS. 

(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act shall be 

sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of— 

(1) the face value of the coins; 

(2) the surcharge provided in section 107(a) with respect 

to such coins; and 

(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including 

labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 

marketing, and shipping). 

(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the 

coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount. 

(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders 

for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of 

such coins. 

(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders 

under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. 

SEC. 107. SURCHARGES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this Act shall 

include a surcharge of— (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

(2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

(3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of title 31, 

United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from 

the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid 

by the Secretary to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc., for educational and outreach programs and exhibits. 

(c) AUDITS.—The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial 

Fund, Inc., shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 

5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the 

amounts received under subsection (b). 

(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge 

may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of 

any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, 

the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 

two commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 

5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 

date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury 

may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

SEC. 108. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary 

to ensure that— 

(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result 

in any net cost to the United States Government; and 
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(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are disbursed 

to any recipient designated in section 107 until the total cost 

of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by this 

Act (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead 

expenses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United 

States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) 

of title 31, United States Code. 

DIVISION L—DHS CYBER HUNT AND 

INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS 

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Cyber Hunt and 

Incident Response Teams Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 102. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CYBER HUNT AND 

INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2209 of the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 659) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv), by inserting ‘‘, including 

cybersecurity specialists’’ after ‘‘entities’’; 

(2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (m) as subsections (g) through (n), respectively; 

(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

‘‘(f) CYBER HUNT AND INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall maintain cyber hunt 

and incident response teams for the purpose of leading Federal 

asset response activities and providing timely technical assistance to Federal and non-Federal entities, including across all 

critical infrastructure sectors, regarding actual or potential 

security incidents, as appropriate and upon request, including— 

‘‘(A) assistance to asset owners and operators in 

restoring services following a cyber incident; 

‘‘(B) identification and analysis of cybersecurity risk 

and unauthorized cyber activity; 

‘‘(C) mitigation strategies to prevent, deter, and protect 

against cybersecurity risks; 

‘‘(D) recommendations to asset owners and operators 

for improving overall network and control systems security 

to lower cybersecurity risks, and other recommendations, 

as appropriate; and 

‘‘(E) such other capabilities as the Secretary determines 

appropriate. 

‘‘(2) ASSOCIATED METRICS.—The Center shall— 

‘‘(A) define the goals and desired outcomes for each 

cyber hunt and incident response team; and 

‘‘(B) develop metrics— 

‘‘(i) to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of 

each cyber hunt and incident response team in 

achieving the goals and desired outcomes defined under 

subparagraph (A); and 

‘‘(ii) that— 

‘‘(I) are quantifiable and actionable; and 

‘‘(II) the Center shall use to improve the 

effectiveness and accountability of, and service 
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delivery by, cyber hunt and incident response 

teams. 

‘‘(3) CYBERSECURITY SPECIALISTS.—After notice to, and with 

the approval of, the entity requesting action by or technical 

assistance from the Center, the Secretary may include cybersecurity specialists from the private sector on a cyber hunt and 

incident response team.’’; and 

(4) in subsection (g), as so redesignated— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or any team or 

activity of the Center,’’ after ‘‘Center’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or any team or 

activity of the Center,’’ after ‘‘Center’’. 

(b) REPORT.— 

(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

(A) the term ‘‘Center’’ means the national cybersecurity 

and communications integration center established under 

section 2209(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

U.S.C. 659(b)); 

(B) the term ‘‘cyber hunt and incident response team’’ 

means a cyber hunt and incident response team maintained 

under section 2209(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002 (6 U.S.C. 659(f)), as added by this Act; and 

(C) the term ‘‘incident’’ has the meaning given the 

term in section 2209(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 

2002 (6 U.S.C. 659(a)). 

(2) REPORT.—At the conclusion of each of the first 4 fiscal 

years after the date of enactment of the DHS Cyber Hunt 

and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019, the Center shall 

submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 

Security of the House of Representatives a report that 

includes— 

(A) information relating to the metrics used for evaluation and assessment of the cyber hunt and incident 

response teams and operations under section 2209(f)(2) 

of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 659(f)(2)), 

as added by this Act, including the resources and staffing 

of those cyber hunt and incident response teams; and 

(B) for the period covered by the report— 

(i) the total number of incident response requests 

received; 

(ii) the number of incident response tickets opened; 

and 

(iii) a statement of— 

(I) all interagency staffing of cyber hunt and 

incident response teams; and 

(II) the interagency collaborations established 

to support cyber hunt and incident response teams. 

(c) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No additional funds 

are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the requirements 

of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized 

to be appropriated. 
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DIVISION M—BIPARTISAN AMERICAN 

MINERS 

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Bipartisan American Miners 

Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 102. TRANSFERS TO 1974 UMWA PENSION PLAN. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (i) of section 402 of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232) 

is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘$490,000,000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$750,000,000’’; 

(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 

‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.— 

‘‘(A) CALCULATION.—If the dollar limitation specified 

in paragraph (3)(A) exceeds the aggregate amount required 

to be transferred under paragraphs (1) and (2) for a fiscal 

year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer an additional amount equal to the difference between such dollar 

limitation and such aggregate amount to the trustees of 

the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan to pay benefits required 

under that plan. 

‘‘(B) CESSATION OF TRANSFERS.—The transfers 

described in subparagraph (A) shall cease as of the first 

fiscal year beginning after the first plan year for which 

the funded percentage (as defined in section 432(j)(2) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of the 1974 UMWA 

Pension Plan is at least 100 percent. 

‘‘(C) PROHIBITION ON BENEFIT INCREASES, ETC.—During 

a fiscal year in which the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan is 

receiving transfers under subparagraph (A), no amendment 

of such plan which increases the liabilities of the plan 

by reason of any increase in benefits, any change in the 

accrual of benefits, or any change in the rate at which 

benefits become nonforfeitable under the plan may be 

adopted unless the amendment is required as a condition 

of qualification under part I of subchapter D of chapter 

1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

‘‘(D) CRITICAL STATUS TO BE MAINTAINED.—Until such 

time as the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan ceases to be eligible 

for the transfers described in subparagraph (A)— 

‘‘(i) the Plan shall be treated as if it were in 

critical status for purposes of sections 412(b)(3), 

432(e)(3), and 4971(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 and sections 302(b)(3) and 305(e)(3) of 

the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; 

‘‘(ii) the Plan shall maintain and comply with its 

rehabilitation plan under section 432(e) of such Code 

and section 305(e) of such Act, including any updates 

thereto; and 

‘‘(iii) the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of 

section 432 of such Code and subsections (c) and (d) 

of section 305 of such Act shall not apply. 
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‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF TRANSFERS FOR PURPOSES OF WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY UNDER ERISA.—The amount of any 

transfer made under subparagraph (A) (and any earnings 

attributable thereto) shall be disregarded in determining 

the unfunded vested benefits of the 1974 UMWA Pension 

Plan and the allocation of such unfunded vested benefits 

to an employer for purposes of determining the employer’s 

withdrawal liability under section 4201 of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 

‘‘(F) REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN CONTRIBUTION RATE.— 

A transfer under subparagraph (A) shall not be made for 

a fiscal year unless the persons that are obligated to contribute to the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan on the date of 

the transfer are obligated to make the contributions at 

rates that are no less than those in effect on the date 

which is 30 days before the date of enactment of the Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019. 

‘‘(G) ENHANCED ANNUAL REPORTING.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the 90th day 

of each plan year beginning after the date of enactment 

of the Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019, the 

trustees of the 1974 UMWA Pension Plan shall file 

with the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s 

delegate and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation a report (including appropriate documentation and 

actuarial certifications from the plan actuary, as 

required by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate) that contains— 

‘‘(I) whether the plan is in endangered or critical status under section 305 of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

as of the first day of such plan year; 

‘‘(II) the funded percentage (as defined in section 432(j)(2) of such Code) as of the first day 

of such plan year, and the underlying actuarial 

value of assets and liabilities taken into account 

in determining such percentage; 

‘‘(III) the market value of the assets of the 

plan as of the last day of the plan year preceding 

such plan year; 

‘‘(IV) the total value of all contributions made 

during the plan year preceding such plan year; 

‘‘(V) the total value of all benefits paid during 

the plan year preceding such plan year; 

‘‘(VI) cash flow projections for such plan year 

and either the 6 or 10 succeeding plan years, at 

the election of the trustees, and the assumptions 

relied upon in making such projections; 

‘‘(VII) funding standard account projections for 

such plan year and the 9 succeeding plan years, 

and the assumptions relied upon in making such 

projections; 

‘‘(VIII) the total value of all investment gains 

or losses during the plan year preceding such plan 

year; 
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‘‘(IX) any significant reduction in the number 

of active participants during the plan year preceding such plan year, and the reason for such 

reduction; 

‘‘(X) a list of employers that withdrew from 

the plan in the plan year preceding such plan 

year, and the resulting reduction in contributions; 

‘‘(XI) a list of employers that paid withdrawal 

liability to the plan during the plan year preceding 

such plan year and, for each employer, a total 

assessment of the withdrawal liability paid, the 

annual payment amount, and the number of years 

remaining in the payment schedule with respect 

to such withdrawal liability; 

‘‘(XII) any material changes to benefits, 

accrual rates, or contribution rates during the plan 

year preceding such plan year; 

‘‘(XIII) any scheduled benefit increase or 

decrease in the plan year preceding such plan 

year having a material effect on liabilities of the 

plan; 

‘‘(XIV) details regarding any funding improvement plan or rehabilitation plan and updates to 

such plan; 

‘‘(XV) the number of participants and beneficiaries during the plan year preceding such plan 

year who are active participants, the number of 

participants and beneficiaries in pay status, and 

the number of terminated vested participants and 

beneficiaries; 

‘‘(XVI) the information contained on the most 

recent annual funding notice submitted by the plan 

under section 101(f) of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974; 

‘‘(XVII) the information contained on the most 

recent Department of Labor Form 5500 of the plan; 

and 

‘‘(XVIII) copies of the plan document and 

amendments, other retirement benefit or ancillary 

benefit plans relating to the plan and contribution 

obligations under such plans, a breakdown of 

administrative expenses of the plan, participant 

census data and distribution of benefits, the most 

recent actuarial valuation report as of the plan 

year, copies of collective bargaining agreements, 

and financial reports, and such other information 

as the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s 

delegate, in consultation with the Secretary of 

Labor and the Director of the Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, may require. 

‘‘(ii) ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION.—The report required 

under clause (i) shall be submitted electronically. 

‘‘(iii) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Secretary of the 

Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate shall share the 

information in the report under clause (i) with the 

Secretary of Labor. 
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‘‘(iv) PENALTY.—Any failure to file the report 

required under clause (i) on or before the date described 

in such clause shall be treated as a failure to file 

a report required to be filed under section 6058(a) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, except that 

section 6652(e) of such Code shall be applied with 

respect to any such failure by substituting ‘$100’ for 

‘$25’. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the 

Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate 

determines that reasonable diligence has been exercised by the trustees of such plan in attempting to 

timely file such report. 

‘‘(H) 1974 UMWA PENSION PLAN DEFINED.—For purposes 

of this paragraph, the term ‘1974 UMWA Pension Plan’ 

has the meaning given the term in section 9701(a)(3) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, but without regard 

to the limitation on participation to individuals who retired 

in 1976 and thereafter.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2016. 

(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 402(i)(4)(G) of the 

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 

1232(i)(4)(G)), as added by this section, shall apply to plan 

years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 103. INCLUSION IN MULTIEMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. 

Section 402(h)(2)(C) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(h)(2)(C)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘the Health Benefits for Miners Act of 

2017’’ both places it appears in clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘the 

Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘, would be denied or reduced as a result 

of a bankruptcy proceeding commenced in 2012 or 2015’’ in 

clause (ii)(II) and inserting ‘‘or a related coal wage agreement, 

would be denied or reduced as a result of a bankruptcy proceeding commenced in 2012, 2015, 2018, or 2019’’; 

(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ii)(I), by striking 

the period at the end of clause (ii)(II) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, 

and by inserting after clause (ii)(II) the following new subclause: 

‘‘(III) the cost of administering the resolution 

of disputes process administered (as of the date 

of the enactment of the Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019) by the Trustees of the Plan.’’, 

(4) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2017’’ in clause (ii) and inserting 

‘‘January 1, 2019’’; and 

(5) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(vi) RELATED COAL WAGE AGREEMENT.—For purposes of clause (ii), the term ‘related coal wage agreement’ means an agreement between the United Mine 

Workers of America and an employer in the bituminous 

coal industry that— 

‘‘(I) is a signatory operator; or 

‘‘(II) is or was a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding that was consolidated, administratively or 

otherwise, with the bankruptcy proceeding of a 
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signatory operator or a related person to a signatory operator (as those terms are defined in section 

9701(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).’’. 

SEC. 104. REDUCTION IN MINIMUM AGE FOR ALLOWABLE IN-SERVICE 

DISTRIBUTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(a)(36) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘age 62’’ and inserting ‘‘age 

591⁄2’’. 

(b) APPLICATION TO GOVERNMENTAL SECTION 457(b) PLANS.— Clause (i) of section 457(d)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘(in the case of a plan maintained 

by an employer described in subsection (e)(1)(A), age 591⁄2)’’ before 

the comma at the end. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

DIVISION N—HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES EXTENDERS 

TITLE I—HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES EXTENDERS 

Subtitle A—Medicare Provisions 

Sec. 101. Extension of the work geographic index floor under the Medicare program. Sec. 102. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection. 

Sec. 103. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. 

Sec. 104. Extension of appropriations to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 

Trust Fund; extension of certain health insurance fees. Sec. 105. Laboratory Access for Beneficiaries. 

Sec. 106. Exclusion of complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs from medicare 

competitive acquisition program; non-application of medicare fee-schedule adjustments for certain wheelchair accessories and cushions. Sec. 107. Extending pass-through status for certain drugs under part B of the 

Medicare program. Sec. 108. Hematopoietic stem cell acquisition payments. 

Subtitle B—Medicaid Provisions 

Sec. 201. Extension of Community Mental Health Services demonstration program. 

Sec. 202. Medicaid funding for the territories. 

Sec. 203. Delay of DSH reductions. 

Sec. 204. Extension of spousal impoverishment protections. 

Sec. 205. Extension of the Money Follows the Person rebalancing demonstration 

program. 

Subtitle C—Human Services and Other Health Programs 

Sec. 301. Extension of demonstration projects to address health professions workforce needs. 

Sec. 302. Extension of the temporary assistance for needy families program and related programs. Sec. 303. Extension of sexual risk avoidance education program. 

Sec. 304. Extension of personal responsibility education program. 

Subtitle D—Public Health Provisions 

Sec. 401. Extension for community health centers, the national health service 

corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs. Sec. 402. Diabetes programs. 

Sec. 403. Poison Center Network Enhancement. 

Sec. 404. Kay Hagan Tick Act. 

Subtitle E—Revenue Provisions 

Sec. 501. Repeal of medical device excise tax. 
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Sec. 502. Repeal of annual fee on health insurance providers. 

Sec. 503. Repeal of excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. 

Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Provisions 

Sec. 602. Addressing expiration of child welfare demonstration projects and supporting Family First implementation. Sec. 603 Minimum age of sale of tobacco products. 

Sec. 604. Sale of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21. 

Sec. 605. Biological product definition. 

Sec. 606. Protecting access to biological products. 

Sec. 607. Streamlining the transition of biological products. 

Sec. 608. Reenrollment of certain individuals in qualified health plans in certain 

Exchanges. Sec. 609. Protection of silver loading practice. 

Sec. 610. Actions for delays of generic drugs and biosimilar biological products. 

Subtitle A—Medicare Provisions 

SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX FLOOR 

UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 

Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1395w–4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and 

inserting ‘‘May 23, 2020’’. 

SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act 

(42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended— 

(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘$1,665,000 for the 

period beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on December 

20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,830,000 for the period beginning 

on October 1, 2019, and ending on May 22, 2020’’; and 

(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘December 20, 2019,’’ 

and inserting ‘‘May 22, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 

(a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health 

Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–69). 

SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR 

LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 

(a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PRO- GRAMS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare 

Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 

1395b–3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), section 610 of the 

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 

1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 

113–67), section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 

2014 (Public Law 113–93), section 208 of the Medicare Access 

and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–10), section 

50207 of division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 

Law 115–123), section 1402 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–59), 

and section 1402 of the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116– 

69), is amended— 

(1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in clause (xi), by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(3) by inserting after clause (xi) the following new clause: 

‘‘(xii) for the period beginning on December 21, 

2019, and ending on May 22, 2020, of $5,485,000.’’. 

(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.— 

Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is 

amended— 

(1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in clause (xi), by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by inserting after clause (xi) the following new clause: 

‘‘(xii) for the period beginning on December 21, 

2019, and ending on May 22, 2020, of $3,165,000.’’. 

(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE

CENTERS.—Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, 

is amended— 

(1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in clause (xi), by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by inserting after clause (xi) the following new clause: 

‘‘(xii) for the period beginning on December 21, 

2019, and ending on May 22, 2020, of $2,110,000.’’. 

(d) ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL

CENTER FOR BENEFITS AND OUTREACH ENROLLMENT.—Subsection 

(d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— 

(1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in clause (xi), by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by inserting after clause (xi) the following new clause: 

‘‘(xii) for the period beginning on December 21, 

2019, and ending on May 22, 2020, of $5,063,000.’’. 

SEC. 104. EXTENSION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO THE PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRUST FUND; EXTENSION 

OF CERTAIN HEALTH INSURANCE FEES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(F) For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029— 

‘‘(i) an amount equivalent to the net revenues 

received in the Treasury from the fees imposed under 

subchapter B of chapter 34 (relating to fees on health 

insurance and self-insured plans) for such fiscal year; 

and 

‘‘(ii) the applicable amount (as defined in paragraph (4)) for the fiscal year.’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘and (E)(ii)’’ in the last sentence 

and inserting ‘‘(E)(ii), and (F)(ii)’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(4) APPLICABLE AMOUNT DEFINED.—In paragraph (1)(F)(ii), 

the term ‘applicable amount’ means— 

‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2020, $275,500,000; 

‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2021, $285,000,000; 

‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2022, $293,500,000; 

‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2023, $311,500,000; 
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‘‘(E) for fiscal year 2024, $320,000,000; 

‘‘(F) for fiscal year 2025, $338,000,000; 

‘‘(G) for fiscal year 2026, $355,500,000; 

‘‘(H) for fiscal year 2027, $363,500,000; 

‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2028, $381,000,000; and 

‘‘(J) for fiscal year 2029, $399,000,000.’’; 

(2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 

‘‘2029’’; and 

(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and 

inserting ‘‘September 30, 2029’’. 

(b) HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES.—Section 4375(e) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 

(c) SELF-INSURED HEALTH PLANS.—Section 4376(e) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 

(d) IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH PRIORITIES.—Subsection 

(d)(1)(A) of section 1181 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320e) 

is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such national 

priorities shall include research with respect to intellectual and 

developmental disabilities and maternal mortality. Such priorities 

should reflect a balance between long-term priorities and shortterm priorities, and be responsive to changes in medical evidence 

and in health care treatments.’’. 

(e) CONSIDERATION OF FULL RANGE OF OUTCOMES DATA.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section 1181 is amended by adding at the 

end the following subparagraph: 

‘‘(F) CONSIDERATION OF FULL RANGE OF OUTCOMES

DATA.—Research shall be designed, as appropriate, to take 

into account and capture the full range of clinical and 

patient-centered outcomes relevant to, and that meet the 

needs of, patients, clinicians, purchasers, and policy-makers 

in making informed health decisions. In addition to the 

relative health outcomes and clinical effectiveness, clinical 

and patient-centered outcomes shall include the potential 

burdens and economic impacts of the utilization of medical 

treatments, items, and services on different stakeholders 

and decision-makers respectively. These potential burdens 

and economic impacts include medical out-of-pocket costs, 

including health plan benefit and formulary design, nonmedical costs to the patient and family, including 

caregiving, effects on future costs of care, workplace productivity and absenteeism, and healthcare utilization.’’. 

(f) BOARD COMPOSITION.—Subsection (f) of such section 1181 

is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (C)— 

(i) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘Seventeen’’ and inserting ‘‘At 

least nineteen, but no more than twenty-one’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘, not later than 6 months 

after the date of enactment of this section,’’; and 

(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting 

‘‘at least 3, but no more than 5’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3)— 

(A) in the first sentence— 
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(i) by striking the ‘‘the members’’ and inserting 

‘‘members’’; and 

(ii) by inserting the following before the period 

at the end: ‘‘to the extent necessary to preserve the 

evenly staggered terms of the Board.’’; and 

(B) by inserting the following after the first sentence: 

‘‘Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before 

the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder 

of that term and thereafter may be eligible for reappointment to a full term. A member may serve after the expiration of that member’s term until a successor has been 

appointed.’’. 

(g) METHODOLOGY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.—Such section 

1181 is amended— 

(1) in subsection (d)(6)(B), by striking ‘‘Comptroller General 

of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; and 

(2) in subsection (h)(4)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘Comptroller 

General’’ and inserting ‘‘Board’’; and 

(B) in the first sentence of subparagraph (B), by 

striking ‘‘and of the Government Accountability Office’’. 

(h) REPORTS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

STATES.—Subsection (g)(2)(A) of such section 1181 is amended— 

(1) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(iv) Not less frequently than every 5 years, the 

overall effectiveness of activities conducted under this 

section and the dissemination, training, and capacity 

building activities conducted under section 937 of the 

Public Health Service Act. Such review shall include 

the following: 

‘‘(I) A description of those activities and the 

financial commitments related to research, 

training, data capacity building, and dissemination 

and uptake of research findings. 

‘‘(II) The extent to which the Institute and 

the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

have collaborated with stakeholders, including provider and payer organizations, to facilitate the 

dissemination and uptake of research findings. 

‘‘(III) An analysis of available data and 

performance metrics, such as the estimated public 

availability and dissemination of research findings 

and uptake and utilization of research findings 

in clinical guidelines and decision support tools, 

on the extent to which such research findings are 

used by health care decision-makers, the effect 

of the dissemination of such findings on changes 

in medical practice and reducing practice variation 

and disparities in health care, and the effect of 

the research conducted and disseminated on 

innovation and the health care economy of the 

United States.’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(vi) Not less frequently than every 5 years, any 

barriers that researchers funded by the Institute have 

encountered in conducting studies or clinical trials, 
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including challenges covering the cost of any medical 

treatments, services, and items described in subsection 

(a)(2)(B) for purposes of the research study.’’. 

SEC. 105. LABORATORY ACCESS FOR BENEFICIARIES. 

(a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WITH

RESPECT TO CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS.— 

(1) REVISED REPORTING PERIOD FOR REPORTING OF PRIVATE

SECTOR PAYMENT RATES FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICARE PAYMENT RATES.—Section 1834A(a) of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 1395m–1(a)) is amended— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘Beginning January 1, 2016’’ and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to 

subparagraph (B), beginning January 1, 2016’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), as added by subparagraph 

(A) of this paragraph, by inserting ‘‘(referred to in 

this subsection as the ‘reporting period’)’’ after ‘‘at a 

time specified by the Secretary’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) REVISED REPORTING PERIOD.—In the case of 

reporting with respect to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests 

that are not advanced diagnostic laboratory tests, the Secretary shall revise the reporting period under subparagraph 

(A) such that— 

‘‘(i) no reporting is required during the period 

beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 

2020; 

‘‘(ii) reporting is required during the period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending March 31, 2021; 

and 

‘‘(iii) reporting is required every three years after 

the period described in clause (ii).’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (4)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘In this section’’ and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), in this 

section’’; and 

(ii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—In the case of the reporting period 

described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) with respect to clinical 

diagnostic laboratory tests that are not advanced diagnostic 

laboratory tests, the term ‘data collection period’ means 

the period beginning January 1, 2019, and ending June 

30, 2019.’’. 

(2) CORRECTIONS RELATING TO PHASE-IN OF REDUCTIONS

FROM PRIVATE PAYOR RATE IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 

1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(b)(3)) 

is amended— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘through 2022’’ 

and inserting ‘‘through 2023’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (B)— 

(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘through 2019’’ and 

inserting ‘‘through 2020’’; and 

(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2020 through 2022’’ 

and inserting ‘‘2021 through 2023’’. 
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(b) STUDY AND REPORT BY MEDPAC.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’) shall 

conduct a study to review the methodology the Administrator 

of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has implemented for the private payor rate-based clinical laboratory fee 

schedule under the Medicare program under title XVIII of 

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.). 

(2) SCOPE OF STUDY.—In carrying out the study described 

in paragraph (1), the Commission shall consider the following: 

(A) How best to implement the least burdensome data 

collection process required under section 1834A(a)(1) of 

such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(a)(1)) that would— 

(i) result in a representative and statistically valid 

data sample of private market rates from all laboratory 

market segments, including hospital outreach laboratories, physician office laboratories, and independent 

laboratories; and 

(ii) consider the variability of private payor payment rates across market segments. 

(B) Appropriate statistical methods for estimating rates 

that are representative of the market. 

(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 months after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

submit to the Administrator, the Committee on Finance of 

the Senate, and the Committees on Ways and Means and 

Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 

that includes— 

(A) conclusions about the methodology described in 

paragraph (1); and 

(B) any recommendations the Commission deems 

appropriate. 

SEC. 106. EXCLUSION OF COMPLEX REHABILITATIVE MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS FROM MEDICARE COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION 

PROGRAM; NON-APPLICATION OF MEDICARE FEESCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS FOR CERTAIN WHEELCHAIR 

ACCESSORIES AND CUSHIONS. 

(a) EXCLUSION OF COMPLEX REHABILITATIVE MANUAL WHEEL- CHAIRS FROM COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION PROGRAM.—Section 

1847(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–3(a)(2)(A)) 

is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘, complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs (as determined by the Secretary), and certain manual 

wheelchairs (identified, as of October 1, 2018, by HCPCS codes 

E1235, E1236, E1237, E1238, and K0008 or any successor 

to such codes)’’ after ‘‘group 3 or higher’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘such wheelchairs’’ and inserting ‘‘such complex rehabilitative power wheelchairs, complex rehabilitative 

manual wheelchairs, and certain manual wheelchairs’’. 

(b) NON-APPLICATION OF MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENTS FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSORIES AND SEAT AND BACK CUSH- IONS WHEN FURNISHED IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX REHABILITATIVE MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not, 

during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending 
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on June 30, 2021, use information on the payment determined 

under the competitive acquisition programs under section 1847 

of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–3) to adjust the 

payment amount that would otherwise be recognized under 

section 1834(a)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

1395m(a)(1)(B)(ii)) for wheelchair accessories (including seating 

systems) and seat and back cushions when furnished in connection with complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs (as determined by the Secretary), and certain manual wheelchairs 

(identified, as of October 1, 2018, by HCPCS codes E1235, 

E1236, E1237, E1238, and K0008 or any successor to such 

codes). 

(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may implement this subsection by 

program instruction or otherwise. 

SEC. 107. EXTENDING PASS-THROUGH STATUS FOR CERTAIN DRUGS 

UNDER PART B OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(t)(6) of the Social Security Act 

(42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(6)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 

‘‘2018 or 2020’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(J) ADDITIONAL PASS-THROUGH EXTENSION AND SPECIAL PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT RULE FOR CERTAIN DIAGNOSTIC

RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS.—In the case of a drug or 

biological furnished in the context of a clinical study on 

diagnostic imaging tests approved under a coverage with 

evidence development determination whose period of passthrough status under this paragraph concluded on 

December 31, 2018, and for which payment under this 

subsection was packaged into a payment for a covered 

OPD service (or group of services) furnished beginning 

January 1, 2019, the Secretary shall— 

‘‘(i) extend such pass-through status for such drug 

or biological for the 9-month period beginning on 

January 1, 2020; 

‘‘(ii) remove, during such period, the packaged costs 

of such drug or biological (as determined by the Secretary) from the payment amount under this subsection 

for the covered OPD service (or group of services) with 

which it is packaged; and 

‘‘(iii) not make any adjustments to payment 

amounts under this subsection for a covered OPD 

service (or group of services) for which no costs were 

removed under clause (ii).’’. 

(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, the Secretary of Health and Human Service may implement 

the amendments made by subsection (a) by program instruction 

or otherwise. 

SEC. 108. HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL ACQUISITION PAYMENTS. 

Section 1886 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww) 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(4), in the second sentence, by inserting 

‘‘for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 

2020, costs related to hematopoietic stem cell acquisition for 
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the purpose of an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant 

(as described in subsection (d)(5)(M)),’’ after ‘‘October 1, 1987),’’; 

(2) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii)— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘or payments under paragraph 

(5)(M) (beginning with fiscal year 2021)’’ after ‘‘fiscal 

year 1991)’’; and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘or payments under paragraph 

(5)(M)’’ before the period at the end; and 

(B) in paragraph (5), by adding at the end the following 

new subparagraph: 

‘‘(M)(i) For cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 

1, 2020, in the case of a subsection (d) hospital that furnishes 

an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant to an individual 

during such a period, payment to such hospital for hematopoietic 

stem cell acquisition shall be made on a reasonable cost basis. 

The items included in such hematopoietic stem cell acquisition 

shall be specified by the Secretary through rulemaking. 

‘‘(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘allogeneic 

hematopoietic stem cell transplant’ means, with respect to an individual, the intravenous infusion of hematopoietic cells derived from 

bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cells, or cord blood, but not 

including embryonic stem cells, of a donor to an individual that 

are or may be used to restore hematopoietic function in such individual having an inherited or acquired deficiency or defect.’’. 

Subtitle B—Medicaid Provisions 

SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 

DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 

2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 

20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 22, 2020’’. 

SEC. 202. MEDICAID FUNDING FOR THE TERRITORIES. 

(a) TREATMENT OF CAP.—Section 1108(g) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)— 

(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 

striking ‘‘subject to and section 1323(a)(2) of the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act paragraphs (3) and 

(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to section 1323(a)(2) of the 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and paragraphs 

(3) and (5)’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (A)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘Puerto Rico shall not exceed the 

sum of’’ and inserting ‘‘Puerto Rico shall not exceed— 

‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), the sum of’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘$100,000;’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000; 

and’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(ii) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2021, 

the amount specified in paragraph (6) for each such 

fiscal year;’’; 

(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘the Virgin Islands shall not exceed 

the sum of’’ and inserting ‘‘the Virgin Islands shall 

not exceed— 

‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), the sum of’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘$10,000;’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000; 

and’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(ii) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2021, 

$126,000,000;’’; 

(D) in subparagraph (C)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘Guam shall not exceed the sum 

of’’ and inserting ‘‘Guam shall not exceed— 

‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), the sum of’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘$10,000;’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000; 

and’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(ii) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2021, 

$127,000,000;’’; 

(E) in subparagraph (D)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘the Northern Mariana Islands shall 

not exceed the sum of’’ and inserting ‘‘the Northern 

Mariana Islands shall not exceed— 

‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), the sum of’’; 

and 

(ii) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(ii) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2021, 

$60,000,000; and’’; 

(F) in subparagraph (E)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘American Samoa shall not exceed 

the sum of’’ and inserting ‘‘American Samoa shall not 

exceed— 

‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), the sum of’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘$10,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000; 

and’’; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(ii) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2021, 

$84,000,000.’’; and 

(G) by adding at the end the following flush sentence: 

‘‘For each fiscal year after fiscal year 2021, the total amount 

certified for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa under subsection (f) and this subsection for the fiscal year shall be determined as if the preceding subparagraphs were applied to each 

of fiscal years 2020 through 2021 without regard to clause 

(ii) of each such subparagraph.’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 

‘‘(6) APPLICATION TO PUERTO RICO FOR FISCAL YEARS 2020 

THROUGH 2021.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the 

amount specified in this paragraph is— ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2020, $2,623,188,000; and 

‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2021, $2,719,072,000. 

‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL INCREASE FOR PUERTO RICO.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2020 

through 2021, the amount specified in this paragraph 

for the fiscal year shall be equal to the amount specified 

for such fiscal year under subparagraph (A) increased 
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by $200,000,000 if the Secretary certifies that, with 

respect to such fiscal year, Puerto Rico’s State plan 

under title XIX (or a waiver of such plan) establishes 

a reimbursement floor, implemented through a directed 

payment arrangement plan, for physician services that 

are covered under the Medicare part B fee schedule 

in the Puerto Rico locality established under section 

1848(b) that is not less than 70 percent of the payment 

that would apply to such services if they were furnished 

under part B of title XVIII during such fiscal year. 

‘‘(ii) APPLICATION TO MANAGED CARE.—In certifying 

whether Puerto Rico has established a reimbursement 

floor under a directed payment arrangement plan that 

satisfies the requirements of clause (i)— 

‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2020, the Secretary shall 

apply such requirements to payments for physician 

services under a managed care contract entered 

into or renewed after the date of enactment of 

this paragraph and disregard payments for physician services under any managed care contract 

that was entered into prior to such date; and 

‘‘(II) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

2021— 

‘‘(aa) the Secretary shall disregard payments made under sub-capitated arrangements for services such as primary care case 

management; and 

‘‘(bb) if the reimbursement floor for physician services applicable under a managed care 

contract satisfies the requirements of clause 

(i) for the fiscal year in which the contract 

is entered into or renewed, such reimbursement floor shall be deemed to satisfy such 

requirements for the subsequent fiscal year. 

‘‘(7) PUERTO RICO PROGRAM INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 

‘‘(i) PROGRAM INTEGRITY LEAD.—Not later than 6 

months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 

the agency responsible for the administration of Puerto 

Rico’s Medicaid program under title XIX shall designate an officer (other than the director of such 

agency) to serve as the Program Integrity Lead for 

such program. 

‘‘(ii) PERM REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 18 

months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 

Puerto Rico shall publish a plan, developed by Puerto 

Rico in coordination with the Administrator of the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and 

approved by the Administrator, for how Puerto Rico 

will develop measures to satisfy the payment error 

rate measurement (PERM) requirements under subpart Q of part 431 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). 

‘‘(iii) CONTRACTING REFORM.—Not later than 12 

months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 

Puerto Rico shall publish a contracting reform plan 

to combat fraudulent, wasteful, or abusive contracts 
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under Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program under title XIX 

that includes— 

‘‘(I) metrics for evaluating the success of the 

plan; and 

‘‘(II) a schedule for publicly releasing status 

reports on the plan. 

‘‘(iv) MEQC.—Not later than 18 months after the 

date of enactment of this paragraph, Puerto Rico shall 

publish a plan, developed by Puerto Rico in coordination with the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services and approved by the Administrator, for how Puerto Rico will comply with the Medicaid eligibility quality control (MEQC) requirements 

of subpart P of part 431 of title 42, Code of Federal 

Regulations (or any successor regulation). 

‘‘(B) FMAP REDUCTION FOR FAILURE TO MEET ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal quarter during 

the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending 

on September 30, 2021: 

‘‘(I) For every clause under subparagraph (A) 

with respect to which Puerto Rico does not fully 

satisfy the requirements described in the clause 

(including requirements imposed under the terms 

of a plan described in the clause) in the fiscal 

quarter, the Federal medical assistance percentage 

applicable to Puerto Rico under section 1905(ff) 

shall be reduced by the number of percentage 

points determined for the clause and fiscal quarter 

under subclause (II). 

‘‘(II) The number of percentage points determined under this subclause with respect to a 

clause under subparagraph (A) and a fiscal quarter 

shall be the number of percentage points (not to 

exceed 2.5 percentage points) equal to— 

‘‘(aa) 0.25 percentage points; multiplied by 

‘‘(bb) the total number of consecutive fiscal 

quarters for which Puerto Rico has not fully 

satisfied the requirements described in such 

clause. 

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES

OR REASONABLE PROGRESS.—For purposes of clause (i), 

Puerto Rico shall be deemed to have fully satisfied 

the requirements of a clause under subparagraph (A) 

(including requirements imposed under the terms of 

a plan described in the clause) for a fiscal quarter 

if— 

‘‘(I) the Secretary approves an application from 

Puerto Rico describing extenuating circumstances 

that prevented Puerto Rico from fully satisfying 

the requirements of the clause; or 

‘‘(II) in the case of a requirement imposed 

under the terms of a plan described in a clause 

under subparagraph (A), Puerto Rico has made 

objectively reasonable progress towards satisfying 

such terms and has submitted a timely request 
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for an exception to the imposition of a penalty 

to the Secretary. 

‘‘(8) PROGRAM INTEGRITY LEAD REQUIREMENT FOR THE

VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND

AMERICAN SAMOA.— 

‘‘(A) PROGRAM INTEGRITY LEAD REQUIREMENT.—Not 

later than October 1, 2020, the agency responsible for the 

administration of the Medicaid program under title XIX 

of each territory specified in subparagraph (C) shall designate an officer (other than the director of such agency) 

to serve as the Program Integrity Lead for such program. 

‘‘(B) FMAP REDUCTION.—For each fiscal quarter during 

fiscal year 2021, if the territory fails to satisfy the requirement of subparagraph (A) for the fiscal quarter, the Federal 

medical assistance percentage applicable to the territory 

under section 1905(ff) for such fiscal quarter shall be 

reduced by the number of percentage points (not to exceed 

5 percentage points) equal to— 

‘‘(i) 0.25 percentage points; multiplied by 

‘‘(ii) the total number of fiscal quarters during 

the fiscal year in which the territory failed to satisfy 

such requirement. 

‘‘(C) SCOPE.—This paragraph shall apply to the Virgin 

Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.’’. 

(b) TREATMENT OF FUNDING UNDER ENHANCED ALLOTMENT

PROGRAM.—Section 1935(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1396u–5(e)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘if the State’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subject to paragraph (4), if the State’’; 

(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN FISCAL YEARS.— 

Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), in the case that Puerto Rico, 

the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or 

American Samoa establishes and submits to the Secretary a 

plan described in paragraph (2) with respect to any of fiscal 

years 2020 through 2021, the amount specified for such a 

year in paragraph (3) for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 

the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa, as the 

case may be, shall be taken into account in applying, as 

applicable, subparagraph (A)(ii), (B)(ii), (C)(ii), (D)(ii), or (E)(ii) 

of section 1108(g)(2) for such year.’’. 

(c) INCREASED FMAP.—Subsection (ff) of section 1905 of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(ff) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FMAP FOR TERRITORIES FOR CER- TAIN FISCAL YEARS.—Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (z)(2)— 

‘‘(1) for the period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending 

December 20, 2019, the Federal medical assistance percentage 

for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa shall be equal to 100 percent; 

‘‘(2) subject to section 1108(g)(7)(C), for the period beginning 

December 21, 2019, and ending September 30, 2021, the Federal 

medical assistance percentage for Puerto Rico shall be equal 

to 76 percent; and 
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‘‘(3) subject to section 1108(g)(8)(B), for the period beginning 

December 21, 2019, and ending September 30, 2021, the Federal 

medical assistance percentage for the Virgin Islands, Guam, 

the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa shall be 

equal to 83 percent.’’. 

(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 1108(g) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(9) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date that is 

30 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with 

fiscal year 2020 and ending with fiscal year 2021), in 

the case that a specified territory receives a Medicaid cap 

increase, or an increase in the Federal medical assistance 

percentage for such territory under section 1905(ff), for 

such fiscal year, such territory shall submit to the Chair 

and Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Chair 

and Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance of 

the Senate a report, employing the most up-to-date 

information available, that describes how such territory 

has used such Medicaid cap increase, or such increase 

in the Federal medical assistance percentage, as applicable, 

to increase access to health care under the State Medicaid 

plan of such territory under title XIX (or a waiver of 

such plan). Such report may include— 

‘‘(i) the extent to which such territory has, with 

respect to such plan (or waiver)— 

‘‘(I) increased payments to health care providers; 

‘‘(II) increased covered benefits; 

‘‘(III) expanded health care provider networks; 

or 

‘‘(IV) improved in any other manner the carrying out of such plan (or waiver); and 

‘‘(ii) any other information as determined necessary 

by such territory. 

‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

‘‘(i) MEDICAID CAP INCREASE.—The term ‘Medicaid 

cap increase’ means, with respect to a specified territory and fiscal year, any increase in the amounts otherwise determined under this subsection for such territory for such fiscal year by reason of the amendments 

made by section 202 of division N of the Further 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. 

‘‘(ii) SPECIFIED TERRITORY.—The term ‘specified 

territory’ means Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 

the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.’’. 

(e) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN DATA REPORTING AND PROGRAM

INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS TO NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AMER- ICAN SAMOA, AND GUAM.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902 of the Social Security Act 

(42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended by adding at the end the following 

new subsection: 

‘‘(qq) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN DATA REPORTING AND PROGRAM

INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS TO NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AMER- ICAN SAMOA, AND GUAM.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 2021, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam shall— 

‘‘(A) demonstrate progress in implementing methods, 

satisfactory to the Secretary, for the collection and 

reporting of reliable data to the Transformed Medicaid 

Statistical Information System (T–MSIS) (or a successor 

system); and 

‘‘(B) demonstrate progress in establishing a State medicaid fraud control unit described in section 1903(q). 

‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF PROGRESS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall deem that a territory described 

in such paragraph has demonstrated satisfactory progress in 

implementing methods for the collection and reporting of reliable data or establishing a State medicaid fraud control unit 

if the territory has made a good faith effort to implement 

such methods or establish such a unit, given the circumstances 

of the territory.’’. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1902(j) of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(j)) is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘or the requirement’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

the requirement’’; and 

(B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, or the requirement under subsection (qq)(1) 

(relating to data reporting)’’. 

(3) REEVALUATION OF WAIVERS OF MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL

UNIT REQUIREMENT.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date that is 1 

year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

of Health and Human Services shall reevaluate any waiver 

approved (and in effect as of the date of enactment of 

this Act) for Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or 

American Samoa under subsection (a)(61) or subsection 

(j) of section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C.1396a) with respect to the requirement to establish 

a State medicaid fraud control unit (as described in section 

1903(q) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(q))). 

(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as requiring the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services to terminate or refuse to 

extend a waiver described in subparagraph (A). 

(f) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

(A) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Inspector General’’ means the Inspector General of the Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

(B) PUERTO RICO’S MEDICAID PROGRAM.—The term 

‘‘Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program’’ means, collectively, 

Puerto Rico’s State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) and any waiver of such 

plan. 

(2) REPORT ON CONTRACTING OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL.— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue, 

and submit to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

and the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on 

Finance of the Senate, a report on contracting oversight and 
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approval with respect to Puerto Rico’s State plan under title 

XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or 

a waiver of such plan). Such report shall— 

(A) examine— 

(i) the process used by Puerto Rico to evaluate 

bids and award contracts under such plan (or waiver); 

(ii) which contracts are not subject to competitive 

bidding or requests for proposals under such plan (or 

waiver); and 

(iii) oversight by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of contracts awarded under such plan 

(or waiver); and 

(B) include any recommendations for Congress, the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services, or Puerto Rico 

relating to changes that the Comptroller General determines necessary to improve the program integrity of such 

plan (or waiver). 

(3) AUDITS OF MANAGED CARE PAYMENTS.—Not later than 

the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Inspector General shall develop and submit to Congress— 

(A) a report identifying payments made under Puerto 

Rico’s Medicaid program to managed care organizations 

that the Inspector General determines to be at high risk 

for waste, fraud, or abuse; and 

(B) a plan for auditing and investigating such payments. 

(4) SYSTEM FOR TRACKING FEDERAL FUNDING PROVIDED TO

PUERTO RICO; MEDICAID AND CHIP SCORECARD REPORTING.—Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a), as 

amended by subsection (e), is further amended by adding at 

the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(rr) PROGRAM INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUERTO RICO.— 

‘‘(1) SYSTEM FOR TRACKING FEDERAL MEDICAID FUNDING

PROVIDED TO PUERTO RICO.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Puerto Rico shall establish and 

maintain a system, which may include the use of a quarterly Form CMS–64, for tracking any amounts paid by 

the Federal Government to Puerto Rico with respect to 

the State plan of Puerto Rico (or a waiver of such plan). 

Under such system, Puerto Rico shall ensure that information is available, with respect to each quarter in a fiscal 

year (beginning with the first quarter beginning on or 

after the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment 

of this subsection), on the following: 

‘‘(i) In the case of a quarter other than the first 

quarter of such fiscal year— 

‘‘(I) the total amount expended by Puerto Rico 

during any previous quarter of such fiscal year 

under the State plan of Puerto Rico (or a waiver 

of such plan); and 

‘‘(II) a description of how such amount was 

so expended. 

‘‘(ii) The total amount that Puerto Rico expects 

to expend during the quarter under the State plan 

of Puerto Rico (or a waiver of such plan), and a description of how Puerto Rico expects to expend such amount. 
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‘‘(B) REPORT TO CMS.—For each quarter with respect 

to which Puerto Rico is required under subparagraph (A) 

to ensure that information described in such subparagraph 

is available, Puerto Rico shall submit to the Administrator 

of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a report 

on such information for such quarter, which may include 

the submission of a quarterly Form CMS–37. 

‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION ON CONTRACTS UPON

REQUEST.—Puerto Rico shall, upon request, submit to the 

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 

all documentation requested with respect to contracts awarded 

under the State plan of Puerto Rico (or a waiver of such 

plan). 

‘‘(3) REPORTING ON MEDICAID AND CHIP SCORECARD MEAS- URES.—Beginning 12 months after the date of enactment of 

this subsection, Puerto Rico shall begin to report to the 

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 

on selected measures included in the Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.’’. 

(5) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any funds in the Treasury 

not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services $5,000,000 for each of 

fiscal years 2020 through 2021 to carry out this subsection. 

SEC. 203. DELAY OF DSH REDUCTIONS. 

Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1396r–4(f)(7)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 21, 2019’’ each 

place it appears and inserting ‘‘May 23, 2020’’. 

SEC. 204. EXTENSION OF SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT PROTECTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2404 of Public Law 111–148 (42 

U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ 

and inserting ‘‘May 22, 2020’’. 

(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 2404 of Public 

Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) or section 1902(a)(17) or 

1924 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(17), 1396r– 

5) shall be construed as prohibiting a State from— 

(1) applying an income or resource disregard under a methodology authorized under section 1902(r)(2) of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 1396a(r)(2))— 

(A) to the income or resources of an individual 

described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI) of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI)) (including a disregard of the 

income or resources of such individual’s spouse); or 

(B) on the basis of an individual’s need for home and 

community-based services authorized under subsection (c), 

(d), (i), or (k) of section 1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n) 

or under section 1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315); or 

(2) disregarding an individual’s spousal income and assets 

under a plan amendment to provide medical assistance for 

home and community-based services for individuals by reason 

of being determined eligible under section 1902(a)(10)(C) of 

such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(C)) or by reason of section 

1902(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(f)) or otherwise on the 

basis of a reduction of income based on costs incurred for 

medical or other remedial care under which the State disregarded the income and assets of the individual’s spouse in 
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determining the initial and ongoing financial eligibility of an 

individual for such services in place of the spousal impoverishment provisions applied under section 1924 of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 1396r–5). 

SEC. 205. EXTENSION OF THE MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

Section 6071(h) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

1396a note) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

semicolon; 

(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(G) subject to paragraph (3), $176,000,000 for the 

period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on May 

22, 2020.’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3)— 

(A) in the paragraph header, by striking ‘‘FOR FY 2019’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (F) and (G) of paragraph (1)’’. 

Subtitle C—Human Services and Other 

Health Programs 

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO ADDRESS 

HEALTH PROFESSIONS WORKFORCE NEEDS. 

Activities authorized by section 2008 of the Social Security 

Act shall continue through May 22, 2020, in the manner authorized 

for fiscal year 2019, and out of any money in the Treasury of 

the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby 

appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 

Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this authority 

through the date so specified at the pro rata portion of the total 

amount authorized for such activities in fiscal year 2019. 

SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY 

FAMILIES PROGRAM AND RELATED PROGRAMS. 

Activities authorized by part A of title IV and section 1108(b) 

of the Social Security Act shall continue through May 22, 2020, 

in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2019, and out of any 

money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 

SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. 

Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and inserting 

‘‘May 22, 2020’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘December 20, 

2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 22, 2020’’; and 

(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘$16,643,836 for the 

period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending December 20, 

2019’’ and inserting ‘‘$48,287,671 for the period beginning 

October 1, 2019, and ending May 22, 2020’’. 

SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION 

PROGRAM. 

Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713) is 

amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause 

(i), by striking ‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 

22, 2020’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking by striking 

‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 22, 2020’’; and 

(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$16,643,836 for the period 

beginning October 1, 2019, and ending December 20, 2019’’ 

and inserting ‘‘$48,287,671 for the period beginning October 

1, 2019, and ending May 22, 2020’’. 

Subtitle D—Public Health Provisions 

SEC. 401. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE 

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING 

HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GME PROGRAMS. 

(a) COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.—Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of 

the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b– 

2(b)(1)(F)) is amended by— 

(1) striking ‘‘$887,671,223’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,575,342,466’’; 

and 

(2) striking ‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 22, 

2020’’. 

(b) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.—Section 10503(b)(2)(G) 

of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b– 

2(b)(2)(G)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$68,794,521’’ and inserting ‘‘$199,589,041’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 

22, 2020’’. 

(c) TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$28,072,603’’ and inserting ‘‘$81,445,205’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 

22, 2020’’. 

(d) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this section for the period beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on May 22, 2020, shall be 

subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 115–245 for 

funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 

of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 through 256). 

(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of section 3014(h) 

of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 1101(e) 
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of division B of Public Law 116–69, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

1101(d) of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, 

and Health Extenders Act of 2019, and section 1101(d) of the 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health 

Extenders Act of 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘, and section 401(d) of division 

N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

SEC. 402. DIABETES PROGRAMS. 

(a) TYPE I.—Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(D)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$33,287,671’’ and inserting ‘‘$96,575,342’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 

22, 2020’’. 

(b) INDIANS.—Section 330C(c)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(D)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$33,287,671’’ and inserting ‘‘$96,575,342’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘December 20, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘May 

22, 2020’’. 

SEC. 403. POISON CENTER NETWORK ENHANCEMENT. 

(a) NATIONAL TOLL-FREE NUMBER.—Section 1271 of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–71) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by inserting before the period 

the following: ‘‘AND OTHER COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES’’; 

and 

(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary— 

‘‘(1) shall provide coordination and assistance to poison 

control centers for the establishment and maintenance of a 

nationwide toll-free phone number, to be used to access such 

centers; and 

‘‘(2) may provide coordination and assistance to poison control centers and consult with professional organizations for 

the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of other 

communication technologies to be used to access such centers.’’; 

(3) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); 

(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 

‘‘(b) ROUTING CONTACTS WITH POISON CONTROL CENTERS.— Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

subsection, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Chairman of 

the Federal Communications Commission, to the extent technically 

and economically feasible, to ensure that communications with the 

national toll-free number are routed to the appropriate poison control center based on the physical location of the contact rather 

than the area code of the contact device.’’; and 

(5) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 

(A) by striking ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting 

‘‘2020 through 2024’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘maintenance of the nationwide toll 

free phone number under subsection (a)’’ and inserting 

‘‘establishment, implementation, and maintenance activities carried out under subsections (a) and (b)’’. 

(b) NATIONWIDE MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—Section 1272 of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–72) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘NATIONWIDE MEDIA

CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE’’ and inserting ‘‘PROMOTING’’; 
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(2) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘and support outreach to’’ after ‘‘educate’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘poison prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘poisoning and toxic exposure prevention’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘established under’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

other available communication technologies established, 

implemented, or maintained under’’; 

(3) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘nationwide poison prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘nationwide 

poisoning and toxic exposure prevention’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘poison prevention 

and poison control center’’ and inserting ‘‘poisoning and 

toxic exposure prevention awareness materials, applicable 

public health emergency preparedness and response 

information, and poison control center’’ after ‘‘distribution 

of’’; and 

(4) by striking subsection (c); 

(5) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and 

(6) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘2015 

through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’. 

(c) MAINTENANCE OF PROGRAM.—Section 1273 of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–73) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and toxic exposures’’ 

after ‘‘poisonings’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘for poison’’ and inserting ‘‘for poisoning and toxic exposure’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘and preparedness’’ and inserting 

‘‘preparedness and response’’; 

(B) in paragraph (3)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘United States and’’ and inserting 

‘‘United States,’’; and 

(ii) by inserting before the semicolon the following: 

‘‘, and other government agencies as determined to 

be appropriate and nonduplicative by the Secretary’’; 

and 

(C) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘calls’’ and inserting 

‘‘contacts’’; 

(3) in subsection (d) , by striking paragraph (3) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(3) LIMITATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The sum of the number of years 

for a waiver under paragraph (1) and a renewal under 

paragraph (2) may not exceed 5 years. 

‘‘(B) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—Notwithstanding 

any previous waivers, in the case of a poison control center 

whose accreditation is affected by a public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319, the Secretary may, 

as the circumstances of the emergency reasonably require, 

provide a waiver under paragraph (1) or a renewal under 

paragraph (2), not to exceed 2 years. The Secretary may 

require quarterly reports and other information related 

to such a waiver or renewal under this paragraph.’’; 

(4) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(f) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.—With respect to activities for 

which a grant is awarded under this section, the Secretary may 

require that poison control centers agree to maintain the expenditures of the center for such activities at a level that is not less 

than the level of expenditures maintained by the center for the 

fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the grant is received.’’; 

(5) In subsection (g), by striking ‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2020 through 2024’’; and 

(6) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(h) BIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 2 years 

thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, 

Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and Committee on 

Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 

concerning the operations of, and trends identified by, the Poison 

Control Network. Such report shall include— 

‘‘(1) descriptions of the activities carried out pursuant to 

sections 1271, 1272, and 1273, and the alignment of such activities with the purposes provided under subsection (a); 

‘‘(2) a description of trends in volume of contacts to poison 

control centers; 

‘‘(3) a description of trends in poisonings and toxic exposures reported to poison control centers, as applicable and 

appropriate; 

‘‘(4) an assessment of the impact of the public awareness 

campaign, including any geographic variations; 

‘‘(5) a description of barriers, if any, preventing poison 

control centers from achieving the purposes and programs 

under this section and sections 1271 and 1272; 

‘‘(6) a description of the standards for accreditation 

described in subsection (c), including any variations in those 

standards, and any efforts to create and maintain consistent 

standards across organizations that accredit poison control centers; and 

‘‘(7) the number of and reason for any waivers provided 

under subsection (d).’’. 

SEC. 404. KAY HAGAN TICK ACT. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Kay Hagan 

Tick Act’’. 

(b) COMBATING VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES.—Title III of the Public 

Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 317T 

(42 U.S.C. 247b–22) the following: 

‘‘SEC. 317U. NATIONAL STRATEGY AND REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

‘‘(1)(A) ensure the development and implementation of a 

national strategy to address vector-borne diseases, including 

tick-borne diseases, that— 

‘‘(i) identifies and assesses gaps and any unnecessary 

duplication in federally-funded programs; and 

‘‘(ii) identifies strategic goals to address such diseases 

and appropriate benchmarks to measure progress toward 

achieving such goals; and 

‘‘(B) update such strategy, as appropriate; and 

‘‘(2) coordinate programs and activities, including related 

to data collection, research, and the development of diagnostics, 
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treatments, vaccines, and other related activities, to address 

vector-borne diseases, including tick-borne diseases, across the 

Department of Health and Human Services and with other 

Federal agencies or departments, as appropriate. 

‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall consult with the Tick-Borne Disease Working Group 

established under section 2062 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 

U.S.C. 284s) and other individuals, as appropriate, such as— 

‘‘(1) epidemiologists with experience in vector-borne diseases; 

‘‘(2) representatives of patient advocacy and research 

organizations that focus on vector-borne diseases, including 

such organizations that have demonstrated experience in 

related research, public health, data collection, or patient access 

to care; 

‘‘(3) health information technology experts or other information management specialists; 

‘‘(4) clinicians, entomologists, vector management professionals, public health professionals, and others with expertise 

in vector-borne diseases; and 

‘‘(5) researchers, including researchers with experience conducting translational research. 

‘‘(c) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.—The Secretary, in coordination 

with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education for the establishment or continued support 

of regional centers of excellence in vector-borne diseases to address 

vector-borne diseases, including tick-borne diseases, by— 

‘‘(1) facilitating collaboration between academia and public 

health organizations for public health surveillance, prevention, 

and response activities related to vector-borne diseases, 

including tick-borne diseases; 

‘‘(2) providing training for public health entomologists and 

other health care professionals, as appropriate, to address 

vector-borne diseases, including tick-borne diseases; 

‘‘(3) conducting research to develop and validate prevention 

and control tools and methods, including evidence-based and 

innovative, evidence-informed tools and methods to anticipate 

and respond to disease outbreaks; or 

‘‘(4) preparing for and responding to outbreaks of vectorborne diseases, including tick-borne diseases. 

‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant, contract, 

or cooperative agreement under subsection (c), an entity shall 

submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 

and containing such information as the Secretary may require, 

including a description of how the entity will conduct the activities 

described in such subsection. 

‘‘(e) REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) PROGRAM SUMMARY.—An entity receiving an award 

under subsection (c) shall, not later than one year after 

receiving such award, and annually thereafter, submit to the 

Secretary a summary of programs and activities funded under 

the award. 

‘‘(2) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 

date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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of the House of Representatives, a report on the progress made 

in addressing vector-borne diseases, including tick-borne diseases, through activities carried out under this section. 

‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of 

carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 

$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’. 

(c) ENHANCING CAPACITY TO ADDRESS VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES.—Subtitle C of title XXVIII of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-31 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 2822. ENHANCED SUPPORT TO ASSIST HEALTH DEPARTMENTS 

IN ADDRESSING VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Director 

of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may enter into 

cooperative agreements with health departments of States, political 

subdivisions of States, and Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations 

in areas at high risk of vector-borne diseases in order to increase 

capacity to identify, report, prevent, and respond to such diseases 

and related outbreaks. 

‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to enter into a cooperative 

agreement under this section, an entity described in subsection 

(a) shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application at 

such time, in such manner, and containing such information as 

the Secretary may require, including a plan that describes— 

‘‘(1) how the applicant proposes to develop or expand programs to address vector-borne disease risks, including 

through— 

‘‘(A) related training and workforce development; 

‘‘(B) programmatic efforts to improve capacity to identify, report, prevent, and respond to such disease and 

related outbreaks; and 

‘‘(C) other relevant activities identified by the Director 

of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as 

appropriate; 

‘‘(2) the manner in which the applicant will coordinate 

with other Federal, Tribal, and State agencies and programs, 

as applicable, related to vector-borne diseases, as well as other 

relevant public and private organizations or agencies; and 

‘‘(3) the manner in which the applicant will evaluate the 

effectiveness of any program carried out under the cooperative 

agreement. 

‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purposes of 

carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 

$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’. 

Subtitle E—Revenue Provisions 

SEC. 501. REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE TAX. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by striking subchapter E. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) Subsection (a) of section 4221 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended by striking the last sentence. 

(2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Code is 

amended by striking the last sentence. 
H. R. 1865—586 

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of subchapters for 

chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

striking the item relating to subchapter E. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to sales after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 502. REPEAL OF ANNUAL FEE ON HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title IX of the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking section 9010. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2020. 

SEC. 503. REPEAL OF EXCISE TAX ON HIGH COST EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH COVERAGE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by striking section 4980I. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) Section 6051 of such Code is amended— 

(A) by striking ‘‘section 4980I(d)(1)’’ in subsection 

(a)(14) and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’, and 

(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(g) APPLICABLE EMPLOYER-SPONSORED COVERAGE.—For purposes of subsection (a)(14)— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘applicable employer-sponsored 

coverage’ means, with respect to any employee, coverage under 

any group health plan made available to the employee by 

an employer which is excludable from the employee’s gross 

income under section 106, or would be so excludable if it were 

employer-provided coverage (within the meaning of such section 

106). 

‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘applicable employer-sponsored 

coverage’ shall not include— 

‘‘(A) any coverage (whether through insurance or otherwise) described in section 9832(c)(1) (other than subparagraph (G) thereof) or for long-term care, 

‘‘(B) any coverage under a separate policy, certificate, 

or contract of insurance which provides benefits substantially all of which are for treatment of the mouth (including 

any organ or structure within the mouth) or for treatment 

of the eye, or 

‘‘(C) any coverage described in section 9832(c)(3) the 

payment for which is not excludable from gross income 

and for which a deduction under section 162(l) is not allowable. 

‘‘(3) COVERAGE INCLUDES EMPLOYEE PAID PORTION.—Coverage shall be treated as applicable employer-sponsored coverage without regard to whether the employer or employee 

pays for the coverage. 

‘‘(4) GOVERNMENTAL PLANS INCLUDED.—Applicable 

employer-sponsored coverage shall include coverage under any 

group health plan established and maintained primarily for 

its civilian employees by the Government of the United States, 

by the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, 

or by any agency or instrumentality of any such government.’’. 

(2) Section 9831(d)(1) of such Code is amended by striking 

‘‘except as provided in section 4980I(f)(4)’’. 
H. R. 1865—587 

(3) The table of sections for chapter 43 of such Code is 

amended by striking the item relating to section 4980I. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Provisions 

SEC. 602. ADDRESSING EXPIRATION OF CHILD WELFARE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND SUPPORTING FAMILY FIRST 

IMPLEMENTATION. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Family 

First Transition Act’’. 

(b) EVIDENCE STANDARD TRANSITION.— 

(1) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENT THAT AT

LEAST 50 PERCENT OF A STATE’S REIMBURSEMENT FOR PREVENTION AND FAMILY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS BE FOR PROGRAMS

AND SERVICES THAT MEET THE WELL-SUPPORTED PRACTICE

REQUIREMENT.—With respect to quarters in fiscal years 2020 

and 2021, section 474(a)(6)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 674(a)(6)(A)) shall be applied without regard to clause 

(ii) of such section. 

(2) SUPPORTED PRACTICES TEMPORARILY TREATED AS WELLSUPPORTED PRACTICES.—With respect to quarters in fiscal years 

2022 and 2023, practices that meet the criteria specified for 

supported practices in section 471(e)(4)(C) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 671(e)(4)(C)) shall be considered well-supported 

practices for purposes of section 474(a)(6)(A)(ii) of such Act 

(42 U.S.C. 674(a)(6)(A)(ii)). 

(c) ENHANCED FUNDING FOR TRANSITION ACTIVITIES.— 

(1) TRANSITION FUNDING.— 

(A) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the Treasury 

of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there 

are appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

to carry out this subsection $500,000,000 for fiscal year 

2020, which shall remain available through fiscal year 

2021. 

(B) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 

(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allot the 

amount appropriated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph in accordance with section 423 of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 623), and shall pay each State 

to which an allotment is so made, the total amount 

so allotted, subject to clause (ii) of this subparagraph. 

(ii) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR INDIAN TRIBES AND

TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Before applying clause (i) of 

this subparagraph, the Secretary shall reserve 3 percent of the amount appropriated by subparagraph (A) 

of this paragraph for allotment to the Indian tribes 

and tribal organizations with a plan approved under 

subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the Social Security 

Act, based on each tribe or tribal organization’s share 

of the total tribal child population among all such 

tribes and tribal organizations. 

(2) FUNDING CERTAINTY FOR STATES WITH EXPIRING DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
H. R. 1865—588 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the Treasury 

of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there 

are appropriated to the Secretary, for payment to each 

State that was operating a demonstration project approved 

under section 1130 of the Social Security Act on September 

30, 2019, for each fiscal year specified in subparagraph 

(B) of this paragraph, an amount equal to the amount 

(if any) by which— 

(i)(I) the applicable percentage for the fiscal year 

so specified of the maximum capped allocation due 

to the State or sub-State jurisdiction for fiscal year 

2019 for foster care maintenance, administration, or 

training costs, under the demonstration project, as 

specified in section 4.3 of the State waiver terms and 

conditions document capped allocation payment table 

in effect on August 31, 2019; or 

(II) if the terms and conditions do not specify a 

maximum amount payable for fiscal year 2019 for the 

State or sub-State jurisdiction (due to the use of a 

comparison jurisdiction to ensure cost neutrality), the 

final cost neutrality limit for the State or sub-State 

jurisdiction for fiscal year 2018, as most recently 

reported by the State or sub-State jurisdiction as of 

September 30, 2019, for foster care maintenance, 

administration, or training costs under the demonstration project that were included in the waiver; exceeds 

(ii) the total amount payable to the State or subState jurisdiction under part E of title IV of such 

Act for the fiscal year so specified for foster care 

expenditures (whether payable under paragraph (1) 

or (3) of section 474(a) of such Act) that were maintenance, administration, or training costs of the demonstration project taken into account by the Secretary 

in determining the total amount referred to in clause 

(i) of this subparagraph. 

(B) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE DEFINED.—In this 

subparagraph, the term ‘‘applicable percentage’’ means— 

(i) 90 percent, in the case of fiscal year 2020; 

or 

(ii) 75 percent, in the case of fiscal year 2021. 

(C) SPECIAL RULE.—The calculation under subparagraph (A) with respect to a State shall be made without 

regard to— 

(i) any change approved after August 31, 2019, 

in the capped allocation or the terms and conditions 

referred to in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) with 

respect to the State; or 

(ii) any change made after such date to the financial form submitted by the State that is used in determining the capped allocation. 

(D) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Each State that receives 

funds under this paragraph shall distribute the funds to 

jurisdictions in the State that were operating demonstration projects under section 1130 of the Social Security 

Act in a manner consistent with each sub-State jurisdiction’s proportionate loss as compared with fiscal year 2019. 
H. R. 1865—589 

(E) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Each State seeking a 

payment under this paragraph shall report expenditures 

pursuant to part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 

(42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) in a manner determined by the 

Secretary and the Secretary shall account for any revisions 

to spending for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 after the end 

of the respective fiscal year that are reported by the State 

agency administering the State plan approved under such 

part, and received by the Department of Health and Human 

Services, within 2 years after the last day of the fiscal 

quarter in which the expenditure was made. 

(F) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The amounts made available for payments to States under this paragraph for a 

fiscal year shall remain available through the end of the 

third succeeding fiscal year. 

(3) USE OF FUNDS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the purposes specified 

in part B of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

671 et seq.), a State may use funds provided under this 

subsection for activities previously funded under a demonstration project under section 1130 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

1320a–9) to reduce any adverse fiscal impacts as jurisdictions transition funding sources for the projects, and for 

activities directly associated with the implementation of 

title VII of division E of Public Law 115–123 (also known 

as the Family First Prevention Services Act). 

(B) LIMITATION.—None of the funds provided under 

this subsection may be used to match Federal funds under 

any program. 

(d) REPORTING ON ENHANCED FUNDING FOR TRANSITION ACTIVITIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State to which funds are paid under 

subsection (c) of this section shall submit to the Secretary, 

in a manner specified by the Secretary, a written report on— 

(A) how the grant is used to implement each part 

of title VII of division E of Public Law 115–123 (also 

known as the Family First Prevention Services Act), with 

a separate statement with respect to each such part; 

(B) all programs, services, and operational costs to 

which the grant is put; 

(C) the characteristics of the families and children 

served by use of the grant; and 

(D)(i) the use by the State of amounts provided for 

each fiscal year to continue activities previously funded 

under a waiver provided under section 1130 of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–9); and 

(ii)(I) the plan of the State to transition the activities 

so that needed activities can be provided under the State 

plan approved under part E of title IV of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.); or 

(II) if expenditures for the activities would not be 

eligible for payment under the State plan approved under 

such part E— 

(aa) the reason therefor; and 

(bb) the funding sources the State plans to use 

to cover the costs of needed activities. 
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(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.—For purposes of subpart 

2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

629 et seq.), each report required by paragraph (1) of this 

subsection shall be considered to be required by section 

432(a)(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629b(a)(8)), and shall contain 

such additional information as the Secretary may require. 

(e) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 

has the meaning given the term in section 431(a)(4) of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629a(a)(4)). 

(f) RENAMING OF TITLE IV–B–2 OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.— 

The subpart heading for subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the 

Social Security Act is amended by striking ‘‘Promoting Safe and 

Stable Families’’ and inserting ‘‘MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe 

and Stable Families Program’’. 

(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made 

by this section shall take effect as if included in the Bipartisan 

Budget Act of 2018 on the date of the enactment of such Act. 

(h) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 50701 of the Bipartisan 

Budget Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 1305 note; Public Law 115–123) 

is amended by striking ‘‘Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Family First Prevention Services Act’’. 

SEC. 603. MINIMUM AGE OF SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 906(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387f(d)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘18 years’’ and 

inserting ‘‘21 years’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) MINIMUM AGE OF SALE.—It shall be unlawful for any 

retailer to sell a tobacco product to any person younger than 

21 years of age.’’. 

(b) REGULATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 

publish in the Federal Register a final rule to update the 

regulations issued under chapter IX of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387 et seq.) as appropriate, only 

to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a), including 

to update all references to persons younger than 18 years 

of age in subpart B of part 1140 of title 21, Code of Federal 

Regulations, and to update the relevant age verification requirements under such part 1140 to require age verification for 

individuals under the age of 30. Such final rule shall— 

(A) take full effect not later than 90 days after the 

date on which such final rule is published; and 

(B) be deemed to be in compliance with all applicable 

provisions of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code and 

all other provisions of law relating to rulemaking procedures. 

(2) OTHER REGULATIONS.—Prior to making amendments 

to part 1140 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations other 

than the amendments described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 

shall promulgate a proposed rule in accordance with chapter 

5 of title 5, United States Code. 
H. R. 1865—591 

(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide written notification to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

the House of Representatives regarding the progress of the Department of Health and Human Services towards promulgating the 

final rule under subsection (b). If, 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, such rule has not been promulgated in accordance 

with subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide a written notification and a justification for the delay in rulemaking to such committees. 

(d) PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(q)(2) of the Family Smoking 

Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Public Law 111–31) is 

amended— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause 

(i), by inserting ‘‘section 906(d)(5) or of’’ after ‘‘violations 

of’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘section 906(d)(5) 

or of’’ after ‘‘a retailer of’’. 

(2) REPEATED VIOLATIONS.—Section 303(f)(8) of the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 333(f)(8)) is amended 

by inserting ‘‘section 906(d)(5) or of’’ after ‘‘repeated violations 

of’’. 

(3) MISBRANDED PRODUCTS.—Section 903(a)(7)(B) of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387c) is 

amended by inserting ‘‘section 906(d)(5) or of’’ after ‘‘violation 

of’’. 

SEC. 604. SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE 

AGE OF 21. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1926 of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–26) is amended— 

(1) in the heading— 

(A) by striking ‘‘STATE LAW REGARDING’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘18’’ and inserting ‘‘21’’; 

(2) by striking subsections (a) and (d); 

(3) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 

(a) and (b), respectively; 

(4) by amending subsection (a), as so redesignated, to read 

as follows: 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A funding agreement for a grant under 

section 1921 is that the State involved will— 

‘‘(1) annually conduct random, unannounced inspections 

to ensure that retailers do not sell tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21; and 

‘‘(2) annually submit to the Secretary a report describing— 

‘‘(A) the activities carried out by the State to ensure 

that retailers do not sell tobacco products to individuals 

under the age of 21; 

‘‘(B) the extent of success the State has achieved in 

ensuring that retailers do not sell tobacco products to 

individuals under the age of 21; and 

‘‘(C) the strategies to be utilized by the State to ensure 

that retailers do not sell tobacco products to individuals 

under the age of 21 during the fiscal year for which the 

grant is sought.’’; 
H. R. 1865—592 

(5) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 

(A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4); 

(B) by striking ‘‘Before making’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before making’’; 

(C) by striking ‘‘for the first applicable fiscal year or 

any subsequent fiscal year’’; 

(D) by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’ and inserting 

‘‘subsection (a)’’; 

(E) by striking ‘‘equal to—’’ and inserting ‘‘up to 10 

percent of the amount determined under section 1933 for 

the State for the applicable fiscal year.’’; and 

(F) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) LIMITATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State shall not have funds withheld pursuant to paragraph (1) if such State for which 

the Secretary has made a determination of noncompliance 

under such paragraph— 

‘‘(i) certifies to the Secretary by May 1 of the 

fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated, consistent with subparagraph (B), that the State will 

commit additional State funds, in accordance with 

paragraph (1), to ensure that retailers do not sell 

tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age; 

‘‘(ii) agrees to comply with a negotiated agreement 

for a corrective action plan that is approved by the 

Secretary and carried out in accordance with guidelines 

issued by the Secretary; or 

‘‘(iii) is a territory that receives less than 

$1,000,000 for a fiscal year under section 1921. 

‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount of funds to be committed by a State pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) shall 

be equal to 1 percent of such State’s substance abuse 

allocation determined under section 1933 for each 

percentage point by which the State misses the retailer 

compliance rate goal established by the Secretary. 

‘‘(ii) STATE EXPENDITURES.—For a fiscal year in 

which a State commits funds as described in clause 

(i), such State shall maintain State expenditures for 

tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities at a level that is not less than the level of such 

expenditures maintained by the State for the preceding 

fiscal year, plus the additional funds for tobacco compliance activities required under clause (i). The State 

shall submit a report to the Secretary on all State 

obligations of funds for such fiscal year and all State 

expenditures for the preceding fiscal year for tobacco 

prevention and compliance activities by program 

activity by July 31 of such fiscal year. 

‘‘(iii) DISCRETION.—The Secretary shall exercise 

discretion in enforcing the timing of the State obligation of the additional funds required by the certification 

described in subparagraph (A)(i) as late as July 31 

of such fiscal year. 

‘‘(C) FAILURE TO CERTIFY.—If a State described in 

subparagraph (A) fails to certify to the Secretary pursuant 
H. R. 1865—593 

to subparagraph (A)(i) or enter into, or comply with, a 

negotiated agreement under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary may take action pursuant to paragraph (1).’’; and 

(6) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(1) TRANSITION PERIOD.—The Secretary shall— 

‘‘(A) not withhold amounts under subsection (b) for 

the 3-year period immediately following the date of enactment of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020; and 

‘‘(B) use discretion in exercising its authority under 

subsection (b) during the 2-year period immediately following the 3-year period described in subparagraph (A), 

to allow for a transition period for implementation of the 

reporting requirements under subsection (a)(2). 

‘‘(2) REGULATIONS OR GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days 

after the date of enactment of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, the Secretary shall update 

regulations under part 96 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations or guidance on the retailer compliance rate goal under 

subsection (b), the use of funds provided under section 1921 

for purposes of meeting the requirements of this section, and 

reporting requirements under subsection (a)(2). 

‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall ensure the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use coordinates, as appropriate, with the Commissioner of Food and 

Drugs to ensure that the technical assistance provided to States 

under subsection (e) is consistent with applicable regulations 

for retailers issued under part 1140 of title 21, Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

‘‘(d) TRANSITIONAL GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants under 

this subsection to each State that receives funding under section 

1921 to ensure compliance of each such State with this section. 

‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A State receiving a grant under this 

subsection— 

‘‘(A) shall use amounts received under such grant for 

activities to plan for or ensure compliance in the State 

with subsection (a); and 

‘‘(B) in the case of a State for which the Secretary 

has made a determination under subsection (b) that the 

State is prepared to meet, or has met, the requirements 

of subsection (a), may use such funds for tobacco cessation 

activities, strategies to prevent the use of tobacco products 

by individuals under the age of 21, or allowable uses under 

section 1921. 

‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grants under this subsection shall be used to supplement and not supplant other 

Federal, State, and local public funds provided for activities 

under paragraph (2). 

‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry out this 

subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated $18,580,790 

for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

‘‘(5) SUNSET.—This subsection shall have no force or effect 

after September 30, 2024. 
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‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to States related to the activities required under 

this section.’’. 

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years after the 

date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 

and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 

Representatives a report on the status of implementing the requirements of section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

300x–26), as amended by subsection (a), and a description of any 

technical assistance provided under subsection (e) of such section, 

including the number of meetings requested and held related to 

technical assistance. 

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 212 of division D of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117) 

is repealed. 

SEC. 605. BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT DEFINITION. 

Section 351(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

262(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(except any chemically synthesized polypeptide)’’. 

SEC. 606. PROTECTING ACCESS TO BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS. 

Section 351(k)(7) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

262(k)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) DEEMED LICENSES.— 

‘‘(i) NO ADDITIONAL EXCLUSIVITY THROUGH

DEEMING.—An approved application that is deemed to 

be a license for a biological product under this section 

pursuant to section 7002(e)(4) of the Biologics Price 

Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 shall not be 

treated as having been first licensed under subsection 

(a) for purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B). 

‘‘(ii) APPLICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON EXCLUSIVITY.—Subparagraph (C) shall apply with respect to 

a reference product referred to in such subparagraph 

that was the subject of an approved application that 

was deemed to be a license pursuant to section 

7002(e)(4) of the Biologics Price Competition and 

Innovation Act of 2009. 

‘‘(iii) APPLICABILITY.—The exclusivity periods 

described in section 527, section 505A(b)(1)(A)(ii), and 

section 505A(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act shall continue to apply to a biological 

product after an approved application for the biological 

product is deemed to be a license for the biological 

product under subsection (a) pursuant to section 

7002(e)(4) of the Biologics Price Competition and 

Innovation Act of 2009.’’. 

SEC. 607. STREAMLINING THE TRANSITION OF BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS. 

Section 7002(e)(4) of the Biologics Price Competition and 

Innovation Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–148) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘An approved application’’ and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An approved application’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to an application 

for a biological product submitted under subsection 

(b) or (j) of section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) that is filed not 

later than March 23, 2019, and is not approved as 

of March 23, 2020, the Secretary shall continue to 

review such application under such section 505 after 

March 23, 2020. 

‘‘(ii) EFFECT ON LISTED DRUGS.—Only for purposes 

of carrying out clause (i), with respect to any applicable 

listed drug with respect to such application, the following shall apply: 

‘‘(I) Any drug that is a biological product that 

has been deemed licensed under section 351 of 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) 

pursuant to subparagraph (A) and that is referenced in an application described in clause (i), 

shall continue to be identified as a listed drug 

on the list published pursuant to section 505(j)(7) 

of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and 

the information for such drug on such list shall 

not be revised after March 20, 2020, until— 

‘‘(aa) such drug is removed from such list 

in accordance with subclause (III) or subparagraph (C) of such section 505(j)(7); or 

‘‘(bb) this subparagraph no longer has 

force or effect. 

‘‘(II) Any drug that is a biological product that 

has been deemed licensed under section 351 of 

the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) 

pursuant to subparagraph (A) and that is referenced in an application described in clause (i) 

shall be subject only to requirements applicable 

to biological products licensed under such section. 

‘‘(III) Upon approval under subsection (c) or 

(j) of section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act of an application described in clause 

(i), the Secretary shall remove from the list published pursuant to section 505(j)(7) of the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act any listed drug that 

is a biological product that has been deemed 

licensed under section 351 of the Public Health 

Service Act pursuant to subparagraph (A) and that 

is referenced in such approved application, unless 

such listed drug is referenced in one or more additional applications described in clause (i). 

‘‘(iii) DEEMED LICENSURE.—Upon approval of an 

application described in clause (i), such approved 

application shall be deemed to be a license for the 

biological product under section 351 of the Public 

Health Service Act. 

‘‘(iv) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

‘‘(I) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.— 

‘‘(aa) PATENT CERTIFICATION OR STATEMENT.—An application described in clause (i) 
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shall contain a patent certification or statement described in, as applicable, section 

505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or clauses (vii) and (viii) of section 

505(j)(2)(A) of such Act and, with respect to 

any listed drug referenced in such application, 

comply with related requirements concerning 

any timely filed patent information listed 

pursuant to section 505(j)(7) of such Act. 

‘‘(bb) DATE OF APPROVAL.—The earliest 

possible date on which any pending application 

described in clause (i) may be approved shall 

be determined based on— 

‘‘(AA) the last expiration date of any 

applicable period of exclusivity that would 

prevent such approval and that is 

described in section 505(c)(3)(E), 

505(j)(5)(B)(iv), 505(j)(5)(F), 505A, 505E, 

or 527 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act; and 

‘‘(BB) if the application was submitted 

pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and 

references any listed drug, the last 

applicable date determined under 

subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 

505(c)(3) of such Act, or, if the application 

was submitted under section 505(j) of such 

Act, the last applicable date determined 

under clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of section 

505(j)(5)(B) of such Act. 

‘‘(II) EXCLUSIVITY.—Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to affect section 

351(k)(7)(D) of the Public Health Service Act. 

‘‘(v) LISTING.—The Secretary may continue to 

review an application after March 23, 2020, pursuant 

to clause (i), and continue to identify any applicable 

listed drug pursuant to clause (ii) on the list published 

pursuant to section 505(j)(7) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act, even if such review or listing may 

reveal the existence of such application and the identity 

of any listed drug for which the investigations 

described in section 505(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act are relied upon by the 

applicant for approval of the pending application. 

Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed as 

authorizing the Secretary to disclose any other 

information that is a trade secret or confidential 

information described in section 552(b)(4) of title 5, 

United States Code. 

‘‘(vi) SUNSET.—Beginning on October 1, 2022, this 

subparagraph shall have no force or effect and any 

applications described in clause (i) that have not been 

approved shall be deemed withdrawn.’’. 
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SEC. 608. REENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN QUALIFIED 

HEALTH PLANS IN CERTAIN EXCHANGES. 

Section 1311(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)) is amended by adding the end the following 

new paragraph: 

‘‘(7) REENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN QUALIFIED

HEALTH PLANS IN CERTAIN EXCHANGES.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an Exchange that 

the Secretary operates pursuant to section 1321(c)(1), the 

Secretary shall establish a process under which an individual described in subparagraph (B) is reenrolled for plan 

year 2021 in a qualified health plan offered through such 

Exchange. Such qualified health plan under which such 

individual is so reenrolled shall be— 

‘‘(i) if available for plan year 2021, the qualified 

health plan under which such individual is enrolled 

during the annual open enrollment period for such 

plan year; and 

‘‘(ii) if such qualified health plan is not available 

for plan year 2021, a qualified health plan offered 

through such Exchange determined appropriate by the 

Secretary. 

‘‘(B) INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED.—An individual described 

in this subsection is an individual who, with respect to 

plan year 2020— 

‘‘(i) resides in a State with an Exchange described 

in subparagraph (A); 

‘‘(ii) is enrolled in a qualified health plan during 

such plan year and does not enroll in a qualified health 

plan for plan year 2021 during the annual open enrollment period for such plan year 2021; and 

‘‘(iii) does not elect to disenroll under a qualified 

health plan for plan year 2021 during such annual 

open enrollment period.’’. 

SEC. 609. PROTECTION OF SILVER LOADING PRACTICE. 

With respect to plan year 2021, the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services may not take any action to prohibit or otherwise 

restrict the practice commonly known as ‘‘silver loading’’ (as 

described in the rule entitled ‘‘Patient Protection and Affordable 

Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 

2020’’ published on April 25, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 17533)). 

SEC. 610. ACTIONS FOR DELAYS OF GENERIC DRUGS AND BIOSIMILAR 

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

(1) the term ‘‘commercially reasonable, market-based 

terms’’ means— 

(A) a nondiscriminatory price for the sale of the covered 

product at or below, but not greater than, the most recent 

wholesale acquisition cost for the drug, as defined in section 

1847A(c)(6)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 

3a(c)(6)(B)); 

(B) a schedule for delivery that results in the transfer 

of the covered product to the eligible product developer 

consistent with the timing under subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv); 

and 
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(C) no additional conditions are imposed on the sale 

of the covered product; 

(2) the term ‘‘covered product’’— 

(A) means— 

(i) any drug approved under subsection (c) or (j) 

of section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or biological product licensed under 

subsection (a) or (k) of section 351 of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262); 

(ii) any combination of a drug or biological product 

described in clause (i); or 

(iii) when reasonably necessary to support 

approval of an application under section 505 of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355), 

or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 262), as applicable, or otherwise meet the 

requirements for approval under either such section, 

any product, including any device, that is marketed 

or intended for use with such a drug or biological 

product; and 

(B) does not include any drug or biological product 

that appears on the drug shortage list in effect under 

section 506E of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act (21 U.S.C. 356e), unless— 

(i) the drug or biological product has been on the 

drug shortage list in effect under such section 506E 

continuously for more than 6 months; or 

(ii) the Secretary determines that inclusion of the 

drug or biological product as a covered product is likely 

to contribute to alleviating or preventing a shortage. 

(3) the term ‘‘device’’ has the meaning given the term 

in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(21 U.S.C. 321); 

(4) the term ‘‘eligible product developer’’ means a person 

that seeks to develop a product for approval pursuant to an 

application for approval under subsection (b)(2) or (j) of section 

505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

355) or for licensing pursuant to an application under section 

351(k) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(k)); 

(5) the term ‘‘license holder’’ means the holder of an application approved under subsection (c) or (j) of section 505 of 

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) 

or the holder of a license under subsection (a) or (k) of section 

351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) for a 

covered product; 

(6) the term ‘‘REMS’’ means a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy under section 505–1 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355–1); 

(7) the term ‘‘REMS with ETASU’’ means a REMS that 

contains elements to assure safe use under section 505–1(f) 

of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355– 

1(f)); 

(8) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Health 

and Human Services; 

(9) the term ‘‘single, shared system of elements to assure 

safe use’’ means a single, shared system of elements to assure 
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safe use under section 505–1(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355–1(f)); and 

(10) the term ‘‘sufficient quantities’’ means an amount of 

a covered product that the eligible product developer determines 

allows it to— 

(A) conduct testing to support an application under— 

(i) subsection (b)(2) or (j) of section 505 of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355); 

or 

(ii) section 351(k) of the Public Health Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 262(k)); and 

(B) fulfill any regulatory requirements relating to 

approval of such an application. 

(b) CIVIL ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES OF A COVERED PRODUCT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible product developer may bring 

a civil action against the license holder for a covered product 

seeking relief under this subsection in an appropriate district 

court of the United States alleging that the license holder 

has declined to provide sufficient quantities of the covered 

product to the eligible product developer on commercially 

reasonable, market-based terms. 

(2) ELEMENTS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—To prevail in a civil action brought 

under paragraph (1), an eligible product developer shall 

prove, by a preponderance of the evidence— 

(i) that— 

(I) the covered product is not subject to a 

REMS with ETASU; or 

(II) if the covered product is subject to a REMS 

with ETASU— 

(aa) the eligible product developer has 

obtained a covered product authorization from 

the Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (B); and 

(bb) the eligible product developer has provided a copy of the covered product authorization to the license holder; 

(ii) that, as of the date on which the civil action 

is filed, the eligible product developer has not obtained 

sufficient quantities of the covered product on commercially reasonable, market-based terms; 

(iii) that the eligible product developer has submitted a written request to purchase sufficient quantities of the covered product to the license holder, and 

such request— 

(I) was sent to a named corporate officer of 

the license holder; 

(II) was made by certified or registered mail 

with return receipt requested; 

(III) specified an individual as the point of 

contact for the license holder to direct communications related to the sale of the covered product 

to the eligible product developer and a means for 

electronic and written communications with that 

individual; and 
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(IV) specified an address to which the covered 

product was to be shipped upon reaching an agreement to transfer the covered product; and 

(iv) that the license holder has not delivered to 

the eligible product developer sufficient quantities of 

the covered product on commercially reasonable, 

market-based terms— 

(I) for a covered product that is not subject 

to a REMS with ETASU, by the date that is 31 

days after the date on which the license holder 

received the request for the covered product; and 

(II) for a covered product that is subject to 

a REMS with ETASU, by 31 days after the later 

of— 

(aa) the date on which the license holder 

received the request for the covered product; 

or 

(bb) the date on which the license holder 

received a copy of the covered product 

authorization issued by the Secretary in 

accordance with subparagraph (B). 

(B) AUTHORIZATION FOR COVERED PRODUCT SUBJECT

TO A REMS WITH ETASU.— 

(i) REQUEST.—An eligible product developer may 

submit to the Secretary a written request for the 

eligible product developer to be authorized to obtain 

sufficient quantities of an individual covered product 

subject to a REMS with ETASU. 

(ii) AUTHORIZATION.—Not later than 120 days after 

the date on which a request under clause (i) is received, 

the Secretary shall, by written notice, authorize the 

eligible product developer to obtain sufficient quantities of an individual covered product subject to a 

REMS with ETASU for purposes of— 

(I) development and testing that does not 

involve human clinical trials, if the eligible product 

developer has agreed to comply with any conditions 

the Secretary determines necessary; or 

(II) development and testing that involves 

human clinical trials, if the eligible product developer has— 

(aa)(AA) submitted protocols, informed 

consent documents, and informational materials for testing that include protections that 

provide safety protections comparable to those 

provided by the REMS for the covered product; 

or 

(BB) otherwise satisfied the Secretary that 

such protections will be provided; and 

(bb) met any other requirements the Secretary may establish. 

(iii) NOTICE.—A covered product authorization 

issued under this subparagraph shall state that the 

provision of the covered product by the license holder 

under the terms of the authorization will not be a 

violation of the REMS for the covered product. 
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(3) AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.—In a civil action brought under 

paragraph (1), it shall be an affirmative defense, on which 

the defendant has the burden of persuasion by a preponderance 

of the evidence— 

(A) that, on the date on which the eligible product 

developer requested to purchase sufficient quantities of 

the covered product from the license holder— 

(i) neither the license holder nor any of its agents, 

wholesalers, or distributors was engaged in the manufacturing or commercial marketing of the covered 

product; and 

(ii) neither the license holder nor any of its agents, 

wholesalers, or distributors otherwise had access to 

inventory of the covered product to supply to the 

eligible product developer on commercially reasonable, 

market-based terms; 

(B) that— 

(i) the license holder sells the covered product 

through agents, distributors, or wholesalers; 

(ii) the license holder has placed no restrictions, 

explicit or implicit, on its agents, distributors, or wholesalers to sell covered products to eligible product developers; and 

(iii) the covered product can be purchased by the 

eligible product developer in sufficient quantities on 

commercially reasonable, market-based terms from the 

agents, distributors, or wholesalers of the license 

holder; or 

(C) that the license holder made an offer to the individual specified pursuant to paragraph (2)(A)(iii)(III), by 

a means of communication (electronic, written, or both) 

specified pursuant to such paragraph, to sell sufficient 

quantities of the covered product to the eligible product 

developer at commercially reasonable market-based 

terms— 

(i) for a covered product that is not subject to 

a REMS with ETASU, by the date that is 14 days 

after the date on which the license holder received 

the request for the covered product, and the eligible 

product developer did not accept such offer by the 

date that is 7 days after the date on which the eligible 

product developer received such offer from the license 

holder; or 

(ii) for a covered product that is subject to a REMS 

with ETASU, by the date that is 20 days after the 

date on which the license holder received the request 

for the covered product, and the eligible product developer did not accept such offer by the date that is 

10 days after the date on which the eligible product 

developer received such offer from the license holder. 

(4) REMEDIES.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—If an eligible product developer prevails in a civil action brought under paragraph (1), the 

court shall— 

(i) order the license holder to provide to the eligible 

product developer without delay sufficient quantities 
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of the covered product on commercially reasonable, 

market-based terms; 

(ii) award to the eligible product developer reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of the civil action; and 

(iii) award to the eligible product developer a 

monetary amount sufficient to deter the license holder 

from failing to provide eligible product developers with 

sufficient quantities of a covered product on commercially reasonable, market-based terms, if the court 

finds, by a preponderance of the evidence— 

(I) that the license holder delayed providing 

sufficient quantities of the covered product to the 

eligible product developer without a legitimate 

business justification; or 

(II) that the license holder failed to comply 

with an order issued under clause (i). 

(B) MAXIMUM MONETARY AMOUNT.—A monetary 

amount awarded under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall not be 

greater than the revenue that the license holder earned 

on the covered product during the period— 

(i) beginning on— 

(I) for a covered product that is not subject 

to a REMS with ETASU, the date that is 31 days 

after the date on which the license holder received 

the request; or 

(II) for a covered product that is subject to 

a REMS with ETASU, the date that is 31 days 

after the later of— 

(aa) the date on which the license holder 

received the request; or 

(bb) the date on which the license holder 

received a copy of the covered product 

authorization issued by the Secretary in 

accordance with paragraph (2)(B); and 

(ii) ending on the date on which the eligible product 

developer received sufficient quantities of the covered 

product. 

(C) AVOIDANCE OF DELAY.—The court may issue an 

order under subparagraph (A)(i) before conducting further 

proceedings that may be necessary to determine whether 

the eligible product developer is entitled to an award under 

clause (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A), or the amount of 

any such award. 

(c) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.—A license holder for a covered 

product shall not be liable for any claim under Federal, State, 

or local law arising out of the failure of an eligible product developer 

to follow adequate safeguards to assure safe use of the covered 

product during development or testing activities described in this 

section, including transportation, handling, use, or disposal of the 

covered product by the eligible product developer. 

(d) NO VIOLATION OF REMS.—Section 505–1 of the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355–1) is amended by 

adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(l) PROVISION OF SAMPLES NOT A VIOLATION OF STRATEGY.— The provision of samples of a covered product to an eligible product 

developer (as those terms are defined in section 610(a) of division 

N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020) shall not 
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be considered a violation of the requirements of any risk evaluation 

and mitigation strategy that may be in place under this section 

for such drug.’’. 

(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘antitrust 

laws’’— 

(A) has the meaning given the term in subsection 

(a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12); 

and 

(B) includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission 

Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent that such section applies 

to unfair methods of competition. 

(2) ANTITRUST LAWS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the operation of any provision of the antitrust 

laws. 

(f) REMS APPROVAL PROCESS FOR SUBSEQUENT FILERS.—Section 505–1 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

355–1), as amended by subsection (d), is further amended— 

(1) in subsection (g)(4)(B)— 

(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

(B) in clause (ii) by striking the period at the end 

and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(iii) accommodate different, comparable aspects 

of the elements to assure safe use for a drug that 

is the subject of an application under section 505(j), 

and the applicable listed drug.’’; 

(2) in subsection (i)(1), by striking subparagraph (C) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(C)(i) Elements to assure safe use, if required under 

subsection (f) for the listed drug, which, subject to clause 

(ii), for a drug that is the subject of an application under 

section 505(j) may use— 

‘‘(I) a single, shared system with the listed drug 

under subsection (f); or 

‘‘(II) a different, comparable aspect of the elements 

to assure safe use under subsection (f). 

‘‘(ii) The Secretary may require a drug that is the 

subject of an application under section 505(j) and the listed 

drug to use a single, shared system under subsection (f), 

if the Secretary determines that no different, comparable 

aspect of the elements to assure safe use could satisfy 

the requirements of subsection (f).’’; 

(3) in subsection (i), by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) SHARED REMS.—If the Secretary approves, in accordance with paragraph (1)(C)(i)(II), a different, comparable aspect 

of the elements to assure safe use under subsection (f) for 

a drug that is the subject of an abbreviated new drug application under section 505(j), the Secretary may require that such 

different comparable aspect of the elements to assure safe 

use can be used with respect to any other drug that is the 

subject of an application under section 505(j) or 505(b) that 

references the same listed drug.’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(m) SEPARATE REMS.—When used in this section, the term 

‘different, comparable aspect of the elements to assure safe use’ 

means a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for a drug that 
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is the subject of an application under section 505(j) that uses 

different methods or operational means than the strategy required 

under subsection (a) for the applicable listed drug, or other application under section 505(j) with the same such listed drug, but 

achieves the same level of safety as such strategy.’’. 

(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section, the 

amendments made by this section, or in section 505–1 of the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355–1), shall be construed 

as— 

(1) prohibiting a license holder from providing an eligible 

product developer access to a covered product in the absence 

of an authorization under this section; or 

(2) in any way negating the applicability of a REMS with 

ETASU, as otherwise required under such section 505–1, with 

respect to such covered product. 

DIVISION O—SETTING EVERY COMMUNITY UP FOR RETIREMENT ENHANCEMENT 

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE, ETC. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Setting Every 

Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 

is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title, etc. 

TITLE I—EXPANDING AND PRESERVING RETIREMENT SAVINGS 

Sec. 101. Multiple employer plans; pooled employer plans. 

Sec. 102. Increase in 10 percent cap for automatic enrollment safe harbor after 1st 

plan year. 

Sec. 103. Rules relating to election of safe harbor 401(k) status. 

Sec. 104. Increase in credit limitation for small employer pension plan startup 

costs. 

Sec. 105. Small employer automatic enrollment credit. 

Sec. 106. Certain taxable non-tuition fellowship and stipend payments treated as 

compensation for IRA purposes. 

Sec. 107. Repeal of maximum age for traditional IRA contributions. 

Sec. 108. Qualified employer plans prohibited from making loans through credit 

cards and other similar arrangements. 

Sec. 109. Portability of lifetime income options. 

Sec. 110. Treatment of custodial accounts on termination of section 403(b) plans. 

Sec. 111. Clarification of retirement income account rules relating to church-controlled organizations. 

Sec. 112. Qualified cash or deferred arrangements must allow long-term employees 

working more than 500 but less than 1,000 hours per year to participate. 

Sec. 113. Penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals in case of 

birth of child or adoption. 

Sec. 114. Increase in age for required beginning date for mandatory distributions. 

Sec. 115. Special rules for minimum funding standards for community newspaper 

plans. 

Sec. 116. Treating excluded difficulty of care payments as compensation for determining retirement contribution limitations. 

TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS 

Sec. 201. Plan adopted by filing due date for year may be treated as in effect as 

of close of year. 

Sec. 202. Combined annual report for group of plans. 

Sec. 203. Disclosure regarding lifetime income. 
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Sec. 204. Fiduciary safe harbor for selection of lifetime income provider. 

Sec. 205. Modification of nondiscrimination rules to protect older, longer service 

participants. Sec. 206. Modification of PBGC premiums for CSEC plans. 

TITLE III—OTHER BENEFITS 

Sec. 301. Benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders. Sec. 302. Expansion of section 529 plans. 

TITLE IV—REVENUE PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Modification of required distribution rules for designated beneficiaries. 

Sec. 402. Increase in penalty for failure to file. 

Sec. 403. Increased penalties for failure to file retirement plan returns. 

Sec. 404. Increase information sharing to administer excise taxes. 

TITLE V—TAX RELIEF FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN 

Sec. 501. Modification of rules relating to the taxation of unearned income of certain children. 

TITLE VI—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

Sec. 601. Provisions relating to plan amendments. 

TITLE I—EXPANDING AND PRESERVING 

RETIREMENT SAVINGS 

SEC. 101. MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLANS; POOLED EMPLOYER PLANS. 

(a) QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 413 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

subsection: 

‘‘(e) APPLICATION OF QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLANS WITH POOLED PLAN PROVIDERS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 

if a defined contribution plan to which subsection (c) applies— 

‘‘(A) is maintained by employers which have a common 

interest other than having adopted the plan, or 

‘‘(B) in the case of a plan not described in subparagraph 

(A), has a pooled plan provider, 

then the plan shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements under this title applicable to a plan described in section 

401(a) or to a plan that consists of individual retirement 

accounts described in section 408 (including by reason of subsection (c) thereof), whichever is applicable, merely because 

one or more employers of employees covered by the plan fail 

to take such actions as are required of such employers for 

the plan to meet such requirements. 

‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 

any plan unless the terms of the plan provide that in 

the case of any employer in the plan failing to take the 

actions described in paragraph (1)— 

‘‘(i) the assets of the plan attributable to employees 

of such employer (or beneficiaries of such employees) 

will be transferred to a plan maintained only by such 

employer (or its successor), to an eligible retirement 

plan as defined in section 402(c)(8)(B) for each individual whose account is transferred, or to any other 

arrangement that the Secretary determines is appropriate, unless the Secretary determines it is in the 
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best interests of the employees of such employer (and 

the beneficiaries of such employees) to retain the assets 

in the plan, and 

‘‘(ii) such employer (and not the plan with respect 

to which the failure occurred or any other employer 

in such plan) shall, except to the extent provided by 

the Secretary, be liable for any liabilities with respect 

to such plan attributable to employees of such employer 

(or beneficiaries of such employees). 

‘‘(B) FAILURES BY POOLED PLAN PROVIDERS.—If the 

pooled plan provider of a plan described in paragraph (1)(B) 

does not perform substantially all of the administrative 

duties which are required of the provider under paragraph 

(3)(A)(i) for any plan year, the Secretary may provide that 

the determination as to whether the plan meets the requirements under this title applicable to a plan described in 

section 401(a) or to a plan that consists of individual retirement accounts described in section 408 (including by reason 

of subsection (c) thereof), whichever is applicable, shall 

be made in the same manner as would be made without 

regard to paragraph (1). 

‘‘(3) POOLED PLAN PROVIDER.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

term ‘pooled plan provider’ means, with respect to any 

plan, a person who— 

‘‘(i) is designated by the terms of the plan as 

a named fiduciary (within the meaning of section 

402(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974), as the plan administrator, and as the 

person responsible to perform all administrative duties 

(including conducting proper testing with respect to 

the plan and the employees of each employer in the 

plan) which are reasonably necessary to ensure that— 

‘‘(I) the plan meets any requirement applicable 

under the Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974 or this title to a plan described in 

section 401(a) or to a plan that consists of individual retirement accounts described in section 408 

(including by reason of subsection (c) thereof), 

whichever is applicable, and 

‘‘(II) each employer in the plan takes such 

actions as the Secretary or such person determines 

are necessary for the plan to meet the requirements described in subclause (I), including providing to such person any disclosures or other 

information which the Secretary may require or 

which such person otherwise determines are necessary to administer the plan or to allow the plan 

to meet such requirements, 

‘‘(ii) registers as a pooled plan provider with the 

Secretary, and provides such other information to the 

Secretary as the Secretary may require, before beginning operations as a pooled plan provider, 

‘‘(iii) acknowledges in writing that such person 

is a named fiduciary (within the meaning of section 

402(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
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Act of 1974), and the plan administrator, with respect 

to the plan, and 

‘‘(iv) is responsible for ensuring that all persons 

who handle assets of, or who are fiduciaries of, the 

plan are bonded in accordance with section 412 of 

the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 

‘‘(B) AUDITS, EXAMINATIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS.—The 

Secretary may perform audits, examinations, and investigations of pooled plan providers as may be necessary to 

enforce and carry out the purposes of this subsection. 

‘‘(C) AGGREGATION RULES.—For purposes of this paragraph, in determining whether a person meets the requirements of this paragraph to be a pooled plan provider with 

respect to any plan, all persons who perform services for 

the plan and who are treated as a single employer under 

subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 shall be treated 

as one person. 

‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYERS AS PLAN SPONSORS.— 

Except with respect to the administrative duties of the 

pooled plan provider described in subparagraph (A)(i), each 

employer in a plan which has a pooled plan provider shall 

be treated as the plan sponsor with respect to the portion 

of the plan attributable to employees of such employer 

(or beneficiaries of such employees). 

‘‘(4) GUIDANCE.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue such guidance as the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out 

this subsection, including guidance— 

‘‘(i) to identify the administrative duties and other 

actions required to be performed by a pooled plan 

provider under this subsection, 

‘‘(ii) which describes the procedures to be taken 

to terminate a plan which fails to meet the requirements to be a plan described in paragraph (1), 

including the proper treatment of, and actions needed 

to be taken by, any employer in the plan and the 

assets and liabilities of the plan attributable to 

employees of such employer (or beneficiaries of such 

employees), and 

‘‘(iii) identifying appropriate cases to which the 

rules of paragraph (2)(A) will apply to employers in 

the plan failing to take the actions described in paragraph (1). 

The Secretary shall take into account under clause (iii) 

whether the failure of an employer or pooled plan provider 

to provide any disclosures or other information, or to take 

any other action, necessary to administer a plan or to 

allow a plan to meet requirements applicable to the plan 

under section 401(a) or 408, whichever is applicable, has 

continued over a period of time that demonstrates a lack 

of commitment to compliance. 

‘‘(B) GOOD FAITH COMPLIANCE WITH LAW BEFORE GUIDANCE.—An employer or pooled plan provider shall not be 

treated as failing to meet a requirement of guidance issued 

by the Secretary under this paragraph if, before the 

issuance of such guidance, the employer or pooled plan 

provider complies in good faith with a reasonable 
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interpretation of the provisions of this subsection to which 

such guidance relates. 

‘‘(5) MODEL PLAN.—The Secretary shall publish model plan 

language which meets the requirements of this subsection and 

of paragraphs (43) and (44) of section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and which may be adopted 

in order for a plan to be treated as a plan described in paragraph (1)(B).’’. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 413(c)(2) of such 

Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 401(a)’’ and inserting 

‘‘sections 401(a) and 408(c)’’. 

(3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 408(c) of such Code 

is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 

paragraph: 

‘‘(3) There is a separate accounting for any interest of 

an employee or member (or spouse of an employee or member) 

in a Roth IRA.’’. 

(b) NO COMMON INTEREST REQUIRED FOR POOLED EMPLOYER

PLANS.—Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(2)) is amended by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘(C) A pooled employer plan shall be treated as— 

‘‘(i) a single employee pension benefit plan or single 

pension plan; and 

‘‘(ii) a plan to which section 210(a) applies.’’. 

(c) POOLED EMPLOYER PLAN AND PROVIDER DEFINED.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002) is amended by 

adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(43) POOLED EMPLOYER PLAN.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘pooled employer plan’ 

means a plan— 

‘‘(i) which is an individual account plan established 

or maintained for the purpose of providing benefits 

to the employees of 2 or more employers; 

‘‘(ii) which is a plan described in section 401(a) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which includes 

a trust exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 

Code or a plan that consists of individual retirement 

accounts described in section 408 of such Code 

(including by reason of subsection (c) thereof); and 

‘‘(iii) the terms of which meet the requirements 

of subparagraph (B). 

Such term shall not include a plan maintained by 

employers which have a common interest other than having 

adopted the plan. 

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAN TERMS.—The requirements of this subparagraph are met with respect to any 

plan if the terms of the plan— 

‘‘(i) designate a pooled plan provider and provide 

that the pooled plan provider is a named fiduciary 

of the plan; 

‘‘(ii) designate one or more trustees meeting the 

requirements of section 408(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than an employer in the 

plan) to be responsible for collecting contributions to, 

and holding the assets of, the plan and require such 
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trustees to implement written contribution collection 

procedures that are reasonable, diligent, and systematic; 

‘‘(iii) provide that each employer in the plan retains 

fiduciary responsibility for— 

‘‘(I) the selection and monitoring in accordance 

with section 404(a) of the person designated as 

the pooled plan provider and any other person 

who, in addition to the pooled plan provider, is 

designated as a named fiduciary of the plan; and 

‘‘(II) to the extent not otherwise delegated to 

another fiduciary by the pooled plan provider and 

subject to the provisions of section 404(c), the 

investment and management of the portion of the 

plan’s assets attributable to the employees of the 

employer (or beneficiaries of such employees); 

‘‘(iv) provide that employers in the plan, and 

participants and beneficiaries, are not subject to 

unreasonable restrictions, fees, or penalties with 

regard to ceasing participation, receipt of distributions, 

or otherwise transferring assets of the plan in accordance with section 208 or paragraph (44)(C)(i)(II); 

‘‘(v) require— 

‘‘(I) the pooled plan provider to provide to 

employers in the plan any disclosures or other 

information which the Secretary may require, 

including any disclosures or other information to 

facilitate the selection or any monitoring of the 

pooled plan provider by employers in the plan; 

and 

‘‘(II) each employer in the plan to take such 

actions as the Secretary or the pooled plan provider 

determines are necessary to administer the plan 

or for the plan to meet any requirement applicable 

under this Act or the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 to a plan described in section 401(a) of such 

Code or to a plan that consists of individual retirement accounts described in section 408 of such 

Code (including by reason of subsection (c) thereof), 

whichever is applicable, including providing any 

disclosures or other information which the Secretary may require or which the pooled plan provider otherwise determines are necessary to 

administer the plan or to allow the plan to meet 

such requirements; and 

‘‘(vi) provide that any disclosure or other information required to be provided under clause (v) may 

be provided in electronic form and will be designed 

to ensure only reasonable costs are imposed on pooled 

plan providers and employers in the plan. 

‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘pooled employer plan’ 

does not include— 

‘‘(i) a multiemployer plan; or 

‘‘(ii) a plan established before the date of the enactment of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 unless the plan 

administrator elects that the plan will be treated as 
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a pooled employer plan and the plan meets the requirements of this title applicable to a pooled employer 

plan established on or after such date. 

‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYERS AS PLAN SPONSORS.— 

Except with respect to the administrative duties of the 

pooled plan provider described in paragraph (44)(A)(i), each 

employer in a pooled employer plan shall be treated as 

the plan sponsor with respect to the portion of the plan 

attributable to employees of such employer (or beneficiaries 

of such employees). 

‘‘(44) POOLED PLAN PROVIDER.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘pooled plan provider’ 

means a person who— 

‘‘(i) is designated by the terms of a pooled employer 

plan as a named fiduciary, as the plan administrator, 

and as the person responsible for the performance of 

all administrative duties (including conducting proper 

testing with respect to the plan and the employees 

of each employer in the plan) which are reasonably 

necessary to ensure that— 

‘‘(I) the plan meets any requirement applicable 

under this Act or the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 to a plan described in section 401(a) of such 

Code or to a plan that consists of individual retirement accounts described in section 408 of such 

Code (including by reason of subsection (c) thereof), 

whichever is applicable; and 

‘‘(II) each employer in the plan takes such 

actions as the Secretary or pooled plan provider 

determines are necessary for the plan to meet 

the requirements described in subclause (I), 

including providing the disclosures and information described in paragraph (43)(B)(v)(II); 

‘‘(ii) registers as a pooled plan provider with the 

Secretary, and provides to the Secretary such other 

information as the Secretary may require, before beginning operations as a pooled plan provider; 

‘‘(iii) acknowledges in writing that such person 

is a named fiduciary, and the plan administrator, with 

respect to the pooled employer plan; and 

‘‘(iv) is responsible for ensuring that all persons 

who handle assets of, or who are fiduciaries of, the 

pooled employer plan are bonded in accordance with 

section 412. 

‘‘(B) AUDITS, EXAMINATIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS.—The 

Secretary may perform audits, examinations, and investigations of pooled plan providers as may be necessary to 

enforce and carry out the purposes of this paragraph and 

paragraph (43). 

‘‘(C) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall issue such guidance as the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out 

this paragraph and paragraph (43), including guidance— 

‘‘(i) to identify the administrative duties and other 

actions required to be performed by a pooled plan 

provider under either such paragraph; and 
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‘‘(ii) which requires in appropriate cases that if 

an employer in the plan fails to take the actions 

required under subparagraph (A)(i)(II)— 

‘‘(I) the assets of the plan attributable to 

employees of such employer (or beneficiaries of 

such employees) are transferred to a plan maintained only by such employer (or its successor), 

to an eligible retirement plan as defined in section 

402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

for each individual whose account is transferred, 

or to any other arrangement that the Secretary 

determines is appropriate in such guidance; and 

‘‘(II) such employer (and not the plan with 

respect to which the failure occurred or any other 

employer in such plan) shall, except to the extent 

provided in such guidance, be liable for any liabilities with respect to such plan attributable to 

employees of such employer (or beneficiaries of 

such employees). 

The Secretary shall take into account under clause 

(ii) whether the failure of an employer or pooled plan 

provider to provide any disclosures or other information, or to take any other action, necessary to administer a plan or to allow a plan to meet requirements 

described in subparagraph (A)(i)(II) has continued over 

a period of time that demonstrates a lack of commitment to compliance. The Secretary may waive the 

requirements of subclause (ii)(I) in appropriate circumstances if the Secretary determines it is in the 

best interests of the employees of the employer referred 

to in such clause (and the beneficiaries of such 

employees) to retain the assets in the plan with respect 

to which the employer’s failure occurred. 

‘‘(D) GOOD FAITH COMPLIANCE WITH LAW BEFORE GUID- ANCE.—An employer or pooled plan provider shall not be 

treated as failing to meet a requirement of guidance issued 

by the Secretary under subparagraph (C) if, before the 

issuance of such guidance, the employer or pooled plan 

provider complies in good faith with a reasonable 

interpretation of the provisions of this paragraph, or paragraph (43), to which such guidance relates. 

‘‘(E) AGGREGATION RULES.—For purposes of this paragraph, in determining whether a person meets the requirements of this paragraph to be a pooled plan provider with 

respect to any plan, all persons who perform services for 

the plan and who are treated as a single employer under 

subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated as one person.’’. 

(2) BONDING REQUIREMENTS FOR POOLED EMPLOYER

PLANS.—The last sentence of section 412(a) of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1112(a)) 

is amended by inserting ‘‘or in the case of a pooled employer 

plan (as defined in section 3(43))’’ after ‘‘section 407(d)(1))’’. 

(3) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 3 

of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 

U.S.C. 1002) is amended— 

(A) in paragraph (16)(B)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii); and 

(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 

‘‘, or (iv) in the case of a pooled employer plan, the 

pooled plan provider.’’; and 

(B) by striking the second paragraph (41). 

(d) POOLED EMPLOYER AND MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLAN

REPORTING.— 

(1) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—Section 103 of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1023) is 

amended— 

(A) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘applicable subsections (d), (e), and (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘applicable subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g)’’; and 

(B) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows: 

‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO POOLED

EMPLOYER AND MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLANS.—An annual report 

under this section for a plan year shall include— 

‘‘(1) with respect to any plan to which section 210(a) applies 

(including a pooled employer plan), a list of employers in the 

plan and a good faith estimate of the percentage of total contributions made by such employers during the plan year and 

the aggregate account balances attributable to each employer 

in the plan (determined as the sum of the account balances 

of the employees of such employer (and the beneficiaries of 

such employees)); and 

‘‘(2) with respect to a pooled employer plan, the identifying 

information for the person designated under the terms of the 

plan as the pooled plan provider.’’. 

(2) SIMPLIFIED ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 104(a) of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

1024(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (2)(A) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(2)(A) With respect to annual reports required to be filed 

with the Secretary under this part, the Secretary may by regulation 

prescribe simplified annual reports for any pension plan that— 

‘‘(i) covers fewer than 100 participants; or 

‘‘(ii) is a plan described in section 210(a) that covers fewer 

than 1,000 participants, but only if no single employer in the 

plan has 100 or more participants covered by the plan.’’. 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2020. 

(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the amendments 

made by subsection (a) shall be construed as limiting the 

authority of the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s 

delegate (determined without regard to such amendment) to 

provide for the proper treatment of a failure to meet any 

requirement applicable under the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 with respect to one employer (and its employees) in a 

multiple employer plan. 

SEC. 102. INCREASE IN 10 PERCENT CAP FOR AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT SAFE HARBOR AFTER 1ST PLAN YEAR. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(k)(13)(C)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘does not exceed 10 

percent’’ and inserting ‘‘does not exceed 15 percent (10 percent 

during the period described in subclause (I))’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 103. RULES RELATING TO ELECTION OF SAFE HARBOR 401(k) 

STATUS. 

(a) LIMITATION OF ANNUAL SAFE HARBOR NOTICE TO MATCHING

CONTRIBUTION PLANS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 401(k)(12) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

‘‘if such arrangement’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘if 

such arrangement— 

‘‘(i) meets the contribution requirements of 

subparagraph (B) and the notice requirements of 

subparagraph (D), or 

‘‘(ii) meets the contribution requirements of 

subparagraph (C).’’. 

(2) AUTOMATIC CONTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 401(k)(13) of such Code is amended by 

striking ‘‘means’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘means 

a cash or deferred arrangement— 

‘‘(i) which is described in subparagraph (D)(i)(I) 

and meets the applicable requirements of subparagraphs (C) through (E), or 

‘‘(ii) which is described in subparagraph (D)(i)(II) 

and meets the applicable requirements of subparagraphs (C) and (D).’’. 

(b) NONELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 401(k)(12) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating 

subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G), and by inserting after 

subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(F) TIMING OF PLAN AMENDMENT FOR EMPLOYER

MAKING NONELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause 

(ii), a plan may be amended after the beginning of 

a plan year to provide that the requirements of 

subparagraph (C) shall apply to the arrangement for 

the plan year, but only if the amendment is adopted— 

‘‘(I) at any time before the 30th day before 

the close of the plan year, or 

‘‘(II) at any time before the last day under 

paragraph (8)(A) for distributing excess contributions for the plan year. 

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION WHERE PLAN PROVIDED FOR

MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.—Clause (i) shall not apply 

to any plan year if the plan provided at any time 

during the plan year that the requirements of subparagraph (B) or paragraph (13)(D)(i)(I) applied to the plan 

year. 

‘‘(iii) 4-PERCENT CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.— 

Clause (i)(II) shall not apply to an arrangement unless 

the amount of the contributions described in subparagraph (C) which the employer is required to make 

under the arrangement for the plan year with respect 

to any employee is an amount equal to at least 4 

percent of the employee’s compensation.’’. 
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(c) AUTOMATIC CONTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENTS.—Section 

401(k)(13) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(F) TIMING OF PLAN AMENDMENT FOR EMPLOYER

MAKING NONELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause 

(ii), a plan may be amended after the beginning of 

a plan year to provide that the requirements of 

subparagraph (D)(i)(II) shall apply to the arrangement 

for the plan year, but only if the amendment is 

adopted— 

‘‘(I) at any time before the 30th day before 

the close of the plan year, or 

‘‘(II) at any time before the last day under 

paragraph (8)(A) for distributing excess contributions for the plan year. 

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION WHERE PLAN PROVIDED FOR

MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.—Clause (i) shall not apply 

to any plan year if the plan provided at any time 

during the plan year that the requirements of subparagraph (D)(i)(I) or paragraph (12)(B) applied to the plan 

year. 

‘‘(iii) 4-PERCENT CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.— 

Clause (i)(II) shall not apply to an arrangement unless 

the amount of the contributions described in subparagraph (D)(i)(II) which the employer is required to make 

under the arrangement for the plan year with respect 

to any employee is an amount equal to at least 4 

percent of the employee’s compensation.’’. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 104. INCREASE IN CREDIT LIMITATION FOR SMALL EMPLOYER 

PENSION PLAN STARTUP COSTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 45E(b) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(1) for the first credit year and each of the 2 taxable 

years immediately following the first credit year, the greater 

of— 

‘‘(A) $500, or 

‘‘(B) the lesser of— 

‘‘(i) $250 for each employee of the eligible employer 

who is not a highly compensated employee (as defined 

in section 414(q)) and who is eligible to participate 

in the eligible employer plan maintained by the eligible 

employer, or 

‘‘(ii) $5,000, and’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 105. SMALL EMPLOYER AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of 

chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 45T. AUTO-ENROLLMENT OPTION FOR RETIREMENT SAVINGS 

OPTIONS PROVIDED BY SMALL EMPLOYERS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, in the case of 

an eligible employer, the retirement auto-enrollment credit determined under this section for any taxable year is an amount equal 

to— 

‘‘(1) $500 for any taxable year occurring during the credit 

period, and 

‘‘(2) zero for any other taxable year. 

‘‘(b) CREDIT PERIOD.—For purposes of subsection (a)— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The credit period with respect to any 

eligible employer is the 3-taxable-year period beginning with 

the first taxable year for which the employer includes an eligible 

automatic contribution arrangement (as defined in section 

414(w)(3)) in a qualified employer plan (as defined in section 

4972(d)) sponsored by the employer. 

‘‘(2) MAINTENANCE OF ARRANGEMENT.—No taxable year 

with respect to an employer shall be treated as occurring within 

the credit period unless the arrangement described in paragraph (1) is included in the plan for such year. 

‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.—For purposes of this section, the 

term ‘eligible employer’ has the meaning given such term in section 

408(p)(2)(C)(i).’’. 

(b) CREDIT TO BE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (31), by 

striking the period at the end of paragraph (32) and inserting 

‘‘, plus’’, and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(33) in the case of an eligible employer (as defined in 

section 45T(c)), the retirement auto-enrollment credit determined under section 45T(a).’’. 

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for subpart 

D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

section 45S the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 45T. Auto-enrollment option for retirement savings options provided by small 

employers.’’. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 106. CERTAIN TAXABLE NON-TUITION FELLOWSHIP AND STIPEND 

PAYMENTS TREATED AS COMPENSATION FOR IRA PURPOSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 219(f) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The term ‘compensation’ shall include any amount which 

is included in the individual’s gross income and paid to the individual to aid the individual in the pursuit of graduate or 

postdoctoral study.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 107. REPEAL OF MAXIMUM AGE FOR TRADITIONAL IRA CONTRIBUTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 219(d) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is repealed. 
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(b) COORDINATION WITH QUALIFIED CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTIONS.—Add at the end of section 408(d)(8)(A) of such Code the 

following: ‘‘The amount of distributions not includible in gross 

income by reason of the preceding sentence for a taxable year 

(determined without regard to this sentence) shall be reduced (but 

not below zero) by an amount equal to the excess of— 

‘‘(i) the aggregate amount of deductions allowed 

to the taxpayer under section 219 for all taxable years 

ending on or after the date the taxpayer attains age 

701⁄2, over 

‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of reductions under this 

sentence for all taxable years preceding the current 

taxable year.’’. 

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of section 408A 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

paragraph (4) and by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) 

as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

amendments made by this section shall apply to contributions 

made for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendment made by subsection 

(b) shall apply to distributions made for taxable years beginning 

after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 108. QUALIFIED EMPLOYER PLANS PROHIBITED FROM MAKING 

LOANS THROUGH CREDIT CARDS AND OTHER SIMILAR 

ARRANGEMENTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 72(p) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subparagraph 

(D) as subparagraph (E) and by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(D) PROHIBITION OF LOANS THROUGH CREDIT CARDS

AND OTHER SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS.—Subparagraph (A) 

shall not apply to any loan which is made through the 

use of any credit card or any other similar arrangement.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 

(a) shall apply to loans made after the date of the enactment 

of this Act. 

SEC. 109. PORTABILITY OF LIFETIME INCOME OPTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 401 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after paragraph 

(37) the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(38) PORTABILITY OF LIFETIME INCOME.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as may be otherwise provided by regulations, a trust forming part of a defined 

contribution plan shall not be treated as failing to constitute a qualified trust under this section solely by reason 

of allowing— 

‘‘(i) qualified distributions of a lifetime income 

investment, or 

‘‘(ii) distributions of a lifetime income investment 

in the form of a qualified plan distribution annuity 

contract, 

on or after the date that is 90 days prior to the date 

on which such lifetime income investment is no longer 
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authorized to be held as an investment option under the 

plan. 

‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection— 

‘‘(i) the term ‘qualified distribution’ means a direct 

trustee-to-trustee transfer described in paragraph 

(31)(A) to an eligible retirement plan (as defined in 

section 402(c)(8)(B)), 

‘‘(ii) the term ‘lifetime income investment’ means 

an investment option which is designed to provide 

an employee with election rights— 

‘‘(I) which are not uniformly available with 

respect to other investment options under the plan, 

and 

‘‘(II) which are to a lifetime income feature 

available through a contract or other arrangement 

offered under the plan (or under another eligible 

retirement plan (as so defined), if paid by means 

of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer described in 

paragraph (31)(A) to such other eligible retirement 

plan), 

‘‘(iii) the term ‘lifetime income feature’ means— 

‘‘(I) a feature which guarantees a minimum 

level of income annually (or more frequently) for 

at least the remainder of the life of the employee 

or the joint lives of the employee and the 

employee’s designated beneficiary, or 

‘‘(II) an annuity payable on behalf of the 

employee under which payments are made in 

substantially equal periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) over the life of the 

employee or the joint lives of the employee and 

the employee’s designated beneficiary, and 

‘‘(iv) the term ‘qualified plan distribution annuity 

contract’ means an annuity contract purchased for a 

participant and distributed to the participant by a 

plan or contract described in subparagraph (B) of section 402(c)(8) (without regard to clauses (i) and (ii) 

thereof).’’. 

(b) CASH OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 401(k)(2)(B) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ 

at the end of subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 

of subclause (V) and inserting ‘‘or’’, and by adding at the end 

the following new subclause: 

‘‘(VI) except as may be otherwise provided by 

regulations, with respect to amounts invested in 

a lifetime income investment (as defined in subsection (a)(38)(B)(ii)), the date that is 90 days prior 

to the date that such lifetime income investment 

may no longer be held as an investment option 

under the arrangement, and’’. 

(2) DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.—Subparagraph (B) of section 401(k)(2) of such Code, as amended by paragraph (1), 

is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i), by striking 

the semicolon at the end of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, 

and by adding at the end the following new clause: 
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‘‘(iii) except as may be otherwise provided by regulations, in the case of amounts described in clause 

(i)(VI), will be distributed only in the form of a qualified 

distribution (as defined in subsection (a)(38)(B)(i)) or 

a qualified plan distribution annuity contract (as 

defined in subsection (a)(38)(B)(iv)),’’. 

(c) SECTION 403(b) PLANS.— 

(1) ANNUITY CONTRACTS.—Paragraph (11) of section 403(b) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by 

inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(D) except as may be otherwise provided by regulations, with respect to amounts invested in a lifetime income 

investment (as defined in section 401(a)(38)(B)(ii))— 

‘‘(i) on or after the date that is 90 days prior 

to the date that such lifetime income investment may 

no longer be held as an investment option under the 

contract, and 

‘‘(ii) in the form of a qualified distribution (as 

defined in section 401(a)(38)(B)(i)) or a qualified plan 

distribution annuity contract (as defined in section 

401(a)(38)(B)(iv)).’’. 

(2) CUSTODIAL ACCOUNTS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

403(b)(7) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘if—’’ and all 

that follows and inserting ‘‘if the amounts are to be invested 

in regulated investment company stock to be held in that 

custodial account, and under the custodial account— 

‘‘(i) no such amounts may be paid or made available to any distributee (unless such amount is a distribution to which section 72(t)(2)(G) applies) before— 

‘‘(I) the employee dies, 

‘‘(II) the employee attains age 591⁄2, 

‘‘(III) the employee has a severance from 

employment, 

‘‘(IV) the employee becomes disabled (within 

the meaning of section 72(m)(7)), 

‘‘(V) in the case of contributions made pursuant to a salary reduction agreement (within the 

meaning of section 3121(a)(5)(D)), the employee 

encounters financial hardship, or 

‘‘(VI) except as may be otherwise provided by 

regulations, with respect to amounts invested in 

a lifetime income investment (as defined in section 

401(a)(38)(B)(ii)), the date that is 90 days prior 

to the date that such lifetime income investment 

may no longer be held as an investment option 

under the contract, and 

‘‘(ii) in the case of amounts described in clause 

(i)(VI), such amounts will be distributed only in the 

form of a qualified distribution (as defined in section 

401(a)(38)(B)(i)) or a qualified plan distribution annuity 

contract (as defined in section 401(a)(38)(B)(iv)).’’. 

(d) ELIGIBLE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 457(d)(1) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
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‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end 

of clause (iii), and by adding after clause (iii) the following: 

‘‘(iv) except as may be otherwise provided by regulations, in the case of a plan maintained by an 

employer described in subsection (e)(1)(A), with respect 

to amounts invested in a lifetime income investment 

(as defined in section 401(a)(38)(B)(ii)), the date that 

is 90 days prior to the date that such lifetime income 

investment may no longer be held as an investment 

option under the plan,’’. 

(2) DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.—Paragraph (1) of section 

457(d) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 

of subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end of 

subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after 

subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(D) except as may be otherwise provided by regulations, in the case of amounts described in subparagraph 

(A)(iv), such amounts will be distributed only in the form 

of a qualified distribution (as defined in section 

401(a)(38)(B)(i)) or a qualified plan distribution annuity 

contract (as defined in section 401(a)(38)(B)(iv)).’’. 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 110. TREATMENT OF CUSTODIAL ACCOUNTS ON TERMINATION 

OF SECTION 403(b) PLANS. 

Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue guidance to provide 

that, if an employer terminates the plan under which amounts 

are contributed to a custodial account under subparagraph (A) 

of section 403(b)(7), the plan administrator or custodian may distribute an individual custodial account in kind to a participant 

or beneficiary of the plan and the distributed custodial account 

shall be maintained by the custodian on a tax-deferred basis as 

a section 403(b)(7) custodial account, similar to the treatment of 

fully-paid individual annuity contracts under Revenue Ruling 2011– 

7, until amounts are actually paid to the participant or beneficiary. 

The guidance shall provide further (i) that the section 403(b)(7) 

status of the distributed custodial account is generally maintained 

if the custodial account thereafter adheres to the requirements 

of section 403(b) that are in effect at the time of the distribution 

of the account and (ii) that a custodial account would not be considered distributed to the participant or beneficiary if the employer 

has any material retained rights under the account (but the 

employer would not be treated as retaining material rights simply 

because the custodial account was originally opened under a group 

contract). Such guidance shall be retroactively effective for taxable 

years beginning after December 31, 2008. 

SEC. 111. CLARIFICATION OF RETIREMENT INCOME ACCOUNT RULES 

RELATING TO CHURCH-CONTROLLED ORGANIZATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 403(b)(9) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ‘‘(including 

an employee described in section 414(e)(3)(B))’’ after ‘‘employee 

described in paragraph (1)’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to years beginning before, on, or after the date of 

the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 112. QUALIFIED CASH OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENTS MUST 

ALLOW LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES WORKING MORE THAN 

500 BUT LESS THAN 1,000 HOURS PER YEAR TO PARTICIPATE. 

(a) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(k)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(D) which does not require, as a condition of participation in the arrangement, that an employee complete a 

period of service with the employer (or employers) 

maintaining the plan extending beyond the close of the 

earlier of— 

‘‘(i) the period permitted under section 410(a)(1) 

(determined without regard to subparagraph (B)(i) 

thereof), or 

‘‘(ii) subject to the provisions of paragraph (15), 

the first period of 3 consecutive 12-month periods 

during each of which the employee has at least 500 

hours of service.’’. 

(2) SPECIAL RULES.—Section 401(k) of such Code is 

amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(15) SPECIAL RULES FOR PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR

LONG-TERM, PART-TIME WORKERS.—For purposes of paragraph 

(2)(D)(ii)— 

‘‘(A) AGE REQUIREMENT MUST BE MET.—Paragraph 

(2)(D)(ii) shall not apply to an employee unless the 

employee has met the requirement of section 410(a)(1)(A)(i) 

by the close of the last of the 12-month periods described 

in such paragraph. 

‘‘(B) NONDISCRIMINATION AND TOP-HEAVY RULES NOT

TO APPLY.— 

‘‘(i) NONDISCRIMINATION RULES.—In the case of 

employees who are eligible to participate in the 

arrangement solely by reason of paragraph (2)(D)(ii)— 

‘‘(I) notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), an 

employer shall not be required to make nonelective 

or matching contributions on behalf of such 

employees even if such contributions are made 

on behalf of other employees eligible to participate 

in the arrangement, and 

‘‘(II) an employer may elect to exclude such 

employees from the application of subsection (a)(4), 

paragraphs (3), (12), and (13), subsection (m)(2), 

and section 410(b). 

‘‘(ii) TOP-HEAVY RULES.—An employer may elect 

to exclude all employees who are eligible to participate 

in a plan maintained by the employer solely by reason 

of paragraph (2)(D)(ii) from the application of the 

vesting and benefit requirements under subsections 

(b) and (c) of section 416. 

‘‘(iii) VESTING.—For purposes of determining 

whether an employee described in clause (i) has a 

nonforfeitable right to employer contributions (other 

than contributions described in paragraph (3)(D)(i)) 

under the arrangement, each 12-month period for 

which the employee has at least 500 hours of service 

shall be treated as a year of service, and section 
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411(a)(6) shall be applied by substituting ‘at least 500 

hours of service’ for ‘more than 500 hours of service’ 

in subparagraph (A) thereof. 

‘‘(iv) EMPLOYEES WHO BECOME FULL-TIME

EMPLOYEES.—This subparagraph (other than clause 

(iii)) shall cease to apply to any employee as of the 

first plan year beginning after the plan year in which 

the employee meets the requirements of section 

410(a)(1)(A)(ii) without regard to paragraph (2)(D)(ii). 

‘‘(C) EXCEPTION FOR EMPLOYEES UNDER COLLECTIVELY

BARGAINED PLANS, ETC.—Paragraph (2)(D)(ii) shall not 

apply to employees described in section 410(b)(3). 

‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULES.— 

‘‘(i) TIME OF PARTICIPATION.—The rules of section 

410(a)(4) shall apply to an employee eligible to participate in an arrangement solely by reason of paragraph 

(2)(D)(ii). 

‘‘(ii) 12-MONTH PERIODS.—12-month periods shall 

be determined in the same manner as under the last 

sentence of section 410(a)(3)(A).’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2020, except 

that, for purposes of section 401(k)(2)(D)(ii) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 (as added by such amendments), 12-month periods 

beginning before January 1, 2021, shall not be taken into account. 

SEC. 113. PENALTY-FREE WITHDRAWALS FROM RETIREMENT PLANS 

FOR INDIVIDUALS IN CASE OF BIRTH OF CHILD OR ADOPTION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 72(t)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(H) DISTRIBUTIONS FROM RETIREMENT PLANS IN CASE

OF BIRTH OF CHILD OR ADOPTION.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any qualified birth or adoption 

distribution. 

‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The aggregate amount which 

may be treated as qualified birth or adoption distributions by any individual with respect to any birth or 

adoption shall not exceed $5,000. 

‘‘(iii) QUALIFIED BIRTH OR ADOPTION DISTRIBUTION.—For purposes of this subparagraph— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified birth 

or adoption distribution’ means any distribution 

from an applicable eligible retirement plan to an 

individual if made during the 1-year period beginning on the date on which a child of the individual 

is born or on which the legal adoption by the 

individual of an eligible adoptee is finalized. 

‘‘(II) ELIGIBLE ADOPTEE.—The term ‘eligible 

adoptee’ means any individual (other than a child 

of the taxpayer’s spouse) who has not attained 

age 18 or is physically or mentally incapable of 

self-support. 

‘‘(iv) TREATMENT OF PLAN DISTRIBUTIONS.— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If a distribution to an individual would (without regard to clause (ii)) be a 
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qualified birth or adoption distribution, a plan 

shall not be treated as failing to meet any requirement of this title merely because the plan treats 

the distribution as a qualified birth or adoption 

distribution, unless the aggregate amount of such 

distributions from all plans maintained by the 

employer (and any member of any controlled group 

which includes the employer) to such individual 

exceeds $5,000. 

‘‘(II) CONTROLLED GROUP.—For purposes of 

subclause (I), the term ‘controlled group’ means 

any group treated as a single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414. 

‘‘(v) AMOUNT DISTRIBUTED MAY BE REPAID.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who receives 

a qualified birth or adoption distribution may 

make one or more contributions in an aggregate 

amount not to exceed the amount of such distribution to an applicable eligible retirement plan of 

which such individual is a beneficiary and to which 

a rollover contribution of such distribution could 

be made under section 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 

408(d)(3), or 457(e)(16), as the case may be. 

‘‘(II) LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO

APPLICABLE ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLANS OTHER

THAN IRAS.—The aggregate amount of contributions made by an individual under subclause (I) 

to any applicable eligible retirement plan which 

is not an individual retirement plan shall not 

exceed the aggregate amount of qualified birth 

or adoption distributions which are made from 

such plan to such individual. Subclause (I) shall 

not apply to contributions to any applicable eligible 

retirement plan which is not an individual retirement plan unless the individual is eligible to make 

contributions (other than those described in subclause (I)) to such applicable eligible retirement 

plan. 

‘‘(III) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS OF DISTRIBU- TIONS FROM APPLICABLE ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT

PLANS OTHER THAN IRAs.—If a contribution is 

made under subclause (I) with respect to a qualified birth or adoption distribution from an 

applicable eligible retirement plan other than an 

individual retirement plan, then the taxpayer 

shall, to the extent of the amount of the contribution, be treated as having received such distribution in an eligible rollover distribution (as defined 

in section 402(c)(4)) and as having transferred the 

amount to the applicable eligible retirement plan 

in a direct trustee to trustee transfer within 60 

days of the distribution. 

‘‘(IV) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS FOR DIS- TRIBUTIONS FROM IRAS.—If a contribution is made 

under subclause (I) with respect to a qualified 

birth or adoption distribution from an individual 

retirement plan, then, to the extent of the amount 
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of the contribution, such distribution shall be 

treated as a distribution described in section 

408(d)(3) and as having been transferred to the 

applicable eligible retirement plan in a direct 

trustee to trustee transfer within 60 days of the 

distribution. 

‘‘(vi) DEFINITION AND SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this subparagraph— 

‘‘(I) APPLICABLE ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN.— 

The term ‘applicable eligible retirement plan’ 

means an eligible retirement plan (as defined in 

section 402(c)(8)(B)) other than a defined benefit 

plan. 

‘‘(II) EXEMPTION OF DISTRIBUTIONS FROM

TRUSTEE TO TRUSTEE TRANSFER AND WITHHOLDING

RULES.—For purposes of sections 401(a)(31), 402(f), 

and 3405, a qualified birth or adoption distribution 

shall not be treated as an eligible rollover distribution. 

‘‘(III) TAXPAYER MUST INCLUDE TIN.—A distribution shall not be treated as a qualified birth 

or adoption distribution with respect to any child 

or eligible adoptee unless the taxpayer includes 

the name, age, and TIN of such child or eligible 

adoptee on the taxpayer’s return of tax for the 

taxable year. 

‘‘(IV) DISTRIBUTIONS TREATED AS MEETING

PLAN DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.—Any qualified 

birth or adoption distribution shall be treated as 

meeting the requirements of sections 

401(k)(2)(B)(i), 403(b)(7)(A)(ii), 403(b)(11), and 

457(d)(1)(A).’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to distributions made after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 114. INCREASE IN AGE FOR REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE FOR 

MANDATORY DISTRIBUTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(a)(9)(C)(i)(I) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘age 701⁄2’’ and inserting 

‘‘age 72’’. 

(b) SPOUSE BENEFICIARIES; SPECIAL RULE FOR OWNERS.—Subparagraphs (B)(iv)(I) and (C)(ii)(I) of section 401(a)(9) of such Code 

are each amended by striking ‘‘age 701⁄2’’ and inserting ‘‘age 72’’. 

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The last sentence of section 

408(b) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘age 701⁄2’’ and inserting 

‘‘age 72’’. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to distributions required to be made after December 

31, 2019, with respect to individuals who attain age 701⁄2 after 

such date. 

SEC. 115. SPECIAL RULES FOR MINIMUM FUNDING STANDARDS FOR 

COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PLANS. 

(a) AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—Section 

430 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 

at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(m) SPECIAL RULES FOR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PLANS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor of a community newspaper plan under which no participant has had the participant’s 

accrued benefit increased (whether because of service or compensation) after December 31, 2017, may elect to have the 

alternative standards described in paragraph (3) apply to such 

plan, and any plan sponsored by any member of the same 

controlled group. 

‘‘(2) ELECTION.—An election under paragraph (1) shall be 

made at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the 

Secretary. Such election, once made with respect to a plan 

year, shall apply to all subsequent plan years unless revoked 

with the consent of the Secretary. 

‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM FUNDING STANDARDS.—The 

alternative standards described in this paragraph are the following: 

‘‘(A) INTEREST RATES.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

(h)(2)(C) and except as provided in clause (ii), the first, 

second, and third segment rates in effect for any month 

for purposes of this section shall be 8 percent. 

‘‘(ii) NEW BENEFIT ACCRUALS.—Notwithstanding 

subsection (h)(2), for purposes of determining the 

funding target and normal cost of a plan for any plan 

year, the present value of any benefits accrued or 

earned under the plan for a plan year with respect 

to which an election under paragraph (1) is in effect 

shall be determined on the basis of the United States 

Treasury obligation yield curve for the day that is 

the valuation date of such plan for such plan year. 

‘‘(iii) UNITED STATES TREASURY OBLIGATION YIELD

CURVE.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 

‘United States Treasury obligation yield curve’ means, 

with respect to any day, a yield curve which shall 

be prescribed by the Secretary for such day on interestbearing obligations of the United States. 

‘‘(B) SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION BASE.— 

‘‘(i) PREVIOUS SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION BASES.— The shortfall amortization bases determined under 

subsection (c)(3) for all plan years preceding the first 

plan year to which the election under paragraph (1) 

applies (and all shortfall amortization installments 

determined with respect to such bases) shall be reduced 

to zero under rules similar to the rules of subsection 

(c)(6). 

‘‘(ii) NEW SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION BASE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c)(3), the shortfall amortization base for the first plan year to which the election 

under paragraph (1) applies shall be the funding shortfall of such plan for such plan year (determined using 

the interest rates as modified under subparagraph (A)). 

‘‘(C) DETERMINATION OF SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION

INSTALLMENTS.— ‘‘(i) 30-YEAR PERIOD.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

of subsection (c)(2) shall be applied by substituting 

‘30-plan-year’ for ‘7-plan-year’ each place it appears. 

‘‘(ii) NO SPECIAL ELECTION.—The election under 

subparagraph (D) of subsection (c)(2) shall not apply 
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to any plan year to which the election under paragraph 

(1) applies. 

‘‘(D) EXEMPTION FROM AT-RISK TREATMENT.—Subsection (i) shall not apply. 

‘‘(4) COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PLAN.—For purposes of this 

subsection— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘community newspaper 

plan’ means a plan to which this section applies maintained 

by an employer which, as of December 31, 2017— 

‘‘(i) publishes and distributes daily, either electronically or in printed form, 1 or more community 

newspapers in a single State, 

‘‘(ii) is not a company the stock of which is publicly 

traded (on a stock exchange or in an over-the-counter 

market), and is not controlled, directly or indirectly, 

by such a company, 

‘‘(iii) is controlled, directly or indirectly— 

‘‘(I) by 1 or more persons residing primarily 

in the State in which the community newspaper 

is published, 

‘‘(II) for not less than 30 years by individuals 

who are members of the same family, 

‘‘(III) by a trust created or organized in the 

State in which the community newspaper is published, the sole trustees of which are persons 

described in subclause (I) or (II), 

‘‘(IV) by an entity which is described in section 

501(c)(3) and exempt from taxation under section 

501(a), which is organized and operated in the 

State in which the community newspaper is published, and the primary purpose of which is to 

benefit communities in such State, or 

‘‘(V) by a combination of persons described 

in subclause (I), (III), or (IV), and 

‘‘(iv) does not control, directly or indirectly, any 

newspaper in any other State. 

‘‘(B) COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER.—The term ‘community 

newspaper’ means a newspaper which primarily serves a 

metropolitan statistical area, as determined by the Office 

of Management and Budget, with a population of not less 

than 100,000. 

‘‘(C) CONTROL.—A person shall be treated as controlled 

by another person if such other person possesses, directly 

or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction 

and management of such person (including the power to 

elect a majority of the members of the board of directors 

of such person) through the ownership of voting securities. 

‘‘(5) CONTROLLED GROUP.—For purposes of this subsection, 

the term ‘controlled group’ means all persons treated as a 

single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 

414 as of the date of the enactment of this subsection.’’. 

(b) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY

ACT OF 1974.—Section 303 of the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083) is amended by adding at 

the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(m) SPECIAL RULES FOR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PLANS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The plan sponsor of a community newspaper plan under which no participant has had the participant’s 

accrued benefit increased (whether because of service or compensation) after December 31, 2017, may elect to have the 

alternative standards described in paragraph (3) apply to such 

plan, and any plan sponsored by any member of the same 

controlled group. 

‘‘(2) ELECTION.—An election under paragraph (1) shall be 

made at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the 

Secretary of the Treasury. Such election, once made with 

respect to a plan year, shall apply to all subsequent plan 

years unless revoked with the consent of the Secretary of the 

Treasury. 

‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM FUNDING STANDARDS.—The 

alternative standards described in this paragraph are the following: 

‘‘(A) INTEREST RATES.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

(h)(2)(C) and except as provided in clause (ii), the first, 

second, and third segment rates in effect for any month 

for purposes of this section shall be 8 percent. 

‘‘(ii) NEW BENEFIT ACCRUALS.—Notwithstanding 

subsection (h)(2), for purposes of determining the 

funding target and normal cost of a plan for any plan 

year, the present value of any benefits accrued or 

earned under the plan for a plan year with respect 

to which an election under paragraph (1) is in effect 

shall be determined on the basis of the United States 

Treasury obligation yield curve for the day that is 

the valuation date of such plan for such plan year. 

‘‘(iii) UNITED STATES TREASURY OBLIGATION YIELD

CURVE.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 

‘United States Treasury obligation yield curve’ means, 

with respect to any day, a yield curve which shall 

be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for 

such day on interest-bearing obligations of the United 

States. 

‘‘(B) SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION BASE.— ‘‘(i) PREVIOUS SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION BASES.— 

The shortfall amortization bases determined under 

subsection (c)(3) for all plan years preceding the first 

plan year to which the election under paragraph (1) 

applies (and all shortfall amortization installments 

determined with respect to such bases) shall be reduced 

to zero under rules similar to the rules of subsection 

(c)(6). 

‘‘(ii) NEW SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION BASE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c)(3), the shortfall amortization base for the first plan year to which the election 

under paragraph (1) applies shall be the funding shortfall of such plan for such plan year (determined using 

the interest rates as modified under subparagraph (A)). 

‘‘(C) DETERMINATION OF SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION

INSTALLMENTS.— ‘‘(i) 30-YEAR PERIOD.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

of subsection (c)(2) shall be applied by substituting 

‘30-plan-year’ for ‘7-plan-year’ each place it appears. 
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‘‘(ii) NO SPECIAL ELECTION.—The election under 

subparagraph (D) of subsection (c)(2) shall not apply 

to any plan year to which the election under paragraph 

(1) applies. 

‘‘(D) EXEMPTION FROM AT-RISK TREATMENT.—Subsection (i) shall not apply. 

‘‘(4) COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PLAN.—For purposes of this 

subsection— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘community newspaper 

plan’ means a plan to which this section applies maintained 

by an employer which, as of December 31, 2017— 

‘‘(i) publishes and distributes daily, either electronically or in printed form— 

‘‘(I) a community newspaper, or 

‘‘(II) 1 or more community newspapers in the 

same State, 

‘‘(ii) is not a company the stock of which is publicly 

traded (on a stock exchange or in an over-the-counter 

market), and is not controlled, directly or indirectly, 

by such a company, 

‘‘(iii) is controlled, directly or indirectly— 

‘‘(I) by 1 or more persons residing primarily 

in the State in which the community newspaper 

is published, 

‘‘(II) for not less than 30 years by individuals 

who are members of the same family, 

‘‘(III) by a trust created or organized in the 

State in which the community newspaper is published, the sole trustees of which are persons 

described in subclause (I) or (II), 

‘‘(IV) by an entity which is described in section 

501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 

of such Code, which is organized and operated 

in the State in which the community newspaper 

is published, and the primary purpose of which 

is to benefit communities in such State, or 

‘‘(V) by a combination of persons described 

in subclause (I), (III), or (IV), and 

‘‘(iv) does not control, directly or indirectly, any 

newspaper in any other State. 

‘‘(B) COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER.—The term ‘community 

newspaper’ means a newspaper which primarily serves a 

metropolitan statistical area, as determined by the Office 

of Management and Budget, with a population of not less 

than 100,000. 

‘‘(C) CONTROL.—A person shall be treated as controlled 

by another person if such other person possesses, directly 

or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction 

and management of such person (including the power to 

elect a majority of the members of the board of directors 

of such person) through the ownership of voting securities. 

‘‘(5) CONTROLLED GROUP.—For purposes of this subsection, 

the term ‘controlled group’ means all persons treated as a 

single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 

414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as of the date of 

the enactment of this subsection. 
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‘‘(6) EFFECT ON PREMIUM RATE CALCULATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any regulation issued 

by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of 

a plan for which an election is made to apply the alternative 

standards described in paragraph (3), the additional premium 

under section 4006(a)(3)(E) shall be determined as if such election had not been made.’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plan years ending after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 116. TREATING EXCLUDED DIFFICULTY OF CARE PAYMENTS AS 

COMPENSATION FOR DETERMINING RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS. 

(a) INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 408(o) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 

new paragraph: 

‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR DIFFICULTY OF CARE PAYMENTS

EXCLUDED FROM GROSS INCOME.—In the case of an individual 

who for a taxable year excludes from gross income under section 

131 a qualified foster care payment which is a difficulty of 

care payment, if— 

‘‘(A) the deductible amount in effect for the taxable 

year under subsection (b), exceeds 

‘‘(B) the amount of compensation includible in the 

individual’s gross income for the taxable year, 

the individual may elect to increase the nondeductible limit 

under paragraph (2) for the taxable year by an amount equal 

to the lesser of such excess or the amount so excluded.’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to contributions after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(b) DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 415(c) of such Code is amended 

by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(8) SPECIAL RULE FOR DIFFICULTY OF CARE PAYMENTS

EXCLUDED FROM GROSS INCOME.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), 

in the case of an individual who for a taxable year excludes 

from gross income under section 131 a qualified foster 

care payment which is a difficulty of care payment, the 

participant’s compensation, or earned income, as the case 

may be, shall be increased by the amount so excluded. 

‘‘(B) CONTRIBUTIONS ALLOCABLE TO DIFFICULTY OF CARE

PAYMENTS TREATED AS AFTER-TAX.—Any contribution by 

the participant which is allowable due to such increase— 

‘‘(i) shall be treated for purposes of this title as 

investment in the contract, and 

‘‘(ii) shall not cause a plan (and any arrangement 

which is part of such plan) to be treated as failing 

to meet any requirements of this chapter solely by 

reason of allowing any such contributions.’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to plan years beginning after December 

31, 2015. 
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TITLE II—ADMINISTRATIVE 

IMPROVEMENTS 

SEC. 201. PLAN ADOPTED BY FILING DUE DATE FOR YEAR MAY BE 

TREATED AS IN EFFECT AS OF CLOSE OF YEAR. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 401 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘RETROACTIVE CHANGES IN PLAN.—A stock 

bonus’’ and inserting ‘‘PLAN AMENDMENTS.— ‘‘(1) CERTAIN RETROACTIVE CHANGES IN PLAN.—A stock 

bonus’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(2) ADOPTION OF PLAN.—If an employer adopts a stock 

bonus, pension, profit-sharing, or annuity plan after the close 

of a taxable year but before the time prescribed by law for 

filing the return of the employer for the taxable year (including 

extensions thereof), the employer may elect to treat the plan 

as having been adopted as of the last day of the taxable year.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plans adopted for taxable years beginning after 

December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 202. COMBINED ANNUAL REPORT FOR GROUP OF PLANS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor shall, in cooperation, modify the returns required 

under section 6058 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 

the reports required by section 104 of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1024) so that all members 

of a group of plans described in subsection (c) may file a single 

aggregated annual return or report satisfying the requirements 

of both such sections. 

(b) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—In developing the consolidated return or report under subsection (a), the Secretary of the 

Treasury and the Secretary of Labor may require such return 

or report to include any information regarding each plan in the 

group as such Secretaries determine is necessary or appropriate 

for the enforcement and administration of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

of 1974 and shall require such information as will enable a participant in a plan to identify any aggregated return or report filed 

with respect to the plan. 

(c) PLANS DESCRIBED.—A group of plans is described in this 

subsection if all plans in the group— 

(1) are individual account plans or defined contribution 

plans (as defined in section 3(34) of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(34)) or in section 

414(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); 

(2) have— 

(A) the same trustee (as described in section 403(a) 

of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1103(a))); 

(B) the same one or more named fiduciaries (as 

described in section 402(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1102(a))); 

(C) the same administrator (as defined in section 

3(16)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1002(16)(A))) and plan 

administrator (as defined in section 414(g) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986); and 
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(D) plan years beginning on the same date; and 

(3) provide the same investments or investment options 

to participants and beneficiaries. 

A plan not subject to title I of the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974 shall be treated as meeting the requirements 

of paragraph (2) as part of a group of plans if the same person 

that performs each of the functions described in such paragraph, 

as applicable, for all other plans in such group performs each 

of such functions for such plan. 

(d) CLARIFICATION RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FILING OF

RETURNS FOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6011(e) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 

new paragraph: 

‘‘(6) APPLICATION OF NUMERICAL LIMITATION TO RETURNS

RELATING TO DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS.—For purposes 

of applying the numerical limitation under paragraph (2)(A) 

to any return required under section 6058, information 

regarding each plan for which information is provided on such 

return shall be treated as a separate return.’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by paragraph 

(1) shall apply to returns required to be filed with respect 

to plan years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The modification required by subsection 

(a) shall be implemented not later than January 1, 2022, and 

shall apply to returns and reports for plan years beginning after 

December 31, 2021. 

SEC. 203. DISCLOSURE REGARDING LIFETIME INCOME. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 105(a)(2) of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

1025(a)(2)) is amended— 

(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘diversification.’’ and inserting 

‘‘diversification, and’’; and 

(3) by inserting at the end the following: 

‘‘(iii) the lifetime income disclosure described in 

subparagraph (D)(i). 

In the case of pension benefit statements described in 

clause (i) of paragraph (1)(A), a lifetime income disclosure 

under clause (iii) of this subparagraph shall be required 

to be included in only one pension benefit statement during 

any one 12-month period.’’. 

(b) LIFETIME INCOME.—Paragraph (2) of section 105(a) of the 

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 

1025(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

subparagraph: 

‘‘(D) LIFETIME INCOME DISCLOSURE.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(I) DISCLOSURE.—A lifetime income disclosure 

shall set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued with respect to 

the participant or beneficiary. 

‘‘(II) LIFETIME INCOME STREAM EQUIVALENT OF

THE TOTAL BENEFITS ACCRUED.—For purposes of 

this subparagraph, the term ‘lifetime income 

stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued’ 
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means the amount of monthly payments the 

participant or beneficiary would receive if the total 

accrued benefits of such participant or beneficiary 

were used to provide lifetime income streams 

described in subclause (III), based on assumptions 

specified in rules prescribed by the Secretary. 

‘‘(III) LIFETIME INCOME STREAMS.—The lifetime income streams described in this subclause 

are a qualified joint and survivor annuity (as 

defined in section 205(d)), based on assumptions 

specified in rules prescribed by the Secretary, 

including the assumption that the participant or 

beneficiary has a spouse of equal age, and a single 

life annuity. Such lifetime income streams may 

have a term certain or other features to the extent 

permitted under rules prescribed by the Secretary. 

‘‘(ii) MODEL DISCLOSURE.—Not later than 1 year 

after the date of the enactment of the Setting Every 

Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 

2019, the Secretary shall issue a model lifetime income 

disclosure, written in a manner so as to be understood 

by the average plan participant, which— 

‘‘(I) explains that the lifetime income stream 

equivalent is only provided as an illustration; 

‘‘(II) explains that the actual payments under 

the lifetime income stream described in clause 

(i)(III) which may be purchased with the total 

benefits accrued will depend on numerous factors 

and may vary substantially from the lifetime 

income stream equivalent in the disclosures; 

‘‘(III) explains the assumptions upon which 

the lifetime income stream equivalent was determined; and 

‘‘(IV) provides such other similar explanations 

as the Secretary considers appropriate. 

‘‘(iii) ASSUMPTIONS AND RULES.—Not later than 1 

year after the date of the enactment of the Setting 

Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement 

Act of 2019, the Secretary shall— 

‘‘(I) prescribe assumptions which administrators of individual account plans may use in converting total accrued benefits into lifetime income 

stream equivalents for purposes of this subparagraph; and 

‘‘(II) issue interim final rules under clause (i). 

In prescribing assumptions under subclause (I), the 

Secretary may prescribe a single set of specific assumptions (in which case the Secretary may issue tables 

or factors which facilitate such conversions), or ranges 

of permissible assumptions. To the extent that an 

accrued benefit is or may be invested in a lifetime 

income stream described in clause (i)(III), the assumptions prescribed under subclause (I) shall, to the extent 

appropriate, permit administrators of individual 

account plans to use the amounts payable under such 

lifetime income stream as a lifetime income stream 

equivalent. 
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‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—No plan fiduciary, 

plan sponsor, or other person shall have any liability 

under this title solely by reason of the provision of 

lifetime income stream equivalents which are derived 

in accordance with the assumptions and rules described 

in clause (iii) and which include the explanations contained in the model lifetime income disclosure 

described in clause (ii). This clause shall apply without 

regard to whether the provision of such lifetime income 

stream equivalent is required by subparagraph (B)(iii). 

‘‘(v) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirement in 

subparagraph (B)(iii) shall apply to pension benefit 

statements furnished more than 12 months after the 

latest of the issuance by the Secretary of— 

‘‘(I) interim final rules under clause (i); 

‘‘(II) the model disclosure under clause (ii); 

or 

‘‘(III) the assumptions under clause (iii).’’. 

SEC. 204. FIDUCIARY SAFE HARBOR FOR SELECTION OF LIFETIME 

INCOME PROVIDER. 

Section 404 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1104) is amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘(e) SAFE HARBOR FOR ANNUITY SELECTION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the selection of an 

insurer for a guaranteed retirement income contract, the 

requirements of subsection (a)(1)(B) will be deemed to be satisfied if a fiduciary— 

‘‘(A) engages in an objective, thorough, and analytical 

search for the purpose of identifying insurers from which 

to purchase such contracts; 

‘‘(B) with respect to each insurer identified under 

subparagraph (A)— 

‘‘(i) considers the financial capability of such 

insurer to satisfy its obligations under the guaranteed 

retirement income contract; and 

‘‘(ii) considers the cost (including fees and commissions) of the guaranteed retirement income contract 

offered by the insurer in relation to the benefits and 

product features of the contract and administrative 

services to be provided under such contract; and 

‘‘(C) on the basis of such consideration, concludes 

that— 

‘‘(i) at the time of the selection, the insurer is 

financially capable of satisfying its obligations under 

the guaranteed retirement income contract; and 

‘‘(ii) the relative cost of the selected guaranteed 

retirement income contract as described in subparagraph (B)(ii) is reasonable. 

‘‘(2) FINANCIAL CAPABILITY OF THE INSURER.—A fiduciary 

will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of paragraphs 

(1)(B)(i) and (1)(C)(i) if— 

‘‘(A) the fiduciary obtains written representations from 

the insurer that— 

‘‘(i) the insurer is licensed to offer guaranteed 

retirement income contracts; 
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‘‘(ii) the insurer, at the time of selection and for 

each of the immediately preceding 7 plan years— 

‘‘(I) operates under a certificate of authority 

from the insurance commissioner of its domiciliary 

State which has not been revoked or suspended; 

‘‘(II) has filed audited financial statements in 

accordance with the laws of its domiciliary State 

under applicable statutory accounting principles; 

‘‘(III) maintains (and has maintained) reserves 

which satisfies all the statutory requirements of 

all States where the insurer does business; and 

‘‘(IV) is not operating under an order of supervision, rehabilitation, or liquidation; 

‘‘(iii) the insurer undergoes, at least every 5 years, 

a financial examination (within the meaning of the 

law of its domiciliary State) by the insurance commissioner of the domiciliary State (or representative, designee, or other party approved by such commissioner); 

and 

‘‘(iv) the insurer will notify the fiduciary of any 

change in circumstances occurring after the provision 

of the representations in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) which 

would preclude the insurer from making such representations at the time of issuance of the guaranteed retirement income contract; and 

‘‘(B) after receiving such representations and as of 

the time of selection, the fiduciary has not received any 

notice described in subparagraph (A)(iv) and is in possession of no other information which would cause the fiduciary to question the representations provided. 

‘‘(3) NO REQUIREMENT TO SELECT LOWEST COST.—Nothing 

in this subsection shall be construed to require a fiduciary 

to select the lowest cost contract. A fiduciary may consider 

the value of a contract, including features and benefits of the 

contract and attributes of the insurer (including, without limitation, the insurer’s financial strength) in conjunction with the 

cost of the contract. 

‘‘(4) TIME OF SELECTION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

time of selection is— 

‘‘(i) the time that the insurer and the contract 

are selected for distribution of benefits to a specific 

participant or beneficiary; or 

‘‘(ii) if the fiduciary periodically reviews the continuing appropriateness of the conclusion described in 

paragraph (1)(C) with respect to a selected insurer, 

taking into account the considerations described in 

such paragraph, the time that the insurer and the 

contract are selected to provide benefits at future dates 

to participants or beneficiaries under the plan. 

Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to 

require the fiduciary to review the appropriateness of a 

selection after the purchase of a contract for a participant 

or beneficiary. 
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‘‘(B) PERIODIC REVIEW.—A fiduciary will be deemed 

to have conducted the periodic review described in subparagraph (A)(ii) if the fiduciary obtains the written representations described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph 

(2)(A) from the insurer on an annual basis, unless the 

fiduciary receives any notice described in paragraph 

(2)(A)(iv) or otherwise becomes aware of facts that would 

cause the fiduciary to question such representations. 

‘‘(5) LIMITED LIABILITY.—A fiduciary which satisfies the 

requirements of this subsection shall not be liable following 

the distribution of any benefit, or the investment by or on 

behalf of a participant or beneficiary pursuant to the selected 

guaranteed retirement income contract, for any losses that 

may result to the participant or beneficiary due to an insurer’s 

inability to satisfy its financial obligations under the terms 

of such contract. 

‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection— 

‘‘(A) INSURER.—The term ‘insurer’ means an insurance 

company, insurance service, or insurance organization, 

including affiliates of such companies. 

‘‘(B) GUARANTEED RETIREMENT INCOME CONTRACT.— 

The term ‘guaranteed retirement income contract’ means 

an annuity contract for a fixed term or a contract (or 

provision or feature thereof) which provides guaranteed 

benefits annually (or more frequently) for at least the 

remainder of the life of the participant or the joint lives 

of the participant and the participant’s designated beneficiary as part of an individual account plan.’’. 

SEC. 205. MODIFICATION OF NONDISCRIMINATION RULES TO PROTECT 

OLDER, LONGER SERVICE PARTICIPANTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended— 

(1) by redesignating subsection (o) as subsection (p); and 

(2) by inserting after subsection (n) the following new subsection: 

‘‘(o) SPECIAL RULES FOR APPLYING NONDISCRIMINATION RULES

TO PROTECT OLDER, LONGER SERVICE AND GRANDFATHERED PARTICIPANTS.— 

‘‘(1) TESTING OF DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS WITH CLOSED

CLASSES OF PARTICIPANTS.— 

‘‘(A) BENEFITS, RIGHTS, OR FEATURES PROVIDED TO

CLOSED CLASSES.—A defined benefit plan which provides 

benefits, rights, or features to a closed class of participants 

shall not fail to satisfy the requirements of subsection 

(a)(4) by reason of the composition of such closed class 

or the benefits, rights, or features provided to such closed 

class, if— 

‘‘(i) for the plan year as of which the class closes 

and the 2 succeeding plan years, such benefits, rights, 

and features satisfy the requirements of subsection 

(a)(4) (without regard to this subparagraph but taking 

into account the rules of subparagraph (I)), 

‘‘(ii) after the date as of which the class was closed, 

any plan amendment which modifies the closed class 

or the benefits, rights, and features provided to such 
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closed class does not discriminate significantly in favor 

of highly compensated employees, and 

‘‘(iii) the class was closed before April 5, 2017, 

or the plan is described in subparagraph (C). 

‘‘(B) AGGREGATE TESTING WITH DEFINED CONTRIBUTION

PLANS PERMITTED ON A BENEFITS BASIS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of determining 

compliance with subsection (a)(4) and section 410(b), 

a defined benefit plan described in clause (iii) may 

be aggregated and tested on a benefits basis with 1 

or more defined contribution plans, including with the 

portion of 1 or more defined contribution plans which— 

‘‘(I) provides matching contributions (as 

defined in subsection (m)(4)(A)), 

‘‘(II) provides annuity contracts described in 

section 403(b) which are purchased with matching 

contributions or nonelective contributions, or 

‘‘(III) consists of an employee stock ownership 

plan (within the meaning of section 4975(e)(7)) 

or a tax credit employee stock ownership plan 

(within the meaning of section 409(a)). 

‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULES FOR MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.—For purposes of clause (i), if a defined benefit 

plan is aggregated with a portion of a defined contribution plan providing matching contributions— 

‘‘(I) such defined benefit plan must also be 

aggregated with any portion of such defined contribution plan which provides elective deferrals 

described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of section 

402(g)(3), and 

‘‘(II) such matching contributions shall be 

treated in the same manner as nonelective contributions, including for purposes of applying the 

rules of subsection (l). 

‘‘(iii) PLANS DESCRIBED.—A defined benefit plan 

is described in this clause if— 

‘‘(I) the plan provides benefits to a closed class 

of participants, 

‘‘(II) for the plan year as of which the class 

closes and the 2 succeeding plan years, the plan 

satisfies the requirements of section 410(b) and 

subsection (a)(4) (without regard to this subparagraph but taking into account the rules of subparagraph (I)), 

‘‘(III) after the date as of which the class was 

closed, any plan amendment which modifies the 

closed class or the benefits provided to such closed 

class does not discriminate significantly in favor 

of highly compensated employees, and 

‘‘(IV) the class was closed before April 5, 2017, 

or the plan is described in subparagraph (C). 

‘‘(C) PLANS DESCRIBED.—A plan is described in this 

subparagraph if, taking into account any predecessor 

plan— 

‘‘(i) such plan has been in effect for at least 5 

years as of the date the class is closed, and 
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‘‘(ii) during the 5-year period preceding the date 

the class is closed, there has not been a substantial 

increase in the coverage or value of the benefits, rights, 

or features described in subparagraph (A) or in the 

coverage or benefits under the plan described in 

subparagraph (B)(iii) (whichever is applicable). 

‘‘(D) DETERMINATION OF SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FOR

BENEFITS, RIGHTS, AND FEATURES.—In applying subparagraph (C)(ii) for purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii), a plan 

shall be treated as having had a substantial increase in 

coverage or value of the benefits, rights, or features 

described in subparagraph (A) during the applicable 5- 

year period only if, during such period— 

‘‘(i) the number of participants covered by such 

benefits, rights, or features on the date such period 

ends is more than 50 percent greater than the number 

of such participants on the first day of the plan year 

in which such period began, or 

‘‘(ii) such benefits, rights, and features have been 

modified by 1 or more plan amendments in such a 

way that, as of the date the class is closed, the value 

of such benefits, rights, and features to the closed 

class as a whole is substantially greater than the value 

as of the first day of such 5-year period, solely as 

a result of such amendments. 

‘‘(E) DETERMINATION OF SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FOR

AGGREGATE TESTING ON BENEFITS BASIS.—In applying 

subparagraph (C)(ii) for purposes of subparagraph 

(B)(iii)(IV), a plan shall be treated as having had a substantial increase in coverage or benefits during the applicable 

5-year period only if, during such period— 

‘‘(i) the number of participants benefitting under 

the plan on the date such period ends is more than 

50 percent greater than the number of such participants on the first day of the plan year in which such 

period began, or 

‘‘(ii) the average benefit provided to such participants on the date such period ends is more than 50 

percent greater than the average benefit provided on 

the first day of the plan year in which such period 

began. 

‘‘(F) CERTAIN EMPLOYEES DISREGARDED.—For purposes 

of subparagraphs (D) and (E), any increase in coverage 

or value or in coverage or benefits, whichever is applicable, 

which is attributable to such coverage and value or coverage and benefits provided to employees— 

‘‘(i) who became participants as a result of a 

merger, acquisition, or similar event which occurred 

during the 7-year period preceding the date the class 

is closed, or 

‘‘(ii) who became participants by reason of a merger 

of the plan with another plan which had been in effect 

for at least 5 years as of the date of the merger, 

shall be disregarded, except that clause (ii) shall apply 

for purposes of subparagraph (D) only if, under the merger, 

the benefits, rights, or features under 1 plan are conformed 
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to the benefits, rights, or features of the other plan prospectively. 

‘‘(G) RULES RELATING TO AVERAGE BENEFIT.—For purposes of subparagraph (E)— 

‘‘(i) the average benefit provided to participants 

under the plan will be treated as having remained 

the same between the 2 dates described in subparagraph (E)(ii) if the benefit formula applicable to such 

participants has not changed between such dates, and 

‘‘(ii) if the benefit formula applicable to 1 or more 

participants under the plan has changed between such 

2 dates, then the average benefit under the plan shall 

be considered to have increased by more than 50 percent only if— 

‘‘(I) the total amount determined under section 

430(b)(1)(A)(i) for all participants benefitting under 

the plan for the plan year in which the 5-year 

period described in subparagraph (E) ends, exceeds 

‘‘(II) the total amount determined under section 430(b)(1)(A)(i) for all such participants for 

such plan year, by using the benefit formula in 

effect for each such participant for the first plan 

year in such 5-year period, 

by more than 50 percent. In the case of a CSEC plan 

(as defined in section 414(y)), the normal cost of the 

plan (as determined under section 433(j)(1)(B)) shall 

be used in lieu of the amount determined under section 

430(b)(1)(A)(i). 

‘‘(H) TREATMENT AS SINGLE PLAN.—For purposes of subparagraphs (E) and (G), a plan described in section 413(c) 

shall be treated as a single plan rather than as separate 

plans maintained by each employer in the plan. 

‘‘(I) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of subparagraphs 

(A)(i) and (B)(iii)(II), the following rules shall apply: 

‘‘(i) In applying section 410(b)(6)(C), the closing 

of the class of participants shall not be treated as 

a significant change in coverage under section 

410(b)(6)(C)(i)(II). 

‘‘(ii) 2 or more plans shall not fail to be eligible 

to be aggregated and treated as a single plan solely 

by reason of having different plan years. 

‘‘(iii) Changes in the employee population shall 

be disregarded to the extent attributable to individuals 

who become employees or cease to be employees, after 

the date the class is closed, by reason of a merger, 

acquisition, divestiture, or similar event. 

‘‘(iv) Aggregation and all other testing methodologies otherwise applicable under subsection (a)(4) and 

section 410(b) may be taken into account. 

The rule of clause (ii) shall also apply for purposes of 

determining whether plans to which subparagraph (B)(i) 

applies may be aggregated and treated as 1 plan for purposes of determining whether such plans meet the requirements of subsection (a)(4) and section 410(b). 

‘‘(J) SPUN-OFF PLANS.—For purposes of this paragraph, 

if a portion of a defined benefit plan described in subparagraph (A) or (B)(iii) is spun off to another employer and 
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the spun-off plan continues to satisfy the requirements 

of— 

‘‘(i) subparagraph (A)(i) or (B)(iii)(II), whichever 

is applicable, if the original plan was still within the 

3-year period described in such subparagraph at the 

time of the spin off, and 

‘‘(ii) subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B)(iii)(III), whichever 

is applicable, 

the treatment under subparagraph (A) or (B) of the spunoff plan shall continue with respect to such other employer. 

‘‘(2) TESTING OF DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS.— 

‘‘(A) TESTING ON A BENEFITS BASIS.—A defined contribution plan shall be permitted to be tested on a benefits 

basis if— 

‘‘(i) such defined contribution plan provides makewhole contributions to a closed class of participants 

whose accruals under a defined benefit plan have been 

reduced or eliminated, 

‘‘(ii) for the plan year of the defined contribution 

plan as of which the class eligible to receive such 

make-whole contributions closes and the 2 succeeding 

plan years, such closed class of participants satisfies 

the requirements of section 410(b)(2)(A)(i) (determined 

by applying the rules of paragraph (1)(I)), 

‘‘(iii) after the date as of which the class was 

closed, any plan amendment to the defined contribution 

plan which modifies the closed class or the allocations, 

benefits, rights, and features provided to such closed 

class does not discriminate significantly in favor of 

highly compensated employees, and 

‘‘(iv) the class was closed before April 5, 2017, 

or the defined benefit plan under clause (i) is described 

in paragraph (1)(C) (as applied for purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(iii)(IV)). 

‘‘(B) AGGREGATION WITH PLANS INCLUDING MATCHING

CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to 1 or more defined 

contribution plans described in subparagraph (A), for 

purposes of determining compliance with subsection 

(a)(4) and section 410(b), the portion of such plans 

which provides make-whole contributions or other nonelective contributions may be aggregated and tested 

on a benefits basis with the portion of 1 or more 

other defined contribution plans which— 

‘‘(I) provides matching contributions (as 

defined in subsection (m)(4)(A)), 

‘‘(II) provides annuity contracts described in 

section 403(b) which are purchased with matching 

contributions or nonelective contributions, or 

‘‘(III) consists of an employee stock ownership 

plan (within the meaning of section 4975(e)(7)) 

or a tax credit employee stock ownership plan 

(within the meaning of section 409(a)). 

‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULES FOR MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.—Rules similar to the rules of paragraph 

(1)(B)(ii) shall apply for purposes of clause (i). 
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‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES FOR TESTING DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN FEATURES PROVIDING MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS

TO CERTAIN OLDER, LONGER SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.—In the 

case of a defined contribution plan which provides benefits, 

rights, or features to a closed class of participants whose 

accruals under a defined benefit plan have been reduced 

or eliminated, the plan shall not fail to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a)(4) solely by reason of the composition of the closed class or the benefits, rights, or features 

provided to such closed class if the defined contribution 

plan and defined benefit plan otherwise meet the requirements of subparagraph (A) but for the fact that the makewhole contributions under the defined contribution plan 

are made in whole or in part through matching contributions. 

‘‘(D) SPUN-OFF PLANS.—For purposes of this paragraph, 

if a portion of a defined contribution plan described in 

subparagraph (A) or (C) is spun off to another employer, 

the treatment under subparagraph (A) or (C) of the spunoff plan shall continue with respect to the other employer 

if such plan continues to comply with the requirements 

of clauses (ii) (if the original plan was still within the 

3-year period described in such clause at the time of the 

spin off) and (iii) of subparagraph (A), as determined for 

purposes of subparagraph (A) or (C), whichever is 

applicable. 

‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of this 

subsection— 

‘‘(A) MAKE-WHOLE CONTRIBUTIONS.—Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2)(C), the term ‘make-whole 

contributions’ means nonelective allocations for each 

employee in the class which are reasonably calculated, 

in a consistent manner, to replace some or all of the retirement benefits which the employee would have received 

under the defined benefit plan and any other plan or qualified cash or deferred arrangement under subsection (k)(2) 

if no change had been made to such defined benefit plan 

and such other plan or arrangement. For purposes of the 

preceding sentence, consistency shall not be required with 

respect to employees who were subject to different benefit 

formulas under the defined benefit plan. 

‘‘(B) REFERENCES TO CLOSED CLASS OF PARTICIPANTS.— 

References to a closed class of participants and similar 

references to a closed class shall include arrangements 

under which 1 or more classes of participants are closed, 

except that 1 or more classes of participants closed on 

different dates shall not be aggregated for purposes of 

determining the date any such class was closed. 

‘‘(C) HIGHLY COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE.—The term 

‘highly compensated employee’ has the meaning given such 

term in section 414(q).’’. 

(b) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.—Paragraph (26) of section 

401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 

at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(I) PROTECTED PARTICIPANTS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A plan shall be deemed to satisfy 

the requirements of subparagraph (A) if— 
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‘‘(I) the plan is amended— 

‘‘(aa) to cease all benefit accruals, or 

‘‘(bb) to provide future benefit accruals 

only to a closed class of participants, 

‘‘(II) the plan satisfies subparagraph (A) (without regard to this subparagraph) as of the effective 

date of the amendment, and 

‘‘(III) the amendment was adopted before April 

5, 2017, or the plan is described in clause (ii). 

‘‘(ii) PLANS DESCRIBED.—A plan is described in this 

clause if the plan would be described in subsection 

(o)(1)(C), as applied for purposes of subsection 

(o)(1)(B)(iii)(IV) and by treating the effective date of 

the amendment as the date the class was closed for 

purposes of subsection (o)(1)(C). 

‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of clause (i)(II), 

in applying section 410(b)(6)(C), the amendments 

described in clause (i) shall not be treated as a significant change in coverage under section 

410(b)(6)(C)(i)(II). 

‘‘(iv) SPUN-OFF PLANS.—For purposes of this 

subparagraph, if a portion of a plan described in clause 

(i) is spun off to another employer, the treatment under 

clause (i) of the spun-off plan shall continue with 

respect to the other employer.’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 

date of the enactment of this Act, without regard to whether 

any plan modifications referred to in such amendments are 

adopted or effective before, on, or after such date of enactment. 

(2) SPECIAL RULES.— 

(A) ELECTION OF EARLIER APPLICATION.—At the election 

of the plan sponsor, the amendments made by this section 

shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 

2013. 

(B) CLOSED CLASSES OF PARTICIPANTS.—For purposes 

of paragraphs (1)(A)(iii), (1)(B)(iii)(IV), and (2)(A)(iv) of section 401(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added 

by this section), a closed class of participants shall be 

treated as being closed before April 5, 2017, if the plan 

sponsor’s intention to create such closed class is reflected 

in formal written documents and communicated to participants before such date. 

(C) CERTAIN POST-ENACTMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS.—A 

plan shall not be treated as failing to be eligible for the 

application of section 401(o)(1)(A), 401(o)(1)(B)(iii), or 

401(a)(26) of such Code (as added by this section) to such 

plan solely because in the case of— 

(i) such section 401(o)(1)(A), the plan was amended 

before the date of the enactment of this Act to eliminate 

1 or more benefits, rights, or features, and is further 

amended after such date of enactment to provide such 

previously eliminated benefits, rights, or features to 

a closed class of participants, or 

(ii) such section 401(o)(1)(B)(iii) or section 

401(a)(26), the plan was amended before the date of 
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the enactment of this Act to cease all benefit accruals, 

and is further amended after such date of enactment 

to provide benefit accruals to a closed class of participants. 

Any such section shall only apply if the plan otherwise 

meets the requirements of such section and in applying 

such section, the date the class of participants is closed 

shall be the effective date of the later amendment. 

SEC. 206. MODIFICATION OF PBGC PREMIUMS FOR CSEC PLANS. 

(a) FLAT RATE PREMIUM.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

4006(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

(29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)) is amended— 

(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘plan,’’ and inserting ‘‘plan 

other than a CSEC plan (as defined in section 210(f)(1))’’; 

(2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

(3) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(vii) in the case of a CSEC plan (as defined in 

section 210(f)(1)), for plan years beginning after 

December 31, 2018, for each individual who is a participant in such plan during the plan year an amount 

equal to the sum of— 

‘‘(I) the additional premium (if any) determined under subparagraph (E), and 

‘‘(II) $19.’’. 

(b) VARIABLE RATE PREMIUM.— 

(1) UNFUNDED VESTED BENEFITS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (E) of section 

4006(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 

Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)) is amended by adding 

at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(v) For purposes of clause (ii), in the case of a CSEC 

plan (as defined in section 210(f)(1)), the term ‘unfunded 

vested benefits’ means, for plan years beginning after 

December 31, 2018, the excess (if any) of— 

‘‘(I) the funding liability of the plan as determined 

under section 306(j)(5)(C) for the plan year by only 

taking into account vested benefits, over 

‘‘(II) the fair market value of plan assets for the 

plan year which are held by the plan on the valuation 

date.’’. 

(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause (iii) of section 

4006(a)(3)(E) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(E)) is 

amended by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘Except 

as provided in clause (v), for purposes’’. 

(2) APPLICABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (8) of section 4006(a) of 

such Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)) is amended by adding at 

the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(E) CSEC PLANS.—In the case of a CSEC plan (as 

defined in section 210(f)(1)), the applicable dollar amount 

shall be $9.’’. 

(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (A) of 

section 4006(a)(8) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(8)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘(B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B), (C), 

and (E)’’. 

TITLE III—OTHER BENEFITS 

SEC. 301. BENEFITS PROVIDED TO VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS. 

(a) INCREASE IN DOLLAR LIMITATION ON QUALIFIED PAYMENTS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 139B(c)(2) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$30’’ and inserting 

‘‘$50’’. 

(b) EXTENSION.—Section 139B(d) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘beginning after December 31, 

2010.’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning— 

‘‘(1) after December 31, 2010, and before January 1, 2020, 

or 

‘‘(2) after December 31, 2020.’’. 

(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 3121(a)(23) of such Code 

is amended by striking ‘‘139B(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 139B(a)’’. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 302. EXPANSION OF SECTION 529 PLANS. 

(a) DISTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH

REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.—Section 529(c) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 

the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(8) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH

REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.—Any reference in this 

subsection to the term ‘qualified higher education expense’ shall 

include a reference to expenses for fees, books, supplies, and 

equipment required for the participation of a designated beneficiary in an apprenticeship program registered and certified 

with the Secretary of Labor under section 1 of the National 

Apprenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50).’’. 

(b) DISTRIBUTIONS FOR QUALIFIED EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 529(c) of such Code, as amended 

by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following 

new paragraph: 

‘‘(9) TREATMENT OF QUALIFIED EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENTS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any reference in this subsection 

to the term ‘qualified higher education expense’ shall 

include a reference to amounts paid as principal or interest 

on any qualified education loan (as defined in section 

221(d)) of the designated beneficiary or a sibling of the 

designated beneficiary. 

‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The amount of distributions treated 

as a qualified higher education expense under this paragraph with respect to the loans of any individual shall 

not exceed $10,000 (reduced by the amount of distributions 

so treated for all prior taxable years). 

‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES FOR SIBLINGS OF THE DESIGNATED

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‘‘(i) SEPARATE ACCOUNTING.—For purposes of 

subparagraph (B) and subsection (d), amounts treated 

as a qualified higher education expense with respect 

to the loans of a sibling of the designated beneficiary 

shall be taken into account with respect to such sibling 

and not with respect to such designated beneficiary. 

‘‘(ii) SIBLING DEFINED.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘sibling’ means an individual who bears 

a relationship to the designated beneficiary which is 

described in section 152(d)(2)(B).’’. 

(2) COORDINATION WITH DEDUCTION FOR STUDENT LOAN

INTEREST.—Section 221(e)(1) of such Code is amended by adding 

at the end the following: ‘‘The deduction otherwise allowable 

under subsection (a) (prior to the application of subsection 

(b)) to the taxpayer for any taxable year shall be reduced 

(but not below zero) by so much of the distributions treated 

as a qualified higher education expense under section 529(c)(9) 

with respect to loans of the taxpayer as would be includible 

in gross income under section 529(c)(3)(A) for such taxable 

year but for such treatment.’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to distributions made after December 31, 2018. 

TITLE IV—REVENUE PROVISIONS 

SEC. 401. MODIFICATION OF REQUIRED DISTRIBUTION RULES FOR 

DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES. 

(a) MODIFICATION OF RULES WHERE EMPLOYEE DIES BEFORE

ENTIRE DISTRIBUTION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 

new subparagraph: 

‘‘(H) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN DEFINED CONTRIBU- TION PLANS.—In the case of a defined contribution plan, 

if an employee dies before the distribution of the employee’s 

entire interest— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of a beneficiary who is not a designated beneficiary, subparagraph (B)(ii)— 

‘‘(I) shall be applied by substituting ‘10 years’ 

for ‘5 years’, and 

‘‘(II) shall apply whether or not distributions 

of the employee’s interests have begun in accordance with subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION FOR ELIGIBLE DESIGNATED BENE- FICIARIES.—Subparagraph (B)(iii) shall apply only in 

the case of an eligible designated beneficiary. 

‘‘(iii) RULES UPON DEATH OF ELIGIBLE DESIGNATED

BENEFICIARY.—If an eligible designated beneficiary dies 

before the portion of the employee’s interest to which 

this subparagraph applies is entirely distributed, the 

exception under clause (ii) shall not apply to any beneficiary of such eligible designated beneficiary and the 

remainder of such portion shall be distributed within 

10 years after the death of such eligible designated 

beneficiary. 
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‘‘(iv) SPECIAL RULE IN CASE OF CERTAIN TRUSTS

FOR DISABLED OR CHRONICALLY ILL BENEFICIARIES.— 

In the case of an applicable multi-beneficiary trust, 

if under the terms of the trust— 

‘‘(I) it is to be divided immediately upon the 

death of the employee into separate trusts for each 

beneficiary, or 

‘‘(II) no individual (other than a eligible designated beneficiary described in subclause (III) or 

(IV) of subparagraph (E)(ii)) has any right to the 

employee’s interest in the plan until the death 

of all such eligible designated beneficiaries with 

respect to the trust, 

for purposes of a trust described in subclause (I), clause 

(ii) shall be applied separately with respect to the 

portion of the employee’s interest that is payable to 

any eligible designated beneficiary described in subclause (III) or (IV) of subparagraph (E)(ii); and, for 

purposes of a trust described in subclause (II), subparagraph (B)(iii) shall apply to the distribution of the 

employee’s interest and any beneficiary who is not 

such an eligible designated beneficiary shall be treated 

as a beneficiary of the eligible designated beneficiary 

upon the death of such eligible designated beneficiary. 

‘‘(v) APPLICABLE MULTI-BENEFICIARY TRUST.—For 

purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘applicable 

multi-beneficiary trust’ means a trust— 

‘‘(I) which has more than one beneficiary, 

‘‘(II) all of the beneficiaries of which are 

treated as designated beneficiaries for purposes 

of determining the distribution period pursuant 

to this paragraph, and 

‘‘(III) at least one of the beneficiaries of which 

is an eligible designated beneficiary described in 

subclause (III) or (IV) of subparagraph (E)(ii). 

‘‘(vi) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLANS.—For purposes of applying the provisions 

of this subparagraph in determining amounts required 

to be distributed pursuant to this paragraph, all 

eligible retirement plans (as defined in section 

402(c)(8)(B), other than a defined benefit plan described 

in clause (iv) or (v) thereof or a qualified trust which 

is a part of a defined benefit plan) shall be treated 

as a defined contribution plan.’’. 

(2) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.— 

Section 401(a)(9)(E) of such Code is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS AND RULES RELATING TO DESIGNATED

BENEFICIARIES.—For purposes of this paragraph— 

‘‘(i) DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.—The term ‘designated beneficiary’ means any individual designated 

as a beneficiary by the employee. 

‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.—The term 

‘eligible designated beneficiary’ means, with respect 

to any employee, any designated beneficiary who is— 

‘‘(I) the surviving spouse of the employee, 
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‘‘(II) subject to clause (iii), a child of the 

employee who has not reached majority (within 

the meaning of subparagraph (F)), 

‘‘(III) disabled (within the meaning of section 

72(m)(7)), 

‘‘(IV) a chronically ill individual (within the 

meaning of section 7702B(c)(2), except that the 

requirements of subparagraph (A)(i) thereof shall 

only be treated as met if there is a certification 

that, as of such date, the period of inability 

described in such subparagraph with respect to 

the individual is an indefinite one which is reasonably expected to be lengthy in nature), or 

‘‘(V) an individual not described in any of the 

preceding subclauses who is not more than 10 

years younger than the employee. 

The determination of whether a designated beneficiary 

is an eligible designated beneficiary shall be made 

as of the date of death of the employee. 

‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULE FOR CHILDREN.—Subject to 

subparagraph (F), an individual described in clause 

(ii)(II) shall cease to be an eligible designated beneficiary as of the date the individual reaches majority 

and any remainder of the portion of the individual’s 

interest to which subparagraph (H)(ii) applies shall 

be distributed within 10 years after such date.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this subsection, 

the amendments made by this section shall apply to distributions with respect to employees who die after December 31, 

2019. 

(2) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EXCEPTION.—In the case of 

a plan maintained pursuant to 1 or more collective bargaining 

agreements between employee representatives and 1 or more 

employers ratified before the date of enactment of this Act, 

the amendments made by this section shall apply to distributions with respect to employees who die in calendar years 

beginning after the earlier of— 

(A) the later of— 

(i) the date on which the last of such collective 

bargaining agreements terminates (determined without 

regard to any extension thereof agreed to on or after 

the date of the enactment of this Act), or 

(ii) December 31, 2019, or 

(B) December 31, 2021. 

For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), any plan amendment made 

pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement relating to the 

plan which amends the plan solely to conform to any requirement added by this section shall not be treated as a termination 

of such collective bargaining agreement. 

(3) GOVERNMENTAL PLANS.—In the case of a governmental 

plan (as defined in section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986), paragraph (1) shall be applied by substituting 

‘‘December 31, 2021’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 

(4) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN EXISTING ANNUITY CONTRACTS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section shall not apply to a qualified annuity which is a 

binding annuity contract in effect on the date of enactment 

of this Act and at all times thereafter. 

(B) QUALIFIED ANNUITY.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘qualified annuity’’ means, with respect 

to an employee, an annuity— 

(i) which is a commercial annuity (as defined in 

section 3405(e)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986); 

(ii) under which the annuity payments are made 

over the life of the employee or over the joint lives 

of such employee and a designated beneficiary (or over 

a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of 

such employee or the joint life expectancy of such 

employee and a designated beneficiary) in accordance 

with the regulations described in section 401(a)(9)(A)(ii) 

of such Code (as in effect before such amendments) 

and which meets the other requirements of section 

401(a)(9) of such Code (as so in effect) with respect 

to such payments; and 

(iii) with respect to which— 

(I) annuity payments to the employee have 

begun before the date of enactment of this Act, 

and the employee has made an irrevocable election 

before such date as to the method and amount 

of the annuity payments to the employee or any 

designated beneficiaries; or 

(II) if subclause (I) does not apply, the 

employee has made an irrevocable election before 

the date of enactment of this Act as to the method 

and amount of the annuity payments to the 

employee or any designated beneficiaries. 

(5) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—If an employee dies before the effective date, then, in applying the amendments made by this 

section to such employee’s designated beneficiary who dies 

after such date— 

(i) such amendments shall apply to any beneficiary 

of such designated beneficiary; and 

(ii) the designated beneficiary shall be treated as 

an eligible designated beneficiary for purposes of 

applying section 401(a)(9)(H)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect after such amendments). 

(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—For purposes of this paragraph, 

the term ‘‘effective date’’ means the first day of the first 

calendar year to which the amendments made by this 

section apply to a plan with respect to employees dying 

on or after such date. 

SEC. 402. INCREASE IN PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO FILE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 6651 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

striking ‘‘$330’’ and inserting ‘‘$435’’. 

(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 6651(j)(1) of such Code 

is amended by striking ‘‘$330’’ and inserting ‘‘$435’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to returns the due date for which (including extensions) 

is after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 403. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO FILE RETIREMENT 

PLAN RETURNS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 6652 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$25’’ and inserting ‘‘$250’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘$15,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 

(b) ANNUAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND NOTIFICATION OF

CHANGES.—Subsection (d) of section 6652 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$1’’ both places it appears in paragraphs 

(1) and (2) and inserting ‘‘$10’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting 

‘‘$50,000’’; and 

(3) by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting 

‘‘$10,000’’. 

(c) FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE.—Subsection (h) of section 

6652 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$10’’ and inserting ‘‘$100’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000’’. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to returns, statements, and notifications required to 

be filed, and notices required to be provided, after December 31, 

2019. 

SEC. 404. INCREASE INFORMATION SHARING TO ADMINISTER EXCISE 

TAXES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6103(o) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(3) TAXES IMPOSED BY SECTION 4481.—Returns and return 

information with respect to taxes imposed by section 4481 

shall be open to inspection by or disclosure to officers and 

employees of United States Customs and Border Protection 

of the Department of Homeland Security whose official duties 

require such inspection or disclosure for purposes of administering such section.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Paragraph (4) of section 

6103(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

‘‘or (o)(1)(A)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘, (o)(1)(A), or 

(o)(3)’’. 

TITLE V—TAX RELIEF FOR CERTAIN 

CHILDREN 

SEC. 501. MODIFICATION OF RULES RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF 

UNEARNED INCOME OF CERTAIN CHILDREN. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(j) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph (4). 

(b) COORDINATION WITH ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.—Section 

55(d)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i)(II), by striking the period 
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at the end of clause (ii)(III) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding 

at the end the following new clause: 

‘‘(iii) subsection (j) of section 59 shall not apply.’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 

to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

(2) COORDINATION WITH ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.—The 

amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to taxable years 

beginning after December 31, 2017. 

(3) ELECTIVE RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—A taxpayer may 

elect (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of 

the Treasury (or the Secretary’s designee) may provide) for 

the amendment made by subsection (a) to also apply to taxable 

years of the taxpayer which begin in 2018, 2019, or both (as 

specified by the taxpayer in such election). 

TITLE VI—ADMINISTRATIVE 

PROVISIONS 

SEC. 601. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PLAN AMENDMENTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—If this section applies to any retirement plan 

or contract amendment— 

(1) such retirement plan or contract shall be treated as 

being operated in accordance with the terms of the plan during 

the period described in subsection (b)(2)(A); and 

(2) except as provided by the Secretary of the Treasury 

(or the Secretary’s delegate), such retirement plan shall not 

fail to meet the requirements of section 411(d)(6) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 and section 204(g) of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 by reason of such 

amendment. 

(b) AMENDMENTS TO WHICH SECTION APPLIES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall apply to any amendment to any retirement plan or annuity contract which is 

made— 

(A) pursuant to any amendment made by this Act 

or pursuant to any regulation issued by the Secretary 

of the Treasury or the Secretary of Labor (or a delegate 

of either such Secretary) under this Act; and 

(B) on or before the last day of the first plan year 

beginning on or after January 1, 2022, or such later date 

as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. 

In the case of a governmental plan (as defined in section 

414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or an applicable 

collectively bargained plan in the case of section 401 (and 

the amendments made thereby), this paragraph shall be applied 

by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’. For purposes of the preceding 

sentence, the term ‘‘applicable collectively bargained plan’’ 

means a plan maintained pursuant to 1 or more collective 

bargaining agreements between employee representatives and 

1 or more employers ratified before the date of enactment 

of this Act. 

(2) CONDITIONS.—This section shall not apply to any 

amendment unless— 

(A) during the period— 
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(i) beginning on the date the legislative or regulatory amendment described in paragraph (1)(A) takes 

effect (or in the case of a plan or contract amendment 

not required by such legislative or regulatory amendment, the effective date specified by the plan); and 

(ii) ending on the date described in paragraph 

(1)(B) (as modified by the second sentence of paragraph 

(1)) (or, if earlier, the date the plan or contract amendment is adopted), 

the plan or contract is operated as if such plan or contract 

amendment were in effect; and 

(B) such plan or contract amendment applies retroactively for such period. 

DIVISION P—OTHER MATTER 

TITLE I—PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY 

IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM 

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Platte River Recovery 

Implementation Program Extension Act’’. 

SEC. 102. PURPOSE. 

The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Secretary of the 

Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation and in 

partnership with the States, other Federal agencies, and other 

non-Federal entities, to continue the cooperative effort among the 

Federal and non-Federal entities through the continued 

implementation of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program First Increment Extension for threatened and endangered 

species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin without creating Federal water rights or requiring the grant of water rights 

to Federal entities. 

SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ means the Platte 

River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement entered into by the Governors of the States and the 

Secretary, including an amendment or addendum to the Agreement to extend the Program. 

(2) FIRST INCREMENT.—The term ‘‘First Increment’’ means 

the Program’s first 13 years from January 1, 2007 through 

December 31, 2019. 

(3) FIRST INCREMENT EXTENSION.—The term ‘‘First Increment Extension’’ means the extension of the Program for 13 

years from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2032. 

(4) GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Governance Committee’’ means the governance committee established under 

the Agreement and composed of members from the States, 

the Federal Government, environmental interests, and water 

users. 

(5) INTEREST IN LAND OR WATER.—The term ‘‘interest in 

land or water’’ includes fee title, short- or long-term easement, 

lease, or other contractual arrangement that is determined 
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to be necessary by the Secretary to implement the land and 

water components of the Program. 

(6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the Platte River 

Recovery Implementation Program established under the 

Agreement and continued under an amendment or addendum 

to the Agreement. 

(7) PROJECT OR ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘project or activity’’ 

means— 

(A) the planning, design, permitting, or other compliance activity, construction, construction management, operation, maintenance, and replacement of a facility; 

(B) the acquisition of an interest in land or water; 

(C) habitat restoration; 

(D) research and monitoring; 

(E) program administration; and 

(F) any other activity that is determined to be necessary by the Secretary to carry out the Program. 

(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation. 

(9) STATES.—The term ‘‘States’’ means the States of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. 

SEC. 104. PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. 

(a) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the 

Governance Committee, may— 

(A) participate in the Program; and 

(B) carry out any projects and activities that are designated for implementation during the First Increment 

Extension. 

(2) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.—For the purposes of 

carrying out this section, the Secretary, in cooperation with 

the Governance Committee, may— 

(A) enter into agreements and contracts with Federal 

and non-Federal entities; 

(B) acquire interests in land, water, and facilities from 

willing sellers without the use of eminent domain; 

(C) subsequently transfer any interests acquired under 

subparagraph (B); and 

(D) accept or provide grants. 

(b) COST-SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—As provided in the Agreement, the States 

shall contribute not less than 50 percent of the total contributions necessary to carry out the Program. 

(2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—The following contributions shall constitute the States’ share of the Program: (A) An additional $28,000,000 in non-Federal funds, 

with the balance of funds remaining to be contributed 

to be adjusted for inflation on October 1 of the year after 

the date of enactment of this Act and each October 1 

thereafter. 

(B) Additional credit for contributions of water or land 

for the purposes of implementing the Program, as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary. 

(3) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary or the States 

may elect to provide a portion of the Federal share or non- 
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Federal share, respectively, in the form of in-kind goods or 

services, if the contribution of goods or services is approved 

by the Governance Committee, as provided in Attachment 1 

of the Agreement. 

(c) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY PROGRAM.—The Program may be 

modified or amended before the completion of the First Increment 

Extension if the Secretary and the States determine that the modifications are consistent with the purposes of the Program. 

(d) EFFECT.— 

(1) EFFECT ON RECLAMATION LAWS.—No action carried out 

under this section shall, with respect to the acreage limitation 

provisions of the reclamation laws— 

(A) be considered in determining whether a district 

(as the term is defined in section 202 of the Reclamation 

Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390bb)) has discharged 

the obligation of the district to repay the construction cost 

of project facilities used to make irrigation water available 

for delivery to land in the district; 

(B) serve as the basis for reinstating acreage limitation 

provisions in a district that has completed payment of 

the construction obligations of the district; or 

(C) serve as the basis for increasing the construction 

repayment obligation of the district, which would extend 

the period during which the acreage limitation provisions 

would apply. 

(2) EFFECT ON WATER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this section— 

(A) creates Federal water rights; or 

(B) requires the grant of water rights to Federal entities. 

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

to carry out projects and activities under this section an additional $78,000,000 as adjusted under paragraph (3). 

(2) NONREIMBURSABLE FEDERAL EXPENDITURES.—Any 

amounts to be expended under paragraph (1) shall be considered nonreimbursable Federal expenditures. 

(3) ADJUSTMENT.—The balance of funds remaining to be 

expended shall be adjusted for inflation on October 1 of the 

year after the date of enactment of this Act and each October 

1 thereafter. 

(4) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—At the end of each fiscal year, 

any unexpended funds for projects and activities made available 

under paragraph (1) shall be retained for use in future fiscal 

years to implement projects and activities under the Program. 

Any unexpended funds appropriated during the First Increment 

shall be retained and carried over from the First Increment 

into the First Increment Extension. 

(f) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority for the Secretary to implement the First Increment Extension shall terminate 

on September 30, 2033. 

TITLE II—GREAT LAKES 

SEC. 201. GREAT LAKES MONITORING, ASSESSMENT, SCIENCE, AND 

RESEARCH. 

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director 

of the United States Geological Survey. 

(2) GREAT LAKES BASIN.—The term ‘‘Great Lakes Basin’’ 

means the air, land, water, and living organisms in the United 

States within the drainage basin of the Saint Lawrence River 

at and upstream from the point at which such river and the 

Great Lakes become the international boundary between 

Canada and the United States. 

(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(1) The Great Lakes support a diverse ecosystem, on which 

the vibrant and economically valuable Great Lakes fisheries 

depend. 

(2) To continue successful fisheries management and 

coordination, as has occurred since signing of the Convention 

on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States and 

Canada on September 10, 1954, management of the ecosystem 

and its fisheries require sound, reliable science, and the use 

of modern scientific technologies. 

(3) Fisheries research is necessary to support multi-jurisdictional fishery management decisions and actions regarding recreational and sport fishing, commercial fisheries, tribal harvest, 

allocation decisions, and fish stocking activities. 

(4) President Richard Nixon submitted, and the Congress 

approved, Reorganization Plan No. 4 (84 Stat. 2090), conferring 

science activities and management of marine fisheries to the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

(5) Reorganization Plan No. 4 expressly excluded fishery 

research activities within the Great Lakes from the transfer, 

retaining management and scientific research duties within 

the already-established jurisdictions under the 1954 Convention 

on Great Lakes Fisheries, including those of the Great Lakes 

Fishery Commission and the Department of the Interior. 

(c) MONITORING, ASSESSMENT, SCIENCE, AND RESEARCH.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may conduct monitoring, 

assessment, science, and research, in support of the binational 

fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin. 

(2) SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES.—The Director shall, under paragraph (1)— 

(A) execute a comprehensive, multi-lake, freshwater 

fisheries science program; 

(B) coordinate with and work cooperatively with 

regional, State, tribal, and local governments; and 

(C) consult with other interested entities groups, 

including academia and relevant Canadian agencies. 

(3) INCLUDED RESEARCH.—To properly serve the needs of 

fisheries managers, monitoring, assessment, science, and 

research under this section may include— 

(A) deepwater ecosystem sciences; 

(B) biological and food-web components; 

(C) fish movement and behavior investigations; 

(D) fish population structures; 

(E) fish habitat investigations; 

(F) invasive species science; 

(G) use of existing, new, and experimental biological 

assessment tools, equipment, vessels, other scientific 

instrumentation and laboratory capabilities necessary to 

support fishery management decisions; and 
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(H) studies to assess impacts on Great Lakes Fishery 

resources. 

(4) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section is intended 

or shall be construed to impede, supersede, or alter the 

authority of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, States, and 

Indian tribes under the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries 

between the United States of America and Canada on September 10, 1954, and the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 

(16 U.S.C. 931 et seq.). 

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each of fiscal 

years 2021 through 2025, there is authorized to be appropriated 

$15,000,000 to carry out this section. 

TITLE III—MORRIS K. UDALL AND 

STEWART L. UDALL FOUNDATION 

SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds the following: 

(1) Since 1999, the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 

Foundation (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Foundation’’) has 

operated the Parks in Focus program to provide opportunities 

for the youth of the United States to learn about and experience 

the Nation’s parks and wilderness, and other outdoor areas. 

(2) Since 2001, the Foundation has conducted research 

and provided education and training to Native American and 

Alaska Native professionals and leaders on Native American 

and Alaska Native health care issues and tribal public policy 

through the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy. 

(3) The Foundation is committed to continuing to make 

a substantial contribution toward public policy in the future 

by— 

(A) playing a significant role in developing the next 

generation of environmental, public health, public lands, 

natural resource, and Native American leaders; and 

(B) working with current leaders to improve collaboration and decision-making on challenging environmental, 

energy, public health, and related economic problems and 

tribal governance and economic development issues. 

SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart 

L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Udall Center for 

Studies in Public Policy established at the University of Arizona 

in 1987’’ and inserting ‘‘the Udall Center for Studies in Public 

Policy established in 1987 at the University of Arizona, and 

includes the Native Nations Institute’’; 

(2) by striking paragraph (6); 

(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5), (8), and 

(9) as paragraphs (4) through (6), (11), and (12), respectively; 

(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 

‘‘(3) the term ‘collaboration’ means to work in partnership 

with other entities for the purpose of— 

‘‘(A) resolving disputes; 
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‘‘(B) addressing issues that may cause or result in 

disputes; or 

‘‘(C) streamlining and enhancing Federal, State, or 

tribal environmental and natural resource decision-making 

processes or procedures that may result in a dispute or 

conflict;’’; 

(5) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘section 1201(a)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 101(a)’’; 

(6) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: 

‘‘(8) the term ‘National Center’ means the John S. McCain 

III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution 

established pursuant to section 7(a)(1)(B);’’; and 

(7) by inserting after paragraph (8), as added by paragraph 

(6), the following: 

‘‘(9) the term ‘Nation’s parks and wilderness’ means units 

of the National Park System and components of the National 

Wilderness Preservation System; 

‘‘(10) the term ‘Native Nations Institute’ means the Native 

Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy 

established at the University of Arizona in 2001;’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(5)(B) of the Morris 

K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 

5601(5)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘the United States Institute 

for Environmental Conflict Resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘the National 

Center (previously known as the United States Institute for 

Environmental Conflict Resolution)’’. 

(c) REFERENCES TO UNITED STATES INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRON- MENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION.—Any reference to the United States 

Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution in any Federal law, 

Executive Order, rule, delegation of authority, or document shall 

be construed to refer to the John S. McCain III National Center 

for Environmental Conflict Resolution established under section 

7(a)(1)(B) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 

Act (20 U.S.C. 5605(a)(1)(B)). 

SEC. 303. ESTABLISHMENT OF MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L. 

UDALL FOUNDATION. 

Section 5(e) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 

Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5603(e)) is amended by striking 

‘‘Arizona.’’ and inserting ‘‘Arizona and the District of Columbia.’’. 

SEC. 304. PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION. 

Section 6 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5604) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘establish a Program for 

Environmental Policy Research and Environmental Conflict 

Resolution and Training at the Center’’ and inserting ‘‘establish 

a program for environmental policy research at the Center 

and a program for environmental conflict resolution and 

training at the National Center’’; 

(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, natural resource, conflict resolution,’’ after ‘‘environmental’’; 

(3) in paragraph (7)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘at the Native Nations Institute’’ after 

‘‘develop resources’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘providing education to and’’ after 

‘‘policy, by’’; and 

(4) in paragraph (8)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘John S. McCain 

III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘resolve environmental’’ and inserting 

‘‘resolve environmental issues, conflicts, and’’. 

SEC. 305. AUTHORITY OF THE FOUNDATION. 

Section 7 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5605) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (C) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) GENERAL PROGRAMMING AUTHORITY.—The Foundation is authorized to identify and conduct, directly or by 

contract, such programs, activities, and services as the 

Foundation considers appropriate to carry out the purposes 

described in section 6, which may include— 

‘‘(i) awarding scholarships, fellowships, internships, and grants, by national competition, to eligible 

individuals, as determined by the Foundation and in 

accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), for study 

in fields related to the environment or Native American 

and Alaska Native health care and tribal policy; 

‘‘(ii) funding the Center to carry out and manage 

other programs, activities, and services; and 

‘‘(iii) other education programs that the Board 

determines are consistent with the purposes for which 

the Foundation is established.’’; 

(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (B); and 

(iii) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated— 

(I) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 

‘‘INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION’’ and inserting ‘‘JOHN S. MCCAIN III

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT

RESOLUTION’’; 

(II) in clause (i)— 

(aa) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘United 

States Institute for Environmental Conflict 

Resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘John S. McCain III 

National Center for Environmental Conflict 

Resolution’’; and 

(bb) in subclause (II)— 

(AA) by inserting ‘‘collaboration,’’ after 

‘‘mediation,’’; and 

(BB) by striking ‘‘to resolve environmental disputes.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘to resolve— 

‘‘(aa) environmental disputes; and 

‘‘(bb) Federal, State, or tribal environmental or natural resource decision-making 

processes or procedures that may result in 

a dispute or conflict that may cause or result 

in disputes.’’; and 
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(III) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘collaboration,’’ 

after ‘‘mediation,’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (5); 

(C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; 

(D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: 

‘‘(5) PARKS IN FOCUS.—The Foundation shall— 

‘‘(A) identify and invite the participation of youth 

throughout the United States to enjoy the Nation’s parks 

and wilderness and other outdoor areas, in an education 

program intended to carry out the purpose of paragraphs 

(1) and (2) of section 6; and 

‘‘(B) provide training and education programs and 

activities to teach Federal employees, natural resource 

professionals, elementary and secondary school educators, 

and others to work with youth to promote the use and 

enjoyment of the Nation’s parks and wilderness and other 

outdoor areas. 

‘‘(6) SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.—The Foundation shall assist in 

the development and implementation of programs at the 

Center— 

‘‘(A) to provide for an annual meeting of experts to 

discuss contemporary environmental issues; 

‘‘(B) to conduct environmental policy research; and 

‘‘(C) to promote dialogue with visiting policymakers 

on environmental, natural resource, and public lands 

issues.’’; 

(E) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by subparagraph 

(C), by striking ‘‘Morris K. Udall’s papers’’ and inserting 

‘‘the papers of Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall’’; 

and 

(F) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(9) NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE.—The Foundation shall provide direct or indirect assistance to the Native Nations Institute 

from the annual appropriations to the Trust Fund in such 

amounts as Congress may direct to conduct research and provide education and training to Native American and Alaska 

Native professionals and leaders on Native American and 

Alaska Native health care issues and tribal public policy issues 

as provided in section 6(7).’’; 

(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(c) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation shall determine the priority of the programs to be carried out under this Act and 

the amount of funds to be allocated for such programs from 

the funds earned annually from the interest derived from the 

investment of the Trust Fund, subject to paragraph (2). 

‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—In determining the amount of funds 

to be allocated for programs carried out under this Act for 

a year— 

‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent of such annual interest 

earnings shall be utilized for the programs set forth in 

paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (a); 

‘‘(B) not more than 17.5 percent of such annual interest 

earnings shall be allocated for salaries and other administrative purposes; and 
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‘‘(C) not less than 20 percent of such annual interest 

earnings shall be appropriated to the Center for activities 

under paragraphs (7) and (8) of subsection (a).’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) DONATIONS.—Any funds received by the Foundation in 

the form of donations or grants, as well as any unexpended earnings 

on interest from the Trust Fund that is carried forward from 

prior years— 

‘‘(1) shall not be included in the calculation of the funds 

available for allocations pursuant to subsection (c); and 

‘‘(2) shall be available to carry out the provisions of this 

Act as the Board determines to be necessary and appropriate.’’. 

SEC. 306. ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND. 

Section 10(b) of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 

Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5607a(b)) is amended by striking 

‘‘Institute’’ and inserting ‘‘National Center’’. 

SEC. 307. USE OF THE NATIONAL CENTER BY A FEDERAL AGENCY 

OR OTHER ENTITY. 

Section 11 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5607b) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘the institute’’ and 

inserting ‘‘the national center’’; 

(2) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘Institute’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

Center’’; 

(B) by inserting ‘‘collaboration,’’ after ‘‘mediation,’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘resources.’’ and inserting ‘‘resources, 

or with a Federal, State, or tribal process or procedure 

that may result in a dispute or conflict.’’; 

(3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Institute’’ and inserting 

‘‘National Center’’; 

(4) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Institute’’ and 

inserting ‘‘National Center’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ‘‘mediation, 

collaboration, and’’ after ‘‘agree to’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘Institute’’ and 

inserting ‘‘National Center’’; 

(5) in each of paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) of subsection (d), 

by striking ‘‘Institute’’ and inserting ‘‘National Center’’; 

(6) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (e), 

by striking ‘‘Institute’’ and inserting ‘‘National Center’’; and 

(7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Institute’’ and inserting 

‘‘National Center’’. 

SEC. 308. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

Section 12 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5608) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts’’ and inserting ‘‘accept, hold, solicit, 

administer, and utilize donations, grants, and gifts’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘in the District of 

Columbia or its environs’’ and inserting ‘‘in the District 

of Columbia and Tucson, Arizona, or their environs’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, with the exception 

of paragraph (4), apply to the Institute’’ and inserting ‘‘apply 

to the National Center’’. 

SEC. 309. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2004 through 

2008’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2020 through 2023’’. 

SEC. 310. AUDIT OF THE FOUNDATION. 

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior shall 

conduct an audit of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall 

Foundation. 

TITLE IV—WHITE HORSE HILL 

NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE 

SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘White Horse Hill National 

Game Preserve Designation Act’’. 

SEC. 402. DESIGNATION OF WHITE HORSE HILL NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE, NORTH DAKOTA. 

(a) REDESIGNATION.—The first section of the Act of March 3, 

1931 (46 Stat. 1509, chapter 439; 16 U.S.C. 674a), is amended 

by striking ‘‘Sullys Hill National Game Preserve’’ and inserting 

‘‘White Horse Hill National Game Preserve’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the Act of March 

3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1509, chapter 439; 16 U.S.C. 674b), is amended 

by striking ‘‘Sullys Hill National Game Preserve’’ and inserting 

‘‘White Horse Hill National Game Preserve’’. 

(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 

document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Sullys 

Hill National Game Preserve shall be considered to be a reference 

to the ‘‘White Horse Hill National Game Preserve’’. 

TITLE V—PITTMAN-ROBERTSON FUND 

SEC. 501. MODERNIZING THE PITTMAN-ROBERTSON FUND FOR TOMORROW’S NEEDS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing 

the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act’’. 

(b) PURPOSE.—The first section of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669) is amended by adding at the 

end the following: ‘‘One of the purposes of this Act is to provide 

financial and technical assistance to the States for the promotion 

of hunting and recreational shooting.’’. 

(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife 

Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669a) is amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (9) as paragraphs (4) through (11), respectively; and 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 

‘‘(2) for the purposes of determining the number of paid 

hunting-license holders in a State, the term ‘fiscal year’ means 

the fiscal year or license year of the State; 

‘‘(3) the term ‘hunter recruitment and recreational shooter 

recruitment’ means any activity or project to recruit or retain 

hunters and recreational shooters, including by— 

‘‘(A) outreach and communications as a means— 

‘‘(i) to improve communications with hunters, recreational shooters, and the general public with respect 

to hunting and recreational shooting opportunities; 

‘‘(ii) to reduce barriers to participation in these 

activities; 

‘‘(iii) to advance the adoption of sound hunting 

and recreational shooting practices; 

‘‘(iv) to promote conservation and the responsible 

use of the wildlife resources of the United States; and 

‘‘(v) to further safety in hunting and recreational 

shooting; 

‘‘(B) providing education, mentoring, and field demonstrations; 

‘‘(C) enhancing access for hunting and recreational 

shooting, including through range construction; and 

‘‘(D) providing education to the public about the role 

of hunting and recreational shooting in funding wildlife 

conservation;’’. 

(d) APPORTIONMENT OF AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.— 

(1) APPORTIONMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES.—The first subsection (c) of section 4 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is amended— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘APPORTIONMENT OF REVENUES FROM

PISTOLS, REVOLVERS, BOWS, AND ARROWS.—’’ after the enumerator; 

(B) by striking ‘‘One-half’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 1⁄2’’; 

(C) by striking ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and inserting a 

period; 

(D) by striking ‘‘each State shall be apportioned not 

more than 3 per centum and not less than 1 per centum 

of such revenues’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) CONDITION.—The amount apportioned to each State 

under paragraph (1) shall be not greater than 3 percent and 

not less than 1 percent of the revenues described in such 

paragraph’’; 

(E) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(3) POPULATION DETERMINATION.—For the purpose’’; and 

(F) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to other uses authorized 

under this Act, amounts apportioned under this subsection 

may be used for hunter recruitment and recreational shooter 

recruitment.’’. 

(2) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 4 of the PittmanRobertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669c) is 

amended— 

(A) by redesignating the second subsection (c) and subsection (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ in the redesignated 

section 4(e)(3) and replacing it with ‘‘subsection (d), as 

redesignated’’. 

(e) EXPENDITURES FOR MANAGEMENT OF WILDLIFE AREAS AND

RESOURCES.—Section 8 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669g) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), in the third sentence, by striking 

‘‘and public relations’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking 

‘‘, as a part of such program’’. 

(f) FIREARM AND BOW HUNTER EDUCATION AND SAFETY PROGRAM GRANTS.—Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–1(a)(1)(A)) is amended— 

(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(v) the enhancement of hunter recruitment and 

recreational shooter recruitment; and’’. 

(g) MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11 of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669h–2) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘Not more than’’ and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not more than’’; and 

(ii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY FOR HUNTER AND RECREATIONAL

SHOOTER GRANTS.—Not more than $5,000,000 of the revenues covered into the fund from any tax imposed under 

section 4161(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 

a fiscal year shall be available to the Secretary exclusively 

for making hunter recruitment and recreational shooter 

recruitment grants that promote a national hunting and 

shooting sport recruitment program, including related 

communication and outreach activities.’’; 

(B) in the matter preceding subsection (b)(3)(A), by 

striking ‘‘International’’; 

(C) in the matter preceding subsection (c)(2)(A)(i), by 

striking ‘‘International’’; 

(D) in subsection (c)(2)(A)(i), by inserting ‘‘or to recreational shooting activities’’ after ‘‘wildlife’’; and 

(E) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or to recreational 

shooting activities’’ after ‘‘wildlife’’. 

(2) STUDY.—Not later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

shall— 

(A) review and evaluate the effects of the funds made 

available under subparagraph (B) of section 11(a)(1) of 

the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

669h–2(a)(1)) (as added by paragraph (1)(A)(ii)) on funds 

available for wildlife conservation; and 

(B) submit a report describing the results of the review 

and evaluation under paragraph (1) to— 

(i) the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works of the Senate; and 

(ii) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

House of Representatives. 
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TITLE VI—JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER 

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘John F. Kennedy Center 

Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 602. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 

76r), as amended by the Department of the Interior, Environment, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020, is further amended 

by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND SECURITY.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out section 4(a)(1)(H)— 

‘‘(1) $25,690,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

‘‘(2) $27,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

‘‘(3) $28,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

‘‘(4) $29,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

‘‘(5) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 

‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) and (G) of 

section 4(a)(1)— 

‘‘(1) $17,800,000 for fiscal year 2020; 

‘‘(2) $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 

‘‘(3) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 

‘‘(4) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 

‘‘(5) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.’’. 

SEC. 603. COMMEMORATION OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR 

THE PERFORMING ARTS. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (referred 

to in this Act as the ‘‘Center’’)— 

(1) recognize the year 2021 as the 50th anniversary of 

the opening of the Center; 

(2) acknowledge and commemorate the mission of the 

Center as a national center for the performing arts and a 

national memorial to President John F. Kennedy; and 

(3) recognize that the year 2018 is the 60th anniversary 

of the signing of the National Cultural Center Act (now known 

as the ‘‘John F. Kennedy Center Act’’) (20 U.S.C. 76h et seq.), 

signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on September 2, 1958. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR PLAQUE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall place within the Center 

a plaque containing an inscription to commemorate the 60th 

anniversary of the signing of the National Cultural Center 

Act (20 U.S.C. 76h et seq.) by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 

(2) SPECIFICATIONS.—The plaque shall be— 

(A)(i) not less than 6 square feet in size; and 

(ii) not more than 18 square feet in size; 

(B) of any shape that the Trustees of the Center determine to be appropriate; and 

(C) placed at a location within the Center approximate 

to the Eisenhower Theater that the Trustees of the Center 

determine to be appropriate. 

(3) FUNDING.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be used to 

design, procure, or install the plaque. 

(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall not affect the 

payment of salaries, expenses, and benefits otherwise 

authorized by law for members and employees of the Center 

who participate in carrying out this subsection. 

(4) PRIVATE FUNDRAISING AUTHORIZED.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Center may solicit and accept 

private contributions for the design, procurement, and 

installation of the plaque. 

(B) ACCOUNTING.—The Center may— 

(i) establish an account into which any contributions received pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be 

deposited; and 

(ii) maintain documentation of any contributions 

received pursuant to subparagraph (A). 

TITLE VII—PRESERVING AMERICA’S 

BATTLEFIELDS 

SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Preserving America’s Battlefields 

Act’’. 

SEC. 702. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BATTLEFIELD 

ACQUISITION GRANT PROGRAM. 

Section 308103(f) of title 54, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013’’ 

and inserting ‘‘$18,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

2028’’. 

SEC. 703. ESTABLISHMENT OF BATTLEFIELD INTERPRETATION MODERNIZATION GRANT PROGRAM AND BATTLEFIELD RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF BATTLEFIELD GRANT PROGRAMS.— 

Chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding 

at the end the following: 

‘‘§ 308104. Battlefield interpretation modernization grant 

program 

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a battlefield interpretation modernization grant program under which the 

Secretary may provide competitive grants to States, Tribes, local 

governments, and nonprofit organizations for projects and programs 

that deploy technology to modernize battlefield interpretation and 

education. 

‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE SITES.—The Secretary may make grants under 

this section for Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War 

battlefield sites eligible for assistance under the battlefield acquisition grant program established under section 308103(b). 

‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a project 

or program funded through a grant provided under the program 

established under subsection (a) shall be not more than 50 percent 

of the total cost of the applicable project or program. 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants under this 

section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2028. 

‘‘§ 308105. Battlefield restoration grant program 

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a battlefield restoration grant program (referred to in this section as the 

‘program’) under which the Secretary may provide grants to States, 

Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit organizations for projects 

that restore day-of-battle conditions on land preserved under the 

battlefield acquisition grant program established under section 

308103(b). 

‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE SITES.—The Secretary may make grants under 

this section for Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War 

battlefield sites eligible for assistance under the battlefield acquisition grant program established under section 308103(b). 

‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a restoration project funded through a grant provided under the program 

shall be not more than 50 percent of the total cost of the project. 

‘‘(d) RESTORATION STANDARDS.—All restoration work carried 

out through a grant awarded under the program shall be performed 

in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for 

the Treatment of Historic Properties under part 68 of title 36, 

Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 

‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 

to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants under this 

section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2028.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 3081 of 

title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘308104. Battlefield interpretation modernization grant program. 

‘‘308105. Battlefield restoration grant program.’’. 

TITLE VIII—VETERANS AFFAIRS REPORT ON DISABILITY COMPENSATION 

AND THE POSITIVE ASSOCIATION 

WITH EXPOSURE TO AN HERBICIDE 

AGENT 

SEC. 801. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO ADD 

TO THE LIST OF DISEASES FOR WHICH PRESUMPTION 

OF SERVICE-CONNECTION IS WARRANTED FOR PURPOSES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION BY REASON OF 

HAVING POSITIVE ASSOCIATION WITH EXPOSURE TO AN 

HERBICIDE AGENT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 

consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget, shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 

of Representatives a report setting forth the status of any efforts 

of the Secretary to determine whether to promulgate new regulations to add to the list of diseases for which a presumption of 
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service-connection is warranted for purposes of section 1110 of 

title 38, United States Code, by reason of having positive association 

with exposure to an herbicide agent. 

(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 

include the following: 

(1) A detailed explanation of any delays in making a determination described in such subsection. 

(2) An estimate of the cost of adding to the list of diseases 

described in such subsection. 

(3) The date the Secretary anticipates on which the Secretary will promulgate new regulations as described in such 

subsection. 

(c) DEFINITION OF HERBICIDE AGENT.—For purposes of this 

section, the term ‘‘herbicide agent’’ has the meaning given such 

term in section 1116 of title 38, United States Code. 

TITLE IX—DISASTER RECOVERY 

WORKFORCE 

SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Recovery Workforce 

Act’’. 

SEC. 902. CONSTRUCTION WORKER PERMITS. 

Section 6(d)(3) of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolution to approve the ‘Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United 

States of America’, and for other purposes’’ (48 U.S.C. 1806(d)(3)) 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(E) TYPHOON RECOVERY.— 

‘‘(i) PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.—Notwithstanding any numerical cap set forth in subparagraph (B) for each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 

2022, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

increase by 3,000, for each such fiscal year, the total 

number of permits available under this subsection for 

Construction and Extraction Occupations (as defined 

by the Department of Labor as Standard Occupational 

Classification Group 47–0000). 

‘‘(ii) PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may 

only issue a permit made available under clause (i) 

to a prospective employer if the permit is for an alien 

who— 

‘‘(I) is a national of a country designated 

eligible to participate in the program under section 

101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) during calendar year 2018; and 

‘‘(II) is performing service or labor pursuant 

to a contract or subcontract for construction, 

repairs, renovations, or facility services directly 

connected to, or associated with recovery from a 

presidentially declared major disaster or emergency (as those terms are defined in section 102 
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of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), or for 

preparation for a future disaster or emergency. 

‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.— 

Subparagraph (D)(v) shall not apply to a permit made 

available under clause (i) for any fiscal year described 

in such clause.’’. 

TITLE X—TELEVISION VIEWER 

PROTECTION 

SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Television Viewer Protection 

Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 1002. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 325(b) of the Communications Act 

of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2)(C)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘until December 31, 2019,’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘antenna,’’ and all that follows and 

inserting ‘‘antenna under the statutory license of section 

119 of title 17, United States Code;’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘until January 1, 2020,’’ 

each place it appears. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 325(b)(2) of the 

Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(2)) is amended by 

striking ‘‘, the term ‘unserved household’ has the meaning given 

that term under section 119(d) of such title’’. 

SEC. 1003. SATISFACTION OF GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION REQUIREMENT BY MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING 

DISTRIBUTORS. 

(a) SATISFACTION OF GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION REQUIREMENT.—Section 325(b)(3)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 

(47 U.S.C. 325(b)(3)(C)) is amended— 

(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

(2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(vi) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

of the Television Viewer Protection Act of 2019, specify that— 

‘‘(I) a multichannel video programming distributor may 

satisfy its obligation to negotiate in good faith under clause 

(iii) with respect to a negotiation for retransmission consent 

under this section with a large station group by designating 

a qualified MVPD buying group to negotiate on its behalf, 

so long as the qualified MVPD buying group itself negotiates in good faith in accordance with such clause; 

‘‘(II) it is a violation of the obligation to negotiate 

in good faith under clause (iii) for the qualified MVPD 

buying group to disclose the prices, terms, or conditions 

of an ongoing negotiation or the final terms of a negotiation 

to a member of the qualified MVPD buying group that 

is not intending, or is unlikely, to enter into the final 
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terms negotiated by the qualified MVPD buying group; 

and 

‘‘(III) a large station group has an obligation to negotiate in good faith under clause (ii) with respect to a negotiation for retransmission consent under this section with 

a qualified MVPD buying group.’’. 

(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 325(b)(7) of the Communications Act 

of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(7)) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

a semicolon; 

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting a semicolon; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) ‘qualified MVPD buying group’ means an entity that, 

with respect to a negotiation with a large station group for 

retransmission consent under this section— 

‘‘(i) negotiates on behalf of two or more multichannel 

video programming distributors— 

‘‘(I) none of which is a multichannel video programming distributor that serves more than 500,000 subscribers nationally; and 

‘‘(II) that do not collectively serve more than 25 

percent of all households served by a multichannel 

video programming distributor in any single local 

market in which the applicable large station group 

operates; and 

‘‘(ii) negotiates agreements for such retransmission consent— 

‘‘(I) that contain standardized contract provisions, 

including billing structures and technical quality 

standards, for each multichannel video programming 

distributor on behalf of which the entity negotiates; 

and 

‘‘(II) under which the entity assumes liability to 

remit to the applicable large station group all fees 

received from the multichannel video programming 

distributors on behalf of which the entity negotiates; 

‘‘(D) ‘large station group’ means a group of television broadcast stations that— 

‘‘(i) are directly or indirectly under common de jure 

control permitted by the regulations of the Commission; 

‘‘(ii) generally negotiate agreements for retransmission 

consent under this section as a single entity; and 

‘‘(iii) include only television broadcast stations that 

have a national audience reach of more than 20 percent; 

‘‘(E) ‘local market’ has the meaning given such term in 

section 122(j) of title 17, United States Code; and 

‘‘(F) ‘multichannel video programming distributor’ has the 

meaning given such term in section 602.’’. 

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, and the term ‘local 

market’ has the meaning given that term in section 122(j) 

of such title’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 

122(j) of title 17, United States Code)’’ each place it appears. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section, 

and the regulations promulgated by the Federal Communications 

Commission under such amendments, shall not take effect before 

January 1 of the calendar year after the calendar year in which 

this Act is enacted. 

SEC. 1004. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CHARGES FOR COVERED 

SERVICES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of title VI of the Communications 

Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 642. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CHARGES FOR COVERED 

SERVICES. 

‘‘(a) CONSUMER RIGHTS IN SALES.— 

‘‘(1) RIGHT TO TRANSPARENCY.—Before entering into a contract with a consumer for the provision of a covered service, 

a provider of a covered service shall provide the consumer, 

by phone, in person, online, or by other reasonable means, 

the total monthly charge for the covered service, whether 

offered individually or as part of a bundled service, selected 

by the consumer (explicitly noting the amount of any applicable 

promotional discount reflected in such charge and when such 

discount will expire), including any related administrative fees, 

equipment fees, or other charges, a good faith estimate of 

any tax, fee, or charge imposed by the Federal Government 

or a State or local government (whether imposed on the provider 

or imposed on the consumer but collected by the provider), 

and a good faith estimate of any fee or charge that is used 

to recover any other assessment imposed on the provider by 

the Federal Government or a State or local government. 

‘‘(2) RIGHT TO FORMAL NOTICE.—A provider of a covered 

service that enters into a contract described in paragraph (1) 

shall, not later than 24 hours after entering into the contract, 

send the consumer, by email, online link, or other reasonably 

comparable means, a copy of the information described in such 

paragraph. 

‘‘(3) RIGHT TO CANCEL.—A provider of a covered service 

that enters into a contract described in paragraph (1) shall 

permit the consumer to cancel the contract, without paying 

early cancellation fees or other disconnection fees or penalties, 

during the 24-hour period beginning when the provider of the 

covered service sends the copy required by paragraph (2). 

‘‘(b) CONSUMER RIGHTS IN E-BILLING.—If a provider of a covered 

service provides a bill to a consumer in an electronic format, the 

provider shall include in the bill— 

‘‘(1) an itemized statement that breaks down the total 

amount charged for or relating to the provision of the covered 

service by the amount charged for the provision of the service 

itself and the amount of all related taxes, administrative fees, 

equipment fees, or other charges; 

‘‘(2) the termination date of the contract for the provision 

of the covered service entered into between the consumer and 

the provider; and 

‘‘(3) the termination date of any applicable promotional 

discount. 
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‘‘(c) CONSUMER RIGHTS TO ACCURATE EQUIPMENT CHARGES.— 

A provider of a covered service or fixed broadband internet access 

service may not charge a consumer for— 

‘‘(1) using covered equipment provided by the consumer; 

or 

‘‘(2) renting, leasing, or otherwise providing to the consumer 

covered equipment if— 

‘‘(A) the provider has not provided the equipment to 

the consumer; or 

‘‘(B) the consumer has returned the equipment to the 

provider, except to the extent that the charge relates to 

the period beginning on the date when the provider provided the equipment to the consumer and ending on the 

date when the consumer returned the equipment to the 

provider. 

‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.—The term 

‘broadband internet access service’ has the meaning given such 

term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 

or any successor regulation. 

‘‘(2) COVERED EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘covered equipment’ 

means equipment (such as a router) employed on the premises 

of a person (other than a provider of a covered service or 

fixed broadband internet access service) to provide a covered 

service or to provide fixed broadband internet access service. 

‘‘(3) COVERED SERVICE.—The term ‘covered service’ means 

service provided by a multichannel video programming 

distributer, to the extent such distributor is acting as a multichannel video programming distributor.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 642 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall apply 

beginning on the date that is 6 months after the date of the 

enactment of this Act. The Federal Communications Commission 

may grant an additional 6-month extension if the Commission finds 

that good cause exists for such an additional extension. 

TITLE XI—ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE 

SIGNALS UNDER A DISTANT-SIGNAL 

SATELLITE LICENSE 

SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Satellite Television Community 

Protection and Promotion Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 1102. ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SIGNALS UNDER A DISTANTSIGNAL SATELLITE LICENSE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 119 of title 17, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘signals, and’’ and inserting 

‘‘signals,’’; 
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(II) by inserting ‘‘, and the carrier provides 

local-into-local service to all DMAs’’ after 

‘‘receiving the secondary transmission’’; and 

(III) by adding at the end the following new 

sentence: ‘‘Failure to reach an agreement with a 

network station to retransmit the signals of the 

station shall not be construed to affect compliance 

with providing local-into-local service to all DMAs 

if the satellite carrier has the capability to retransmit such signals when an agreement is 

reached.’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

(I) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii); 

(II) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(ii) SHORT MARKETS.—In the case of secondary 

transmissions to households located in short markets, 

subject to clause (i), the statutory license shall be 

further limited to secondary transmissions of only those 

primary transmissions of network stations that embody 

the programming of networks not offered on the primary stream or the multicast stream transmitted by 

any network station in that market.’’; 

(B) by striking paragraphs (3), (6)(E), (9), (10), and 

(13); and 

(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), 

(11), (12), and (14) as paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively; 

(2) in subsection (c)(1)(E)— 

(A) by striking the comma after ‘‘in the agreement’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘until December 31, 2019, or’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘, whichever is later’’ and inserting 

‘‘until the subscriber for which the royalty is payable is 

no longer eligible to receive a secondary transmission 

pursuant to the license under this section’’; 

(3) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (10)— 

(i) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘subsection 

(a)(11)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(8)’’; 

(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and 

(E); 

(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (A); and 

(iv) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) is a subscriber located in a short market.’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (13); 

(C) by redesignating paragraphs (14) and (15) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(15) LOCAL-INTO-LOCAL SERVICE TO ALL DMAS.—The term 

‘local-into-local service to all DMAs’ has the meaning given 

such term in subsection (f)(7). 

‘‘(16) SHORT MARKET.—The term ‘short market’ means a 

local market in which programming of one or more of the 

four most widely viewed television networks nationwide is not 

offered on either the primary stream or multicast stream transmitted by any network station in that market or is temporarily 
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or permanently unavailable as a result of an act of god or 

other force majeure event beyond the control of the carrier.’’; 

(4) by striking subsections (e) and (h); 

(5) in subsection (g)(7), by inserting ‘‘, except for designated 

market areas where the entity is temporarily or permanently 

unable to provide local service as a result of an act of god 

or other force majeure event beyond the control of the entity’’ 

after ‘‘section 122’’; and 

(6) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 

(e) and (f). 

(b) PREVIOUSLY COVERED SUBSCRIBERS UNDER THE STELA 

REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2014.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—A subscriber of a satellite carrier who 

receives the secondary transmission of a network station under 

the statutory license in section 119 of title 17, United States 

Code, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 

of this Act, and to whom subsection (a)(2)(B) of such section, 

as amended by subsection (a), does not apply, shall continue 

to be eligible to receive that secondary transmission from such 

carrier under such license, and at the royalty rate established 

for such license by the Copyright Royalty Board or voluntary 

agreement, as applicable, until the date that is the earlier 

of— 

(A) May 31, 2020; or 

(B) the date on which such carrier provides local-intolocal service to all DMAs. 

(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms ‘‘satellite 

carrier’’, ‘‘subscriber’’, ‘‘secondary transmission’’, ‘‘network station’’, and ‘‘local-into-local service to all DMAs’’ have the 

meaning given those terms in section 119 of title 17, United 

States Code. 

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 17, United States Code, 

is further amended— 

(1) in section 119, as amended by subsection (a)— 

(A) in subsection (a)— 

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (4), 

(5), and (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3), (4), and 

(6)’’; and 

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (4), 

(5), (6), and (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3), (4), 

(5), and (6)’’; and 

(B) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking 

‘‘subsection (a)(7)(B)’’ each place it appears and inserting 

‘‘subsection (a)(5)(B)’’; and 

(2) in section 501(e), by striking ‘‘section 119(a)(5)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 119(a)(3)’’. 

TITLE XII—GROUNDFISH TRAWL 

FISHERY 

SEC. 1201. GROUNDFISH TRAWL FISHERY. 

The Secretary of Commerce shall forgive the interest accrued 

on the Groundfish Trawl fishery sub-loan regarding fishing capacity 

reduction in the West Coast groundfish fishery authorized by section 

212 of division B, title II, of Public Law 108–7 from December 

4, 2003, through September 8, 2005, and the portion of additional 
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interest accrued in the Groundfish Trawl fishery sub-loan since 

September 8, 2005, that is directly attributable to the delay in 

implementing a repayment system. The Secretary of the Treasury 

shall make available, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 

appropriated, such sums necessary for any loan modification under 

this provision. 

TITLE XIII—TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM 

CERTAIN ERISA REQUIREMENTS 

SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Relief from Certain 

ERISA Requirements Act of 2020’’. 

SEC. 1302. EXEMPTION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 408 of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1108) is amended by adding 

at the end the following: 

‘‘(h) PROVISION OF PHARMACY BENEFIT SERVICES.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Provided that all of the conditions 

described in paragraph (2) are met, the restrictions imposed 

by subsections (a), (b)(1), and (b)(2) of section 406 shall not 

apply to— 

‘‘(A) the offering of pharmacy benefit services to a 

group health plan that is sponsored by an entity described 

in section 3(37)(G)(vi) or to any other group health plan 

that is sponsored by a regional council, local union, or 

other labor organization affiliated with such entity; 

‘‘(B) the purchase of pharmacy benefit services by plan 

participants and beneficiaries of a group health plan that 

is sponsored by an entity described in section 3(37)(G)(vi) 

or of any other group health plan that is sponsored by 

a regional council, local union, or other labor organization 

affiliated with such entity; or 

‘‘(C) the operation or implementation of pharmacy benefit services by an entity described in section 3(37)(G)(vi) 

or by any other group health plan that is sponsored by 

a regional council, local union, or other labor organization 

affiliated with such entity, 

in any arrangement where such entity described in section 

3(37)(G)(vi) or any related organization or subsidiary of such 

entity provides pharmacy benefit services that include prior 

authorization and appeals, a retail pharmacy network, pharmacy benefit administration, mail order fulfillment, formulary 

support, manufacturer payments, audits, and specialty pharmacy and goods, to any such group health plan. 

‘‘(2) CONDITIONS.—The conditions described in this paragraph are the following: 

‘‘(A) The terms of the arrangement are at least as 

favorable to the group health plan as such group health 

plan could obtain in a similar arm’s length arrangement 

with an unrelated third party. 

‘‘(B) At least 50 percent of the providers participating 

in the pharmacy benefit services offered by the arrangement are unrelated to the contributing employers or any 
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other party in interest with respect to the group health 

plan. 

‘‘(C) The group health plan retains an independent 

fiduciary who will be responsible for monitoring the group 

health plan’s consultants, contractors, subcontractors, and 

other service providers for purposes of pharmacy benefit 

services described in paragraph (1) offered by such entity 

or any of its related organizations or subsidiaries and monitors the transactions of such entity and any of its related 

organizations or subsidiaries to ensure that all conditions 

of this exemption are satisfied during each plan year. 

‘‘(D) Any decisions regarding the provision of pharmacy 

benefit services described in paragraph (1) are made by 

the group health plan’s independent fiduciary, based on 

objective standards developed by the independent fiduciary 

in reliance on information provided by the arrangement. 

‘‘(E) The independent fiduciary of the group health 

plan provides an annual report to the Secretary and the 

congressional committees of jurisdiction attesting that the 

conditions described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) have 

been met for the applicable plan year, together with a 

statement that use of the arrangement’s services are in 

the best interest of the participants and beneficiaries in 

the aggregate for that plan year compared to other similar 

arrangements the group health plan could have obtained 

in transactions with an unrelated third party. 

‘‘(F) The arrangement is not designed to benefit any 

party in interest with respect to the group health plan. 

‘‘(3) VIOLATIONS.—In the event an entity described in section 3(37)(G)(vi) or any affiliate of such entity violates any 

of the conditions of such exemption, such exemption shall not 

apply with respect to such entity or affiliate and all enforcement 

and claims available under this Act shall apply with respect 

to such entity or affiliate. 

‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 

shall be construed to modify any obligation of a group health 

plan otherwise set forth in this Act. 

‘‘(5) GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—In this subsection, the term 

‘group health plan’ has the meaning given such term in section 

733(a).’’. 

(b) AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—Subsection (c) of section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE FOR PROVISION OF PHARMACY BENEFIT

SERVICES.—Any party to an arrangement which satisfies the 

requirements of section 408(h) of the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974 shall be exempt from the tax 

imposed by this section with respect to such arrangement.’’. 

(c) APPLICABILITY.—With respect to a group health plan subject 

to subsection (h) of section 408 of the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1108) (as amended by subsection 

(a)) and subsection (c) of section 4975 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 (as amended by subsection (b)), beginning at the 

end of the fifth plan year of such group health plan that begins 

after the date of enactment of this Act, such subsection (h) of 

such section 408 and such subsection (c) of such shall have no 

force or effect. 
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TITLE XIV—LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 

SEC. 1401. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Library of Congress Technical 

Corrections Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 1402. AMENDMENT TO AMERICAN FOLKLIFE PRESERVATION ACT. 

Section 4 of the American Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 

2103) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(1)(D)— 

(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 

‘‘seven’’ and inserting ‘‘nine’’; 

(B) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

(C) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end 

and inserting a semicolon; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(viii) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and 

‘‘(ix) the Director of the Institute of Museum and 

Library Services.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (f), by striking the second sentence and 

inserting the following: ‘‘The rate of basic pay of the Director 

shall be fixed in accordance with section 5376(b) of title 5, 

United States Code.’’. 

SEC. 1403. NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PRINT 

DISABLED. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide books 

for the adult blind’’, approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a et 

seq.), is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SECTION 1. NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PRINT 

DISABLED. 

‘‘(a) ACCESSIBLE MATERIALS AND REPRODUCERS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Librarian of Congress is authorized 

to provide to eligible persons who are residents of the United 

States (including residents of the several States, insular possessions, and the District of Columbia) and to eligible persons 

who are United States citizens residing outside the United 

States the following items: 

‘‘(A) Literary works published in raised characters, 

on sound-reproduction recordings, or in any other accessible 

format. 

‘‘(B) Musical scores, instructional texts, and other 

specialized materials used in furthering educational, vocational, and cultural opportunities in the field of music 

published in any accessible format. 

‘‘(C) Reproducers for such formats. 

‘‘(2) OWNERSHIP.—Any item provided under paragraph (1) 

shall be provided on a loan basis and shall remain the property 

of the Library of Congress. 

‘‘(b) LENDING PREFERENCE.—In the lending of items under subsection (a), the Librarian shall at all times give preference to— 

‘‘(1) the needs of the blind and visually disabled; and 

‘‘(2) the needs of eligible persons who have been honorably 

discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States. 
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‘‘(c) NETWORK.—The Librarian of Congress may contract or 

otherwise arrange with such public or other nonprofit libraries, 

agencies, or organizations as the Librarian may determine appropriate to serve as local or regional centers for the circulation of 

items described in subsection (a)(1). 

‘‘(d) INTERNATIONAL SERVICE.—The Librarian of Congress is 

authorized to provide items described in subparagraphs (A) and 

(B) of subsection (a)(1) to authorized entities located in a country 

that is a party to the Marrakesh Treaty, if any such items are 

delivered to authorized entities through online, not physical, means. 

The Librarian may contract or otherwise arrange with such authorized entities to deliver such items to eligible persons located in 

their countries in any accessible format and consistent with section 

121A of title 17, United States Code. 

‘‘(e) CONTRACTING PREFERENCE.—In the purchase and maintenance of items described in subsection (a), the Librarian of Congress, without regard to section 6101 of title 41, United States 

Code, shall give preference to nonprofit institutions or agencies 

whose activities are primarily concerned with the blind and with 

other physically disabled persons, in all cases where, considering 

all the circumstances and needs involved, the Librarian determines 

that the prices submitted are fair and reasonable. 

‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Librarian of Congress shall prescribe 

regulations for services under this section, in consultation with 

eligible persons and authorized entities. Such regulations shall 

include procedures that shall be used by an individual to establish 

that the individual is an eligible person. 

‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

‘‘(1) the terms ‘accessible format’, ‘authorized entity’, and 

‘eligible person’ have the meanings given those terms in section 

121 of title 17, United States Code; and 

‘‘(2) the term ‘Marrakesh Treaty’ has the meaning given 

in section 121A of such title 17. 

‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may 

be necessary.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 

establish in the Library of Congress a library of musical scores 

and other instructional materials to further educational, vocational, 

and cultural opportunities in the field of music for blind persons’’, 

approved October 9, 1962 (2 U.S.C. 135a–1), is repealed. 

SEC. 1404. UNIFORM PAY SCALE FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CAREER 

SENIOR EXECUTIVE POSITIONS. 

(a) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSITIONS.— 

(1) DEPUTY LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.—Paragraph (2) of section 904 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 

136a–2) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be compensated 

at the greater of the rate of pay in effect for level III of 

the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United 

States Code, or the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable 

under section 5376 of such title for positions at agencies with 

a performance appraisal system certified under section 5307(d) 

of such title.’’. 
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(2) DIRECTOR, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE.—The 

second sentence of section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(l)) is amended to read 

as follows: ‘‘The Director shall be compensated at the greater 

of the rate of pay in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule 

under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, or the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable under section 5376 

of such title for positions at agencies with a performance 

appraisal system certified under section 5307(d) of such title.’’. 

(3) REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS.—The first sentence of section 

701(f) of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read 

as follows: ‘‘The Register of Copyrights shall be compensated 

at the greater of the rate of pay in effect for level III of 

the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5 or the 

maximum annual rate of basic pay payable under section 5376 

of such title for positions at agencies with a performance 

appraisal system certified under section 5307(d) of such title.’’. 

(b) REFERENCES TO GS GRADES 16, 17, AND 18 AND SENIOR

LEVEL CLASSIFICATION.— 

(1) CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE.—Section 203(c)(2) 

of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(2)) 

is amended— 

(A) in the second sentence of the matter preceding 

subparagraph (A), by deleting ‘‘subchapter III’’ and all that 

follows through ‘‘such title.’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5376 

of title 5, United States Code.’’; and 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘may be placed 

in GS–16, 17, and 18’’ and all that follows through the 

period at the end and inserting ‘‘may be classified above 

GS–15 in accordance with section 5108(c) of title 5, United 

States Code, and the rate of basic pay for such positions 

may be fixed in accordance with section 5376 of such title, 

subject to the prior approval of the Joint Committee on 

the Library.’’. 

(2) U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE.—Section 701(f) of title 17, 

United States Code, is amended by striking the last sentence 

and inserting ‘‘The rate of basic pay for each Associate Register 

of Copyrights shall be fixed in accordance with section 5376 

of title 5.’’. 

SEC. 1405. STAFFING FOR COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES PROGRAM. 

(a) REMOVAL OF CAP ON PERSONNEL.—Chapter 8 of title 17, 

United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in section 802— 

(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘3’’; and 

(B) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) STAFF MEMBERS.—Staff members appointed under subsection (b) shall be compensated at a rate not more than the 

basic rate of pay payable for level 10 of GS–15 of the General 

Schedule.’’; and 

(2) in section 803(e)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘3’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal 

year thereafter. 
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TITLE XV—SENATE ENTITIES 

SEC. 1501. Section 2(c) of chapter VIII of title I of Public 

Law 100–71 (2 U.S.C. 6567(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ 

and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’. 

SEC. 1502. Section 902 of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 

2002 (2 U.S.C. 6616) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 

inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may enter into 

a memorandum of understanding described in paragraph (1) 

consistent with the Senate Procurement Regulations.’’; and 

(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(b) The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate may incur obligations 

and make expenditures for meals, refreshments, and other support 

and maintenance for Members, officers, and employees of the Senate 

when such obligations and expenditures are necessary to respond 

to emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection 

of property.’’. 

TITLE XVI—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

INSPECTORS GENERAL INDEPENDENCE 

SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Inspectors 

General Independence Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 1602. PAY, LIMITS ON BONUSES, COUNSEL, AND AUTHORITIES. 

(a) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Section 1307 of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘; PAY; 

LIMITS ON BONUSES; COUNSEL’’ after ‘‘REMOVAL’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) REMOVAL OR TRANSFER.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may be 

removed from office, or transferred to another position 

within, or another location of, the Library of Congress, 

by the Librarian of Congress. 

‘‘(B) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days before the 

Librarian of Congress removes or transfers the Inspector 

General under subparagraph (A), the Librarian of Congress 

shall communicate in writing the reason for the removal 

or transfer to— 

‘‘(i) the Committee on House Administration and 

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and 

‘‘(ii) the Committee on Rules and Administration 

and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this paragraph shall 

prohibit a personnel action (except for removal or transfer) 

that is otherwise authorized by law.’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) PAY.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The position of Inspector General 

shall— 

‘‘(i) be classified as a position above GS–15 in 

accordance with section 5108 of title 5, United States 

Code; and 

‘‘(ii) have a rate of basic pay that is not less than 

the average rate of basic pay of all other employees 

in positions classified as above GS–15 of the Library 

of Congress calculated on an annual basis. 

‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Librarian of Congress shall 

establish the amount of the annual adjustment in the 

rate of basic pay for the Inspector General in an amount 

equal to the average of the annual adjustments in the 

rate of basic pay provided to all other employees in positions classified as above GS–15 of the Library of Congress, 

in a manner consistent with section 5376 of title 5, United 

States Code. 

‘‘(4) NO BONUSES.—The Inspector General may not receive 

any cash award or cash bonus, including a cash award under 

chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code. 

‘‘(5) COUNSEL.—The Inspector General shall, in accordance 

with applicable laws and regulations governing selections, 

appointments, and employment at the Library of Congress, 

obtain legal advice from a counsel reporting directly to the 

Inspector General or another Inspector General.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘Sections 4’’ and all 

that follows through ‘‘and 7’’ and inserting ‘‘Sections 4, 5 (other 

than subsection (a)(13)), 6 (other than subsection (a)(7)), and 

7’’. 

(b) OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 1301(c) 

of the Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act of 2007 (2 

U.S.C. 1808(c)) is amended— 

(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘; PAY; LIMITS

ON BONUSES; COUNSEL’’ after ‘‘REMOVAL’’; 

(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) REMOVAL OR TRANSFER.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may be 

removed from office, or transferred to another position 

within, or another location of, the Office of the Architect 

of the Capitol, by the Architect of the Capitol. 

‘‘(B) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days before the 

Architect of the Capitol removes or transfers the Inspector 

General under subparagraph (A), the Architect of the Capitol shall communicate in writing the reason for the removal 

or transfer to— 

‘‘(i) the Committee on House Administration and 

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and 

‘‘(ii) the Committee on Rules and Administration 

and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this paragraph shall 

prohibit a personnel action (except for removal or transfer) 

that is otherwise authorized by law.’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) NO BONUSES.—The Inspector General may not receive 

any cash award or cash bonus, including a cash award under 

chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code. 

‘‘(5) COUNSEL.—The Inspector General shall, in accordance 

with applicable laws and regulations governing selections, 

appointments, and employment at the Office of the Architect 

of the Capitol, obtain legal advice from a counsel reporting 

directly to the Inspector General or another Inspector General.’’. 

(c) GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3902 of title 44, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(A) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘; pay; limits 

on bonuses; counsel’’ after ‘‘removal’’; 

(B) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(b)(1) The Inspector General may be removed from office, or 

transferred to another position within, or another location of, the 

Government Publishing Office, by the Director of the Government 

Publishing Office. 

‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days before the Director removes or 

transfers the Inspector General under paragraph (1), the Director 

shall communicate in writing the reason for the removal or transfer 

to— 

‘‘(A) the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and 

‘‘(B) the Committee on Rules and Administration and the 

Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a personnel action 

(except for removal or transfer) that is otherwise authorized by 

law.’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c)(1) The position of Inspector General shall be— 

‘‘(A) classified as a position as a senior level employee, 

in accordance with this title; and 

‘‘(B) have a rate of basic pay that is not less than the 

average rate of basic pay of all other senior level employees 

of the Government Publishing Office calculated on an annual 

basis. 

‘‘(2) The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall 

establish the amount of the annual adjustment in the rate of 

basic pay for the Inspector General in an amount equal to the 

average of the annual adjustments in the rate of basic pay provided 

to all other senior level employees of the Government Publishing 

Office, consistent with this title. 

‘‘(d) The Inspector General may not receive any cash award 

or cash bonus, including a cash award under chapter 45 of title 

5. 

‘‘(e) The Inspector General shall, in accordance with applicable 

laws and regulations governing selections, appointments, and 

employment at the Government Publishing Office, obtain legal 

advice from a counsel reporting directly to the Inspector General 

or another Inspector General.’’. 
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(2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table 

of sections for chapter 39 of title 44, United States Code, 

is amended by striking the item relating to section 3902 and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘3902. Appointment of Inspector General; supervision; removal; pay; limits on bonuses; counsel.’’. 

SEC. 1603. LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. 

(a) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Section 1307(d) of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185(d)) is amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), any 

supervisory special agent under the Inspector General and 

any special agent supervised by such a supervisory special 

agent is authorized to— 

‘‘(i) make an arrest without a warrant while 

engaged in official duties as authorized under this 

section or any other statute for any offense against 

the United States committed in the presence of such 

supervisory special agent or special agent, or for any 

felony cognizable under the laws of the United States 

if such supervisory special agent or special agent has 

reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be 

arrested has committed or is committing such felony; 

‘‘(ii) seek and execute warrants for arrest, search 

of a premises, or seizure of evidence issued under 

the authority of the United States upon probable cause 

to believe that a violation has been committed; and 

‘‘(iii) carry a firearm while engaged in official 

duties as authorized under this section or any other 

statute. 

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS TO EXERCISE AUTHORITY.— 

‘‘(i) REQUIRED CERTIFICATION.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In order to exercise the 

authority under subparagraph (A), a supervisory 

special agent or a special agent supervised by such 

a supervisory special agent shall certify that he 

or she— 

‘‘(aa) is a citizen of the United States; 

‘‘(bb) has successfully completed a basic 

law enforcement training program or military 

or other equivalent; and 

‘‘(cc) is not prohibited from receiving a 

firearm under Federal law, including under 

section 922(g)(9) of title 18, United States 

Code, because of a conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. 

‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—After providing notice to the appropriate committees of Congress, the Inspector General may add requirements 

to the certification required under subclause (I), 

as determined appropriate by the Inspector General. 

‘‘(ii) MAINTENANCE OF REQUIREMENTS.—The 

Inspector General shall maintain firearms-related 
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requirements (including quarterly firearms qualifications) and use of force training requirements that, 

except to the extent the Inspector General determines 

necessary to effectively carry out the duties of the 

Office of the Inspector General, are in accordance with 

the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency use of force policies, which incorporate 

Department of Justice guidelines. 

‘‘(iii) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 

shall— 

‘‘(aa) determine whether an individual 

meets the requirements under this paragraph; 

and 

‘‘(bb) revoke any authority granted to an 

individual under subparagraph (A) if the individual is not in compliance with the requirements of this paragraph. 

‘‘(II) REAUTHORIZATION.—The Inspector General may reauthorize an individual to exercise the 

authority granted under subparagraph (A) if the 

Inspector General determines the individual has 

achieved compliance with the requirements under 

this paragraph. 

‘‘(III) LIMITATION ON APPEAL.—A revocation of 

the authority granted under subparagraph (A) 

shall not be subject to administrative, judicial, or 

other review, unless the revocation results in an 

adverse action. Such an adverse action may, at 

the election of the applicable individual, be 

reviewed in accordance with the otherwise 

applicable procedures. 

‘‘(C) SEMIANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Before the first grant of 

authority under subparagraph (A), and semiannually 

thereafter as part of the report under section 5 of 

the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 

the Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate 

committees of Congress a written certification that adequate internal safeguards and management procedures 

exist that, except to the extent the Inspector General 

determines necessary to effectively carry out the duties 

of the Office of the Inspector General, are in compliance 

with standards established by the Council of the 

Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, which 

incorporate Department of Justice guidelines, to ensure 

proper exercise of the powers authorized under this 

paragraph. 

‘‘(ii) SUSPENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

granted under this paragraph (including any grant 

of authority to an individual under subparagraph (A), 

without regard to whether the individual is in compliance with subparagraph (B)) may be suspended by 

the Inspector General if the Office of Inspector General 

fails to comply with the reporting and review requirements under clause (i) of this subparagraph or subparagraph (D). Any suspension of authority under this 
H. R. 1865—681 

clause shall be reported to the appropriate committees 

of Congress. 

‘‘(D) PEER REVIEW.—To ensure the proper exercise of 

the law enforcement powers authorized under this paragraph, the Office of Inspector General shall submit to and 

participate in the external review process established by 

the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency for ensuring that adequate internal safeguards 

and management procedures continue to exist. Under the 

review process, the exercise of the law enforcement powers 

by the Office of Inspector General shall be reviewed periodically by another Office of Inspector General or by a committee of Inspectors General. The results of each review 

shall be communicated in writing to the Inspector General, 

the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency, and the appropriate committees of Congress. 

‘‘(E) ALLEGED MISCONDUCT.—Any allegation of misconduct by an individual granted authority under subparagraph (A) may be reviewed by the Integrity Committee 

of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency. 

‘‘(F) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In this 

paragraph, the term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ 

means— 

‘‘(i) the Committee on Rules and Administration 

and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

and 

‘‘(ii) the Committee on House Administration and 

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.’’. 

(b) ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 1301(d) of the 

Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act of 2007 (2 U.S.C. 

1808(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), any 

supervisory special agent under the Inspector General and 

any special agent supervised by such a supervisory special 

agent is authorized to— 

‘‘(i) make an arrest without a warrant while 

engaged in official duties as authorized under this 

section or any other statute for any offense against 

the United States committed in the presence of such 

supervisory special agent or special agent, or for any 

felony cognizable under the laws of the United States 

if such supervisory special agent or special agent has 

reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be 

arrested has committed or is committing such felony; 

‘‘(ii) seek and execute warrants for arrest, search 

of a premises, or seizure of evidence issued under 

the authority of the United States upon probable cause 

to believe that a violation has been committed; and 

‘‘(iii) carry a firearm while engaged in official 

duties as authorized under this section or any other 

statute. 

‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS TO EXERCISE AUTHORITY.— 

‘‘(i) REQUIRED CERTIFICATION.— 
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‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In order to exercise the 

authority under subparagraph (A), a supervisory 

special agent or a special agent supervised by such 

a supervisory special agent shall certify that he 

or she— 

‘‘(aa) is a citizen of the United States; 

‘‘(bb) has successfully completed a basic 

law enforcement training program or military 

or other equivalent; and 

‘‘(cc) is not prohibited from receiving a 

firearm under Federal law, including under 

section 922(g)(9) of title 18, United States 

Code, because of a conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. 

‘‘(II) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—After providing notice to the appropriate committees of Congress, the Inspector General may add requirements 

to the certification required under subclause (I), 

as determined appropriate by the Inspector General. 

‘‘(ii) MAINTENANCE OF REQUIREMENTS.—The 

Inspector General shall maintain firearms-related 

requirements (including quarterly firearms qualifications) and use of force training requirements that, 

except to the extent the Inspector General determines 

necessary to effectively carry out the duties of the 

Office of the Inspector General, are in accordance with 

the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency use of force policies, which incorporate 

Department of Justice guidelines. 

‘‘(iii) ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 

shall— 

‘‘(aa) determine whether an individual 

meets the requirements under this paragraph; 

and 

‘‘(bb) revoke any authority granted to an 

individual under subparagraph (A) if the individual is not in compliance with the requirements of this paragraph. 

‘‘(II) REAUTHORIZATION.—The Inspector General may reauthorize an individual to exercise the 

authority granted under subparagraph (A) if the 

Inspector General determines the individual has 

achieved compliance with the requirements under 

this paragraph. 

‘‘(III) LIMITATION ON APPEAL.—A revocation of 

the authority granted under subparagraph (A) 

shall not be subject to administrative, judicial, or 

other review, unless the revocation results in an 

adverse action. Such an adverse action may, at 

the election of the applicable individual, be 

reviewed in accordance with the otherwise 

applicable procedures. 

‘‘(C) SEMIANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF PROGRAM.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Before the first grant of 

authority under subparagraph (A), and semiannually 
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thereafter as part of the report under section 5 of 

the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 

the Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate 

committees of Congress a written certification that adequate internal safeguards and management procedures 

exist that, except to the extent the Inspector General 

determines necessary to effectively carry out the duties 

of the Office of the Inspector General, are in compliance 

with standards established by the Council of the 

Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, which 

incorporate Department of Justice guidelines, to ensure 

proper exercise of the powers authorized under this 

paragraph. 

‘‘(ii) SUSPENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

granted under this paragraph (including any grant 

of authority to an individual under subparagraph (A), 

without regard to whether the individual is in compliance with subparagraph (B)) may be suspended by 

the Inspector General if the Office of Inspector General 

fails to comply with the reporting and review requirements under clause (i) of this subparagraph or subparagraph (D). Any suspension of authority under this 

clause shall be reported to the appropriate committees 

of Congress. 

‘‘(D) PEER REVIEW.—To ensure the proper exercise of 

the law enforcement powers authorized under this paragraph, the Office of Inspector General shall submit to and 

participate in the external review process established by 

the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency for ensuring that adequate internal safeguards 

and management procedures continue to exist. Under the 

review process, the exercise of the law enforcement powers 

by the Office of Inspector General shall be reviewed periodically by another Office of Inspector General or by a committee of Inspectors General. The results of each review 

shall be communicated in writing to the Inspector General, 

the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency, and the appropriate committees of Congress. 

‘‘(E) ALLEGED MISCONDUCT.—Any allegation of misconduct by an individual granted authority under subparagraph (A) may be reviewed by the Integrity Committee 

of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency. 

‘‘(F) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In this 

paragraph, the term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ 

means— 

‘‘(i) the Committee on Rules and Administration 

and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

and 

‘‘(ii) the Committee on House Administration and 

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.’’. 

(c) GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.—Section 3903 of title 

44, United States Code, is amended is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 
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‘‘(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any supervisory special agent 

under the Inspector General and any special agent supervised by 

such a supervisory special agent is authorized to— 

‘‘(A) make an arrest without a warrant while engaged 

in official duties as authorized under this chapter or any other 

statute for any offense against the United States committed 

in the presence of such supervisory special agent or special 

agent, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United 

States if such supervisory special agent or special agent has 

reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested 

has committed or is committing such felony; 

‘‘(B) seek and execute warrants for arrest, search of a 

premises, or seizure of evidence issued under the authority 

of the United States upon probable cause to believe that a 

violation has been committed; and 

‘‘(C) carry a firearm while engaged in official duties as 

authorized under this chapter or any other statute. 

‘‘(2)(A)(i) In order to exercise the authority under paragraph 

(1), a supervisory special agent or a special agent supervised by 

such a supervisory special agent shall certify that he or she— 

‘‘(I) is a citizen of the United States; 

‘‘(II) has successfully completed a basic law enforcement 

training program or military or other equivalent; and 

‘‘(III) is not prohibited from receiving a firearm under Federal law, including under section 922(g)(9) of title 18, United 

States Code, because of a conviction of a misdemeanor crime 

of domestic violence. 

‘‘(ii) After providing notice to the appropriate committees of 

Congress, the Inspector General may add requirements to the certification required under clause (i), as determined appropriate by 

the Inspector General. 

‘‘(B) The Inspector General shall maintain firearms-related 

requirements (including quarterly firearms qualifications) and use 

of force training requirements that, except to the extent the 

Inspector General determines necessary to effectively carry out 

the duties of the Office of the Inspector General, are in accordance 

with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency use of force policies, which incorporate Department of Justice 

guidelines. 

‘‘(C)(i) The Inspector General shall— 

‘‘(I) determine whether an individual meets the requirements under this subsection; and 

‘‘(II) revoke any authority granted to an individual under 

paragraph (1) if the individual is not in compliance with the 

requirements of this subsection. 

‘‘(ii) The Inspector General may reauthorize an individual to 

exercise the authority granted under paragraph (1) if the Inspector 

General determines the individual has achieved compliance with 

the requirements under this subsection. 

‘‘(iii) A revocation of the authority granted under paragraph 

(1) shall not be subject to administrative, judicial, or other review, 

unless the revocation results in an adverse action. Such an adverse 

action may, at the election of the applicable individual, be reviewed 

in accordance with the otherwise applicable procedures. 

‘‘(3)(A) Before the first grant of authority under paragraph 

(1), and semiannually thereafter as part of the report under section 

5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Inspector 
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General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

a written certification that adequate internal safeguards and 

management procedures exist that, except to the extent the 

Inspector General determines necessary to effectively carry out 

the duties of the Office of the Inspector General, are in compliance 

with standards established by the Council of the Inspectors General 

on Integrity and Efficiency, which incorporate Department of Justice 

guidelines, to ensure proper exercise of the powers authorized under 

this subsection. 

‘‘(B) The authority granted under this subsection (including 

any grant of authority to an individual under paragraph (1), without 

regard to whether the individual is in compliance with paragraph 

(2)) may be suspended by the Inspector General if the Office of 

Inspector General fails to comply with the reporting and review 

requirements under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph or paragraph (4). Any suspension of authority under this subparagraph 

shall be reported to the appropriate committees of Congress. 

‘‘(4) To ensure the proper exercise of the law enforcement 

powers authorized under this subsection, the Office of Inspector 

General shall submit to and participate in the external review 

process established by the Council of the Inspectors General on 

Integrity and Efficiency for ensuring that adequate internal safeguards and management procedures continue to exist. Under the 

review process, the exercise of the law enforcement powers by 

the Office of Inspector General shall be reviewed periodically by 

another Office of Inspector General or by a committee of Inspectors 

General. The results of each review shall be communicated in 

writing to the Inspector General, the Council of the Inspectors 

General on Integrity and Efficiency, and the appropriate committees 

of Congress. 

‘‘(5) Any allegation of misconduct by an individual granted 

authority under paragraph (1) may be reviewed by the Integrity 

Committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity 

and Efficiency. 

‘‘(6) In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate committees of 

Congress’ means— 

‘‘(A) the Committee on Rules and Administration and the 

Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

‘‘(B) the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.’’. 

SEC. 1604. BUDGET INDEPENDENCE. 

(a) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.— 

(1) AUTHORITY.—Section 1307(d) of the Legislative Branch 

Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185(d)), as amended by 

section 1603 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘(4) BUDGET INDEPENDENCE.—The Librarian of Congress 

shall include the annual budget request of the Inspector General in the budget of the Library of Congress without change.’’. 

(b) OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 1301(d) 

of the Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act of 2007 (2 

U.S.C. 1808(d)), as amended by section 1603 of this Act, is amended 

by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) BUDGET INDEPENDENCE.—The Architect of the Capitol 

shall include the annual budget request of the Inspector General in the budget of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

without change.’’. 

(c) GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.—Section 3903 of title 

44, United States Code, as amended by section 1603 of this Act, 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) The Director of the Government Publishing Office shall 

include the annual budget request of the Inspector General in 

the budget of the Government Publishing Office without change.’’. 

(d) SEPARATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

(1) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH INSTRUMENTALITY DEFINED.—In 

this subsection, the term ‘‘legislative branch instrumentality’’ 

means the Library of Congress, the Office of the Architect 

of the Capitol, or the Government Publishing Office. 

(2) ALLOCATION.—For fiscal year 2021, and each fiscal year 

thereafter, Congress shall provide, within the amounts made 

available for salaries and expenses of each legislative branch 

instrumentality, a separate allocation of amounts for salaries 

and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General of the 

covered legislative branch instrumentality. 

SEC. 1605. HIRING AUTHORITY. 

(a) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Section 1307(d)(2) of the Legislative 

Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185(d)(2)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘The Inspector’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector’’; 

(2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by inserting 

‘‘, without the supervision or approval of any other employee, 

office, or other entity within the Library of Congress,’’ after 

‘‘is authorized’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) SECURITY AND SUITABILITY.—Appointments under 

the authority under subparagraph (A) shall be made consistent with personnel security and suitability requirements. 

‘‘(C) CONSULTANTS.—Any appointment of a consultant 

under the authority under subparagraph (A) shall be made 

consistent with section 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General 

Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’. 

(b) OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 

1301(d)(2) of the Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act 

of 2007 (2 U.S.C. 1808(d)(2)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘The Inspector’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector’’; 

(2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by inserting 

‘‘, without the supervision or approval of any other employee, 

office, or other entity within the Office of the Architect of 

the Capitol,’’ after ‘‘is authorized’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(B) SECURITY AND SUITABILITY.—Appointments under 

the authority under subparagraph (A) shall be made consistent with personnel security and suitability requirements. 

‘‘(C) CONSULTANTS.—Any appointment of a consultant 

under the authority under subparagraph (A) shall be made 
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consistent with section 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General 

Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’. 

(c) GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.—Section 3903(b) of title 

44, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Inspector’’; 

(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by inserting ‘‘, without the supervision or approval of any other employee, office, 

or other entity within the Government Publishing Office,’’ after 

‘‘is authorized’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) Appointments under the authority under paragraph (1) 

shall be made consistent with personnel security and suitability 

requirements. 

‘‘(3) Any appointment of a consultant under the authority under 

paragraph (1) shall be made consistent with section 6(a)(8) of the 

Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’. 

TITLE XVII—MANAGING POLITICAL 

FUND ACTIVITY 

SEC. 1701. MANAGING POLITICAL FUND ACTIVITY. 

The Majority Leader and the Minority Leader may each designate up to 2 employees of their respective leadership office staff 

as designees referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 1 

of rule XLI of the Standing Rules of the Senate. 

TITLE XVIII—KENTUCKY WILDLANDS 

NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA STUDY 

SEC. 1801. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Kentucky Wildlands National 

Heritage Area Study Act’’. 

SEC. 1802. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) HERITAGE AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage Area’’ means the 

Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area. 

(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

of the Interior. 

(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Kentucky. 

(4) STUDY AREA.—The term ‘‘study area’’ means— 

(A) Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey, 

Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Elliott, Floyd, Green, Harlan, 

Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, 

Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, 

Menifee, Metcalfe, Monroe, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, 

Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, and 

Wolfe Counties in the State; and 

(B) any other areas in the State that— 

(i) have heritage aspects that are similar to the 

heritage aspects of the areas described in subparagraph 

(A); and 

(ii) are adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, the areas 

described in that subparagraph. 
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SEC. 1803. STUDY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with State 

and local historic preservation officers, State and local historical 

societies, State and local tourism offices, and other appropriate 

organizations and governmental agencies, shall conduct a study 

to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating the study 

area as a National Heritage Area, to be known as the ‘‘Kentucky 

Wildlands National Heritage Area’’. 

(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The study shall include analysis, documentation, and determinations on whether the study area— 

(1) has an assemblage of natural, historic, and cultural 

resources that— 

(A) represent distinctive aspects of the heritage of the 

United States; 

(B) are worthy of recognition, conservation, interpretation, and continuing use; and 

(C) would be best managed— 

(i) through partnerships among public and private 

entities; and 

(ii) by linking diverse and sometimes noncontiguous resources and active communities; 

(2) reflects traditions, customs, beliefs, and folklife that 

are a valuable part of the story of the United States; 

(3) provides outstanding opportunities— 

(A) to conserve natural, historic, cultural, or scenic 

features; and 

(B) for recreation and education; 

(4) contains resources that— 

(A) are important to any identified themes of the study 

area; and 

(B) retain a degree of integrity capable of supporting 

interpretation; 

(5) includes residents, business interests, nonprofit 

organizations, and State and local governments that— 

(A) are involved in the planning of the Heritage Area; 

(B) have developed a conceptual financial plan that 

outlines the roles of all participants in the Heritage Area, 

including the Federal Government; and 

(C) have demonstrated support for the designation of 

the Heritage Area; 

(6) has a potential management entity to work in partnership with the individuals and entities described in paragraph 

(5) to develop the Heritage Area while encouraging State and 

local economic activity; 

(7) could impact the rights of private property owners with 

respect to private property; and 

(8) has a conceptual boundary map that is supported by 

the public. 

SEC. 1804. REPORT. 

Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are 

first made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary shall 

submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

of Representatives a report that describes— 

(1) the findings of the study under section 1803; and 

(2) any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary. 
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TITLE XIX—INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR 

RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 

SEC. 1901. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND 

DEVELOPMENT. 

The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.) 

is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 73. CAPITAL STOCK INCREASES. 

‘‘(a) INCREASES AUTHORIZED.—The United States Governor of 

the Bank is authorized— 

‘‘(1)(A) to vote in favor of a resolution to increase the 

capital stock of the Bank on a selective basis by 245,773 shares; 

and 

‘‘(B) to subscribe on behalf of the United States to 42,298 

additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank, as part 

of the selective increase in the capital stock of the Bank, except 

that any subscription to such additional shares shall be effective 

only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in 

advance in appropriations Acts; and 

‘‘(2)(A) to vote in favor of a resolution to increase the 

capital stock of the Bank on a general basis by 230,500 shares; 

and 

‘‘(B) to subscribe on behalf of the United States to 38,662 

additional shares of the capital stock of the Bank, as part 

of the general increase in the capital stock of the Bank, except 

that any subscription to such additional shares shall be effective 

only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in 

advance in appropriations Acts. 

‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) 

In order to pay for the increase in the United States subscription 

to the Bank under subsection (a)(2)(B), there are authorized to 

be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $4,663,990,370 for 

payment by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

‘‘(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), $932,798,074 shall be for paid in shares of the Bank, 

and $3,731,192,296 shall be for callable shares of the Bank. 

‘‘(3) In order to pay for the increase in the United States 

subscription to the Bank under subsection (a)(1)(B), there are 

authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation 

$5,102,619,230 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

‘‘(4) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (3), $306,157,153.80 shall be for paid in shares of the Bank, 

and $4,796,462,076.20 shall be for callable shares of the Bank.’’. 

TITLE XX—EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY AND DIVERSIFICATION ACT OF 

2019 

SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘European Energy Security 

and Diversification Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2002. DEFINITIONS. 

In this title: 

(1) EARLY-STAGE PROJECT SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘early-stage 

project support’’ includes— 

(A) feasibility studies; 

(B) resource evaluations; 

(C) project appraisal and costing; 

(D) pilot projects; 

(E) commercial support, such as trade missions, reverse 

trade missions, technical workshops, international buyer 

programs, and international partner searchers to link suppliers to projects; 

(F) technical assistance and other guidance to improve 

the local regulatory environment and market frameworks 

to encourage transparent competition and enhance energy 

security; and 

(G) long-term energy sector planning. 

(2) LATE-STAGE PROJECT SUPPORT.—The term ‘‘late-stage 

project support’’ includes debt financing, insurance, and transaction advisory services. 

SEC. 2003. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the United States has economic and national security interests 

in assisting European and Eurasian countries achieve energy security through diversification of their energy sources and supply 

routes. 

(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 

States— 

(1) to advance United States foreign policy and development 

goals by assisting European and Eurasian countries to reduce 

their dependence on energy resources from countries that use 

energy dependence for undue political influence, such as the 

Russian Federation, which has used natural gas to coerce, 

intimidate, and influence other countries; 

(2) to promote the energy security of allies and partners 

of the United States by encouraging the development of accessible, transparent, and competitive energy markets that provide 

diversified sources, types, and routes of energy; 

(3) to encourage United States public and private sector 

investment in European energy infrastructure projects to bridge 

the gap between energy security requirements and commercial 

demand in a way that is consistent with the region’s absorptive 

capacity; and 

(4) to help facilitate the export of United States energy 

resources, technology, and expertise to global markets in a 

way that benefits the energy security of allies and partners 

of the United States, including in Europe and Eurasia. 

SEC. 2004. PRIORITIZATION OF EFFORTS AND ASSISTANCE FOR 

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN EUROPE AND 

EURASIA. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—In pursuing the policy described in section 

2003, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 

of Energy and the heads of other relevant United States agencies, 

shall, as appropriate, prioritize and expedite the efforts of the 

Department of State and those agencies in supporting the efforts 
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of the European Commission and the governments of European 

and Eurasian countries to increase their energy security, including 

through— 

(1) providing diplomatic and political support to the European Commission and those governments, as necessary— 

(A) to facilitate international negotiations concerning 

cross-border infrastructure; 

(B) to enhance Europe’s regulatory environment with 

respect to energy; and 

(C) to develop accessible, transparent, and competitive 

energy markets supplied by diverse sources, types, and 

routes of energy; and 

(2) providing support to improve European and Eurasian 

energy markets, including early-stage project support and latestage project support for the construction or improvement of 

energy and related infrastructure, as necessary— 

(A) to diversify the energy sources and supply routes 

of European and Eurasian countries; 

(B) to enhance energy market integration across the 

region; and 

(C) to increase competition within energy markets. 

(b) PROJECT SELECTION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The agencies described in subsection (a) 

shall identify energy infrastructure projects that would be 

appropriate for United States assistance under this section. 

(2) PROJECT ELIGIBILITY.—A project is eligible for United 

States assistance under this section if the project— 

(A)(i) improves electricity transmission infrastructure, 

power generation through the use of a broad power mix 

(including fossil fuel and renewable energy), or energy efficiency; or 

(ii) advances electricity storage projects, smart grid 

projects, distributed generation models, or other technological innovations, as appropriate; and 

(B) is located in a European or Eurasian country. 

(3) PREFERENCE.—In selecting among projects that are 

eligible under paragraph (2), the agencies described in subsection (a) shall give preference to projects that— 

(A) link the energy systems of 2 or more European 

or Eurasian countries; 

(B) have already been identified by the European 

Commission as being integral for the energy security of 

European countries; 

(C) are expected to enhance energy market integration; 

(D) can attract funding from the private sector, an 

international financial institution, the government of the 

country in which the project will be carried out, or the 

European Commission; or 

(E) have the potential to use United States goods and 

services during project implementation. 

(c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.— (1) DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL SUPPORT.—The Secretary 

of State shall provide diplomatic and political support to the 

European Commission and the governments of European and 

Eurasian countries, as necessary, including by using the diplomatic and political influence and expertise of the Department 

of State to build the capacity of those countries to resolve 
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any impediments to the development of projects selected under 

subsection (b). 

(2) EARLY-STAGE PROJECT SUPPORT.—The Director of the 

Trade and Development Agency shall provide early-stage 

project support with respect to projects selected under subsection (b), as necessary. 

(3) LATE-STAGE PROJECT SUPPORT.—Agencies described in 

subsection (a) that provide late-stage project support shall do 

so with respect to projects selected under subsection (b), as 

necessary. 

(d) FUNDING.— 

(1) TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.—Section 661(f)(1)(A) 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421(f)(1)(A)) 

is amended by striking ‘‘$48,000,000 for fiscal year 2000’’ and 

inserting ‘‘$79,500,000 for fiscal year 2020’’. 

(2) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.—Section 254 

of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia 

Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9543) is amended— 

(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2018 

and 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, 

and 2023’’; and 

(B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 

new paragraph: 

‘‘(7) To assist United States agencies that operate under 

the foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State in providing 

assistance under section 2004 of the European Energy Security 

and Diversification Act of 2019.’’. 

(e) EXCEPTION FROM CERTAIN LIMITATION UNDER BUILD 

ACT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of providing support for 

projects under this section— 

(A) the United States International Development 

Finance Corporation may provide support for projects in 

countries with upper-middle-income economies or highincome economies (as those terms are defined by the World 

Bank); 

(B) the restriction under section 1412(c)(2) of the Better 

Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act 

of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9612(c)(2)) shall not apply; and 

(C) the Corporation shall restrict the provision of such 

support in a country described in subparagraph (A) 

unless— 

(i) the President certifies to the appropriate 

congressional committees that such support furthers 

the national economic or foreign policy interests of 

the United States; and 

(ii) such support is— 

(I) designed to produce significant developmental outcomes or provide developmental benefits 

to the poorest population of that country; or 

(II) necessary to preempt or counter efforts 

by a strategic competitor of the United States to 

secure significant political or economic leverage 

or acquire national security-sensitive technologies 

or infrastructure in a country that is an ally or 

partner of the United States. 
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(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ and ‘‘less developed country’’ 

have the meanings given those terms in section 1402 of the 

Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act 

of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601). 

SEC. 2005. PROGRESS REPORTS. 

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to 

the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 

on progress made in providing assistance for projects under section 

2004 that includes— 

(1) a description of the energy infrastructure projects the 

United States has identified for such assistance; and 

(2) for each such project— 

(A) a description of the role of the United States in 

the project, including in early-stage project support and 

late-stage project support; 

(B) the amount and form of any debt financing and 

insurance provided by the United States Government for 

the project; 

(C) the amount and form of any early-stage project 

support; and 

(D) an update on the progress made on the project 

as of the date of the report. 

DIVISION Q—REVENUE PROVISIONS 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the ‘‘Taxpayer 

Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this division 

is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; etc. 

TITLE I—EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Tax Relief and Support for Families and Individuals 

Sec. 101. Exclusion from gross income of discharge of qualified principal residence 

indebtedness. 

Sec. 102. Treatment of mortgage insurance premiums as qualified residence interest. 

Sec. 103. Reduction in medical expense deduction floor. 

Sec. 104. Deduction of qualified tuition and related expenses. 

Sec. 105. Black lung disability trust fund excise tax. 

Subtitle B—Incentives for Employment, Economic Growth, and Community 

Development 

Sec. 111. Indian employment credit. 

Sec. 112. Railroad track maintenance credit. 

Sec. 113. Mine rescue team training credit. 

Sec. 114. Classification of certain race horses as 3-year property. 

Sec. 115. 7-year recovery period for motorsports entertainment complexes. 

Sec. 116. Accelerated depreciation for business property on Indian reservations. 

Sec. 117. Expensing rules for certain productions. 

Sec. 118. Empowerment zone tax incentives. 

Sec. 119. American Samoa economic development credit. 

Subtitle C—Incentives for Energy Production, Efficiency, and Green Economy Jobs 

Sec. 121. Biodiesel and renewable diesel. 
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Sec. 122. Second generation biofuel producer credit. 

Sec. 123. Nonbusiness energy property. 

Sec. 124. Qualified fuel cell motor vehicles. 

Sec. 125. Alternative fuel refueling property credit. 

Sec. 126. 2-wheeled plug-in electric vehicle credit. 

Sec. 127. Credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources. 

Sec. 128. Production credit for Indian coal facilities. 

Sec. 129. Energy efficient homes credit. 

Sec. 130. Special allowance for second generation biofuel plant property. 

Sec. 131. Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction. 

Sec. 132. Special rule for sales or dispositions to implement FERC or State electric 

restructuring policy for qualified electric utilities. 

Sec. 133. Extension and clarification of excise tax credits relating to alternative 

fuels. 

Sec. 134. Oil spill liability trust fund rate. 

Subtitle D—Certain Provisions Expiring at the End of 2019 

Sec. 141. New markets tax credit. 

Sec. 142. Employer credit for paid family and medical leave. 

Sec. 143. Work opportunity credit. 

Sec. 144. Certain provisions related to beer, wine, and distilled spirits. 

Sec. 145. Look-thru rule for related controlled foreign corporations. 

Sec. 146. Credit for health insurance costs of eligible individuals. 

TITLE II—DISASTER TAX RELIEF 

Sec. 201. Definitions. 

Sec. 202. Special disaster-related rules for use of retirement funds. 

Sec. 203. Employee retention credit for employers affected by qualified disasters. 

Sec. 204. Other disaster-related tax relief provisions. 

Sec. 205. Automatic extension of filing deadlines in case of certain taxpayers affected by Federally declared disasters. 

Sec. 206. Modification of the tax rate for the excise tax on investment income of 

private foundations. 

Sec. 207. Additional low-income housing credit allocations for qualified 2017 and 

2018 California disaster areas. 

Sec. 208. Treatment of certain possessions. 

TITLE III—OTHER PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Modification of income for purposes of determining tax-exempt status of 

certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies. 

Sec. 302. Repeal of increase in unrelated business taxable income for certain fringe 

benefit expenses. 

(c) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly 

provided, whenever in this division an amendment or repeal is 

expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section 

or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made 

to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986. 

TITLE I—EXTENSION OF CERTAIN 

EXPIRING PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Tax Relief and Support for 

Families and Individuals 

SEC. 101. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF DISCHARGE OF QUALIFIED PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 108(a)(1)(E) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2018’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 

1, 2021’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 108(h)(2) is amended 

by inserting ‘‘and determined without regard to the substitution 

described in section 163(h)(3)(F)(i)(II)’’ after ‘‘clause (ii) thereof’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to discharges of indebtedness after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 102. TREATMENT OF MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AS 

QUALIFIED RESIDENCE INTEREST. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 163(h)(3)(E)(iv)(I) is amended by 

striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to amounts paid or accrued after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 103. REDUCTION IN MEDICAL EXPENSE DEDUCTION FLOOR. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 213(f) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(f) TEMPORARY SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of taxable years 

beginning before January 1, 2021, subsection (a) shall be applied 

with respect to a taxpayer by substituting ‘7.5 percent’ for ‘10 

percent’.’’. 

(b) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.—Section 56(b)(1) is amended 

by striking subparagraph (B) and by redesignating subparagraphs 

(C), (D), (E), and (F), as subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E), 

respectively. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2018. 

SEC. 104. DEDUCTION OF QUALIFIED TUITION AND RELATED 

EXPENSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 222(e) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 105. BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND EXCISE TAX. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4121(e)(2)(A) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply on and after the first day of the first calendar month 

beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Subtitle B—Incentives for Employment, 

Economic Growth, and Community Development 

SEC. 111. INDIAN EMPLOYMENT CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45A(f) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 112. RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45G(f) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2023’’. 

(b) SAFE HARBOR ASSIGNMENTS.—Any assignment, including 

related expenditures paid or incurred, under section 45G(b)(2) of 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for a taxable year beginning 

on or after January 1, 2018, and ending before January 1, 2020, 

shall be treated as effective as of the close of such taxable year 
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if made pursuant to a written agreement entered into no later 

than 90 days following the date of the enactment of this Act. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred during taxable years 

beginning after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 113. MINE RESCUE TEAM TRAINING CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45N(e) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 114. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN RACE HORSES AS 3-YEAR 

PROPERTY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(e)(3)(A)(i) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2018’’ in subclause (I) and 

inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’, and 

(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ in subclause (II) and 

inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 115. 7-YEAR RECOVERY PERIOD FOR MOTORSPORTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEXES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(i)(15)(D) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 116. ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY 

ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(j)(9) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 117. EXPENSING RULES FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 181(g) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to productions commencing after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 118. EMPOWERMENT ZONE TAX INCENTIVES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1391(d)(1)(A)(i) is amended by 

striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TERMINATION DATES SPECIFIED IN

NOMINATIONS.—In the case of a designation of an empowerment 

zone the nomination for which included a termination date which 

is contemporaneous with the date specified in subparagraph (A)(i) 

of section 1391(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 

in effect before the enactment of this Act), subparagraph (B) of 

such section shall not apply with respect to such designation if, 

after the date of the enactment of this section, the entity which 

made such nomination amends the nomination to provide for a 

new termination date in such manner as the Secretary of the 

Treasury (or the Secretary’s designee) may provide. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 
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SEC. 119. AMERICAN SAMOA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 119(d) of division A of the Tax Relief 

and Health Care Act of 2006 is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2018’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’, 

(2) by striking ‘‘first 12 taxable years’’ in paragraph (1) 

and inserting ‘‘first 15 taxable years’’, 

(3) by striking ‘‘first 6 taxable years’’ in paragraph (2) 

and inserting ‘‘first 9 taxable years’’, and 

(4) by adding at the end the following flush sentence: 

‘‘In the case of a corporation described in subsection (a)(2), the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered 

without regard to the amendments made by section 401(d)(1) of 

the Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2018.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 119(e) of division A of 

the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 is amended by inserting 

‘‘(as in effect before its repeal)’’ after ‘‘section 199 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 

Subtitle C—Incentives for Energy Production, Efficiency, and Green Economy 

Jobs 

SEC. 121. BIODIESEL AND RENEWABLE DIESEL. 

(a) INCOME TAX CREDIT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 40A(g) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 

2017. 

(b) EXCISE TAX INCENTIVES.— 

(1) TERMINATION.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 6426(c)(6) is amended by 

striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

2022’’. 

(B) PAYMENTS.—Section 6427(e)(6)(B) is amended by 

striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

2022’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 

2017. 

(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, in the case of any biodiesel mixture credit properly 

determined under section 6426(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 for the period beginning on January 1, 2018, and 

ending with the close of the last calendar quarter beginning 

before the date of the enactment of this Act, such credit shall 

be allowed, and any refund or payment attributable to such 

credit (including any payment under section 6427(e) of such 

Code) shall be made, only in such manner as the Secretary 

of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall provide. 

Such Secretary shall issue guidance within 30 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act providing for a one-time 
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submission of claims covering periods described in the preceding 

sentence. Such guidance shall provide for a 180-day period 

for the submission of such claims (in such manner as prescribed 

by such Secretary) to begin not later than 30 days after such 

guidance is issued. Such claims shall be paid by such Secretary 

not later than 60 days after receipt. If such Secretary has 

not paid pursuant to a claim filed under this subsection within 

60 days after the date of the filing of such claim, the claim 

shall be paid with interest from such date determined by using 

the overpayment rate and method under section 6621 of such 

Code. 

SEC. 122. SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL PRODUCER CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40(b)(6)(J)(i) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to qualified second generation biofuel production after 

December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 123. NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 25C(g)(2) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 25C(d)(3) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘an energy factor of at least 2.0’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘a Uniform Energy Factor of at least 

2.2’’, and 

(2) by striking ‘‘an energy factor’’ in subparagraph (D) 

and inserting ‘‘a Uniform Energy Factor’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 124. QUALIFIED FUEL CELL MOTOR VEHICLES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30B(k)(1) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to property purchased after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 125. ALTERNATIVE FUEL REFUELING PROPERTY CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30C(g) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 126. 2-WHEELED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30D(g)(3)(E)(ii) is amended by 

striking ‘‘January 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to vehicles acquired after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 127. CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN 

RENEWABLE RESOURCES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of section 45(d) are 

each amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2018’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’: 

(1) Paragraph (2)(A). 

(2) Paragraph (3)(A). 

(3) Paragraph (4)(B). 

(4) Paragraph (6). 

(5) Paragraph (7). 
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(6) Paragraph (9). 

(7) Paragraph (11)(B). 

(b) EXTENSION OF ELECTION TO TREAT QUALIFIED FACILITIES

AS ENERGY PROPERTY.—Section 48(a)(5)(C)(ii) is amended by 

striking ‘‘January 1, 2018 (January 1, 2020, in the case of any 

facility which is described in paragraph (1) of section 45(d))’’ and 

inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(c) APPLICATION OF EXTENSION TO WIND FACILITIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 45(d)(1) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(2) APPLICATION OF PHASEOUT PERCENTAGE.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 45(b)(5) is amended by 

striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking 

the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting 

‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the following new 

subparagraph: 

‘‘(D) in the case of any facility the construction of 

which begins after December 31, 2019, and before January 

1, 2021, 40 percent.’’. 

(B) TREATMENT AS ENERGY PROPERTY.—Section 

48(a)(5)(E) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of clause 

(iii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the 

following new clause: 

‘‘(iv) in the case of any facility the construction 

of which begins after December 31, 2019, and before 

January 1, 2021, 40 percent.’’. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall take effect on January 1, 2018. 

SEC. 128. PRODUCTION CREDIT FOR INDIAN COAL FACILITIES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45(e)(10)(A) is amended by striking 

‘‘12-year period’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘15-year 

period’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to coal produced after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 129. ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45L(g) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to homes acquired after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 130. SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL 

PLANT PROPERTY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(l)(2)(D) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 131. ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DEDUCTION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 179D(h) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendment made by subsection 

(a) shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 

2017. 
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SEC. 132. SPECIAL RULE FOR SALES OR DISPOSITIONS TO IMPLEMENT 

FERC OR STATE ELECTRIC RESTRUCTURING POLICY FOR 

QUALIFIED ELECTRIC UTILITIES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 451(k)(3) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to dispositions after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 133. EXTENSION AND CLARIFICATION OF EXCISE TAX CREDITS 

RELATING TO ALTERNATIVE FUELS. 

(a) EXTENSION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 6426(d)(5) and 6426(e)(3) are 

each amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting 

‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(2) OUTLAY PAYMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE FUELS.—Section 

6427(e)(6)(C) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and 

inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(3) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of law, in the case of any alternative fuel credit properly determined under section 6426(d) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 for the period beginning on January 1, 2018, and 

ending with the close of the last calendar quarter beginning 

before the date of the enactment of this Act, such credit shall 

be allowed, and any refund or payment attributable to such 

credit (including any payment under section 6427(e) of such 

Code) shall be made, only in such manner as the Secretary 

of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall provide. 

Such Secretary shall issue guidance within 30 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act providing for a one-time 

submission of claims covering periods described in the preceding 

sentence. Such guidance shall provide for a 180-day period 

for the submission of such claims (in such manner as prescribed 

by such Secretary) to begin not later than 30 days after such 

guidance is issued. Such claims shall be paid by such Secretary 

not later than 60 days after receipt. If such Secretary has 

not paid pursuant to a claim filed under this subsection within 

60 days after the date of the filing of such claim, the claim 

shall be paid with interest from such date determined by using 

the overpayment rate and method under section 6621 of such 

Code. 

(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 

2017. 

(b) CLARIFICATION OF RULES REGARDING ALTERNATIVE FUEL

MIXTURE CREDIT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 6426(e) is 

amended by striking ‘‘mixture of alternative fuel’’ and inserting 

‘‘mixture of alternative fuel (other than a fuel described in 

subparagraph (A), (C), or (F) of subsection (d)(2))’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to— 

(A) fuel sold or used on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

(B) fuel sold or used before such date of enactment, 

but only to the extent that claims for the credit under 

section 6426(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with 

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(i) have not been paid or allowed as of such date, 

and 

(ii) were made on or after January 8, 2018. 

(3) NO INFERENCE.—Nothing contained in this subsection 

or the amendments made by this subsection shall be construed 

to create any inference as to a change in law or guidance 

in effect prior to enactment of this subsection. 

SEC. 134. OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND RATE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4611(f)(2) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply on and after the first day of the first calendar month 

beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Subtitle D—Certain Provisions Expiring at 

the End of 2019 

SEC. 141. NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45D(f)(1) is amended by striking 

‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (F), by striking the period at 

the end of subparagraph (G) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding 

at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(H) $5,000,000,000 for 2020.’’. 

(b) CARRYOVER OF UNUSED LIMITATION.—Section 45D(f)(3) is 

amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 142. EMPLOYER CREDIT FOR PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45S(i) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to wages paid in taxable years beginning after December 

31, 2019. 

SEC. 143. WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 51(c)(4) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after 

December 31, 2019. 

SEC. 144. CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATED TO BEER, WINE, AND DISTILLED SPIRITS. 

(a) EXEMPTION FOR AGING PROCESS OF BEER, WINE, AND DISTILLED SPIRITS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 263A(f)(4)(B) is amended by 

striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

2020’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to interest costs paid or accrued after 

December 31, 2019. 

(b) REDUCED RATE OF EXCISE TAX ON BEER.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(A) of section 

5051(a) are each amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and 

inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to beer removed after December 31, 2019. 

(c) TRANSFER OF BEER BETWEEN BONDED FACILITIES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5414(b)(3) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to calendar quarters beginning after 

December 31, 2019. 

(d) REDUCED RATE OF EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN WINE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5041(c)(8)(A) is amended by 

striking ‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of section 

5041(c)(8) is amended by striking ‘‘SPECIAL RULE FOR 2018 

AND 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘TEMPORARY SPECIAL RULE’’. 

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to wine removed after December 31, 2019. 

(e) ADJUSTMENT OF ALCOHOL CONTENT LEVEL FOR APPLICATION

OF EXCISE TAXES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 5041(b) 

are each amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to wine removed after December 31, 2019. 

(f) DEFINITION OF MEAD AND LOW ALCOHOL BY VOLUME WINE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5041(h)(3) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to wine removed after December 31, 2019. 

(g) REDUCED RATE OF EXCISE TAX ON CERTAIN DISTILLED

SPIRITS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5001(c)(4) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of section 

5001(c) is amended by striking ‘‘REDUCED RATE FOR 2018 AND

2019’’ and inserting ‘‘TEMPORARY REDUCED RATE’’. 

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to distilled spirits removed after December 

31, 2019. 

(h) BULK DISTILLED SPIRITS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5212 is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to distilled spirits transferred in bond after 

December 31, 2019. 

(i) SIMPLIFICATION OF RULES REGARDING RECORDS, STATE- MENTS, AND RETURNS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5555(a) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to calendar quarters beginning after 

December 31, 2019. 

(j) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5041(c)(8) is amended by adding 

at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN RULES.—Paragraphs (3) 

and (6) shall be applied by substituting ‘paragraph (1) 

or (8)’ for ‘paragraph (1)’ each place it appears therein.’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in section 13804 of 

Public Law 115-97. 

SEC. 145. LOOK-THRU RULE FOR RELATED CONTROLLED FOREIGN 

CORPORATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 954(c)(6)(C) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after 

December 31, 2019, and to taxable years of United States shareholders with or within which such taxable years of foreign corporations end. 

SEC. 146. CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF ELIGIBLE 

INDIVIDUALS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 35(b)(1)(B) is amended by striking 

‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2021’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2019. 

TITLE II—DISASTER TAX RELIEF 

SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 

For purposes of this title— 

(1) QUALIFIED DISASTER AREA.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified disaster area’’ 

means any area with respect to which a major disaster 

was declared, during the period beginning on January 1, 

2018, and ending on the date which is 60 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, by the President under 

section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act if the incident period of the 

disaster with respect to which such declaration is made 

begins on or before the date of the enactment of this 

Act. 

(B) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—Such term shall not 

include the California wildfire disaster area (as defined 

in section 20101 of subdivision 2 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018). 

(2) QUALIFIED DISASTER ZONE.—The term ‘‘qualified disaster zone’’ means that portion of any qualified disaster area 

which was determined by the President, during the period 

beginning on January 1, 2018, and ending on the date which 

is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, to 

warrant individual or individual and public assistance from 

the Federal Government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by reason of the qualified 

disaster with respect to such disaster area. 

(3) QUALIFIED DISASTER.—The term ‘‘qualified disaster’’ 

means, with respect to any qualified disaster area, the disaster 

by reason of which a major disaster was declared with respect 

to such area. 

(4) INCIDENT PERIOD.—The term ‘‘incident period’’ means, 

with respect to any qualified disaster, the period specified by 

the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the period 

during which such disaster occurred (except that for purposes 
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of this title such period shall not be treated as beginning 

before January 1, 2018, or ending after the date which is 

30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act). 

SEC. 202. SPECIAL DISASTER-RELATED RULES FOR USE OF RETIREMENT FUNDS. 

(a) TAX-FAVORED WITHDRAWALS FROM RETIREMENT PLANS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 shall not apply to any qualified disaster distribution. 

(2) AGGREGATE DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

aggregate amount of distributions received by an individual 

which may be treated as qualified disaster distributions 

for any taxable year shall not exceed the excess (if any) 

of— 

(i) $100,000, over 

(ii) the aggregate amounts treated as qualified disaster distributions received by such individual for all 

prior taxable years. 

(B) TREATMENT OF PLAN DISTRIBUTIONS.—If a distribution to an individual would (without regard to subparagraph (A)) be a qualified disaster distribution, a plan shall 

not be treated as violating any requirement of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 merely because the plan treats such 

distribution as a qualified disaster distribution, unless the 

aggregate amount of such distributions from all plans maintained by the employer (and any member of any controlled 

group which includes the employer) to such individual 

exceeds $100,000. 

(C) CONTROLLED GROUP.—For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘controlled group’’ means any group 

treated as a single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), 

or (o) of section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

(D) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY MORE

THAN ONE DISASTER.—The limitation of subparagraph (A) 

shall be applied separately with respect to distributions 

made with respect to each qualified disaster. 

(3) AMOUNT DISTRIBUTED MAY BE REPAID.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who receives a qualified disaster distribution may, at any time during the 3- 

year period beginning on the day after the date on which 

such distribution was received, make 1 or more contributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount 

of such distribution to an eligible retirement plan of which 

such individual is a beneficiary and to which a rollover 

contribution of such distribution could be made under section 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or 457(e)(16), 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the case may 

be. 

(B) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS OF DISTRIBUTIONS

FROM ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLANS OTHER THAN IRAS.—For 

purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a contribution is made pursuant to subparagraph (A) with 

respect to a qualified disaster distribution from an eligible 

retirement plan other than an individual retirement plan, 

then the taxpayer shall, to the extent of the amount of 
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the contribution, be treated as having received the qualified 

disaster distribution in an eligible rollover distribution (as 

defined in section 402(c)(4) of such Code) and as having 

transferred the amount to the eligible retirement plan in 

a direct trustee to trustee transfer within 60 days of the 

distribution. 

(C) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS OF DISTRIBUTIONS

FROM IRAS.—For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986, if a contribution is made pursuant to subparagraph 

(A) with respect to a qualified disaster distribution from 

an individual retirement plan (as defined by section 

7701(a)(37) of such Code), then, to the extent of the amount 

of the contribution, the qualified disaster distribution shall 

be treated as a distribution described in section 408(d)(3) 

of such Code and as having been transferred to the eligible 

retirement plan in a direct trustee to trustee transfer 

within 60 days of the distribution. 

(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection— 

(A) QUALIFIED DISASTER DISTRIBUTION.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term ‘‘qualified disaster distribution’’ means any distribution from an eligible retirement plan made— 

(i) on or after the first day of the incident period 

of a qualified disaster and before the date which is 

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

and 

(ii) to an individual whose principal place of abode 

at any time during the incident period of such qualified 

disaster is located in the qualified disaster area with 

respect to such qualified disaster and who has sustained an economic loss by reason of such qualified 

disaster. 

(B) ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘eligible 

retirement plan’’ shall have the meaning given such term 

by section 402(c)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986. 

(5) INCOME INCLUSION SPREAD OVER 3-YEAR PERIOD.— (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any qualified disaster 

distribution, unless the taxpayer elects not to have this 

paragraph apply for any taxable year, any amount required 

to be included in gross income for such taxable year shall 

be so included ratably over the 3-taxable-year period beginning with such taxable year. 

(B) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 

rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (E) of section 

408A(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 

apply. 

(6) SPECIAL RULES.— (A) EXEMPTION OF DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TRUSTEE TO

TRUSTEE TRANSFER AND WITHHOLDING RULES.—For purposes of sections 401(a)(31), 402(f), and 3405 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, qualified disaster distributions shall 

not be treated as eligible rollover distributions. 

(B) QUALIFIED DISASTER DISTRIBUTIONS TREATED AS

MEETING PLAN DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a qualified disaster 

distribution shall be treated as meeting the requirements 
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of sections 401(k)(2)(B)(i), 403(b)(7)(A)(ii), 403(b)(11), and 

457(d)(1)(A) of such Code. 

(b) RECONTRIBUTIONS OF WITHDRAWALS FOR HOME PURCHASES.— 

(1) RECONTRIBUTIONS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who received a qualified distribution may, during the applicable period, make 

1 or more contributions in an aggregate amount not to 

exceed the amount of such qualified distribution to an 

eligible retirement plan (as defined in section 402(c)(8)(B) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of which such individual is a beneficiary and to which a rollover contribution 

of such distribution could be made under section 402(c), 

403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), or 408(d)(3), of such Code, as the case 

may be. 

(B) TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS.—Rules similar to the 

rules of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(3) 

shall apply for purposes of this subsection. 

(2) QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTION.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified distribution’’ means any distribution— 

(A) described in section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV), 

403(b)(7)(A)(ii) (but only to the extent such distribution 

relates to financial hardship), 403(b)(11)(B), or 72(t)(2)(F), 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 

(B) which was to be used to purchase or construct 

a principal residence in a qualified disaster area, but which 

was not so used on account of the qualified disaster with 

respect to such area, and 

(C) which was received during the period beginning 

on the date which is 180 days before the first day of 

the incident period of such qualified disaster and ending 

on the date which is 30 days after the last day of such 

incident period. 

(3) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—For purposes of this subsection, 

the term ‘‘applicable period’’ means, in the case of a principal 

residence in a qualified disaster area with respect to any qualified disaster, the period beginning on the first day of the 

incident period of such qualified disaster and ending on the 

date which is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act. 

(c) LOANS FROM QUALIFIED PLANS.— 

(1) INCREASE IN LIMIT ON LOANS NOT TREATED AS DISTRIBUTIONS.—In the case of any loan from a qualified employer 

plan (as defined under section 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986) to a qualified individual made during the 180- 

day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 

Act— 

(A) clause (i) of section 72(p)(2)(A) of such Code shall 

be applied by substituting ‘‘$100,000’’ for ‘‘$50,000’’, and 

(B) clause (ii) of such section shall be applied by substituting ‘‘the present value of the nonforfeitable accrued 

benefit of the employee under the plan’’ for ‘‘one-half of 

the present value of the nonforfeitable accrued benefit of 

the employee under the plan’’. 
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(2) DELAY OF REPAYMENT.—In the case of a qualified individual (with respect to any qualified disaster) with an outstanding loan (on or after the first day of the incident period 

of such qualified disaster) from a qualified employer plan (as 

defined in section 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986)— 

(A) if the due date pursuant to subparagraph (B) or 

(C) of section 72(p)(2) of such Code for any repayment 

with respect to such loan occurs during the period beginning on the first day of the incident period of such qualified 

disaster and ending on the date which is 180 days after 

the last day of such incident period, such due date shall 

be delayed for 1 year (or, if later, until the date which 

is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act), 

(B) any subsequent repayments with respect to any 

such loan shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the 

delay in the due date under subparagraph (A) and any 

interest accruing during such delay, and 

(C) in determining the 5-year period and the term 

of a loan under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 72(p)(2) 

of such Code, the period described in subparagraph (A) 

of this paragraph shall be disregarded. 

(3) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this subsection, 

the term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means any individual— 

(A) whose principal place of abode at any time during 

the incident period of any qualified disaster is located 

in the qualified disaster area with respect to such qualified 

disaster, and 

(B) who has sustained an economic loss by reason 

of such qualified disaster. 

(d) PROVISIONS RELATING TO PLAN AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—If this subsection applies to any amendment to any plan or annuity contract, such plan or contract 

shall be treated as being operated in accordance with the terms 

of the plan during the period described in paragraph (2)(B)(i). 

(2) AMENDMENTS TO WHICH SUBSECTION APPLIES.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—This subsection shall apply to any 

amendment to any plan or annuity contract which is 

made— 

(i) pursuant to any provision of this section, or 

pursuant to any regulation issued by the Secretary 

or the Secretary of Labor under any provision of this 

section, and 

(ii) on or before the last day of the first plan 

year beginning on or after January 1, 2020, or such 

later date as the Secretary may prescribe. 

In the case of a governmental plan (as defined in section 

414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), clause (ii) 

shall be applied by substituting the date which is 2 years 

after the date otherwise applied under clause (ii). 

(B) CONDITIONS.—This subsection shall not apply to 

any amendment unless— 

(i) during the period— 

(I) beginning on the date that this section 

or the regulation described in subparagraph (A)(i) 

takes effect (or in the case of a plan or contract 

amendment not required by this section or such 
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regulation, the effective date specified by the plan), 

and 

(II) ending on the date described in subparagraph (A)(ii) (or, if earlier, the date the plan or 

contract amendment is adopted), 

the plan or contract is operated as if such plan or contract 

amendment were in effect, and 

(ii) such plan or contract amendment applies retroactively for such period. 

SEC. 203. EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS AFFECTED 

BY QUALIFIED DISASTERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of an eligible employer, the 

2018 through 2019 qualified disaster employee retention credit shall 

be treated as a credit listed at the end of subsection (b) of such 

section. For purposes of this subsection, the 2018 through 2019 

qualified disaster employee retention credit for any taxable year 

is an amount equal to 40 percent of the qualified wages with 

respect to each eligible employee of such employer for such taxable 

year. The amount of qualified wages with respect to any employee 

which may be taken into account under this subsection by the 

employer for any taxable year shall not exceed $6,000 (reduced 

by the amount of qualified wages with respect to such employee 

which may be so taken into account for any prior taxable year). 

(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

(1) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘eligible employer’’ 

means any employer— 

(A) which conducted an active trade or business in 

a qualified disaster zone at any time during the incident 

period of the qualified disaster with respect to such qualified disaster zone, and 

(B) with respect to whom the trade or business 

described in subparagraph (A) is inoperable at any time 

during the period beginning on the first day of the incident 

period of such qualified disaster and ending on the date 

of the enactment of this Act, as a result of damage sustained by reason of such qualified disaster. 

(2) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘eligible employee’’ 

means with respect to an eligible employer an employee whose 

principal place of employment with such eligible employer 

(determined immediately before the qualified disaster referred 

to in paragraph (1)) was in the qualified disaster zone referred 

to in such paragraph. 

(3) QUALIFIED WAGES.—The term ‘‘qualified wages’’ means 

wages (as defined in section 51(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986, but without regard to section 3306(b)(2)(B) of 

such Code) paid or incurred by an eligible employer with respect 

to an eligible employee at any time on or after the date on 

which the trade or business described in paragraph (1) first 

became inoperable at the principal place of employment of 

the employee (determined immediately before the qualified disaster referred to in such paragraph) and before the earlier 

of— 

(A) the date on which such trade or business has 

resumed significant operations at such principal place of 

employment, or 
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(B) the date which 150 days after the last day of 

the incident period of the qualified disaster referred to 

in paragraph (1). 

Such term shall include wages paid without regard to whether 

the employee performs no services, performs services at a different place of employment than such principal place of employment, or performs services at such principal place of employment before significant operations have resumed. 

(c) CERTAIN RULES TO APPLY.—For purposes of this section, 

rules similar to the rules of sections 51(i)(1), 52, and 280C(a), 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall apply. 

(d) EMPLOYEE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT MORE THAN ONCE.— 

An employee shall not be treated as an eligible employee for purposes of this section for any period with respect to any employer 

if such employer is allowed a credit under section 51 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to such employee for such 

period. 

SEC. 204. OTHER DISASTER-RELATED TAX RELIEF PROVISIONS. 

(a) TEMPORARY INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON QUALIFIED CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

(1) SUSPENSION OF CURRENT LIMITATION.—Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), qualified contributions shall 

be disregarded in applying subsections (b) and (d) of section 

170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

(2) APPLICATION OF INCREASED LIMITATION.—For purposes 

of section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986— 

(A) INDIVIDUALS.—In the case of an individual— 

(i) LIMITATION.—Any qualified contribution shall 

be allowed as a deduction only to the extent that 

the aggregate of such contributions does not exceed 

the excess of the taxpayer’s contribution base (as 

defined in subparagraph (H) of section 170(b)(1) of 

such Code) over the amount of all other charitable 

contributions allowed under section 170(b)(1) of such 

Code. 

(ii) CARRYOVER.—If the aggregate amount of qualified contributions made in the contribution year 

(within the meaning of section 170(d)(1) of such Code) 

exceeds the limitation of clause (i), such excess shall 

be added to the excess described in section 

170(b)(1)(G)(ii). 

(B) CORPORATIONS.—In the case of a corporation— 

(i) LIMITATION.—Any qualified contribution shall 

be allowed as a deduction only to the extent that 

the aggregate of such contributions does not exceed 

the excess of the taxpayer’s taxable income (as determined under paragraph (2) of section 170(b) of such 

Code) over the amount of all other charitable contributions allowed under such paragraph. 

(ii) CARRYOVER.—If the aggregate amount of qualified contributions made in the contribution year 

(within the meaning of section 170(d)(2) of such Code) 

exceeds the limitation of clause (i), such excess shall 

be appropriately taken into account under section 

170(d)(2) subject to the limitations thereof. 

(3) QUALIFIED CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

term ‘‘qualified contribution’’ means any charitable contribution (as defined in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) if— 

(i) such contribution— 

(I) is paid, during the period beginning on 

January 1, 2018, and ending on the date which 

is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 

Act, in cash to an organization described in section 

170(b)(1)(A) of such Code, and 

(II) is made for relief efforts in one or more 

qualified disaster areas, 

(ii) the taxpayer obtains from such organization 

contemporaneous written acknowledgment (within the 

meaning of section 170(f)(8) of such Code) that such 

contribution was used (or is to be used) for relief efforts 

described in clause (i)(II), and 

(iii) the taxpayer has elected the application of 

this subsection with respect to such contribution. 

(B) EXCEPTION.—Such term shall not include a contribution by a donor if the contribution is— 

(i) to an organization described in section 509(a)(3) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or 

(ii) for the establishment of a new, or maintenance 

of an existing, donor advised fund (as defined in section 

4966(d)(2) of such Code). 

(C) APPLICATION OF ELECTION TO PARTNERSHIPS AND

S CORPORATIONS.—In the case of a partnership or S corporation, the election under subparagraph (A)(iii) shall be made 

separately by each partner or shareholder. 

(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR QUALIFIED DISASTER-RELATED PERSONAL

CASUALTY LOSSES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—If an individual has a net disaster loss 

for any taxable year— 

(A) the amount determined under section 

165(h)(2)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 

be equal to the sum of— 

(i) such net disaster loss, and 

(ii) so much of the excess referred to in the matter 

preceding clause (i) of section 165(h)(2)(A) of such Code 

(reduced by the amount in clause (i) of this subparagraph) as exceeds 10 percent of the adjusted gross 

income of the individual, 

(B) section 165(h)(1) of such Code shall be applied 

by substituting ‘‘$500’’ for ‘‘$500 ($100 for taxable years 

beginning after December 31, 2009)’’, 

(C) the standard deduction determined under section 

63(c) of such Code shall be increased by the net disaster 

loss, and 

(D) section 56(b)(1)(E) of such Code (section 56(b)(1)(D) 

of such Code in the case of taxable years ending after 

December 31, 2018) shall not apply to so much of the 

standard deduction as is attributable to the increase under 

subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. 

(2) NET DISASTER LOSS.—For purposes of this subsection, 

the term ‘‘net disaster loss’’ means the excess of qualified disaster-related personal casualty losses over personal casualty 
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gains (as defined in section 165(h)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986). 

(3) QUALIFIED DISASTER-RELATED PERSONAL CASUALTY

LOSSES.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified 

disaster-related personal casualty losses’’ means losses 

described in section 165(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 which arise in a qualified disaster area on or after 

the first day of the incident period of the qualified disaster 

to which such area relates, and which are attributable to such 

qualified disaster. 

(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINING EARNED INCOME.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualified individual, 

if the earned income of the taxpayer for the applicable taxable 

year is less than the earned income of the taxpayer for the 

preceding taxable year, the credits allowed under sections 24(d) 

and 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may, at the 

election of the taxpayer, be determined by substituting— 

(A) such earned income for the preceding taxable year, 

for 

(B) such earned income for the applicable taxable year. 

(2) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this subsection, 

the term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means any individual whose 

principal place of abode at any time during the incident period 

of any qualified disaster was located— 

(A) in the qualified disaster zone with respect to such 

qualified disaster, or 

(B) in the qualified disaster area with respect to such 

qualified disaster (but outside the qualified disaster zone 

with respect to such qualified disaster) and such individual 

was displaced from such principal place of abode by reason 

of such qualified disaster. 

(3) APPLICABLE TAXABLE YEAR.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘applicable taxable year’’ means— 

(A) in the case of a qualified individual other than 

an individual described in subparagraph (B), any taxable 

year which includes any portion of the incident period 

of the qualified disaster to which the qualified disaster 

area referred to in paragraph (2)(A) relates, or 

(B) in the case of a qualified individual described in 

subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2), any taxable year which 

includes any portion of the period described in such 

subparagraph. 

(4) EARNED INCOME.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

term ‘‘earned income’’ has the meaning given such term under 

section 32(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

(5) SPECIAL RULES.— 

(A) APPLICATION TO JOINT RETURNS.—For purposes of 

paragraph (1), in the case of a joint return for an applicable 

taxable year— 

(i) such paragraph shall apply if either spouse 

is a qualified individual, and 

(ii) the earned income of the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year shall be the sum of the earned 

income of each spouse for such preceding taxable year. 

(B) UNIFORM APPLICATION OF ELECTION.—Any election 

made under paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to both 
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sections 24(d) and 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986. 

(C) ERRORS TREATED AS MATHEMATICAL ERROR.—For 

purposes of section 6213 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986, an incorrect use on a return of earned income 

pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error. 

(D) NO EFFECT ON DETERMINATION OF GROSS INCOME, 

ETC.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied without 

regard to any substitution under paragraph (1). 

SEC. 205. AUTOMATIC EXTENSION OF FILING DEADLINES IN CASE OF 

CERTAIN TAXPAYERS AFFECTED BY FEDERALLY 

DECLARED DISASTERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7508A is amended by adding at the 

end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(d) MANDATORY 60-DAY EXTENSION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any qualified taxpayer, 

the period— 

‘‘(A) beginning on the earliest incident date specified 

in the declaration to which the disaster area referred to 

in paragraph (2) relates, and 

‘‘(B) ending on the date which is 60 days after the 

latest incident date so specified, 

shall be disregarded in the same manner as a period specified 

under subsection (a). 

‘‘(2) QUALIFIED TAXPAYER.—For purposes of this subsection, 

the term ‘qualified taxpayer’ means— 

‘‘(A) any individual whose principal residence (for purposes of section 1033(h)(4)) is located in a disaster area, 

‘‘(B) any taxpayer if the taxpayer’s principal place of 

business (other than the business of performing services 

as an employee) is located in a disaster area, 

‘‘(C) any individual who is a relief worker affiliated 

with a recognized government or philanthropic organization 

and who is assisting in a disaster area, 

‘‘(D) any taxpayer whose records necessary to meet 

a deadline for an act described in section 7508(a)(1) are 

maintained in a disaster area, 

‘‘(E) any individual visiting a disaster area who was 

killed or injured as a result of the disaster, and 

‘‘(F) solely with respect to a joint return, any spouse 

of an individual described in any preceding subparagraph 

of this paragraph. 

‘‘(3) DISASTER AREA.—For purposes of this subsection, the 

term ‘disaster area’ has the meaning given such term under 

subparagraph (B) of section 165(i)(5) with respect to a Federally 

declared disaster (as defined in subparagraph (A) of such section). 

‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO RULES REGARDING PENSIONS.—In the 

case of any person described in subsection (b), a rule similar 

to the rule of paragraph (1) shall apply for purposes of subsection (b) with respect to— 

‘‘(A) making contributions to a qualified retirement 

plan (within the meaning of section 4974(c)) under section 

219(f)(3), 404(a)(6), 404(h)(1)(B), or 404(m)(2), 
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‘‘(B) making distributions under section 408(d)(4), 

‘‘(C) recharacterizing contributions under section 

408A(d)(6), and 

‘‘(D) making a rollover under section 402(c), 403(a)(4), 

403(b)(8), or 408(d)(3). 

‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH PERIODS SPECIFIED BY THE SEC- RETARY.—Any period described in paragraph (1) with respect 

to any person (including by reason of the application of paragraph (4)) shall be in addition to (or concurrent with, as the 

case may be) any period specified under subsection (a) or (b) 

with respect to such person.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to federally declared disasters declared after the date 

of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 206. MODIFICATION OF THE TAX RATE FOR THE EXCISE TAX 

ON INVESTMENT INCOME OF PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4940(a) is amended by striking ‘‘2 

percent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.39 percent’’. 

(b) ELIMINATION OF REDUCED TAX WHERE FOUNDATION MEETS

CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 4940 is amended 

by striking subsection (e). 

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 207. ADDITIONAL LOW-INCOME HOUSING CREDIT ALLOCATIONS 

FOR QUALIFIED 2017 AND 2018 CALIFORNIA DISASTER 

AREAS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 42 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, the State housing credit ceiling for California 

for calendar year 2020 shall be increased by the lesser of— 

(1) the aggregate housing credit dollar amount allocated 

by the State housing credit agencies of California for such 

calendar year to buildings located in qualified 2017 and 2018 

California disaster areas, or 

(2) 50 percent of the sum of the State housing credit 

ceilings for California for calendar years 2017 and 2018. 

(b) ALLOCATIONS TREATED AS MADE FIRST FROM ADDITIONAL

ALLOCATION FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING CARRYOVER.—For purposes of determining the unused State housing credit ceiling for 

any calendar year under section 42(h)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986, any increase in the State housing credit ceiling 

under subsection (a) shall be treated as an amount described in 

clause (ii) of such section. 

(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 

(1) QUALIFIED 2017 AND 2018 CALIFORNIA DISASTER AREAS.— The term ‘‘qualified 2017 and 2018 California disaster areas’’ 

means any area in California which was determined by the 

President (before January 1, 2019) to warrant individual or 

individual and public assistance from the Federal Government 

under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act by reason of a major disaster the incident period 

of which begins or ends in calendar year 2017 or 2018. Notwithstanding section 201, for purposes of the preceding sentence, 

the term ‘‘incident period’’ means the period specified by the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency as the period during 

which the disaster occurred. 
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(2) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—Terms used in this section which 

are also used in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 shall have the same meaning in this section as in such 

section 42. 

SEC. 208. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN POSSESSIONS. 

(a) PAYMENTS TO POSSESSIONS WITH MIRROR CODE TAX SYS- TEMS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession 

of the United States which has a mirror code tax system amounts 

equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of the application of the provisions of this title. Such amounts shall be determined 

by the Secretary of the Treasury based on information provided 

by the government of the respective possession. 

(b) PAYMENTS TO OTHER POSSESSIONS.—The Secretary of the 

Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States which 

does not have a mirror code tax system amounts estimated by 

the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to the aggregate 

benefits (if any) that would have been provided to residents of 

such possession by reason of the provisions of this title if a mirror 

code tax system had been in effect in such possession. The preceding 

sentence shall not apply unless the respective possession has a 

plan, which has been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

under which such possession will promptly distribute such payments to its residents. 

(c) MIRROR CODE TAX SYSTEM.—For purposes of this section, 

the term ‘‘mirror code tax system’’ means, with respect to any 

possession of the United States, the income tax system of such 

possession if the income tax liability of the residents of such possession under such system is determined by reference to the income 

tax laws of the United States as if such possession were the United 

States. 

(d) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—For purposes of section 1324 

of title 31, United States Code, the payments under this section 

shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a 

credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such section. 

TITLE III—OTHER PROVISIONS 

SEC. 301. MODIFICATION OF INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF CERTAIN MUTUAL OR 

COOPERATIVE TELEPHONE OR ELECTRIC COMPANIES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501(c)(12) is amended by adding at 

the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(J) In the case of a mutual or cooperative telephone 

or electric company described in this paragraph, subparagraph (A) shall be applied without taking into account 

any income received or accrued from— 

‘‘(i) any grant, contribution, or assistance provided 

pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act or any similar grant, contribution, or assistance by any local, State, or regional 

governmental entity for the purpose of relief, recovery, 

or restoration from, or preparation for, a disaster or 

emergency, or 

‘‘(ii) any grant or contribution by any governmental 

entity (other than a contribution in aid of construction 
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or any other contribution as a customer or potential 

customer) the purpose of which is substantially related 

to providing, constructing, restoring, or relocating electric, communication, broadband, internet, or other 

utility facilities or services.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017. 

SEC. 302. REPEAL OF INCREASE IN UNRELATED BUSINESS TAXABLE 

INCOME FOR CERTAIN FRINGE BENEFIT EXPENSES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 512(a) is amended by striking paragraph (7). 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 

shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section 

13703 of Public Law 115–97. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.