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Union Calendar No. 544 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5952 

[Report No. 115–704] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 

Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2019, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2018 

Mr. CULBERSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 

and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 

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


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

9 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

10 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

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

13 and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 

14 including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements 

15 for the purpose of promoting exports of United States 

16 firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 

17 44, United States Code; full medical coverage for depend18 ent members of immediate families of employees stationed 

19 overseas and employees temporarily posted overseas; travel 

20 and transportation of employees of the International 

21 Trade Administration between two points abroad, without 

22 regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; 

23 employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

24 contract for services; rental of space abroad for periods 

25 not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, repair, 


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1 or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 

2 demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; pay3 ment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first 

4 paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, 

5 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 

6 $294,300 for official representation expenses abroad; pur7 chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 

8 not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on 

9 official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 

10 $491,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2020, of which $11,000,000 is to be derived from fees to 

12 be retained and used by the International Trade Adminis13 tration, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

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

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

16 antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 

17 compliance activities: Provided further, That the provisions 

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

19 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 

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

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

22 of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mu23 tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall 

24 include payment for assessments for services provided as 

25 part of these activities. 


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1 BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY

2 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary expenses for export administration and 

4 national security activities of the Department of Com5 merce, including costs associated with the performance of 

6 export administration field activities both domestically and 

7 abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 

8 immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em9 ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 

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

11 the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 

12 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 

13 arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi14 cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa15 tion to informers under the Export Administration Act of 

16 1979, and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 

17 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 

18 of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi19 cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi20 cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi21 tation otherwise established by law, $113,500,000, to re22 main available until expended: Provided, That the provi23 sions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of sec24 tion 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex25 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall 


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1 apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further, 

2 That payments and contributions collected and accepted 

3 for materials or services provided as part of such activities 

4 may be retained for use in covering the cost of such activi5 ties, and for providing information to the public with re6 spect to the export administration and national security 

7 activities of the Department of Commerce and other ex8 port control programs of the United States and other gov9 ernments. 

10 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

11 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

12 For grants for economic development assistance as 

13 provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 

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

15 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

16 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), 

17 $262,500,000, to remain available until expended, of 

18 which $21,000,000 shall be for grants under such section 

19 27. 

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of administering the eco22 nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 

23 law, $39,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used 

24 to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the 

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


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1 Trade Act of 1974, section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

2 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722), and 

3 the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 

4 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

5 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Department of Com7 merce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority 

8 business enterprise, including expenses of grants, con9 tracts, and other agreements with public or private organi10 zations, $40,000,000. 

11 ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco14 nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 

15 of Commerce, $99,000,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2019. 

17 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

18 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS

19 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana20 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics, provided for by 

21 law, $270,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro22 vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 

23 and marketing activities. 


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1 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana4 lyzing, preparing and publishing statistics for periodic cen5 suses and programs provided for by law, $4,529,698,000, 

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

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

8 for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities: Pro9 vided further, That within the amounts appropriated, 

10 $3,556,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 

11 General’’ account for activities associated with carrying 

12 out investigations and audits related to the Bureau of the 

13 Census: Provided further, That not more than 50 percent 

14 of the amounts made available under this heading for in15 formation technology related to 2020 census delivery, in16 cluding the Census Enterprise Data Collection and Proc17 essing (CEDCaP) program, may be obligated until the 

18 Secretary updates the previous expenditure plan and re19 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate a plan for ex21 penditure that: (1) identifies for each CEDCaP project/ 

22 investment over $25,000: (A) the functional and perform23 ance capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits 

24 to be realized; (B) an updated estimated lifecycle cost, in25 cluding cumulative expenditures to date by fiscal year, and 


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1 all revised estimates for development, maintenance, and 

2 operations; (C) key milestones to be met; and (D) impacts 

3 of cost variances on other Census programs; (2) details 

4 for each project/investment: (A) reasons for any cost and 

5 schedule variances; and (B) top risks and mitigation strat6 egies; and (3) has been submitted to the Government Ac7 countability Office. 

8 NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

12 the National Telecommunications and Information Ad13 ministration (NTIA), $39,500,000: Provided, That, not14 withstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Com15 merce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in 

16 spectrum management, analysis, operations, and related 

17 services, and such fees shall be retained and used as off18 setting collections for costs of such spectrum services, to 

19 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

20 the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use 

21 as offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 

22 transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 

23 incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 

24 related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 

25 Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 


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1 under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 

2 Government agencies shall remain available until ex3 pended. 

4 PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, PLANNING

5 AND CONSTRUCTION

6 For the administration of prior-year grants, recov7 eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro8 priated are available for the administration of all open 

9 grants until their expiration. 

10 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 

14 and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in15 cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec16 retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 

17 of the USPTO, $3,370,000,000, to remain available until 

18 expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 

19 from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec20 tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 

21 USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 

22 2019, so as to result in a fiscal year 2019 appropriation 

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

24 That during fiscal year 2019, should the total amount of 

25 such offsetting collections be less than $3,370,000,000 


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1 this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided fur2 ther, That any amount received in excess of 

3 $3,370,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 and deposited in the 

4 Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain 

5 available until expended: Provided further, That the Direc6 tor of USPTO shall submit a spending plan to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 

9 preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated 

10 as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and 

11 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

13 Provided further, That any amounts reprogrammed in ac14 cordance with the preceding proviso shall be transferred 

15 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Sala16 ries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That from 

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

18 made available in fiscal year 2019 for official reception 

19 and representation expenses: Provided further, That in fis20 cal year 2019 from the amounts made available for ‘‘Sala21 ries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the amounts nec22 essary to pay (1) the difference between the percentage 

23 of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and employees 

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

25 the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 


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1 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of Per2 sonnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, of 

3 basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of chap4 ter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the other5 wise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for 

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

7 and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 

8 USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 

9 Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 

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

11 Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 

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

13 available for the authorized purposes of those accounts: 

14 Provided further, That any differences between the present 

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

16 letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO’s 

17 specific use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on 

18 USPTO’s financial statements, where applicable: Provided 

19 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 all fees and surcharges assessed and collected by USPTO 

21 are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 42(c) 

22 of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 

23 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 

24 112–29): Provided further, That within the amounts ap25 propriated, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 


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1 of Inspector General’’ account for activities associated 

2 with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 

3 USPTO. 

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

5 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

8 Standards and Technology (NIST), $720,000,000, to re9 main available until expended, of which not to exceed 

10 $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 

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

12 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

13 further, That NIST may provide local transportation for 

14 summer undergraduate research fellowship program par15 ticipants. 

16 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses for industrial technology 

18 services, $145,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended, of which $140,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 

20 Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 

21 $5,000,000 shall be for the National Network for Manu22 facturing Innovation (also known as ‘‘Manufacturing 

23 USA’’). 


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1 CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES

2 For construction of new research facilities, including 

3 architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 

4 and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro5 vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech6 nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 

7 National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

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

9 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 

10 shall include in the budget justification materials that the 

11 Secretary submits to Congress in support of the Depart12 ment of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget 

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

14 States Code) an estimate for each National Institute of 

15 Standards and Technology construction project having a 

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

17 and simultaneously the budget justification materials shall 

18 include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for 

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

20 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 

25 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 


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1 including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and 

2 vessels; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 

3 organizations for the purposes of conducting activities 

4 pursuant to cooperative agreements; and relocation of fa5 cilities, $3,473,654,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2020, except that funds provided for coopera7 tive enforcement shall remain available until September 

8 30, 2021: Provided, That fees and donations received by 

9 the National Ocean Service for the management of na10 tional marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for 

11 the salaries and expenses associated with those activities, 

12 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

13 Code: Provided further, That in addition, $144,000,000 

14 shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ‘‘Pro15 mote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Per16 taining to American Fisheries’’, which shall only be used 

17 for fishery activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy 

18 Grant Program, Cooperative Research, Annual Stock As19 sessments, Survey and Monitoring Projects, Interjurisdic20 tional Fisheries Grants, and Fish Information Networks: 

21 Provided further, That of the $3,645,154,000 provided for 

22 in direct obligations under this heading, $3,473,654,000 

23 is appropriated from the general fund, $144,000,000 is 

24 provided by transfer, and $27,500,000 is derived from re25 coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 


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1 any deviation from the amounts designated for specific ac2 tivities in the report accompanying this Act, or any use 

3 of deobligated balances of funds provided under this head4 ing in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures 

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

6 in addition, for necessary retired pay expenses under the 

7 Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and Survivor 

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

9 retired personnel and their dependents under the Depend10 ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as 

11 may be necessary. 

12 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For procurement, acquisition and construction of 

15 capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 

16 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

17 $1,607,613,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2021, except that funds provided for acquisition and con19 struction of vessels and construction of facilities shall re20 main available until expended: Provided, That of the 

21 $1,620,613,000 provided for in direct obligations under 

22 this heading, $1,607,613,000 is appropriated from the 

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

24 of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any devi25 ation from the amounts designated for specific activities 


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

2 deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 

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

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

5 the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus6 tification materials that the Secretary submits to Congress 

7 in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 

8 submitted with the budget of the President under section 

9 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 

10 each National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

11 procurement, acquisition or construction project having a 

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

13 budget justification shall include an estimate of the budg14 etary requirements for each such project for each of the 

15 5 subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, within 

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

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

18 associated with carrying out investigations and audits re19 lated to satellite procurement, acquisition and construc20 tion. 

21 PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY

22 For necessary expenses associated with the restora23 tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, 

25 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 


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

2 Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the Feder3 ally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 

4 Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con5 servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 

6 listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 

7 by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu8 lations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights 

9 or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific 

10 coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on guidelines 

11 to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided 

12 further, That all funds shall be allocated based on sci13 entific and other merit principles and shall not be available 

14 for marketing activities: Provided further, That funds dis15 bursed to States shall be subject to a matching require16 ment of funds or documented in-kind contributions of at 

17 least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 

18 FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND

19 For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 

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

21 receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 

22 until expended. 

23 FISHERY DISASTER ASSISTANCE

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1 able until expended: Provided, That funds shall be used 

2 for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery failures 

3 and fishery resource disasters as declared by the Secretary 

4 of Commerce. 

5 FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

7 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2019, obligations of direct 

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

9 Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi10 tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 

11 Act of 1936. 

12 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the management of the 

15 Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 

16 not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa17 tion, $56,500,000. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $34,744,000: Pro22 vided, That notwithstanding section 6413(b) of the Middle 

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

24 Law 112–96), $2,000,000, to remain available until ex25 pended, from the amounts provided under this heading, 


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1 shall be derived from the Public Safety Trust Fund for 

2 activities associated with carrying out investigations and 

3 audits related to the First Responder Network Authority 

4 (FirstNet). 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

8 appropriations and funds made available to the Depart9 ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 

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

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

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

13 be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 

14 only upon the certification of officials designated by the 

15 Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 

16 public interest. 

17 SEC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria18 tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 

19 this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 

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

22 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 

23 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

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1 partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be2 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

3 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans4 fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 

5 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec6 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga7 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce8 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 

9 Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap10 propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 

11 or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 

12 and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 

13 or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 

14 of Commerce. 

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

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

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

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

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

20 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2019: Provided, That 

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

22 $11,322,125,000 and the life cycle cost for the Geo23 stationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series 

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


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1 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

3 limited to utilities, telecommunications, and security serv4 ices) necessary to support the operation, maintenance, and 

5 improvement of space that persons, firms, or organizations 

6 are authorized, pursuant to the Public Buildings Coopera7 tive Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or occupy 

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

9 other buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protec10 tion of which has been delegated to the Secretary from 

11 the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the 

12 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 

13 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts re14 ceived as reimbursement for services provided under this 

15 section or the authority under which the use or occupancy 

16 of the space is authorized, up to $200,000, shall be cred17 ited to the appropriation or fund which initially bears the 

18 costs of such services. 

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

20 prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog21 raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac22 tivity over its networks. 

23 SEC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 

24 and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 

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1 its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip2 ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 

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

4 local government, Indian tribal government, Territory, or 

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

6 any foreign government or international organization, for 

7 purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 

8 statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos9 pheric Administration. 

10 SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv11 ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 

12 or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 

13 the Service has provided information to the customer on 

14 how an electronic copy of such report or document may 

15 be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus16 tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig17 ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 

18 limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re19 producing, and delivering such report or document. 

20 SEC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na21 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

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

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

24 a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per25 sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and exVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:44 May 24, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5952.RH H5952

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1 pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 

2 Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern3 ment, tribal government, territory, or possession or any 

4 subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 

5 permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 

6 this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na7 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper8 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail9 able until September 30, 2021, for such purposes: Pro10 vided further, That all funds within this section and their 

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

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com13 merce Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

14 TITLE II 

15 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

16 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary for the administration of the 

19 Department of Justice, $102,500,000, of which not to ex20 ceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Depart21 ment of Justice facilities shall remain available until ex22 pended. 


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1 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

5 departmental direction, $40,000,000, to remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 

7 transfer up to $50,000,000 to this account, from funds 

8 available to the Department of Justice for information 

9 technology, to remain available until expended, for enter10 prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur11 ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 

12 is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 

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

14 to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 

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

16 for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 

17 procedures set forth in that section. 

18 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For expenses necessary for the administration of im21 migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im22 migration Review, $630,000,000, of which $4,000,000 

23 shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 

24 Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 

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1 $50,000,000 of the total amount made available under 

2 this heading shall remain available until expended. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General, $102,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 

6 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char7 acter. 

8 UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 

11 Commission as authorized, $12,672,000: Provided, That, 

12 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi13 ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis14 sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap15 pointed. 

16 LEGAL ACTIVITIES

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

18 For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 

19 Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ20 ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi21 dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 

22 accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 

23 General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti24 tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 

25 the District of Columbia, $897,500,000, of which not to 


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

2 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

3 amount provided for INTERPOL Washington dues pay4 ments, not to exceed $685,000 shall remain available until 

5 expended: Provided further, That of the total amount ap6 propriated, not to exceed $9,000 shall be available to 

7 INTERPOL Washington for official reception and rep8 resentation expenses: Provided further, That of the 

9 amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 

10 shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 

11 and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro12 gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 

13 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per14 sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro15 vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 

16 heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 

17 shall remain available until expended. 

18 In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De19 partment of Justice associated with processing cases 

20 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 

21 not to exceed $10,000,000, to be appropriated from the 

22 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

24 For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti25 trust and kindred laws, $164,977,000, to remain available 


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1 until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, fees collected for premerger notification 

3 filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improve4 ments Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year 

5 of collection (and estimated to be $136,000,000 in fiscal 

6 year 2019), shall be retained and used for necessary ex7 penses in this appropriation, and shall remain available 

8 until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein ap9 propriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

10 offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2019, 

11 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation 

12 from the general fund estimated at $28,977,000. 

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

14 For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 

15 States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop16 erative agreements, $2,250,000,000: Provided, That of the 

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

18 available for official reception and representation ex19 penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

20 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

21 That each United States Attorney shall establish or par22 ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 

23 UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND

24 For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 

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1 able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, deposits to the United States 

3 Trustee System Fund and amounts herein appropriated 

4 shall be available in such amounts as may be necessary 

5 to pay refunds due depositors: Provided further, That, not6 withstanding any other provision of law, fees deposited 

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

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

9 Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017 (division B of Public 

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

11 expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available 

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

13 fees deposited into the Fund in fiscal year 2019, net of 

14 amounts necessary to pay refunds due depositors, exceed 

15 $230,000,000, those excess amounts shall be available in 

16 future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 

17 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the sum 

18 herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re19 duced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 

20 2019, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi21 tors, (estimated at $360,000,000) and (2) to the extent 

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1 sult in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the gen2 eral fund estimated at $0. 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, FOREIGN CLAIMS

4 SETTLEMENT COMMISSION

5 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

6 the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 

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

8 States Code, $2,409,000. 

9 FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

10 For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 

11 contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 

12 witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad13 vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 

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

15 $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 

16 witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur17 chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 

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

19 is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up20 grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se21 cure automated information network to store and retrieve 

22 the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro23 vided, That amounts made available under this heading 

24 may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 

25 Act. 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS

2 SERVICE

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 

5 Service, $15,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec6 tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 

7 General that emergent circumstances require additional 

8 funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac9 tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 

10 General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re11 lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur12 rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 

13 necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur14 ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 

15 shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 

16 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex17 penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 

18 forth in that section. 

19 ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND

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

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

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

23 of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 


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1 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the United States Mar4 shals Service, $1,392,400,000, of which not to exceed 

5 $6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti10 lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 

11 holding and related support, $25,000,000, to remain avail12 able until expended. 

13 FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION

14 For necessary expenses related to United States pris15 oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 

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

17 Code, $1,568,793,000, to remain available until expended: 

18 Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid19 ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce20 ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 

21 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

22 States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 

23 the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 


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1 NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 

5 the National Security Division, $101,369,000, of which 

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

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

11 the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 

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

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

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

19 with the procedures set forth in that section. 

20 INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT

21 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

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

24 most significant drug trafficking organizations, 

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

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

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

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

11 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

15 crimes against the United States, $9,254,347,000, of 

16 which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 

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

18 shall be available for official reception and representation 

19 expenses. 

20 CONSTRUCTION

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

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

25 law; conversion, modification and extension of federally 


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1 owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 

2 projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 

3 environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 

4 $65,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

14 token value that promote the goals of such programs, 

15 $2,319,692,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 

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

17 shall be available for official reception and representation 

18 expenses. 

19 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND

20 EXPLOSIVES

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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


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1 and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 

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

4 or without reimbursement, $1,316,678,000, of which not 

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

7 available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 

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

9 not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

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

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

14 further, That such funds shall be available to investigate 

15 and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief 

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

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

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

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

21 other agencies or Departments. 


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1 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 

5 for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 

6 Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 

7 provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 

8 related issues to foreign governments, $7,152,400,000: 

9 Provided, That the Attorney General may transfer to the 

10 Department of Health and Human Services such amounts 

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

13 and correctional institutions: Provided further, That the 

14 Director of the Federal Prison System, where necessary, 

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

19 the custody of the Federal Prison System: Provided fur20 ther, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available for offi21 cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur22 ther, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain avail23 able for necessary operations until September 30, 2020: 

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


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1 available until expended to make payments in advance for 

2 grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 

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

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

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

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of 

14 new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and re15 modeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 

16 correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 

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

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

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

23 may be used for work performed under this appropriation. 


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1 FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

4 of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 

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

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

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

9 budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL

11 PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

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

13 Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 

14 administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 

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

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

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

21 of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 

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

24 protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 

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


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1 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

2 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

3 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND

4 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

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

18 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public 

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

20 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

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

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

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


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1 $493,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not to 

3 exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this head4 ing may be used for expenses related to evaluation, train5 ing, and technical assistance: Provided further, That of the 

6 amount provided— 

7 (1) $215,000,000 is for grants to combat vio8 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 

9 1968 Act; 

10 (2) $35,500,000 is for transitional housing as11 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat12 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 

13 by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 

14 (3) $3,500,000 is for the National Institute of 

15 Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics for re16 search, evaluation, and statistics of violence against 

17 women and related issues addressed by grant pro18 grams of the Office on Violence Against Women, 

19 which shall be transferred to ‘‘Research, Evaluation 

20 and Statistics’’ for administration by the Office of 

21 Justice Programs; 

22 (4) $11,000,000 is for a grant program to pro23 vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 

24 victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

25 assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 


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1 youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 

2 men and youth in preventing such violence; and as3 sistance to middle and high school students through 

4 education and other services related to such violence: 

5 Provided, That unobligated balances available for 

6 the programs authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 

7 41303, and 41305 of the 1994 Act, prior to its 

8 amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be available for 

9 this program: Provided further, That 10 percent of 

10 the total amount available for this grant program 

11 shall be available for grants under the program au12 thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 

13 further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 

14 section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 

15 program; 

16 (5) $53,000,000 is for grants to encourage ar17 rest policies as authorized by part U of the 1968 

18 Act, of which up to $4,000,000 is for a homicide re19 duction initiative; 

20 (6) $35,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 

21 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 

22 1994 Act; 

23 (7) $40,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 

24 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 

25 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 


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1 (8) $20,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 

2 crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 

3 section 304 of the 2005 Act; 

4 (9) $45,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic5 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 

6 (10) $5,000,000 is for enhanced training and 

7 services to end violence against and abuse of women 

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

9 1994 Act; 

10 (11) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami11 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 

12 1301 of the 2000 Act: Provided, That unobligated 

13 balances available for the programs authorized by 

14 section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 

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

16 Act, shall be available for this program; 

17 (12) $6,000,000 is for education and training 

18 to end violence against and abuse of women with 

19 disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 

20 2000 Act; 

21 (13) $500,000 is for the National Resource 

22 Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 

23 domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 

24 the 1994 Act; 


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

2 violence against Indian women, including as author3 ized by section 904 of the 2005 Act: Provided, That 

4 such funds may be transferred to ‘‘Research, Eval5 uation and Statistics’’ for administration by the Of6 fice of Justice Programs; 

7 (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 

8 that provides training and technical assistance on 

9 issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 

10 and Alaska Native women; 

11 (16) $4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal 

12 governments in exercising special domestic violence 

13 criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of 

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

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

16 program; and 

17 (17) $1,500,000 for the purposes authorized 

18 under the 2015 Act. 

19 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

20 RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND STATISTICS

21 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

22 other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus 

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

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

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1 sistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et seq.); the Prosecutorial 

2 Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Chil3 dren Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice 

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

5 Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); 

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

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

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

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

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

12 the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 

13 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security 

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

15 NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 

16 Law 110–180); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza17 tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 

18 and other programs, $94,000,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, of which— 

20 (1) $50,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 

21 programs, and other activities, as authorized by part 

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

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1 (2) $44,000,000 is for research, development, 

2 and evaluation programs, and other activities as au3 thorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and 

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

5 $4,000,000 is for research targeted toward devel6 oping a better understanding of the domestic 

7 radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence8 based strategies for effective intervention and pre9 vention. 

10 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

13 other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 

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

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

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

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

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

19 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 

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

21 Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 

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

23 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

24 (Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic25 tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 


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1 (Public Law 106–386); the NICS Improvement Amend2 ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); subtitle D of 

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

4 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 

5 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources 

6 and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 

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

8 (Public Law 98–473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treat9 ment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improve10 ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416); the Violence 

11 Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 

12 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Comprehensive Addiction 

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

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

15 2016 (Public Law 114–324); the Keep Young Athletes 

16 Safe Act of 2018 (title III of division S of Public Law 

17 115–141) (‘‘the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act’’); the 

18 STOP School Violence Act of 2018 (title V of division S 

19 of Public Law 115–141) (‘‘the STOP School Violence 

20 Act’’); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program 

21 Authorization Act of 2017 (H.R. 3249, as passed by the 

22 House of Representatives on March 14, 2018) (‘‘the PSN 

23 Act’’); and other programs, $2,018,500,000, to remain 

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1 (1) $441,500,000 for the Edward Byrne Memo2 rial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized 

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

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

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

6 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), 

7 of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, 

8 $15,000,000 is for the Officer Robert Wilson III 

9 Memorial Initiative on Preventing Violence Against 

10 Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Surviv11 ability (VALOR), $2,500,000 is for a program to 

12 improve juvenile indigent defense, $2,400,000 is for 

13 the operationalization, maintenance and expansion of 

14 the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Sys15 tem, $50,000,000 is for competitive and evidence16 based programs to reduce gun crime and gang vio17 lence, as authorized by the PSN Act, $3,000,000 is 

18 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Pro19 gram, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 

20 108–405, and for grants for wrongful conviction re21 view, $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and 

22 prosecution grants to States and units of local gov23 ernment, and other programs, as authorized by the 

24 Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 

25 108–79), $2,000,000 is for the Missing Alzheimer’s 


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1 Disease Patient Alert Program, $10,000,000 is for 

2 emergency law enforcement assistance for events oc3 curring during or after fiscal year 2019, as author4 ized by section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act 

5 of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101), and $2,000,000 is for 

6 grants to States and units of local government to de7 ploy managed access systems to combat contraband 

8 cell phone use in prisons; 

9 (2) $255,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien 

10 Assistance Program, as authorized by section 

11 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

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

13 shall request compensation for any cost greater than 

14 the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 

15 detainees housed in State and local detention facili16 ties; 

17 (3) $100,000,000 for victim services programs 

18 for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 

19 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386, for programs au20 thorized under Public Law 109–164, or programs 

21 authorized under Public Law 113–4; 

22 (4) $11,000,000 for economic, high technology, 

23 white collar and Internet crime prevention grants, 

24 including as authorized by section 401 of Public 

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1 (5) $20,000,000 for sex offender management 

2 assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, 

3 and related activities; 

4 (6) $22,500,000 for the matching grant pro5 gram for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized 

6 by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act; 

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

8 Public Website; 

9 (8) $75,000,000 for grants to States to up10 grade criminal and mental health records for the 

11 National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys12 tem, of which no less than $25,000,000 shall be for 

13 grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im14 provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 

15 110–180); 

16 (9) $130,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic 

17 programs and activities, of which— 

18 (A) $120,000,000 is for a DNA analysis 

19 and capacity enhancement program and for 

20 other local, State, and Federal forensic activi21 ties, including the purposes authorized under 

22 section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi23 nation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–546) (the 

24 Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program): 

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1 available under this paragraph may be used for 

2 the purposes described in the DNA Training 

3 and Education for Law Enforcement, Correc4 tional Personnel, and Court Officers program 

5 (Public Law 108–405, section 303); 

6 (B) $6,000,000 is for the purposes de7 scribed in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Convic8 tion DNA Testing Grant Program (Public Law 

9 108–405, section 412); and 

10 (C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Fo11 rensic Exam Program grants, including as au12 thorized by section 304 of Public Law 108–405; 

13 (10) $47,500,000 for a grant program for com14 munity-based sexual assault response reform; 

15 (11) $12,000,000 for the court-appointed spe16 cial advocate program, as authorized by section 217 

17 of the 1990 Act; 

18 (12) $40,000,000 for assistance to Indian 

19 tribes; 

20 (13) $85,000,000 for offender reentry programs 

21 and research, as authorized by the Second Chance 

22 Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), without regard 

23 to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of 

24 such Act, of which $5,000,000 is for Children of In25 carcerated Parents Demonstrations to enhance and 


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1 maintain parental and family relationships for incar2 cerated parents as a reentry or recidivism reduction 

3 strategy; 

4 (14) $100,000,000 for activities authorized by 

5 the STOP School Violence Act; 

6 (15) $70,000,000 for initiatives to improve po7 lice-community relations, of which $22,500,000 is 

8 for a competitive matching grant program for pur9 chases of body-worn cameras for State, local and 

10 tribal law enforcement, $30,000,000 is for a justice 

11 reinvestment initiative, for activities related to crimi12 nal justice reform and recidivism reduction, 

13 $2,500,000 is for research and statistics on commu14 nity trust, which may be transferred to ‘‘Research, 

15 Evaluation and Statistics’’, and $15,000,000 is for 

16 an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innova17 tion program; 

18 (16) $380,000,000 for comprehensive opioid 

19 abuse reduction activities, including as authorized by 

20 CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 

21 address opioid abuse reduction consistent with un22 derlying program authorities— 

23 (A) $75,000,000 for Drug Courts, as au24 thorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of 

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1 (B) $30,000,000 for mental health courts 

2 and adult and juvenile collaboration program 

3 grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of 

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

8 (C) $30,000,000 for grants for Residential 

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

11 1968 Act; 

12 (D) $20,000,000 for a veterans treatment 

13 courts program; 

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

15 prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 

16 products; and 

17 (F) $195,000,000 for a comprehensive 

18 opioid abuse program; 

19 (17) $225,500,000 for grants under section 

20 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 

21 for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 

22 enforcement officers under part Q of such title not23 withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Pro24 vided, That within the amounts appropriated under 

25 this paragraph, $5,000,000 is for an initiative to 


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1 support evidence-based policing: Provided further, 

2 That within the amounts appropriated under this 

3 paragraph, $2,500,000 is for an initiative to enhance 

4 prosecutorial decision-making: Provided further, 

5 That within the amounts appropriated under this 

6 paragraph, $35,000,000 is for improving tribal law 

7 enforcement, including hiring, equipment, training, 

8 anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti-opioid ac9 tivities: Provided further, That of the amounts ap10 propriated under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for 

11 community policing development activities in fur12 therance of the purposes in section 1701: Provided 

13 further, That of the amounts appropriated under 

14 this paragraph $40,000,000 is for regional informa15 tion sharing activities, as authorized by part M of 

16 title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred 

17 to and merged with ‘‘Research, Evaluation, and Sta18 tistics’’: Provided further, That of the amounts ap19 propriated under this paragraph, $20,000,000 is for 

20 activities authorized by the POLICE Act of 2016 

21 (Public Law 114–199); and 

22 (18) $2,500,000 for grants authorized by the 

23 Keep Young Athletes Safe Act: 

24 Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 

25 the funds made available under this heading to increase 


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1 the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 

2 government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 

3 enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub4 lic sector safety service: Provided further, That balances 

5 from the ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services Pro6 grams’’ account may be transferred into this account: Pro7 vided further, That the transfer authority in the preceding 

8 proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority con9 tained in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer 

10 pursuant to the second proviso shall be treated as a re11 programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

12 be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli13 ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

14 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

15 For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 

16 other assistance, the following amounts are made available 

17 until expended— 

18 (1) $100,000,000 for youth mentoring grants; 

19 (2) $21,000,000 for programs authorized by 

20 the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; 

21 (3) $84,000,000 for missing and exploited chil22 dren programs, including as authorized by sections 

23 404(b) and 405(a) of the Juvenile Justice and De24 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (except that sec25 tion 102(b)(4)(B) of the PROTECT Our Children 


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

2 for purposes of this Act); 

3 (4) $2,000,000 for child abuse training pro4 grams for judicial personnel and practitioners, as 

5 authorized by section 222 of the Victims of Child 

6 Abuse Act of 1990; and 

7 (5) $5,000,000 for the Tribal Youth Program. 

8 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For payments and expenses authorized under section 

11 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

12 Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in13 cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail14 able until expended; and $24,800,000 for payments au15 thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu16 cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 

17 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not18 withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina19 tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 

20 require additional funding for such disability and edu21 cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 

22 amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail23 able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 

24 be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 

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1 viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 

2 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 

3 or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 

4 set forth in that section. 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

8 available in this title for official reception and representa9 tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 

10 appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 

11 shall be available to the Attorney General for official re12 ception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

16 were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro17 vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu18 tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 

19 shall be null and void. 

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

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

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

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1 mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 

2 Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin3 ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil4 osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 

5 Prisons. 

6 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria7 tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De8 partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be9 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex10 cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 

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

12 That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 

13 as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 

14 Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com15 pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

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

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

18 or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 

19 transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 

20 conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 

21 classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 

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

23 Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 

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

2 Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele3 vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec4 tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 

5 purposes. 

6 (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main7 tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 

8 equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 

9 programs. 

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

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

12 enhanced information technology program having total es13 timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un14 less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re15 view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

16 of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 

17 information technology program has appropriate program 

18 management controls and contractor oversight mecha19 nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 

20 the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 

21 SEC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 

22 set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi23 ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 

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1 to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 

2 this title in previous years. 

3 SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 

6 or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 

7 his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 

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

9 United States Code. 

10 SEC. 211. At the discretion of the Attorney General, 

11 and in addition to any amounts that otherwise may be 

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

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

15 Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, and ‘‘Juvenile Jus16 tice Programs’’— 

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

18 the Office of Justice Programs for grant or reim19 bursement programs may be used by such Office to 

20 provide training and technical assistance; and 

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

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

24 research, evaluation, or statistical programs adminis25 tered by the National Institute of Justice and the 


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1 Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be transferred to 

2 and merged with funds provided to the National In3 stitute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statis4 tics, to be used by them for research, evaluation, or 

5 statistical purposes, without regard to the authoriza6 tions for such grant or reimbursement programs. 

7 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

9 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

10 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts made avail11 able by this or any other Act. 

12 SEC. 213. None of the funds made available under 

13 this or any other Act, for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal 

14 year thereafter, other than for the national instant crimi15 nal background check system established under section 

16 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 

17 U.S.C. 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement 

18 officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to 

19 an individual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows 

20 or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, 

21 unless law enforcement personnel of the United States 

22 continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 

23 SEC. 214. (a) None of the income retained in the De24 partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 

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


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1 527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 

2 year 2019, except up to $5,000,000 may be obligated for 

3 implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan4 cial management system. 

5 (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal6 ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 

7 of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 

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

9 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2019, and 

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

11 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec12 tion 505 of this Act. 

13 (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli14 gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 

15 title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga16 tion during fiscal year 2019, and any use, obligation, 

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

18 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 

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

20 Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

21 TITLE III 

22 SCIENCE 

23 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 

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1 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 

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

3 passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 

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

5 $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 

6 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum7 bia, $5,544,000. 

8 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL

9 For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun10 cil, in carrying out the purposes of Title V of Public Law 

11 100-685 and Executive Order 13803, hire of passenger 

12 motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 

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

14 official reception and representation expenses, 

15 $1,965,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 

17 personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 

18 and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 

19 offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na20 tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 

21 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

22 SCIENCE

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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1 ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa2 cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 

3 and communications activities; program management; per4 sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 

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

6 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 

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

8 maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 

9 aircraft, $6,680,600,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2020: Provided, That the formulation and de11 velopment costs (with development cost as defined under 

12 section 30104 of title 51, United States Code) for the 

13 James Webb Space Telescope shall not exceed 

14 $8,000,000,000: Provided further, That should the indi15 vidual identified under subsection (c)(2)(E) of section 

16 30104 of title 51, United States Code, as responsible for 

17 the James Webb Space Telescope determine that the de18 velopment cost of the program is likely to exceed that limi19 tation, the individual shall immediately notify the Admin20 istrator and the increase shall be treated as if it meets 

21 the 30 percent threshold described in subsection (f) of sec22 tion 30104: Provided further, That, of the amounts pro23 vided, $545,000,000 is for an orbiter and $195,000,000 

24 is for a lander to meet the science goals for the Jupiter 

25 Europa mission as recommended in previous Planetary 


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1 Science Decadal surveys: Provided further, That the Na2 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall use the 

3 Space Launch System as the launch vehicles for the Jupi4 ter Europa missions, plan for an orbiter launch no later 

5 than 2022 and a lander launch no later than 2024, and 

6 include in the fiscal year 2020 budget the 5-year funding 

7 profile necessary to achieve these goals. 

8 AERONAUTICS

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 

11 development activities, including research, development, 

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

13 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con14 trol, and communications activities; program manage15 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

16 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

17 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur18 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

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

20 administrative aircraft, $715,000,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2020. 

22 EXPLORATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

24 in the conduct and support of space technology research 

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1 ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 

2 repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space3 craft control, and communications activities; program 

4 management; personnel and related costs, including uni5 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

6 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex7 penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

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

9 mission and administrative aircraft, $900,000,000, to re10 main available until September 30, 2020. 

11 DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEMS

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

13 in the conduct and support of exploration research and 

14 development activities, including research, development, 

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

16 facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con17 trol, and communications activities; program manage18 ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 

19 allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

20 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur21 chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 

22 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of missio n and 

23 administrative aircraft, $5,083,900,000, to remain avail24 able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not less 

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1 Crew Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 

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

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

4 less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele5 ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta6 neously: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 

7 for SLS, not less than $300,000,000 shall be for Explo8 ration Upper Stage development: Provided further, That 

9 $545,000,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems: 

10 Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and 

11 Space Administration (NASA) shall provide to the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

13 and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget sub14 mission, a 5-year budget profile for an integrated system 

15 that includes the Space Launch System, the Orion Multi16 Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associated ground systems that 

17 will ensure an Exploration Mission-2 crewed launch as 

18 early as possible, as well as a system-based funding profile 

19 for a sustained launch cadence beyond the initial crewed 

20 test launch: Provided further, That $1,038,900,000 shall 

21 be for advanced exploration systems, of which 

22 $504,000,000 shall be for a lunar orbital platform. 

23 LOW-EARTH ORBIT AND SPACEFLIGHT OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

25 in the conduct and support of space operations research 


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1 and development activities, including research, develop2 ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space3 craft control and communications activities, including op4 erations, production, and services; maintenance and re5 pair, facility planning and design; program management; 

6 personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow7 ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 

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

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

10 charter, maintenance and operation of mission and admin11 istrative aircraft, $4,624,700,000, to remain available 

12 until September 30, 2020. 

13 EDUCATION

14 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

15 in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 

16 education research and development activities, including 

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

18 program management; personnel and related costs, includ19 ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec20 tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 

21 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

22 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 

23 of mission and administrative aircraft, $90,000,000, to re24 main available until September 30, 2020, of which 

25 $18,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 


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1 Stimulate Competitive Research and $40,000,000 shall be 

2 for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro3 gram. 

4 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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

7 technology, exploration, space operations and education 

8 research and development activities, including research, 

9 development, operations, support, and services; mainte10 nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 

11 flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 

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

15 expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

16 not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen17 tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte18 nance, and operation of mission and administrative air19 craft, $2,850,000,000, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2020. 

21 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND

22 RESTORATION

23 For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 

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1 ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 

2 and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 

3 property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli4 ance and restoration, $562,240,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2024: Provided, That proceeds from 

6 leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 

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

8 in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 

9 proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail10 able for obligation for fiscal year 2019 in an amount not 

11 to exceed $9,470,300: Provided further, That each annual 

12 budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 

13 receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col14 lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 

15 Code. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

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

19 $39,300,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

20 until September 30, 2020. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 

24 shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 

25 a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 


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1 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

2 available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero3 nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 

4 transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap5 propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

6 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans7 fers. Balances so transferred shall be merged with and 

8 available for the same purposes and the same time period 

9 as the appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer 

10 pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram11 ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 

12 be available for obligation except in compliance with the 

13 procedures set forth in that section. 

14 The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro15 vided by NASA at the theme, program, project and activ16 ity level. The spending plan, as well as any subsequent 

17 change of an amount established in that spending plan 

18 that meets the notification requirements of section 505 of 

19 this Act, shall be treated as a reprogramming under sec20 tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga21 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce22 dures set forth in that section. 

23 The unexpired balances of a previous account, for ac24 tivities for which funds are provided in this Act, may be 

25 transferred to the new account established in this Act that 


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1 provides such activities. Balances so transferred shall be 

2 merged with the funds in the newly established account, 

3 but shall be available under the same terms, conditions 

4 and period of time as previously appropriated. 

5 Not more than 50 percent of the amounts made avail6 able in this Act for the Lunar Orbital Platform; Advanced 

7 Cislunar and Surface Capabilities; Commercial LEO De8 velopment; and Lunar Discovery and Exploration, exclud9 ing the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, may be obligated 

10 until the Administrator submits a multi-year plan to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate that identifies estimated dates, by 

13 fiscal year, for Space Launch System flights to build the 

14 Lunar Orbital Platform; the commencement of partner15 ships with commercial entities for additional LEO mis16 sions to land humans and rovers on the Moon; and con17 ducting additional scientific activities on the Moon. The 

18 multi-year plan shall include key milestones to be met by 

19 fiscal year to achieve goals for each of the lunar programs 

20 described in the previous sentence and funding required 

21 by fiscal year to achieve such milestones. 

22 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

23 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 

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


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

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

3 Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 

4 of flight services for research support; acquisition of air5 craft; and authorized travel; $6,651,500,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2020, of which not to exceed 

7 $600,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

8 polar research and operations support, and for reimburse9 ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 

10 support and logistical and other related activities for the 

11 United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 

12 for scientific support services and materials furnished by 

13 the National Research Centers and other National Science 

14 Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 

15 to this appropriation. 

16 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

17 CONSTRUCTION

18 For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc19 tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 

20 equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu21 ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 

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

23 $268,040,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

2 For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math3 ematics and engineering education and human resources 

4 programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 

5 Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ6 ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

7 United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con8 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $902,000,000, 

9 to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

10 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT

11 For agency operations and award management nec12 essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 

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

14 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas15 senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 

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

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

18 Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 

19 Homeland Security for security guard services; 

20 $333,630,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 

21 official reception and representation expenses: Provided 

22 further, That contracts may be entered into under this 

23 heading in fiscal year 2019 for maintenance and operation 

24 of facilities and for other services to be provided during 

25 the next fiscal year. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

2 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala3 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

5 and the employment of experts and consultants under sec6 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car7 rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 

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

9 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,370,000: Provided, That not 

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

11 and representation expenses. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

14 General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 

15 1978, $15,350,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail16 able until September 30, 2020. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 

20 available for the current fiscal year for the National 

21 Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be22 tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 

23 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans24 fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

25 treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 


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

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

3 The Director of the National Science Foundation 

4 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 days 

6 in advance of the acquisition or disposal of any capital 

7 asset (including land, structures, and equipment) not spe8 cifically provided for in this Act or any other law appro9 priating funds for the National Science Foundation. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria11 tions Act, 2019’’. 

12 TITLE IV 

13 RELATED AGENCIES 

14 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 

17 Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

18 $9,700,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro19 priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi20 viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 

21 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe22 cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 

23 That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 

24 shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 

25 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 


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

2 none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 

3 used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au4 thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 

5 of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 

6 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 

9 Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 

10 Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em11 ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 

12 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 

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

14 1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 

15 (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend16 ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 

17 Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in18 cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

19 United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 

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

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

22 $29,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 

23 agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 

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1 tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 

2 Provided further, That the Chair is authorized to accept 

3 and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 

4 Commission. 

5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the International Trade 

8 Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

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

10 United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 

11 reception and representation expenses, $95,000,000, to re12 main available until expended. 

13 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

14 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

15 For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 

16 carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 

17 Act of 1974, $410,000,000, of which $376,000,000 is for 

18 basic field programs and required independent audits; 

19 $5,100,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 

20 such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 

21 additional audits of recipients; $19,400,000 is for manage22 ment and grants oversight; $4,000,000 is for client self23 help and information technology; $4,500,000 is for a Pro 

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1 poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 

2 and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 

3 the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em4 ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 

5 States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 

6 Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 

7 further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 

8 this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora9 tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 

10 505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 

11 considered an agency of the United States Government. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—LEGAL SERVICES

13 CORPORATION

14 None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 

15 Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur16 pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 

17 provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 

18 of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 

19 Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 

20 the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 

21 except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 

22 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2018 and 

23 2019, respectively. 


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1 MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com4 mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 

5 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 

6 $3,431,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE

8 REPRESENTATIVE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 

11 States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas12 senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 

13 consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 

14 United States Code, $57,600,000, of which $1,000,000 

15 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 

16 the total amount made available under this heading, not 

17 to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 

18 and representation expenses. 

19 TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For activities of the United States Trade Representa22 tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 

23 and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 

24 including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 

25 Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 


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1 transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 

2 be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 

3 Act. 

4 STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 

7 as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 

8 (42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,821,000, of which $500,000 

9 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 

10 That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 

11 reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

12 That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 

13 Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 

14 United States Government. 

15 TITLE V 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

20 this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 

21 not authorized by the Congress. 

22 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

24 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 


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1 SEC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 

2 under this Act for any consulting service through procure3 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

5 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

6 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

7 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

8 issued pursuant to existing law. 

9 SEC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica10 tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 

11 be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica12 tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 

13 than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af14 fected thereby. 

15 SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 

16 or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

17 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli18 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2019, or provided from 

19 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

20 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

21 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

22 through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini23 tiates a new program, project or activity; (2) eliminates 

24 a program, project or activity; (3) increases funds or per25 sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 


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1 funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of2 fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro3 grams or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 

4 functions or activities presently performed by Federal em5 ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects or ac6 tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

7 less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 

8 project or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 

9 or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 

10 from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 

11 change in existing programs, projects or activities as ap12 proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com13 mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 

14 of such reprogramming of funds. 

15 SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 

16 a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 

17 affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 

18 or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 

19 sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 

20 in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re21 ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 

22 available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen23 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 

24 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula25 tions. 


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1 (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au2 thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 

3 available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 

4 are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 

5 States, its territories or possessions. 

6 (2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 

7 given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 

8 Item (1)(f)(3). 

9 SEC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 

10 Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na11 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta14 tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 

15 unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com16 mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 

17 identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 

18 appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 

19 balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 

20 reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 

21 obligation. 

22 (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 

23 submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 

24 (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 

25 aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 


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1 (a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 

2 the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 

3 maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys4 tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re5 port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 

6 SEC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 

7 agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre8 vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re9 ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 

10 total budgetary resources available to such department or 

11 agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be12 tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

13 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

14 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

15 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

16 reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 

17 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

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

19 Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 

20 this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 

21 and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 

22 SEC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 

23 shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 

24 or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 

25 by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 


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1 of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 

2 which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 

3 products of the same type. 

4 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per6 sonnel of the Department of Justice to obligate more than 

7 $2,600,000,000 during fiscal year 2019 from the Fund 

8 established by section 1402 of Public Law 98–473 (34 

9 U.S.C. 20101): Provided, That notwithstanding section 

10 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available from the 

11 Fund for obligation, 5 percent shall be available to the 

12 Office for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the 

13 requirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian tribes 

14 to improve services for victims of crime. 

15 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 

16 Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi17 nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 

18 students who participate in programs for which financial 

19 assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 

20 or legal guardians of such students. 

21 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in23 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

24 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro25 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 


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1 SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth2 erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 

3 Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer4 onautics and Space Administration, or the National 

5 Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate6 impact information system, as defined for security cat7 egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 

8 Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

9 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat10 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys11 tems’’ unless the agency has— 

12 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor13 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

14 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 

15 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

16 moderate-impact information systems within the 

17 Federal Government; 

18 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre19 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

20 threat information provided by the FBI and other 

21 appropriate agencies; and 

22 (3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap23 propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 

24 any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 

25 with the acquisition of such system, including any 


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1 risk associated with such system being produced, 

2 manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 

3 identified by the United States Government as pos4 ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 

5 those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 

6 the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 

7 of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 

8 or the Russian Federation. 

9 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

11 high-impact or moderate-impact information system re12 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

13 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

14 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 

15 FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 

16 mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 

17 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

18 the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 

19 the national interest of the United States; and 

20 (3) reported that determination to the Commit21 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa22 tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen23 eral. 

24 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 


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1 justify the use of torture by any official or contract em2 ployee of the United States Government. 

3 SEC. 515. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law or treaty, in fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 

5 thereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

6 made available under this Act or any other Act may be 

7 expended or obligated by a department, agency, or instru8 mentality of the United States to pay administrative ex9 penses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 

10 United States in connection with requiring an export li11 cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac12 cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 

13 I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 

14 (International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

15 part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 

16 not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 

17 that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 

18 met by the exporting party for such articles. 

19 (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex20 port license— 

21 (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 

22 Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 

23 required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 

24 under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 


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1 transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub2 section (a); and 

3 (2) does not permit the export without a license 

4 of— 

5 (A) fully automatic firearms and compo6 nents and parts for such firearms, other than 

7 for end use by the Federal Government, or a 

8 Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 

9 (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 

10 complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 

11 listed in Category I, other than for end use by 

12 the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu13 nicipal Government of Canada; or 

14 (C) articles for export from Canada to an15 other foreign destination. 

16 (c) In accordance with this section, the District Di17 rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per18 manent or temporary export without a license of any un19 classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 

20 end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem21 porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 

22 end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 

23 Canadian citizen. 

24 (d) The President may require export licenses under 

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1 mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 

2 the Government of Canada has implemented or main3 tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 

4 in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 

5 articles has and continues to take place for use in inter6 national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an7 other nation. The President shall terminate the require8 ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require9 ments have ceased. 

10 SEC. 516. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, in fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, 

12 no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

13 States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 

14 other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 

15 to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 

16 officer or employee of the United States to deny any appli17 cation submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) 

18 and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or 

19 .113, for a permit to import United States origin ‘‘curios 

20 or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammunition. 

21 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi23 lateral trade agreement the text of— 

24 (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 

25 States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 


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1 (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 

2 States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 

3 (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 

4 States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 

5 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 

7 letter in contravention of any of the following laws author8 izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 

9 security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 

10 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 

11 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu12 rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 

13 Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 

14 SEC. 519. If at any time during any quarter, the pro15 gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 

16 Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero17 nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 

18 Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason19 able cause to believe that the total program cost has in20 creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 

21 immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis22 trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di23 rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

24 Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 

25 and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 


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1 determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 

2 such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 

3 to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 

4 in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 

5 to which such changes have contributed to the increase 

6 in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti7 mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 

8 statement validating that the project’s management struc9 ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 

10 costs. 

11 SEC. 520. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

12 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel13 ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 

14 specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec15 tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

16 3094) during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the 

17 Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 

18 SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 

20 a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 

21 award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro22 spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 

23 agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 

24 of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 

25 filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 


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1 years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 

2 of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 

3 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi4 cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 

5 for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as6 sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 

7 offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter8 nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess9 ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 

10 judicial proceeding. 

11 (RESCISSIONS)

12 SEC. 522. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 

13 year appropriations available to the Department of Com14 merce, the following funds are hereby rescinded, not later 

15 than September 30, 2019, from the following accounts in 

16 the specified amounts— 

17 (1) ‘‘Economic Development Administration, 

18 Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 

19 $10,000,000; 

20 (2) ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech21 nology, Industrial Technology Services’’, $2,000,000; 

22 (3) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin23 istration, Operations, Research, and Facilities’’, 

24 $10,000,000; and 


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1 (4) ‘‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin2 istration, Procurement, Acquisition and Construc3 tion’’, $10,000,000. 

4 (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the De5 partment of Justice, the following funds are hereby re6 scinded, not later than September 30, 2019, from the fol7 lowing accounts in the specified amounts— 

8 (1) ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, $75,000,000; 

9 (2) ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation, Salaries 

10 and Expenses’’, $25,000,000, including, but not lim11 ited to, from fees collected to defray expenses for the 

12 automation of fingerprint identification and criminal 

13 justice information services and associated costs; 

14 (3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi15 ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 

16 Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro17 grams’’, $10,000,000; 

18 (4) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi19 ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $50,000,000; and 

20 (5) ‘‘Legal Activities, Assets Forfeiture Fund’’, 

21 $674,000,000. 

22 (c) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 

23 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

24 of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 


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1 September 1, 2019, specifying the amount of each rescis2 sion made pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 

3 (d) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a) and (b) 

4 shall not be from amounts that were designated by the 

5 Congress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement 

6 pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget or 

7 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

8 of 1985. 

9 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 

11 travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 

12 301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

13 SEC. 524. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend15 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart16 ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 

17 at any single conference occurring outside the United 

18 States unless such conference is a law enforcement train19 ing or operational conference for law enforcement per20 sonnel and the majority of Federal employees in attend21 ance are law enforcement personnel stationed outside the 

22 United States. 

23 SEC. 525. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

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1 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

2 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

3 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

4 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

5 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

6 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

7 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

8 SEC. 526. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth9 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

10 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

11 States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi12 vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de13 tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec14 tive control of the Department of Defense. 

15 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

16 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

17 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

18 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

19 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

20 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

21 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

22 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

23 and 

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1 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

2 control of the Department of Defense; or 

3 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

4 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

5 SEC. 527. The Director of the Office of Management 

6 and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in7 strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro8 priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 

9 expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform10 ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 

11 following: 

12 (1) Details on future action the department, 

13 agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 

14 undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 

15 (2) The method that the department, agency, or 

16 instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 

17 in expired grant accounts. 

18 (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex19 pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 

20 Treasury of the United States. 

21 (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 

22 the total number of expired grant accounts with 

23 undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 

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1 and the total finances that have not been obligated 

2 to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 

3 SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds made available by 

4 this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 

5 Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 

6 Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 

7 (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 

8 or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 

9 of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat10 erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com11 pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 

12 a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

14 be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 

15 at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 

16 (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 

17 (b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 

18 NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves19 tigation, have certified— 

20 (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 

21 technology, data, or other information with national 

22 security or economic security implications to China 

23 or a Chinese-owned company; and 

24 (2) will not involve knowing interactions with 

25 officials who have been determined by the United 


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1 States to have direct involvement with violations of 

2 human rights. 

3 (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 

4 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 

6 Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 

7 the activity in question and shall include a description of 

8 the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici9 pants, and its location and timing. 

10 SEC. 529. None of the funds made available by this 

11 or any other Act, for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 

12 thereafter, may be used to pay the salaries or expenses 

13 of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for 

14 the importation of any model of shotgun if— 

15 (1) all other requirements of law with respect to 

16 the proposed importation are met; and 

17 (2) no application for the importation of such 

18 model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 

19 been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu20 ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 

21 particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 

22 sporting purposes. 

23 SEC. 530. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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1 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

2 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

3 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

4 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

5 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi6 nal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other law 

7 enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 

8 SEC. 531. The Departments of Commerce and Jus9 tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

10 the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 

11 Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

12 the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 

13 Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 

14 of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 

15 Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 

16 the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 

17 signed by the respective department or agency head, to 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep19 resentatives and the Senate within 45 days after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

23 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

24 ratification for the Treaty. 


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1 SEC. 533. The Department of Commerce, the Na2 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na3 tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 

6 by any employee of such Department or agency, including 

7 the purpose of such travel. 

8 SEC. 534. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 

9 not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 

10 respectively, for Public Works grants authorized by the 

11 Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and 

12 grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 

13 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall 

14 be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties: 

15 Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per16 sistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has had 

17 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty over 

18 the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 

19 decennial censuses and the most recent Small Area In20 come and Poverty Estimates. 

21 SEC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to approve the registration or renewal 

23 of, or maintain the registration of, a mark, trade name, 

24 or commercial name, under the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 

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1 used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain 

2 international conventions, and for other purposes’’, ap3 proved July 6, 1946 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Trade4 mark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), including 

5 the receipt or acceptance of post-registration affidavits or 

6 declarations, where such mark, trade name, or commercial 

7 name is the same or substantially similar to a mark, trade 

8 name, or commercial name that was used in connection 

9 with a business or assets that were confiscated, as that 

10 term is defined in section 4(4) of the Cuban Liberty and 

11 Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 

12 U.S.C. 6023(4)), unless the original owner of the mark, 

13 trade name, or commercial name, or the bona-fide suc14 cessor-in-interest has expressly consented. 

15 SEC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 

17 923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 

18 to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul19 tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 

20 SEC. 537. (a) A State may bring a civil action against 

21 the United States in an appropriate United States district 

22 court for such declaratory and injunctive relief (including 

23 preliminary injunctive relief) as may be necessary to re24 store the sovereignty reserved to the States by the Con25 stitution. It shall be the duty of the courts of the United 


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1 States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the 

2 greatest possible extent the disposition of any such action. 

3 (b) This section shall take effect on the date of enact4 ment of this Act and continue in effect through all fiscal 

5 years thereafter. 

6 SEC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to relocate the Bureau of Alcohol, To8 bacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training 

9 Center or the ATF National Canine Division. 

10 SEC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to enter into a civil settlement agreement 

12 on behalf of the United States that includes a term requir13 ing that any donation be made to any non-party by any 

14 party-defendant to such agreement. 

15 SEC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be expended during fiscal year 2019 to prepare 

17 for the shutdown of the Stratospheric Observatory for In18 frared Astronomy. 

19 SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used by the Department of Commerce to pre21 pare, finalize, implement, or enforce recommendations, 

22 conditions, or prescriptions, or reserve authority related 

23 thereto, pursuant to authorities provided to the Depart24 ment of Commerce under sections 10 and 18 of the Fed25 eral Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803, 811) as related to the 


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1 Don Pedro (P–2299–082) and La Grange (P–14581–002) 

2 hydroelectric projects along the Tuolumne River, Cali3 fornia. 

4 SEC. 542. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with re6 spect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 

7 Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 

8 Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken9 tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi10 gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 

11 New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 

12 North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 

13 Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

14 Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Vir15 ginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with respect to the 

16 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or Guam, to prevent 

17 any of them from implementing their own laws that au18 thorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 

19 medical marijuana. 

20 SEC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used in contravention of the ‘‘Order Activating 

22 Suspended Denial Order Relating to Zhongxing Tele23 communications Equipment Corporation and ZTE 

24 Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd.’’ (83 Fed. Reg. 


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1 17644) published on April 23, 2018, by the Bureau of 

2 Industry and Security. 

3 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

4 SEC. 544. $0. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 

6 Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 544 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5952 

[Report No. 115–704] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

2019, and for other purposes. Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 

MAY 24, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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