115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5895 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for energy and water development 

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2019, and for other purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water, 

3 Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Vet4 erans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

5 DIVISION A—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL6 OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP7 PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

8 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

9 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en10 ergy and water development and related agencies for the 

11 fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur12 poses, namely: 

13 TITLE I 

14 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

15 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

16 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

17 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

18 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super19 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func20 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 

21 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro22 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 

23 INVESTIGATIONS

24 For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 

25 the collection and study of basic information pertaining 

26 to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 
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1 shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re2 lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 

3 and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 

4 storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 

5 ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 

6 construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 

7 miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 

8 surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 

9 of projects prior to construction, $128,000,000 (increased 

10 by $1,200,000), to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That the Secretary shall initiate six new study 

12 starts during fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That the 

13 Secretary shall not deviate from the new starts proposed 

14 in the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con16 gress. 

17 CONSTRUCTION

18 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

19 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro20 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 

21 projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 

22 and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 

23 those involving participation by States, local governments, 

24 or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 

25 by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
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1 tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern2 ment to construction); $2,323,000,000 (reduced by 

3 $7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000), to remain avail4 able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 

5 to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili6 ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro7 gram shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

8 Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of which 

9 such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs 

10 of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion 

11 of inland waterways projects shall be derived from the In12 land Waterways Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifi13 cally provided for in law: Provided, That the Secretary 

14 shall initiate five new construction starts during fiscal year 

15 2019: Provided further, That for new construction 

16 projects, project cost sharing agreements shall be executed 

17 as soon as practicable but no later than August 31, 2019: 

18 Provided further, That no allocation for a new start shall 

19 be considered final and no work allowance shall be made 

20 until the Secretary provides to the Committees on Appro21 priations of both Houses of Congress an out-year funding 

22 scenario demonstrating the affordability of the selected 

23 new starts and the impacts on other projects: Provided 

24 further, That the Secretary may not deviate from the new 

25 starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan has been 
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1 submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

2 Houses of Congress. 

3 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

4 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

5 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu6 vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 

7 by law, $430,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

8 of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 

9 share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in10 land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte11 nance Trust Fund. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

13 For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte14 nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 

15 storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 

16 and related projects authorized by law; providing security 

17 for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ18 ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 

19 harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 

20 other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 

21 of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 

22 and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con23 necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 

24 removing obstructions to navigation, $3,820,000,000 (in25 creased by $1,000,000), to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the 

2 Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs 

3 for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors 

4 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

5 Fund; of which such sums as become available from the 

6 special account for the Corps of Engineers established by 

7 the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall 

8 be derived from that account for resource protection, re9 search, interpretation, and maintenance activities related 

10 to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recre11 ation is available; and of which such sums as become avail12 able from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 

13 104–303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and 

14 maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for 

15 which such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 per16 cent of the total amount of funds provided for each of the 

17 programs, projects, or activities funded under this heading 

18 shall not be allocated to a field operating activity prior 

19 to the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 

20 and shall be available for use by the Chief of Engineers 

21 to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of Engi22 neers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and 

23 that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the 

24 fourth quarter any remaining funds which have not been 

25 used for emergency activities proportionally in accordance 
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1 with the amounts provided for the programs, projects, or 

2 activities. 

3 REGULATORY PROGRAM

4 For expenses necessary for administration of laws 

5 pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 

6 $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2020. 

8 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

9 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

10 from sites in the United States resulting from work per11 formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro12 gram, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

14 For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri15 cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 

16 operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 

17 such disasters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to re18 main available until expended. 

19 EXPENSES

20 For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen21 eral administration of the civil works program in the head22 quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 

23 Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op24 eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ25 ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
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1 Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 

2 the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen3 ter allocable to the civil works program, $187,000,000 (re4 duced by $1,200,000) (reduced by $1,030,000), to remain 

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

6 $5,000 may be used for official reception and representa7 tion purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Pro8 vided, That no part of any other appropriation provided 

9 in this title shall be available to fund the civil works activi10 ties of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil 

11 works executive direction and management activities of the 

12 division offices: Provided further, That any Flood Control 

13 and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be used to 

14 fund the supervision and general administration of emer15 gency operations, repairs, and other activities in response 

16 to any flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster. 

17 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

18 FOR CIVIL WORKS

19 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

20 for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 

21 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 

22 Provided, That not more than 25 percent of such amount 

23 may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec24 retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 

25 both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at 
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1 least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 

2 each heading in this title (as designated under such head3 ing in the report of the Committee on Appropriations ac4 companying this Act) to specific programs, projects, or ac5 tivities. 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 

7 ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 

10 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

11 reprogramming of funds that— 

12 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

13 or activity; 

14 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

15 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro16 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

17 denied or restricted by this Act; 

18 (4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 

19 for a specific program, project, or activity by this 

20 Act; 

21 (5) increases funds for any program, project, or 

22 activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 

23 whichever is less; or 
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1 (6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 

2 activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 

3 whichever is less. 

4 (b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 

5 or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con6 trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 

7 1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec8 tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 

9 103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 

10 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 

11 Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 

12 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec13 tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

14 1992. 

15 (c) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 

16 a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 

17 both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro18 grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat19 egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub20 mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act. 

22 SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 

23 title may be used to award or modify any contract that 

24 commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 

25 program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
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1 cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 

2 been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 

3 section 101. 

4 SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 

5 to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 

6 Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 

7 provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 

8 Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 

9 of Engineers projects. 

10 SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

11 for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate12 rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac13 ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 

14 dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 

15 thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 

16 certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 

17 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 

18 until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate19 rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 

20 the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 

21 of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 

22 of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 

23 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 

24 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 

25 title may be used for any acquisition of buoy chain that 
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1 is not consistent with 48 CFR 225.7007, subsections 

2 (a)(1) and (a)(2). 

3 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 

5 study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken6 tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 

7 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 

8 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the 

9 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

10 1344(f)(2)), none of the funds made available by this Act 

11 may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 

12 dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 

13 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 

14 identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 

15 404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 

16 SEC. 108. The final rule issued by the Administrator 

17 of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 

18 of the Army entitled ‘‘Clean Water Rule: ‘Definition of 

19 Waters of the United States’ ’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 37053 (June 

20 29, 2015)) is repealed, and, until such time as the Admin21 istrator and the Secretary issue a final rule after the date 

22 of enactment of this Act defining the scope of waters pro23 tected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 

24 such new final rule goes into effect, any regulation or pol25 icy revised under, or otherwise affected as a result of, the 
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1 rule repealed by this section shall be applied as if that 

2 repealed rule had not been issued. 

3 SEC. 109. As of the date of enactment of this Act 

4 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 

5 shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that pro6 hibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including 

7 an assembled or functional firearm, at a water resources 

8 development project covered under section 327.0 of title 

9 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 

10 of enactment of this Act), if— 

11 (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 

12 law from possessing the firearm; and 

13 (2) the possession of the firearm is in compli14 ance with the law of the State in which the water 

15 resources development project is located. 

16 SEC. 110. For fiscal year 2019, none of the funds 

17 provided in this Act or available in the revolving fund es18 tablished by the Civil Functions Appropriations Act of 

19 1954 (33 U.S.C. 576(a)) may be obligated or expended 

20 on a new hopper dredge. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

3 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

4 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

5 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

6 Utah Project Completion Act, $15,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, of which $898,000 shall be de8 posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con9 servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti10 gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 

11 the amount provided under this heading, $1,398,675 shall 

12 be available until September 30, 2020, for expenses nec13 essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec14 retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 

15 year 2019, of the amount made available to the Commis16 sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 

17 use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administra18 tive expenses. 

19 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

20 The following appropriations shall be expended to 

21 execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama22 tion: 
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1 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For management, development, and restoration of 

4 water and related natural resources and for related activi5 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita6 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

7 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri8 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

9 agreements with, State and local governments, federally 

10 recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,381,992,000 (re11 duced by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced 

12 by $15,000,000) (increased by $15,000,000), to remain 

13 available until expended, of which $67,393,000 shall be 

14 available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 

15 Fund and $5,551,000 shall be available for transfer to the 

16 Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which 

17 such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to 

18 the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such trans19 fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap20 propriation under this heading: Provided further, That of 

21 the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 

22 that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu23 reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 

24 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account: 

25 Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 
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1 395 are available until expended for the purposes for 

2 which the funds were contributed: Provided further, That 

3 funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited 

4 to this account and are available until expended for the 

5 same purposes as the sums appropriated under this head6 ing: Provided further, That of the amounts provided here7 in, funds may be used for high-priority projects which 

8 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 

9 authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706. 

10 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

11 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi12 tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 

13 the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $62,008,000 

14 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to be 

15 derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 

16 Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 

17 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 

18 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu19 reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the 

20 full amount of the additional mitigation and restoration 

21 payments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 

22 102–575: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

23 available under this heading may be used for the acquisi24 tion or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water 
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1 is already committed to in-stream purposes by a court 

2 adopted decree or order. 

3 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

6 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 

7 consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 

8 the Interior, $35,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 

10 carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 

11 accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 

12 out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro13 priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 

14 costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur15 ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 

16 in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 

17 demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 

18 and objectives of the Program. 

19 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

20 For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 

21 and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 

22 the Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the 

23 Bureau of Reclamation, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2020, $61,000,000, to be derived from the 

25 Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 
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1 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appro2 priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func3 tions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

5 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

6 be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 

7 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 

9 INTERIOR 

10 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 

11 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

12 reprogramming of funds that— 

13 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

14 or activity; 

15 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

16 (3) increases funds for any program, project, or 

17 activity for which funds have been denied or re18 stricted by this Act; 

19 (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 

20 activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 

21 unless prior approval is received from the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 

23 (5) transfers funds in excess of the following 

24 limits— 
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1 (A) 15 percent for any program, project or 

2 activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail3 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 

4 (B) $400,000 for any program, project or 

5 activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail6 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 

7 (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 

8 the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili9 tation category or the Resources Management and 

10 Development category to any program, project, or 

11 activity in the other category; or 

12 (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 

13 obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 

14 $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 

15 contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 

16 to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de17 ficiency judgments. 

18 (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 

19 of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 

20 Rehabilitation category. 

21 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 

22 means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 

23 project, or activity. 

24 (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 

25 on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro2 grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat3 egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub4 mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act. 

6 SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth7 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter8 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 

9 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 

10 of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 

11 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

12 of California as approved by the Administrator of the En13 vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri14 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

15 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 

16 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain17 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 

18 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 

19 until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program— 

20 Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter21 native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 

22 ‘‘Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro23 gram and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Feb24 ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 

25 Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 
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1 by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 

2 service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 

3 be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 

4 such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 

5 law. 

6 SEC. 203. Hereinafter, notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, during the period from November 1 

8 through April 30, water users may use their diversion 

9 structures for the purpose of recharging the Eastern 

10 Snake Plain Aquifer, when the Secretary, in consultation 

11 with the Advisory Committee and Water District 1 

12 watermaster, determines there is water available in excess 

13 of that needed to satisfy existing Minidoka Project storage 

14 and hydropower rights and ensure operational flexibility. 

15 SEC. 204. Section 9001(d) of the Omnibus Public 

16 Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 

17 Stat. 1295) is amended by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘20’’. 

19 SEC. 205. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail20 able to implement the Stipulation of Settlement (Natural 

21 Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al., 

22 Eastern District of California, No. Civ. 9 S–88–1658 

23 LKK/GGH) or subtitle A of title X of Public Law 111– 

24 11. 
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1 SEC. 206. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able for the purchase of water in the State of California 

3 to supplement instream flow within a river basin that has 

4 suffered a drought within the last two years. 

5 SEC. 207. Section 9(c)(1) of the Reclamation Project 

6 Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)(1)) is amended by insert7 ing ‘‘and pumped storage hydropower development exclu8 sively using Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs’’ after ‘‘in9 cluding small conduit hydropower development’’. 

10 TITLE III 

11 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

12 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

13 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

14 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

15 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap16 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

17 efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 

18 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

20 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

21 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

22 $2,078,640,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 

23 $1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 

24 That of such amount, $153,700,000 shall be available 

25 until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 
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1 CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECURITY, AND EMERGENCY

2 RESPONSE

3 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

4 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap5 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

6 sector cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency re7 sponse activities in carrying out the purposes of the De8 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

9 seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

10 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi11 tion, construction, or expansion, $146,000,000 (increased 

12 by $1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That of such amount, $11,500,000 shall be avail14 able until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

15 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY

16 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

17 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap18 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec19 tricity delivery activities in carrying out the purposes of 

20 the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation 

22 of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 

23 acquisition, construction, or expansion, $175,000,000 (in24 creased by $1,000,000), to remain available until ex25 pended: Provided, That of such amount, $17,000,000 shall 
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1 be available until September 30, 2020, for program direc2 tion. 

3 NUCLEAR ENERGY

4 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

5 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap6 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 

7 energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De8 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

9 seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

10 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi11 tion, construction, or expansion, $1,346,090,000, to re12 main available until expended: Provided, That of such 

13 amount, $66,500,000 shall be available until September 

14 30, 2020, for program direction. 

15 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

16 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car17 rying out fossil energy research and development activi18 ties, under the authority of the Department of Energy Or19 ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac20 quisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable in21 terests in any real property or any facility or for plant 

22 or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in23 quiries, technological investigations and research con24 cerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 

25 mineral substances without objectionable social and envi-
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1 ronmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 

2 $785,000,000 (reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by 

3 $20,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That of such amount $61,070,000 shall be available 

5 until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

6 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

7 For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 

8 carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 

9 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 

12 available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac13 tivities. 

14 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

15 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

16 Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op17 erations and program management activities pursuant to 

18 the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 

19 et seq.), $252,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar21 tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 

22 6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 

23 sell not to exceed $300,000,000 of crude oil from the Stra24 tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2019: Provided fur25 ther, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall 
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1 be deposited into the ‘‘Energy Security and Infrastructure 

2 Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 2019: Provided 

3 further, That such amounts shall be made available and 

4 shall remain available until expended for necessary ex5 penses to carry out the Life Extension II project for the 

6 Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

7 SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT

8 For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 

9 petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pur10 suant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 404 of the Bipar12 tisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 note), 

13 and section 5010 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public 

14 Law 114–255), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

17 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

18 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 

19 and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 

20 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 

21 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

23 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car24 rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin-
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1 istration, $125,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

4 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

5 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap6 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de7 fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 

8 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con10 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

11 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

12 $240,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

14 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

15 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car16 rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 

17 and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi18 ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 

19 title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 

20 $870,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich21 ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re22 main available until expended, of which $32,959,000 shall 

23 be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 

24 Energy Policy Act of 1992, including for the purchase of 

25 not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only. 
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1 SCIENCE

2 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

3 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap4 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 

5 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

6 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in7 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop8 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con9 struction, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 

10 16 passenger motor vehicles and one airplane for replace11 ment only, including one bus, $6,600,000,000 (reduced by 

12 $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000), to remain avail13 able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

14 $183,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

15 for program direction. 

16 NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

17 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

18 nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 

19 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Public Law 97– 

20 425), as amended (hereinafter referred to as the 

21 ‘‘NWPA’’), including the acquisition of any real property 

22 or facility construction, or expansion, $190,000,000 (re23 duced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to re24 main available until expended, and to be derived from the 

25 Nuclear Waste Fund: Provided, That of the funds made 
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1 available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal and defense 

2 nuclear waste disposal activities, 1.62 percent shall be pro3 vided to the Office of the Attorney General of the State 

4 of Nevada solely for expenditures, other than salaries and 

5 expenses of State employees, to conduct scientific over6 sight responsibilities and participate in licensing activities 

7 pursuant to the NWPA: Provided further, That of the 

8 funds made available in this Act for nuclear waste disposal 

9 and defense nuclear waste disposal activities, 2.91 percent 

10 shall be provided to affected units of local government, as 

11 defined in the NWPA, to conduct appropriate activities 

12 and participate in licensing activities under Section 116(c) 

13 of the NWPA: Provided further, That of the amounts pro14 vided to affected units of local government, 7.5 percent 

15 shall be made available to affected units of local govern16 ment in California with the balance made available to af17 fected units of local government in Nevada for distribution 

18 as determined by the Nevada affected units of local gov19 ernment: Provided further, That of the funds made avail20 able in this Act for nuclear waste disposal and defense 

21 nuclear waste disposal activities, 0.16 percent shall be pro22 vided to the affected Federally-recognized Indian tribes, 

23 as defined in the NWPA, solely for expenditures, other 

24 than salaries and expenses of tribal employees, to conduct 

25 appropriate activities and participate in licensing activities 
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1 under section 118(b) of the NWPA: Provided further, That 

2 of the funds made available in this Act for nuclear waste 

3 disposal and defense nuclear waste disposal activities, 3.0 

4 percent shall be provided to Nye County, Nevada, 0.05 

5 percent shall be provided to Clark County, Nevada, and 

6 0.46 percent shall be provided to the State of Nevada as 

7 payment equal to taxes under section 116(c)(3) of the 

8 NWPA: Provided further, That within 90 days of the com9 pletion of each Federal fiscal year, the Office of the Attor10 ney General of the State of Nevada, each affected Feder11 ally-recognized Indian tribe, and each of the affected units 

12 of local government shall provide certification to the De13 partment of Energy that all funds expended from such 

14 payments have been expended for activities authorized by 

15 the NWPA and this Act: Provided further, That failure 

16 to provide such certification shall cause such entity to be 

17 prohibited from any further funding provided for similar 

18 activities: Provided further, That none of the funds herein 

19 appropriated may be: (1) used for litigation expenses; (2) 

20 used for interim storage activities; or (3) used to support 

21 multi-State efforts or other coalition building activities in22 consistent with the restrictions contained in this Act: Pro23 vided further, That all proceeds and recoveries realized by 

24 the Secretary in carrying out activities authorized by the 

25 NWPA, including but not limited to any proceeds from 
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1 the sale of assets, shall be credited to this account, to re2 main available until expended, for carrying out the pur3 poses of this account. 

4 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY

5 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car6 rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 

7 America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69), 

8 $325,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That of such amount, $29,250,000 shall be avail10 able until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

11 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

12 PROGRAM

13 Such sums as are derived from amounts received 

14 from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 

15 Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 

16 be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con17 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for nec18 essary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan 

19 Guarantee program, $32,000,000 is appropriated from 

20 fees collected in prior years pursuant to section 1702(h) 

21 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which are not otherwise 

22 appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2020: Provided further, That if the amount in the previous 

24 proviso is not available from such fees, an amount for such 

25 purposes is also appropriated from the general fund so as 
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1 to result in a total amount appropriated for such purpose 

2 of no more than $32,000,000: Provided further, That fees 

3 collected pursuant to such section 1702(h) for fiscal year 

4 2019 shall be credited as offsetting collections under this 

5 heading and shall not be available until appropriated: Pro6 vided further, That the Department of Energy shall not 

7 subordinate any loan obligation to other financing in viola8 tion of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or 

9 subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or 

10 other debt obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 

11 10, Code of Federal Regulations. 

12 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING

13 LOAN PROGRAM

14 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

15 necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi16 cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2020. 

18 TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

19 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

20 necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar21 antee Program, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2020. 

23 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

24 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En25 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car-
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1 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga2 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $280,524,000 (re3 duced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced 

4 by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 

5 $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2020, including the hire of passenger 

7 motor vehicles and official reception and representation 

8 expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional 

9 amounts as necessary to cover increases in the estimated 

10 amount of cost of work for others notwithstanding the pro11 visions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et 

12 seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost of work are 

13 offset by revenue increases of the same or greater amount: 

14 Provided further, That moneys received by the Department 

15 for miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $96,000,000 

16 in fiscal year 2019 may be retained and used for operating 

17 expenses within this account, as authorized by section 201 

18 of Public Law 95–238, notwithstanding the provisions of 

19 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That the sum herein 

20 appropriated shall be reduced as collections are received 

21 during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 

22 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

23 not more than $184,524,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, $51,330,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2020. 

6 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

7 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

8 ADMINISTRATION 

9 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

10 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

11 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap12 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

13 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

14 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

16 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

17 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

18 and the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for re19 placement only, $11,200,000,000 (increased by 

20 $24,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That of such amount, $102,022,000 shall be avail22 able until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

23 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

24 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

25 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap-
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1 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

2 defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 

3 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

4 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

5 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

6 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

7 and the purchase of not to exceed three aircraft, 

8 $1,902,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 NAVAL REACTORS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

12 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 

13 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ14 ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc15 tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 

16 equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 

17 $1,788,618,000, to remain available until expended, of 

18 which, $85,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department 

19 of Energy—Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, for the 

20 Advanced Test Reactor: Provided, That of such amount, 

21 $48,709,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

22 for program direction. 

23 FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex25 penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 
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1 $422,529,000 (reduced by $24,000,000), to remain avail2 able until September 30, 2020, including official reception 

3 and representation expenses not to exceed $12,000. 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

5 ACTIVITIES 

6 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

7 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

8 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap9 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 

10 energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car11 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga12 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui13 sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

14 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan15 sion, and the purchase of not to exceed one passenger 

16 minivan for replacement only, $5,759,220,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

18 $295,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

19 for program direction. 

20 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

21 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

22 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap23 ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 

24 energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac25 tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 
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1 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in2 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop3 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con4 struction, or expansion, $870,300,000 (reduced by 

5 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail6 able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

7 $301,085,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

8 for program direction. 

9 DEFENSE NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL

10 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

11 nuclear waste disposal activities to carry out the purposes 

12 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, 

13 including the acquisition of real property or facility con14 struction or expansion, $30,000,000, to remain available 

15 until expended. 

16 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

17 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

18 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra19 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 

20 are approved for official reception and representation ex21 penses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That 

22 during fiscal year 2019, no new direct loan obligations 

23 may be made. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 For expenses necessary for operation and mainte4 nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 

5 electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 

6 and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 

7 Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 

8 southeastern power area, $6,500,000, including official re9 ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 

10 exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 

12 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $6,500,000 col13 lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 

14 sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 

15 account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

16 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

17 the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis18 tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro19 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

20 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

21 fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 

22 $0: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

23 3302, up to $55,360,000 collected by the Southeastern 

24 Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

25 of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 
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1 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 

2 to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 

3 of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 

4 Provided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, 

5 annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re6 covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 

7 purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN

9 POWER ADMINISTRATION

10 For expenses necessary for operation and mainte11 nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 

12 electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 

13 of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili14 ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re15 ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 

16 exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con17 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 

18 Southwestern Power Administration, $45,802,000, to re19 main available until expended: Provided, That notwith20 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con21 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $35,402,000 col22 lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 

23 the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 

24 this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re25 main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 
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1 funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 

2 Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap3 propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec4 tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 

5 in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not 

6 more than $10,400,000: Provided further, That notwith7 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $10,000,000 collected by 

8 the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 

9 Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 

10 wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off11 setting collections, to remain available until expended for 

12 the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 

13 expenditures: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

14 appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 

15 are generally recovered in the same year that they are in16 curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

17 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

18 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS19 TRATION

20 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

21 section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 

22 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con23 servation and renewable resources programs as author24 ized, $265,142,000, including official reception and rep25 resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 
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1 to remain available until expended, of which $265,142,000 

2 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec3 lamation Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

4 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 

5 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 

6 Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 

7 $175,770,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad8 ministration from the sale of power and related services 

9 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 

10 collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 

11 purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 

12 Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 

13 sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re14 duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 

15 as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation esti16 mated at not more than $89,372,000, of which 

17 $89,372,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro18 vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 

19 to $180,408,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad20 ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 

21 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur22 chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 

23 this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 

24 until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

25 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 
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1 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

2 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

3 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

4 wheeling expenses). 

5 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

6 FUND

7 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 

8 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

9 Dams, $5,207,000, to remain available until expended, 

10 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

11 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad12 ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 

13 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding 

14 the provisions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 

15 $4,979,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis16 tration from the sale of power and related services from 

17 the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 

18 account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

19 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

20 the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 

21 Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 

22 activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro23 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

24 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

25 fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 
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1 $228,000: Provided further, That for purposes of this ap2 propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 

3 generally recovered in the same year that they are in4 curred: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, the 

5 Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 

6 may accept up to $122,000 in funds contributed by United 

7 States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams 

8 for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 

9 Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for 

10 the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said 

11 sums had been specifically appropriated for such purpose: 

12 Provided further, That any such funds shall be available 

13 without further appropriation and without fiscal year limi14 tation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 

15 Section of the International Boundary and Water Com16 mission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, re17 pairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydro18 electric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agree19 ments reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, 

20 and the power customers. 

21 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu24 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De25 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
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1 seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

2 official reception and representation expenses not to ex3 ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

4 $369,900,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 not to exceed $369,900,000 of revenues from fees and an7 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

8 year 2019 shall be retained and used for expenses nec9 essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex10 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro11 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 

12 are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a 

13 final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund 

14 estimated at not more than $0. 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 

16 ENERGY 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 

19 made available by this title for the Department of Energy 

20 shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 

21 or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 

22 or similar arrangements (including Requests for 

23 Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op24 portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac-
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1 tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 

2 funded by Congress. 

3 (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

5 at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 

6 made available in this title may be used to— 

7 (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 

8 grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 

9 (B) make a discretionary contract award or 

10 Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 

11 or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 

12 Acquisition Regulation; 

13 (C) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca14 tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 

15 subparagraph (A) or (B); or 

16 (D) announce publicly the intention to make an 

17 allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim18 its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

19 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

21 within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 

22 detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 

23 award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 

24 previous quarter. 
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1 (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 

2 the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re3 cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 

4 year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 

5 the account and program, project, or activity from which 

6 the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 

7 a brief description of the activity for which the award is 

8 made. 

9 (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 

10 to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au11 thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De12 partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 

13 multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 

14 a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 

15 (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree16 ment is funded for the full period of performance as 

17 anticipated at the time of award; or 

18 (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree19 ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov20 ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 

21 year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

23 Congress at least 3 days in advance. 

24 (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 

25 the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 
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1 as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac2 tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 

3 of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 

4 Department of Energy’’ in the report of the Committee 

5 on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 

6 (e) The amounts made available by this title may be 

7 reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 

8 the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria9 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 

10 to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 

11 cause any program, project, or activity funding level to 

12 increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 per13 cent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 

14 this Act. 

15 (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 

16 available for obligation or expenditure through a re17 programming of funds that— 

18 (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 

19 project, or activity; 

20 (2) increases funds or personnel for any pro21 gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 

22 or restricted by this Act; or 

23 (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 

24 for a specific program, project, or activity by this 

25 Act. 
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1 (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re2 quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 

3 use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 

4 if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 

5 pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 

6 welfare, or national security. 

7 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 

9 waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 

10 not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 

11 a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 

12 Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 

13 risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 

14 (h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 

15 provided for activities in this Act may be available to the 

16 same appropriation accounts for such activities established 

17 pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 

18 with funds in the applicable established accounts and 

19 thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same 

20 time period as originally enacted. 

21 SEC. 302. Funds appropriated by this or any other 

22 Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 

23 Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 

24 authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 

25 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) 
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1 during fiscal year 2019 until the enactment of the Intel2 ligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 

3 SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi5 fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 

6 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of7 fice of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the project is in 

8 compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 

9 SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 

10 title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 

11 decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 

12 any successive departmental guidance, for construction 

13 projects where the total project cost exceeds 

14 $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 

15 has been developed for the project for that critical deci16 sion. 

17 SEC. 305. The Secretary of Energy may not transfer 

18 more than $274,833,000 from the amounts made available 

19 under this title to the working capital fund established 

20 under section 653 of the Department of Energy Organiza21 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7263): Provided, That the Secretary 

22 may transfer additional amounts to the working capital 

23 fund after the Secretary provides notification in advance 

24 of any such transfer to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That any 
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1 such notification shall identify the sources of funds by pro2 gram, project, or activity: Provided further, That the Sec3 retary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

4 both Houses of Congress before adding or removing any 

5 activities from the fund. 

6 SEC. 306. (a) None of the funds made available in 

7 this or any prior Act under the heading ‘‘Defense Nuclear 

8 Nonproliferation’’ may be made available to enter into new 

9 contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance 

10 to, the Russian Federation. 

11 (b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the prohibi12 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that 

13 such activity is in the national security interests of the 

14 United States. This waiver authority may not be dele15 gated. 

16 (c) A waiver under subsection (b) shall not be effec17 tive until 15 days after the date on which the Secretary 

18 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

19 Houses of Congress, in classified form if necessary, a re20 port on the justification for the waiver. 

21 SEC. 307. (a) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Sec22 retary of Energy may not establish any new regional pe23 troleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed 

24 regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested 
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1 in advance in an annual budget submission and approved 

2 by the Congress in an appropriations Act. 

3 (b) The budget request or notification shall include— 

4 (1) the justification for the new reserve; 

5 (2) a cost estimate for the establishment, oper6 ation, and maintenance of the reserve, including 

7 funding sources; 

8 (3) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, 

9 including the conditions upon which the products 

10 may be released; 

11 (4) the location of the reserve; and 

12 (5) the estimate of the total inventory of the re13 serve. 

14 SEC. 308. (a) Funds provided by this Act for Project 

15 99–D–143, Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, and 

16 any funds provided by prior Acts for such Project that 

17 remain unobligated, may be made available only for con18 struction and project support activities for such Project. 

19 (b) The Secretary of Energy may waive the require20 ment under subsection (a) if the Secretary concurrently 

21 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress— 

23 (1) the commitment, certification, and details 

24 described in section 3121(b) of the National Defense 
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1 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 

2 115–91; 131 Stat. 1892); and 

3 (2) the lifecycle cost estimate used to make 

4 such certification. 

5 (c) If the Secretary waives the requirements under 

6 subsection (a), the Secretary may not use funds provided 

7 for the Project described in such subsection to eliminate 

8 such Project until the date that is 30 days after the sub9 mission of the lifecycle cost estimate required under sub10 section (b)(2). 

11 SEC. 309. Notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy 

12 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), upon a 

13 determination by the President in this fiscal year that a 

14 regional supply shortage of refined petroleum product of 

15 significant scope and duration exists, that a severe in16 crease in the price of refined petroleum product will likely 

17 result from such shortage, and that a draw down and sale 

18 of refined petroleum product would assist directly and sig19 nificantly in reducing the adverse impact of such shortage, 

20 the Secretary of Energy may draw down and sell refined 

21 petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

22 Proceeds from a sale under this section shall be deposited 

23 into the SPR Petroleum Account established in section 

24 167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
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1 6247), and such amounts shall be available for obligation, 

2 without fiscal year limitation, consistent with that section. 

3 SEC. 310. (a) REPORT.—The Secretary of Energy 

4 shall submit to Congress and the State of Nevada a report 

5 on the potential of locating a reprocessing or recycling fa6 cility for spent nuclear fuel near the Yucca Mountain site. 

7 (b) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall include in the 

8 report required under subsection (a) a description of— 

9 (1) the energy technology benefits associated 

10 with a reprocessing or recycling facility for spent nu11 clear fuel; 

12 (2) the potential economic benefits for the host 

13 community associated with such a facility, including 

14 employment, infrastructure development, and work15 force development benefits; 

16 (3) the energy and national security implica17 tions for the supply and availability of nuclear fuel 

18 associated with such a facility; and 

19 (4) the potential for locating other nuclear fuel 

20 cycle facilities near the Yucca Mountain site, such as 

21 an enrichment facility for national defense purposes. 

22 (c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report re23 quired under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult 

24 with institutions in the Nevada System of Higher Edu-
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1 cation, as defined by the State of Nevada, with prior re2 processing research experience. 

3 (d) YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE DEFINED.—In this sec4 tion, the term ‘‘Yucca Mountain site’’ has the meaning 

5 given that term in section 2(30) of the Nuclear Waste Pol6 icy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(30)). 

7 TITLE IV 

8 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

9 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

10 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au11 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 

12 1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co13 Chairman and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional 

14 Commission, for payment of the Federal share of the ad15 ministrative expenses of the Commission, including serv16 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles, $155,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended. 

19 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa22 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 

23 by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 

24 Law 100–456, section 1441, $31,243,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2020. 
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1 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au4 thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 

5 the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith6 standing sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, 

7 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 DENALI COMMISSION

9 For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 

10 including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 

11 plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex12 penses, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

13 notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 

14 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 

15 That funds shall be available for construction projects in 

16 an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost 

17 for distressed communities, as defined by section 307 of 

18 the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, 

19 Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 701 of ap20 pendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 

21 1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 

22 non-distressed communities: Provided further, That not23 withstanding any other provision of law regarding pay24 ment of a non-Federal share in connection with a grant25 in-aid program, amounts under this heading shall be avail-
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1 able for the payment of such a non-Federal share for pro2 grams undertaken to carry out the purposes of the Com3 mission. 

4 NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

5 For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re6 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

7 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $12,000,000, 

8 to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

9 amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 

10 notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 

11 States Code. 

12 SOUTHEAST CRESCENT REGIONAL COMMISSION

13 For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent 

14 Regional Commission in carrying out activities authorized 

15 by subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $250,000, 

16 to remain available until expended. 

17 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses necessary for the Commission in car20 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 

21 of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

22 $953,050,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 

23 $1,000,000), including official representation expenses not 

24 to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended, of 

25 which $47,700,000 shall be derived from the Nuclear 
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1 Waste Fund: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

2 herein, not more than $9,500,000 may be made available 

3 for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the Office 

4 of the Commission, to remain available until September 

5 30, 2020, of which, notwithstanding section 201(a)(2)(c) 

6 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

7 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure shall only be ap8 proved by a majority vote of the Commission: Provided 

9 further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection serv10 ices, and other services and collections estimated at 

11 $763,640,000 in fiscal year 2019 shall be retained and 

12 used for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 

13 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain avail14 able until expended: Provided further, That of the amounts 

15 appropriated under this heading, not less than $9,896,000 

16 shall be for activities related to the development of regu17 latory infrastructure for advanced nuclear technologies, 

18 and $16,080,000 shall be for international activities, ex19 cept that the amounts provided under this proviso shall 

20 not be derived from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 

21 U.S.C. 2214: Provided further, That the sum herein ap22 propriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues re23 ceived during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final 

24 fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 

25 $189,410,000: Provided further, That of the amounts ap-
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1 propriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 

2 university research and development in areas relevant to 

3 the Commission’s mission, and $5,000,000 shall be for a 

4 Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that will 

5 support multiyear projects that do not align with pro6 grammatic missions but are critical to maintaining the 

7 discipline of nuclear science and engineering, except that 

8 the amounts provided under this proviso shall not be de9 rived from fee revenues, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

12 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

13 General Act of 1978, $12,609,000, to remain available 

14 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That revenues from 

15 licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 

16 collections estimated at $10,355,000 in fiscal year 2019 

17 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 

18 2020, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 

19 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

20 Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

21 shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur22 ing fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year 

23 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 

24 $2,254,000: Provided further, That of the amounts appro25 priated under this heading, $1,103,000 shall be for In-
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1 spector General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 

2 Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve3 nues. 

4 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech7 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 

8 203, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nu9 clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2020. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 

12 AGENCIES 

13 SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 

14 comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 

15 its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 

16 Congressional requests for information, consistent with 

17 Department of Justice guidance for all federal agencies. 

18 SEC. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this 

19 title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re20 programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 

21 Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria22 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 

23 to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 

24 cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 
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1 by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

2 during the time period covered by this Act. 

3 (b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 

4 waive the notification requirement in subsection (a) if 

5 compliance with such requirement would pose a substan6 tial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or na7 tional security. 

8 (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 

9 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con10 gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac11 ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 

12 activity to which a requirement or restriction would other13 wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 

14 of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 

15 such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 

16 Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 

17 to programs, projects, or activities. 

18 (c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and 

19 (d), the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear 

20 Regulatory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 

21 expended as directed in the report of the Committee on 

22 Appropriations accompanying this Act. 

23 (d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu24 latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex25 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in-
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1 creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 

2 activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 

3 Act. 

4 (e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

6 Congress, which includes the following for each program, 

7 project, or activity, including any prior year appropria8 tions— 

9 (1) total budget authority; 

10 (2) total unobligated balances; and 

11 (3) total unliquidated obligations. 

12 TITLE V 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

14 SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

15 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

16 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

17 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu18 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

19 1913. 

20 SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 

21 title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 

22 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern23 ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 

24 authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 

25 Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 
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1 the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom2 panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 

3 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern4 ment may provide goods or services to another depart5 ment, agency, or instrumentality. 

6 (b) None of the funds made available for any depart7 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

8 Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 

9 III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 

10 transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro11 priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref12 erenced in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 

13 accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a de14 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

15 Government may provide goods or services to another de16 partment, agency, or instrumentality. 

17 (c) The head of any relevant department or agency 

18 funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 

19 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

20 Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 

21 transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 

22 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

23 States Government may provide goods or services to an24 other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 

25 previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 
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1 shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 

2 for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 

3 modify existing notification requirements for each author4 ity. 

5 SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 

7 12898 of February 11, 1994 (Federal Actions to Address 

8 Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low9 Income Populations). 

10 SEC. 504. (a) None of the funds made available in 

11 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

12 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

13 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

14 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

15 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

16 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi17 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

18 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to further implementation of the coastal 

20 and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based manage21 ment components of the National Ocean Policy developed 

22 under Executive Order No. 13547 of July 19, 2010. 

23 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act, or federal funds provided from any other source, may 

25 be used to operate the Federal Columbia River Power Sys-
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1 tem hydroelectric dams in a manner that is inconsistent 

2 with the Army Corps of Engineers’ 2017 Fish Operations 

3 Plan. 

4 SEC. 507. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used for the removal of any federally owned 

6 or operated dam unless the removal was previously author7 ized by Congress. 

8 SEC. 508. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to conduct closure of adjudicatory func10 tions, technical review, or support activities associated 

11 with the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license appli12 cation, or for actions that irrevocably remove the possi13 bility that Yucca Mountain may be a repository option in 

14 the future. 

15 REFERENCES TO ACT

16 SEC. 509. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

17 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 

18 be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi19 sion. 

20 REFERENCES TO REPORT

21 SEC. 510. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 

22 this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 

23 reference to House Report 115–697. The effect of such 

24 Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
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1 purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 

2 by, and the implementation of, this division. 

3 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

4 SEC. 511. The amount by which the applicable alloca5 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec7 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex8 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

9 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to sell the transmission assets of the 

11 Bonneville Power Administration, the Southwestern 

12 Power Administration, the Western Area Power Adminis13 tration, or the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

14 SEC. 513. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

15 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

16 for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Investigations’’, and in17 creasing the amount made available for the same account, 

18 by $3,000,000. 

19 SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs— 

21 Science’’ may be used in contravention of the Department 

22 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

23 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to purchase heavy water from Iran. 
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1 SEC. 516. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

2 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

3 for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’’, and in4 creasing the amount made available for the same account, 

5 by $100,000,000. 

6 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to enforce the criteria of abandonment 

8 described in provision G of provision V of the rule pub9 lished in the Federal Register at 58 Fed. Reg. 45008 (re10 lating to Clean Water Act Regulatory Programs). 

11 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any 

13 regulation or guidance that references or relies on the 

14 analysis contained in— 

15 (1) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social Cost 

16 of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 

17 Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Inter18 agency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, 

19 United States Government, in February 2010; 

20 (2) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 

21 Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 

22 Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 

23 published by the Interagency Working Group on So24 cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 

25 May 2013 and revised in November 2013; 
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1 (3) ‘‘Revised Draft Guidance for Federal De2 partments and Agencies on Consideration of Green3 house Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate 

4 Change in NEPA Reviews’’, published by the Coun5 cil on Environmental Quality on December 24, 2014 

6 (79 Fed. Reg. 77801); 

7 (4) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 

8 Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 

9 Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 

10 published by the Interagency Working Group on So11 cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 

12 July 2015; 

13 (5) ‘‘Addendum to the Technical Support Docu14 ment on Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Im15 pact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866: Appli16 cation of the Methodology to Estimate the Social 

17 Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous 

18 Oxide’’, published by the Interagency Working 

19 Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United 

20 States Government, in August 2016; or 

21 (6) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical 

22 Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 

23 Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 

24 published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
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1 cial Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Gov2 ernment, in August 2016. 

3 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 

4 Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

5 2019’’. 

6 DIVISION B—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

7 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

8 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

9 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

10 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

11 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 

12 TITLE I 

13 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

14 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent17 atives, $1,232,143,035 (increased by $250,000) (increased 

18 by $500,000), as follows: 

19 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

20 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

21 $25,378,875, including: Office of the Speaker, 

22 $7,123,634, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

23 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,642,739, 

24 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

25 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,751,946, 
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1 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 

2 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 

3 Deputy Majority Whip, $2,197,163, including $5,000 for 

4 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi5 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

6 $1,700,079, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

7 Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,186,819; 

8 Democratic Caucus, $1,776,495: Provided, That such 

9 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

10 from January 3, 2019 until January 2, 2020. 

11 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

12 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

13 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

14 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

15 Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 

16 $573,630,000. 

17 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

18 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

19 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

20 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

21 $127,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

22 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

23 31, 2020, except that $4,000,000 of such amount shall 

24 remain available until expended for committee room up25 grading. 
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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap3 propriations, $23,112,971, including studies and examina4 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv5 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

6 section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

7 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

8 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

9 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De10 cember 31, 2020. 

11 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

12 For compensation and expenses of officers and em13 ployees, as authorized by law, $217,845,000 (increased by 

14 $500,000), including: for salaries and expenses of the Of15 fice of the Clerk, including the positions of the Chaplain 

16 and the Historian, and including not more than $25,000 

17 for official representation and reception expenses, of which 

18 not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room and not 

19 more than $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, 

20 $28,305,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Super22 intendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency Man23 agement, and including not more than $3,000 for official 

24 representation and reception expenses, $18,773,000 of 

25 which $5,524,000 shall remain available until expended; 
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1 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Admin2 istrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for offi3 cial representation and reception expenses, $147,558,000 

4 (increased by $500,000), of which $11,631,000 shall re5 main available until expended; for salaries and expenses 

6 of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; for sal7 aries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

8 $1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

9 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 

10 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 

11 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

12 $2,026,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

13 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,327,000; for sala14 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

15 of the House, $9,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the 

16 Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other 

17 authorized employees, $584,000. 

18 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

19 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

20 resolution or law, $264,043,016 (increased by $250,000), 

21 including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and 

22 Federal tort claims, $525,016; official mail for commit23 tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the 

24 House, $190,000; Government contributions for health, 

25 retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 
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1 benefits, $239,000,000, to remain available until March 

2 31, 2020; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 

3 $16,186,000 of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 

4 until expended; transition activities for new members and 

5 staff, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended; 

6 Wounded Warrior Program $2,750,000 (increased by 

7 $250,000), to remain available until expended; Office of 

8 Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; and miscellaneous 

9 items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair 

10 and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary 

11 receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees 

12 of the House, $722,000. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP15 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR

16 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

17 DEBT

18 SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

19 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

20 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

21 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW22 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2019. Any 

23 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

24 allowances for fiscal year 2019 shall be deposited in the 

25 Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 
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1 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

2 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

3 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

4 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad5 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

6 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

7 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

8 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep9 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

10 to, the Congress. 

11 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

12 SEC. 111. (a) None of the funds made available in 

13 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

14 a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to the office of a Mem15 ber of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 

16 or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the 

17 Member requests a copy. 

18 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

19 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

20 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

21 SEC. 112. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

23 any version of the Congressional Record to the office of 

24 a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 

25 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
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1 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

2 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

3 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

4 SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

6 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

7 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

8 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre9 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

10 month. 

11 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO

12 HOUSE

13 SEC. 114. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 any fiscal year may be to provide an aggregate number 

15 of more than 50 printed copies of any edition of the 

16 United States Code to all offices of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

19 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

20 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS

21 SEC. 115. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

23 the report of disbursements for the operations of the 

24 House of Representatives under section 106 of the House 

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1 rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member 

2 of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

3 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

4 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

5 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

6 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR

7 SEC. 116. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 any fiscal year may be used to deliver to the office of a 

9 Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del10 egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a print11 ed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representa12 tives which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Rep13 resentatives. 

14 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

15 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

16 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

17 SEC. 117. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

19 the Congressional Pictorial Directory to the office of a 

20 Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del21 egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

22 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

23 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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1 REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FORMER SPEAKERS

2 SEC. 118. (a) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OF3 FICE SPACE, OFFICE EXPENSES, FRANKING AND PRINT4 ING PRIVILEGES, AND STAFF.—The first section and sec5 tions 2, 4, 5, and 8 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety6 first Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted 

7 into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental 

8 Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 5125(a), 5126, 5127, 

9 5128, and 5129) are repealed. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 

11 the first section of Public Law 93–532 (2 U.S.C. 5125(b)) 

12 is repealed. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this section shall apply with respect to any individual who 

15 serves as a Representative in Congress during the One 

16 Hundred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress. 

17 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION

18 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 

20 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 

21 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

22 of Congress) during fiscal year 2019. 

23 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

24 SEC. 120. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE TRANSFERS

25 AMONG HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES.—Section 101 of 
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1 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 

2 U.S.C. 5507) is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(f) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the 

5 House of Representatives under the heading ‘House Lead6 ership Offices’ may be transferred among and merged with 

7 the various offices and activities under such heading, ef8 fective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such 

9 alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee 

10 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which 

11 begins on the date such Committee has been notified of 

12 the transfer.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

14 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 

15 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

16 JOINT ITEMS 

17 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

18 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

20 Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

21 of the Senate. 

22 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

23 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

24 Taxation, $11,169,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad25 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
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1 For other joint items, as follows: 

2 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

3 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex4 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

5 Physician and his assistants, including: 

6 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 

7 Attending Physician; 

8 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 

9 Senior Medical Officer; 

10 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 

11 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

12 the Attending Physician; 

13 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist14 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as15 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as16 sistants; and 

17 (5) $2,740,000 for reimbursement to the De18 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

19 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend20 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

21 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

22 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex23 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

24 purposes thereof, $3,798,000, to be disbursed by the 
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1 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep2 resentatives. 

3 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres6 sional Accessibility Services, $1,486,000, to be disbursed 

7 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

8 CAPITOL POLICE 

9 SALARIES

10 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in11 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

12 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro13 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

14 benefits, $374,804,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

15 $47,000,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

16 the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 

17 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

18 GENERAL EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ20 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

21 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

22 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

23 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

24 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro25 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
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1 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed2 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

3 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

4 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep5 resentation and reception expenses, $81,554,000, to be 

6 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des7 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

9 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis10 cal year 2019 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

11 Security from funds available to the Department of Home12 land Security. 

13 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli16 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

17 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $5,410,000, 

18 of which $550,000 shall remain available until September 

19 30, 2019: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex20 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

21 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep22 resentation and reception expenses. 
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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

4 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

5 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

6 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi7 cial representation and reception expenses, $50,737,000. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 RELOCATION EXPENSES

10 SEC. 130. (a) AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF RELOCA11 TION EXPENSES.—Amounts made available for salaries 

12 and expenses of the Congressional Budget Office for a fis13 cal year may be used to reimburse new employees of the 

14 Office for relocation expenses if the Director of the Office 

15 determines that reimbursing such expenses is of sufficient 

16 benefit or value to the Office. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

18 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

19 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

20 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

21 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

22 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 

23 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con24 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup25 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 
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1 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

2 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

3 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris4 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur5 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

6 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

7 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap8 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper9 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $103,962,000 (reduced 

10 by $250,000). 

11 CAPITOL BUILDING

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

13 and operation of the Capitol, $44,379,000, of which 

14 $17,731,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2023. 

16 CAPITOL GROUNDS

17 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

18 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

19 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

20 $16,761,000 (reduced by $500,000), of which $5,519,000 

21 shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 

22 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of the House office buildings, 

25 $187,098,000, of which $127,552,000 shall remain avail-
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1 able until September 30, 2023, and of which $62,000,000 

2 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 

3 and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building; Pro4 vided, That of the amount made available under this head5 ing, $7,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

6 House Office Building Fund established under section 

7 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 

8 added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appro9 priation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 

10 note). 

11 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

12 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re13 main available until expended. 

14 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

16 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat17 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

18 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

19 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

20 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga21 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

22 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

23 Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

24 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su25 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 
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1 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

2 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

3 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

4 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

5 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

6 $118,980,000, of which $36,292,000 shall remain avail7 able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That not more 

8 than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

9 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

10 for obligation during fiscal year 2019. 

11 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

13 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

14 buildings and grounds, $70,201,000, of which 

15 $42,079,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2023. 

17 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

19 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance20 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo21 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

22 the Capitol security operations, $52,542,000, of which 

23 $26,605,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2023. 
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1 BOTANIC GARDEN

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $14,759,000, of which $3,559,000 

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 

9 That, of the amount made available under this heading, 

10 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

11 sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 

12 operation of the National Garden established under sec13 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

14 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar15 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

16 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

17 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

18 Capitol Visitor Center, $23,322,000. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

21 OVER BUDGET

22 SEC. 140. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 

24 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

25 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
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1 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap2 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

3 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern4 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

5 the overall scope of the project and/or program. 

6 SCRIMS

7 SEC. 141. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 any fiscal year may be used for scrims containing photo9 graphs of building facades during restoration or construc10 tion projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

11 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

12 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

13 SECURITY PROGRAMS

14 SEC. 142. (a) PURPOSE OF PROGRAMS.—Section 

15 906(b) of the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for 

16 Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist At17 tacks on the United States (2 U.S.C. 1865(b)) is amended 

18 to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(b) Funds in the account shall be used by the Archi20 tect of the Capitol for all necessary expenses for— 

21 ‘‘(1) resilience and security programs of the Ar22 chitect of the Capitol; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the maintenance, care, and operation of 

24 buildings, grounds, and security enhancements for 

25 facilities of the United States Capitol Police and for 
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1 other facilities associated with such resilience and 

2 security programs at any location.’’. 

3 (b) TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.—Section 906 of such Act 

4 (2 U.S.C. 1865) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (d); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(c)(1) For carrying out the purposes of the account, 

10 the Architect of the Capitol may receive transfers of ap11 propriations from any agency or instrumentality of the 

12 United States Government upon the approval of— 

13 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives, in the case of a transfer 

15 from an office of the House of Representatives; 

16 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 Senate, in the case of a transfer from an office of 

18 the Senate; or 

19 ‘‘(C) the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate, in the 

21 case of a transfer from any other office of the Gov22 ernment. 

23 ‘‘(2) Amounts transferred under this subsection shall 

24 be merged with the account and made available under this 

25 section. 
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1 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal 

2 year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

3 INCREASE IN THRESHOLD FOR SMALL PURCHASE

4 CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 143. (a) INCREASE.—Section 1201(a)(1) of the 

6 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 

7 1821(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and in8 serting ‘‘$250,000’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

10 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 

11 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

12 INTERAGENCY DETAILS

13 SEC. 144. (a) AUTHORIZING DETAILS OF EMPLOY14 EES UNDER JOINT AGENCY AGREEMENTS.—In addition 

15 to any other authority relating to the detail of employees, 

16 the Architect of the Capitol and the head of any other 

17 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

18 States Government may enter into a joint agency agree19 ment under which— 

20 (1) employees of the Office of the Architect of 

21 the Capitol (including employees of the United 

22 States Botanic Garden) may be detailed to such de23 partment, agency, or instrumentality on a reimburs24 able or non-reimbursable basis; and 
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1 (2) employees of such department, agency, or 

2 instrumentality may be detailed to the Office of the 

3 Architect of the Capitol on a reimbursable or non4 reimbursable basis. 

5 (b) DURATION.—The detail of an employee under a 

6 joint agency agreement under this section shall be for such 

7 duration as may be provided in the agreement, except that 

8 in the case of a detail made on a non-reimbursable basis, 

9 the duration of the detail may not exceed one year unless 

10 the Architect of the Capitol and the head of the depart11 ment, agency, or instrumentality involved each determine 

12 that an extension of the detail of the employee is in the 

13 public interest. 

14 (c) NO EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS OF RECIPIENT

15 OF NON-REIMBURSABLE DETAIL.—For purposes of any 

16 law, rule, or regulation, the detail of an employee on a 

17 non-reimbursable basis under a joint agency agreement 

18 under this section for a fiscal year shall not be treated 

19 as an increase or modification of the appropriation for the 

20 fiscal year of the office to whom the employee is detailed. 

21 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

22 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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1 ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM NON-FEDERAL

2 SOURCES

3 SEC. 145. (a) PERMITTING ACCEPTANCE OF EX4 PENSES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

5 Architect of the Capitol may accept payment or authorize 

6 an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

7 to accept payment on the Office’s behalf from non-Federal 

8 sources for travel, subsistence, and related expenses with 

9 respect to attendance of the employee (or the spouse of 

10 such employee) at any meeting or similar function relating 

11 to the employee’s official duties. Any cash payment so ac12 cepted shall be credited to the appropriation applicable to 

13 such expenses. In the case of a payment in kind so accept14 ed, a pro rata reduction shall be made in any entitlement 

15 of the employee to payment from the Government for such 

16 expenses. 

17 (b) PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE FROM OTHER

18 SOURCES.—Except as provided in this section or section 

19 7342 of title 5, United States Code, the Office or an em20 ployee of the Office may not accept payment for expenses 

21 referred to in subsection (a). An employee who accepts any 

22 payment in violation of the preceding sentence— 

23 (1) may be required, in addition to any penalty 

24 provided by law, to repay, for deposit in the general 
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1 fund of the Treasury, an amount equal to the 

2 amount of the payment so accepted; and 

3 (2) in the case of a repayment under paragraph 

4 (1), shall not be entitled to any payment from the 

5 Government for such expenses. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

7 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

8 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

11 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

12 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo13 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean14 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

15 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

16 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

17 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

18 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

19 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li20 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge21 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

22 $493,818,272, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

23 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

24 during fiscal year 2019, and shall remain available until 

25 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 
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1 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the Library 

2 of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived 

3 from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess 

4 of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 

5 appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total 

6 amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 

7 amount by which collections are less than $6,350,000: 

8 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

9 not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certifi10 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

11 official representation and reception expenses for the 

12 Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

13 amount appropriated, $8,589,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended for the digital collections and educational 

15 curricula program: Provided further, That of the total 

16 amount appropriated, $1,133,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Fi18 nancial Management System: Provided further, That of 

19 the total amount appropriated, $20,000,000 is provided 

20 to enhance public exhibits and visitor services at the Li21 brary to remain available until expended, may be obligated 

22 and expended only upon written approval by the Com23 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

24 and the Senate, following review of a project plan. 
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

4 $93,407,000, of which not more than $39,218,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2019 

7 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro8 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex9 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec10 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

11 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

12 not more than $6,272,000 shall be derived from collections 

13 during fiscal year 2019 under sections 111(d)(2), 

14 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

15 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

16 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

17 less than $45,490,000: Provided further, That $4,328,000 

18 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances: Pro19 vided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 

20 appropriated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter21 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of 

22 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation23 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws 

24 and policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 

25 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of 
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1 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

2 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy3 right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and 

4 seminars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

5 provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 

6 amounts made available under this heading which are at7 tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 

8 Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chap9 ter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred 

10 in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges 

11 program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and 

12 benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under 

13 section 802(e). 

14 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

18 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno19 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

20 $125,688,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

21 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 

22 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

23 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 

24 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

25 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
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1 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

2 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 

3 Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 

4 publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

5 Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con6 fidential CRS product includes any written product con7 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

8 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

9 Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 

10 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 

11 and does not include material prepared in response to 

12 Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re13 search. 

14 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

17 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 

18 135a), $52,783,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

19 appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 

20 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

21 residents at no cost to the individual. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

23 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

24 SEC. 150. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2019, 

25 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
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1 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

2 $194,608,000. 

3 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub4 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

5 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

6 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

7 branch. 

8 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

9 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For authorized publishing of congressional informa12 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

13 any format; publishing of Government publications au14 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

15 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica16 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

17 to the recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appro18 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per19 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

20 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au21 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

22 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

23 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro24 priations for similar purposes for fiscal year 2019: Pro25 vided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation 
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1 under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none 

2 of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act 

3 or any other Act for printing and binding and related serv4 ices provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, 

5 United States Code, may be expended to print a docu6 ment, report, or publication after the 27-month period be7 ginning on the date that such document, report, or publi8 cation is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Con9 gress reauthorizes such printing in accordance with sec10 tion 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 

11 That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this ac12 count or accounts for similar purposes for fiscal year 2019 

13 and each succeeding fiscal year may be transferred to the 

14 Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re15 volving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this head16 ing, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro17 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate: 

18 Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, 

19 and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this appropriation 

20 may be used to prepare indexes to the Congressional 

21 Record on only a monthly and session basis. 
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1 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

2 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses of the public information programs of 

6 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

7 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

8 publications and their distribution to the public, Members 

9 of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 

10 depository and international exchange libraries as author11 ized by law, $32,000,000: Provided, That amounts of not 

12 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations 

13 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres14 sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 

15 years 2017 and 2018 to depository and other designated 

16 libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex17 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

18 purposes for fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal 

19 year may be transferred to the Government Publishing Of20 fice Business Operations Revolving Fund for carrying out 

21 the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and Senate. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

2 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

3 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

4 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,000,000, to re5 main available until expended, for information technology 

6 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov7 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

8 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

9 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

10 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

11 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 

12 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

13 purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

14 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

15 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

16 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc17 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

18 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro19 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

20 Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

21 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

22 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

23 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

24 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

25 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
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1 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

2 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

3 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

4 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

5 of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 

6 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur7 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper8 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

9 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

10 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

11 ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

12 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv13 ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 

14 the District of Columbia. 

15 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Government Account18 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex19 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

20 the United States in connection with official representa21 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

22 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

23 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 

24 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 

25 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 
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1 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

2 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

3 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay4 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

5 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 

6 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen7 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for8 eign countries, $578,916,653: Provided, That, in addition, 

9 $23,800,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

10 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

11 be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur12 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad13 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

14 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

15 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

16 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

17 of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 

18 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

19 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

20 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

21 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi22 nanced: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

23 available to transfer amounts to the Department of the 

24 Army for the construction of an Army facility at Redstone 

25 Arsenal for the sole, unlimited use of GAO: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That hereafter, amounts appropriated for the salaries 

2 and expenses of the Government Accountability Office 

3 shall be available to transfer to the Department of the 

4 Army for the maintenance of such facility. 

5 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

6 FUND 

7 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

8 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

9 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

10 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

11 $5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to sup12 port Russian participants shall only be used for those en13 gaging in free market development, humanitarian activi14 ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi15 cials of the central government of Russia. 

16 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

17 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

18 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub19 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

20 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv21 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

22 $430,000. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

4 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

5 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 

6 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

7 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa8 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

9 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

10 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

11 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

12 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

13 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

14 2019 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

15 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

16 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

17 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

18 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

19 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

20 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab21 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des22 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re23 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

24 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi25 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
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1 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

2 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

3 with respect thereto. 

4 CONSULTING SERVICES

5 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

6 under this Act for any consulting service through procure7 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

8 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex9 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

10 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

11 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

12 under existing law. 

13 COSTS OF LBFMC

14 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex15 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

16 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

17 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 

18 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

19 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

20 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla21 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

22 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

23 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

24 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
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1 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

2 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro3 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

4 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

5 SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

6 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 

7 Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 

8 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

9 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con10 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

11 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

12 section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 

13 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 

14 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

15 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

16 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

17 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in18 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo19 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re20 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

21 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

22 the Capitol. 

23 REFERENCES TO ACT

24 SEC. 208. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

25 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
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1 be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi2 sion. 

3 REFERENCES TO REPORT

4 SEC. 209. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 

5 this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 

6 reference to House Report 115–696. The effect of such 

7 Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 

8 purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 

9 by, and the implementation of, this division. 

10 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

11 SEC. 210. The amount by which the applicable alloca12 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec14 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex15 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

16 SEC. 211. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to purchase plastic drinking straws. 

18 SEC. 212. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to enforce the amendment made by sec20 tion 1501(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

21 Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–68; 123 Stat. 2041). 

22 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 

23 Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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1 DIVISION C—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 

2 VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 

3 AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

4 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

6 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

7 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

8 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 

9 TITLE I 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

12 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip13 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

14 installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

15 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

16 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec17 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con18 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func19 tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,001,768,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, 

21 of this amount, not to exceed $110,068,000 shall be avail22 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

23 services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 

24 unless the Secretary of the Army determines that addi25 tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
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1 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

4 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip5 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in6 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

7 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

8 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

9 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 

10 this appropriation, $2,100,298,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of this amount, 

12 not to exceed $185,542,000 shall be available for study, 

13 planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 

14 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter15 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

16 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

18 reasons therefor. 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

20 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip21 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

22 installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

23 as currently authorized by law, $1,454,723,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of 

25 this amount, not to exceed $206,577,000 shall be available 
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1 for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 

2 services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 

3 Air Force determines that additional obligations are nec4 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter6 mination and the reasons therefor. 

7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip10 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa11 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen12 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

13 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

14 $2,465,738,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2023: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

16 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

17 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

18 of Defense available for military construction or family 

19 housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with 

20 and to be available for the same purposes, and for the 

21 same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 

22 transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount, not to 

23 exceed $195,345,000 shall be available for study, plan24 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au25 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter-
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1 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

2 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

3 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

4 reasons therefor: Provided further, That the Director of 

5 the Missile Defense Agency shall provide quarterly reports 

6 to the congressional defense committees on the construc7 tion timeline and obligations for the Poland Aegis Ashore 

8 complex. 

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

10 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita11 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad12 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu13 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

14 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza15 tion Acts, $180,122,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 

17 exceed $16,622,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

18 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

19 by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 

20 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

21 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria22 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

23 the reasons therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

2 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita3 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad4 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

5 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 

7 Acts, $129,126,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 

9 $18,500,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

10 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

11 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 

12 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

13 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

14 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

15 therefor. 

16 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

17 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita18 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad19 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

20 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con21 struction Authorization Acts, $64,919,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 

23 amount, not to exceed $5,855,000 shall be available for 

24 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv25 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 
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1 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec2 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter4 mination and the reasons therefor. 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

6 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita7 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad8 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 

9 Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

10 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza11 tion Acts, $43,065,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 

13 exceed $4,695,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

14 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

15 by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 

16 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

17 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

18 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

20 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita21 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad22 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

23 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

24 Construction Authorization Acts, $50,163,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 
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1 amount, not to exceed $4,055,000 shall be available for 

2 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv3 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air 

4 Force Reserve determines that additional obligations are 

5 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de7 termination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 

8 That, the Chief of the Air Force Reserve shall take imme9 diate action to address unfunded military construction re10 quirements for access control points and security issues 

11 at Air Force Reserve facilities. 

12 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

13 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

14 For the United States share of the cost of the North 

15 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro16 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa17 cilities and installations (including international military 

18 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 

19 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

20 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili21 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $171,064,000, to 

22 remain available until expended. 

23 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

24 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

25 Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De-
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1 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

2 U.S.C. 2687 note), $322,390,000 (reduced by 

3 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail4 able until expended. 

5 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

6 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con7 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex8 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

9 $330,660,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2023: Provided, That none of the funds provided under 

11 this heading for family housing construction may be ex12 pended for family housing improvements on Kwajalein 

13 Atoll until the Secretary of the Army certifies to the con14 gressional defense committees that the new housing units 

15 represent the best value to the taxpayer and that no rea16 sonable alternatives exist at a lower cost. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

18 ARMY

19 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op20 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

21 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in22 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $376,509,000. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

2 CORPS

3 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma4 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace5 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 

6 authorized by law, $104,581,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2023. 

8 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

9 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

10 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma11 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

12 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter13 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 

14 law, $314,536,000. 

15 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

16 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

17 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

18 expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

19 $78,446,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2023. 

21 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

22 FORCE

23 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

24 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas25 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
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1 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

2 $317,274,000. 

3 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

4 DEFENSE-WIDE

5 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

6 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 

7 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 

8 leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 

9 $58,373,000. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

11 IMPROVEMENT FUND

12 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im13 provement Fund, $1,653,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu15 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro16 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili17 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED

19 HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND

20 For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom21 panied Housing Improvement Fund, $600,000, to remain 

22 available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini23 tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 

24 United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir-
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1 ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 

2 supporting facilities. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

5 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a6 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 

7 exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 

8 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 

9 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there10 for. 

11 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con12 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve13 hicles. 

14 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con15 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High16 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 

17 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

18 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author19 ized therein are certified as important to the national de20 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 

21 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

22 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in 

23 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

24 not been made. 
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1 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 

2 title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 

3 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by 

4 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi5 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina6 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

7 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

8 General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 

9 $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 

10 of Defense to be in the public interest. 

11 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

12 title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 

13 preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 

14 except housing for which funds have been made available 

15 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con16 struction. 

17 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

18 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 

19 relocate any activity from one base or installation to an20 other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap21 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

23 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con24 struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
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1 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 

2 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

3 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart4 ment of Defense for military construction or family hous5 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 

6 property taxes in any foreign nation. 

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

8 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

9 without prior notification to the Committees on Appro10 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

12 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

13 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 

14 projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan15 tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 

16 bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are 

17 awarded to United States firms or United States firms 

18 in joint venture with host nation firms. 

19 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

20 title for military construction in the United States terri21 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

22 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 

23 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

24 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, 

25 That this section shall not be applicable to contract 
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1 awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid 

2 of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest respon3 sive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater 

4 than 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall 

5 not apply to contract awards for military construction on 

6 Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re7 sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

8 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 

9 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in10 cluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 

11 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 

12 States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts 

13 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

14 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

15 SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

16 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

17 for construction authorized for each such military depart18 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 

19 current session of Congress. 

20 SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 

21 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex22 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

23 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec24 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 

25 and on subsequent claims, if any. 
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1 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, any funds made available to a military department 

3 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 

4 may be obligated for a military construction project or 

5 contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, 

6 at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after 

7 the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made 

8 available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 

9 obligated from funds available for military construction 

10 projects; and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated 

11 for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of 

12 such project is increased pursuant to law. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 

15 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me16 dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

17 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

18 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

19 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

20 transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 

21 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

22 for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be 

23 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

24 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

25 directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense 
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1 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

2 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

3 unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac4 counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

5 purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap6 propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria7 tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 

8 cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con9 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

10 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

11 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

12 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

13 of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili14 tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 

17 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

18 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

19 Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 

20 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 

21 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated 

22 with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 

23 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall 

24 be merged with and be available for the same purposes 
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1 and for the same time period as the fund to which trans2 ferred. 

3 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, funds made available in this title for operation and 

5 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

6 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 

7 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

8 Provided, That not more than $15,000 per unit may be 

9 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen10 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica11 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 

12 medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

13 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact 

15 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

16 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi17 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

18 of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 

19 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an20 nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex22 penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar23 ters for the prior fiscal year. 

24 SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im25 provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec-
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1 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro2 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur3 poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 

4 transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria7 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

8 for military construction and family housing operation and 

9 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

10 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

11 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

12 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga13 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap14 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

15 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur16 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

17 with and to be available for the same time period and for 

18 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans19 ferred. 

20 SEC. 122. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

21 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

22 by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the 

23 Army that— 

24 (1) performs a testing mission or function that 

25 is not performed by any other unit in the Army and 
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1 is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 

2 Code; and 

3 (2) is located at a military installation at which 

4 the total number of civilian employees of the Depart5 ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel 

6 employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of 

7 members of the regular and reserve components of 

8 the Army assigned to the installation. 

9 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

10 the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional 

11 defense committees that in proposing the relocation of the 

12 unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regu13 lation 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and respon14 sibilities for Army stationing actions. 

15 SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

16 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

17 title may be transferred among projects and activities 

18 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

19 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

20 construction contained in Department of Defense Finan21 cial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chap22 ter 7, of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment 

23 of this Act. 

24 SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 

25 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
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1 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme2 tery. 

3 SEC. 125. For an additional amount for the accounts 

4 and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2023: 

6 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $44,100,000; 

7 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

8 Corps’’, $317,800,000; 

9 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 

10 $144,450,000; 

11 ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 

12 $11,000,000; 

13 ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 

14 $62,000,000; 

15 ‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’, 

16 $23,000,000; and 

17 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 

18 $84,800,000: 

19 Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 

20 out construction projects identified in the respective mili21 tary department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 

22 2019 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such 

23 projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation 

24 and expenditure of funds to carry out construction: Pro25 vided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment 
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1 of this Act, the Secretary of the military department con2 cerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex4 penditure plan for funds provided under this section. 

5 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available to 

7 the Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, 

8 the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol9 lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 

10 ‘‘NATO Security Investment Program’’, 

11 $25,000,000; 

12 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 

13 $31,158,000; and 

14 ‘‘The fund established in section 1013(d) of the 

15 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development 

16 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374)’’, $15,000,000: 

17 Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

18 amounts that were designated by the Congress for Over19 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or 

20 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 

21 resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

23 SEC. 127. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

24 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit25 tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
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1 and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc2 tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria3 tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 

4 Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

6 SEC. 128. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

8 of the United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, 

9 Cuba. 

10 SEC. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

12 available by this or any other Act may be used to consoli13 date or relocate any element of a United States Air Force 

14 Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair 

15 Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United 

16 States until the Secretary of the Air Force: (1) completes 

17 an analysis and comparison of the cost and infrastructure 

18 investment required to consolidate or relocate a RED 

19 HORSE squadron outside of the United States versus 

20 within the United States; (2) provides to the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress (‘‘the Com22 mittees’’) a report detailing the findings of the cost anal23 ysis; and (3) certifies in writing to the Committees that 

24 the preferred site for the consolidation or relocation yields 

25 the greatest savings for the Air Force: Provided, That the 
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1 term ‘‘United States’’ in this section does not include any 

2 territory or possession of the United States. 

3 SEC. 130. All amounts appropriated to ‘‘Department 

4 of Defense—Military Construction accounts for Army, 

5 Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Defense-Wide’’ 

6 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in the Na7 tional Defense Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 

8 2019 in the funding table in section 4601 of that Act, 

9 shall be immediately available and allotted to contract for 

10 the full scope of authorized projects. 

11 SEC. 131. For an additional amount for the accounts 

12 and in the amounts specified, for enhancing force protec13 tion and safety at military installations, to remain avail14 able until September 30, 2023: 

15 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $50,000,000; 

16 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

17 Corps’’, $50,000,000; 

18 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 

19 $50,000,000: 

20 Provided, That such projects are subject to authorization 

21 prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 

22 construction: Provided further, That not later than 30 

23 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the mili24 tary department concerned, or his or her designee, shall 

25 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
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1 Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds pro2 vided under this section. 

3 TITLE II 

4 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

5 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

6 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

9 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex10 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 

11 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 

12 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

13 by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 

14 States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle15 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi16 cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi17 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur18 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 

19 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 

20 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec21 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 

22 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 

23 $108,530,139,000, to remain available until expended, of 

24 which $107,119,807,000 shall become available on Octo25 ber 1, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed $18,047,000 
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1 of the amount made available for fiscal year 2020 under 

2 this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating 

3 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, and ‘‘Infor4 mation Technology Systems’’ for necessary expenses in 

5 implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 

6 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source for 

7 which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and 

8 Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such 

9 sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient 

10 basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 

11 Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facili12 ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as au13 thorized. 

14 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

15 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

16 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap17 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 

18 61 of title 38, United States Code, $14,065,282,000, to 

19 remain available until expended and to become available 

20 on October 1, 2019: Provided, That expenses for rehabili21 tation program services and assistance which the Sec22 retary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of sec23 tion 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 

24 under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub25 section, shall be charged to this account. 
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1 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

2 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

3 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet4 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

5 authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 

6 Code, $111,340,000, which shall become available on Oc7 tober 1, 2019, and shall remain available until expended. 

8 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

9 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

10 sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 

11 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 

12 title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 

13 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de14 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

15 1974: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 2019, 

16 within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 

17 gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe18 cially adapted housing loans. 

19 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

20 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $200,612,000. 

21 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 For the cost of direct loans, $39,000, as authorized 

23 by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 

24 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

25 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
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1 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 

2 made available under this heading are available to sub3 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

4 loans not to exceed $2,037,000. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

6 carry out the direct loan program, $396,000, which may 

7 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex8 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

9 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

10 ACCOUNT

11 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

12 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 

13 of title 38, United States Code, $1,149,000. 

14 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 

17 Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in18 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 

19 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

20 services, and reimbursement of the Department of De21 fense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 

22 $2,922,000,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 

23 assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 

24 (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 

25 that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec-
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1 essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex2 tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 

3 maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 

4 independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac5 count: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 

6 under this heading, not to exceed 5 percent shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2020. 

8 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

9 MEDICAL SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

11 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

12 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

13 veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 

14 States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 

15 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 

16 medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 

17 food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare em18 ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to 

19 State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, 

20 United States Code, assistance and support services for 

21 caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, 

22 United States Code, loan repayments authorized by sec23 tion 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 

24 Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 

25 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance allow-
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1 ances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United 

2 States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 

3 38, United States Code, and administrative expenses nec4 essary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, 

5 United States Code, and hospital care and medical serv6 ices authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States 

7 Code, $48,747,988,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in8 creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (in9 creased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (in10 creased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $28,872,000) (in11 creased by $28,872,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (in12 creased by $5,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000), plus 

13 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

14 2019, and shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2020: Provided, That, of the amount made available on 

16 October 1, 2018, under this heading, $1,400,000,000 shall 

17 remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided fur18 ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

19 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for 

20 the provision of medical treatment for veterans who have 

21 service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special 

22 needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

23 provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

24 give priority funding for the provision of basic medical 

25 benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 
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1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

3 may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from 

4 Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled vet5 erans with privately written prescriptions based on re6 quirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, 

7 That the implementation of the program described in the 

8 previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the De9 partment of Veterans Affairs. 

10 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE

11 For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 

12 individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 

13 States Code, at non-Department facilities, $500,000,000 

14 which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 

15 under this heading that become available on October 1, 

16 2018: and, in addition, $14,419,786,000 (reduced by 

17 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

18 $8,000,000), plus reimbursements, shall become available 

19 on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount made 

21 available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 

22 $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2021. 
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1 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

2 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

3 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

4 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad5 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi6 ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart7 ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De8 partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 

9 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov10 ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $7,106,150,000 (re11 duced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced 

12 by $1,500,000) (increased by $1,500,000), plus reim13 bursements, shall become available on October 1, 2019, 

14 and shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Pro15 vided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 

16 2019, under this heading, $100,000,000 shall remain 

17 available until September 30, 2021. 

18 MEDICAL FACILITIES

19 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op20 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

21 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad22 ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 

23 planning, design, project management, real property ac24 quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 

25 any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
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1 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

2 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter3 ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos4 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart5 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

6 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate7 rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 

8 $5,276,676,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail9 able on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available until 

10 September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount made 

11 available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 

12 $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2021. 

14 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

16 medical and prosthetic research and development as au17 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

18 $732,262,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail19 able until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 

20 amount made available under this heading, $27,000,000 

21 shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 

22 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad24 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other25 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there-
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1 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

2 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper3 ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter4 ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 

5 of the National Cemetery Administration, $315,836,000, 

6 of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2020. 

8 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

9 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

12 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

13 administrative expenses in support of Department-wide 

14 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni15 forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 

16 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas17 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

18 Services Administration for security guard services, 

19 $346,091,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 

20 $1,000,000), of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That funds 

22 provided under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘Gen23 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra24 tion’’. 
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1 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

2 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 

3 Veterans Appeals, $174,748,000, of which not to exceed 

4 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2020. 

6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses for information technology 

9 systems and telecommunications support, including devel10 opmental information systems and operational information 

11 systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 

12 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in13 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

14 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

15 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

16 States Code, $4,105,500,000, plus reimbursements: Pro17 vided, That $1,235,320,000 shall be for pay and associ18 ated costs, of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain 

19 available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That 

20 $2,521,650,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, 

21 of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available 

22 until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That 

23 $348,530,000 shall be for information technology systems 

24 development, and shall remain available until September 

25 30, 2020: Provided further, That amounts made available 
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1 for information technology systems development may not 

2 be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans 

3 Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the Depart4 ment of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certification 

6 of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated and 

7 expended for each development project: Provided further, 

8 That amounts made available for salaries and expenses, 

9 operations and maintenance, and information technology 

10 systems development may be transferred among the three 

11 subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs re12 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

13 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

14 and an approval is issued: Provided further, That amounts 

15 made available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 

16 account for development may be transferred among 

17 projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, 

18 That no project may be increased or decreased by more 

19 than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to 

20 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con21 gress to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or 

22 absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Pro23 vided further, That the funds made available under this 

24 heading for information technology systems development 
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1 shall be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 

2 under this heading in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

4 For activities related to implementation, preparation, 

5 development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte6 nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in7 cluding contractual costs associated with operations au8 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

9 and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 

10 5 and 38, United States Code, $1,207,000,000, to remain 

11 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the 

12 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress quar14 terly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and de15 ployment implementation by facility: Provided further, 

16 That the funds provided in this account shall only be avail17 able to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be adminis18 tered by that Office. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 

22 the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

23 U.S.C. App.), $172,054,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in24 creased by $1,000,000), of which not to exceed 10 percent 

25 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

2 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

3 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

4 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

5 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 

6 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 

7 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar8 chitectural and engineering services, construction manage9 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

10 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

11 under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 

12 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac13 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 

14 than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 

15 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 

16 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

17 $1,127,486,000, of which $647,486,000 shall remain 

18 available until September 30, 2023; and of which 

19 $480,000,000 shall remain available until expended, of 

20 which $400,000,000 shall be available for seismic improve21 ment projects and seismic program management activities, 

22 including for projects that would otherwise be funded by 

23 the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities or 

24 National Cemetery Administration accounts: Provided, 

25 That except for advance planning activities, including 
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1 needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

2 investments, and other capital asset management related 

3 activities, including portfolio development and manage4 ment activities, and investment strategy studies funded 

5 through the advance planning fund and the planning and 

6 design activities funded through the design fund, including 

7 needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

8 investments, and salaries and associated costs of the resi9 dent engineers who oversee those capital investments 

10 funded through this account and contracting officers who 

11 manage specific major construction projects, and funds 

12 provided for the purchase, security, and maintenance of 

13 land for the National Cemetery Administration through 

14 the land acquisition line item, none of the funds made 

15 available under this heading shall be used for any project 

16 that has not been notified to Congress through the budg17 etary process or that has not been approved by the Con18 gress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explana19 tory statement accompanying such Act and presented to 

20 the President at the time of enrollment: Provided further, 

21 That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 

22 year 2019, for each approved project shall be obligated: 

23 (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract 

24 by September 30, 2019; and (2) by the awarding of a con25 struction contract by September 30, 2020: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prompt2 ly submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

3 Houses of Congress a written report on any approved 

4 major construction project for which obligations are not 

5 incurred within the time limitations established above: 

6 Provided further , That notwithstanding the requirements 

7 of section 8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 

8 amounts made available under this heading for seismic im9 provement projects and seismic program management ac10 tivities shall be available for the completion of both new 

11 and existing seismic projects of the Department. 

12 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

13 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

14 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

15 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

16 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 

17 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

18 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

19 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro20 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

21 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

22 site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 

23 sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, 

24 United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 

25 estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the 
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1 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 

2 United States Code, $649,514,000, to remain available 

3 until September 30, 2023, along with unobligated balances 

4 of previous ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations 

5 which are hereby made available for any project where the 

6 estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 

7 in such section: Provided, That funds made available 

8 under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the 

9 nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 

10 of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 

11 damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

12 and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to 

13 minimize further loss by such causes. 

14 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

15 FACILITIES

16 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

17 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re18 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 

19 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 

20 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 

21 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $150,000,000, to 

22 remain available until expended. 

23 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

24 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

25 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
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1 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

2 States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex3 pended. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2019 for 

7 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

8 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans9 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro10 priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take 

11 place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 

12 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con13 gress the authority to make the transfer and such Com14 mittees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period 

15 of 30 days has elapsed. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart18 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019, in this or 

19 any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical 

20 Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 

21 and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred 

22 among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers among 

23 the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and 

24 ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent 

25 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 
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1 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica2 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 

4 the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 

5 That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Med6 ical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compli7 ance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the 

8 cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 

9 only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

11 to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided 

12 further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facili13 ties’’ account may take place only after the Secretary re14 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

15 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

16 and an approval is issued. 

17 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 

18 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au19 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

20 hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 

21 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author22 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

23 States Code. 

24 SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 

25 appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
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1 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 

2 purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 

3 new hospital or home. 

4 SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 

5 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

6 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex7 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet8 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec9 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 

10 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

11 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim12 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina13 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 

14 rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

15 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

16 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

17 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail18 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re19 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

20 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

21 2018. 

22 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

23 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

24 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

25 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 
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1 Code, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 

2 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 

3 and Pensions’’. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, during fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Veterans 

7 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

8 Fund under section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, 

9 the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 

10 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 

11 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 

12 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen13 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra14 tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 

15 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi16 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse17 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu18 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 

19 2019 that are available for dividends in that program after 

20 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

21 have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 

22 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

23 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

24 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

25 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 
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1 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

2 2019 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

3 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 

4 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro5 gram. 

6 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

7 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in8 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro9 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur10 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 

13 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

14 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage15 ment, the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 

16 Adjudication, the Office of Accountability and Whistle17 blower Protection, and the Office of Diversity and Inclu18 sion for all services provided at rates which will recover 

19 actual costs but not to exceed $48,431,000 for the Office 

20 of Resolution Management, $4,333,000 for the Office of 

21 Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, 

22 $17,700,000 for the Office of Accountability and Whistle23 blower Protection, and $3,230,000 for the Office of Diver24 sity and Inclusion: Provided, That payments may be made 

25 in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
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1 costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 

2 credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Informa3 tion Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by the office 

4 that provided the service. 

5 SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans 

6 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 

7 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

8 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv9 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 

10 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec11 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

12 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

13 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro14 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man15 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason16 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

17 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur18 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

19 provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the 

20 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re21 ceived. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas25 ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 
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1 the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 

2 Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 

3 (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 

4 and improvements of any medical facility under the juris5 diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af6 fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 

7 provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con8 struction, Minor Projects’’. 

9 SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

10 Services’’ are available— 

11 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup12 plies, and equipment; and 

13 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

14 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

15 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

18 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

19 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 

20 ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac21 counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 

22 of these accounts. 

23 SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

24 enter into agreements with Federally Qualified Health 

25 Centers in the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal 
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1 organizations which are party to the Alaska Native Health 

2 Compact with the Indian Health Service, to provide 

3 healthcare, including behavioral health and dental care, to 

4 veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require par5 ticipating veterans and facilities to comply with all appro6 priate rules and regulations, as established by the Sec7 retary. The term ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands 

8 which are not within the boundaries of the municipality 

9 of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North Star Borough. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the De12 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu13 ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 

14 be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and 

15 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail16 able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

17 SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

18 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

19 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

20 Houses of Congress a report on the financial status of the 

21 Department of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: 

22 Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall include 

23 the direction contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quar24 terly reporting’’, under the heading ‘‘General Administra-
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1 tion’’ in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

2 Public Law 114–223. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med5 ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Sup6 port and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Op7 erating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 

8 ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, 

9 and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fis10 cal year 2019 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Informa11 tion Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such 

12 transfers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggre13 gate increase in the total amount made available by this 

14 Act for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: 

15 Provided further, That, before a transfer may take place, 

16 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

18 the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 

19 issued. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the De22 partment of Veterans Affairs which become available on 

23 October 1, 2019, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Com24 munity Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 

25 ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $307,609,000, plus reimburse-
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1 ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De2 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

3 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 

4 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

5 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used 

6 for operation of the facilities designated as combined Fed7 eral medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 

8 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): 

10 Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from 

11 accounts designated in this section to the Joint Depart12 ment of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Med13 ical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifica14 tion by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 220. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

18 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

19 of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided 

20 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili21 ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 

22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

23 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail24 able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of De25 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
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1 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 

2 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

3 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper4 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 

5 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun6 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

7 Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Pro8 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

10 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2573), amounts trans11 ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 

12 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 

13 shall remain available until expended. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 221. Of the amounts available in this title for 

16 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 

17 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 

18 minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

19 DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as au20 thorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 

21 Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose 

22 authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 

23 SEC. 222. None of the funds available to the Depart24 ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 

25 be used to replace the current system by which the Vet-
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1 erans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for 

2 diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment. 

3 SEC. 223. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no4 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

5 Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 

6 that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro7 grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Pro8 vided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 

9 of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Pro10 vided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 

12 days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and shall 

13 describe the anticipated use of such savings. 

14 SEC. 224. None of the funds made available for 

15 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project 

16 in excess of the scope specified for that project in the origi17 nal justification data provided to the Congress as part of 

18 the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Vet19 erans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

21 SEC. 225. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

22 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

23 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

24 Houses of Congress a quarterly report containing perform25 ance measures and data from each Veterans Benefits Ad-
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1 ministration Regional Office: Provided, That, at a min2 imum, the report shall include the direction contained in 

3 the section entitled ‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the 

4 heading ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 

5 Administration’’ in the joint explanatory statement accom6 panying Public Law 114–223: Provided further, That the 

7 report shall also include information on the number of ap8 peals pending at the Veterans Benefits Administration as 

9 well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly 

10 basis. 

11 SEC. 226. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

12 provide written notification to the Committees on Appro13 priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or14 ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 

15 more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 

16 the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

17 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

18 provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appro19 priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 

20 single national outreach and awareness marketing cam21 paign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 

24 determination that such action is necessary to address 

25 needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans-
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1 fer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary 

2 appropriations made available for fiscal year 2019 in this 

3 title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General Oper4 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ ac5 count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within 

6 the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap7 propriated for fiscal year 2019, that were provided in ad8 vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 

9 shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man10 agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 

11 authority provided in this section is in addition to any 

12 other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 

13 That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 

14 were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 

15 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

17 1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 

18 may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 

19 on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 

20 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 

21 item for which funds are requested has been denied by 

22 Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 

23 all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 

24 are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 

25 to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 
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1 purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 

2 That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 

3 Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

5 to make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 229. Amounts made available for the Depart8 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019, under the 

9 ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating 

10 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts 

11 may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 

12 before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet13 erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro14 priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

15 make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 

16 SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 

17 reprogram funds among major construction projects or 

18 programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 

19 $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by 

20 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con21 gress. 

22 SEC. 231. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

23 ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 

24 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 
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1 (1) provides to individuals who contact the hot2 line immediate assistance from a trained profes3 sional; and 

4 (2) adheres to all requirements of the American 

5 Association of Suicidology. 

6 (b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 

7 may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Execu8 tive action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

9 from appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil 

10 service position, or establishing a new civil service position, 

11 at the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to 

12 such a position relating to the hotline specified in sub13 section (a). 

14 (2) In this subsection— 

15 (A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 

16 given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 

17 States Code; and 

18 (B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 

19 (i) any Executive order, presidential memo20 randum, or other action by the President; and 

21 (ii) any agency policy, order, or other di22 rective. 

23 SEC. 232. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

24 may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

25 hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ-
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1 mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at 

2 existing Veterans Health Administration medical facilities 

3 located in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part 

4 of a planned realignment of VA services until the Sec5 retary provides to the Committees on Appropriations of 

6 both Houses of Congress a report including the following 

7 elements: 

8 (1) a national realignment strategy that in9 cludes a detailed description of realignment plans 

10 within each Veterans Integrated Services Network 

11 (VISN), including an updated Long Range Capital 

12 Plan to implement realignment requirements; 

13 (2) an explanation of the process by which 

14 those plans were developed and coordinated within 

15 each VISN; 

16 (3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each 

17 planned realignment, including the cost of replacing 

18 Veterans Health Administration services with con19 tract care or other outsourced services; 

20 (4) an analysis of how any such planned re21 alignment of services will impact access to care for 

22 veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, includ23 ing travel distances and transportation costs to ac24 cess a VA medical facility and availability of local 

25 specialty and primary care; 
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1 (5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 

2 designation and the methodology used to determine 

3 the buildings’ condition and utilization; 

4 (6) a description of how any realignment will be 

5 consistent with requirements under the National 

6 Historic Preservation Act; and 

7 (7) consideration given for reuse of historic 

8 buildings within newly identified realignment re9 quirements: Provided, That, this provision shall not 

10 apply to capital projects in VISN 23, or any other 

11 VISN, which have been authorized or approved by 

12 Congress. 

13 SEC. 233. Effective during the period beginning on 

14 October 1, 2018 and ending on January 1, 2024, none 

15 of the funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans 

16 Affairs by this or any other Act may be obligated or ex17 pended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Adminis18 tration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement 

19 on the Veterans Health Administration’s Screening for 

20 Breast Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as 

21 issued by the Veterans Health Administration National 

22 Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 

23 SEC. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

24 of law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-
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1 able to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Med2 ical Services’’ account may be used to provide— 

3 (1) fertility counseling and treatment using as4 sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran 

5 or the spouse of a covered veteran; or 

6 (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered vet7 eran. 

8 (b) In this section: 

9 (1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38, 

11 United States Code. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a vet13 eran, as such term is defined in section 101 of title 

14 38, United States Code, who has a service-connected 

15 disability that results in the inability of the veteran 

16 to procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 

17 (3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive tech18 nology’’ means benefits relating to reproductive as19 sistance provided to a member of the Armed Forces 

20 who incurs a serious injury or illness on active duty 

21 pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United 

22 States Code, as described in the memorandum on 

23 the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive 

24 Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/ 

25 Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 
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1 Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of De2 fense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the 

3 guidance issued to implement such policy, including 

4 any limitations on the amount of such benefits avail5 able to such a member except that— 

6 (A) the time periods regarding embryo 

7 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 

8 III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 

9 shall not apply; and 

10 (B) such term includes embryo 

11 cryopreservation and storage without limitation 

12 on the duration of such cryopreservation and 

13 storage. 

14 (4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 

15 reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 

16 an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en17 actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 

18 under the adoption reimbursement program of the 

19 Department of Defense, as authorized in Depart20 ment of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the 

21 reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in 

22 such instruction. 

23 (c) Amounts made available for the purposes speci24 fied in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the 

25 requirements for funds contained in section 508 of division 
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1 H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 

2 Law 115–141). 

3 SEC. 235. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act or any other Act for the 

5 Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner 

6 that is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transpor7 tation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 

8 Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 

10 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, 

11 United States Code. 

12 SEC. 236. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

13 prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 

14 the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to trans15 fer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Com16 pensation Fund to any other account within the Depart17 ment of Veterans Affairs. 

18 SEC. 237. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act may be used to conduct 

20 research using canines unless: the scientific objectives of 

21 the study can only be met by research with canines; the 

22 study has been directly approved by the Secretary; and 

23 the study is consistent with the revised Department of 

24 Veterans Affairs canine research policy document released 

25 on December 18, 2017: Provided, That not later than 180 
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1 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub2 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

3 of Congress a detailed report outlining under what cir4 cumstances canine research may be needed if there are 

5 no other alternatives, how often it was used during that 

6 time period, and what protocols are in place to determine 

7 both the safety and efficacy of the research. 

8 SEC. 238. For an additional amount for the Depart9 ment of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain avail10 able until expended, for infrastructure improvements, in11 cluding new construction, and in addition to amounts oth12 erwise made available in this Act for such purpose, of 

13 which: 

14 (1) $750,000,000 shall be available for seismic 

15 improvement projects and seismic program manage16 ment activities, including projects that would other17 wise be funded by the Construction, Major Projects, 

18 the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities, 

19 or National Cemetery Administration accounts; 

20 (2) $100,000,000 shall be for National Ceme21 tery Administration projects within ‘‘Department 

22 Administration - Construction, Major Projects’’; 

23 (3) $800,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Veterans Health 

24 Administration—Medical Facilities’’ to be used for 

25 non-recurring maintenance; and 
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1 (4) $350,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Departmental 

2 Administration—Construction, Minor Projects’’: 

3 Provided, That the additional amounts appropriated for 

4 the purposes of non-recurring maintenance and minor con5 struction may be used to carry out critical life-safety 

6 projects identified in the Department’s annual facility con7 dition assessments; sustainment projects; modernization 

8 projects; infrastructure repair; renovations at existing Vet9 erans Health Administration medical centers and out10 patient clinics; and projects included in the Strategic Cap11 ital Investment Process plan: Provided further, That not12 withstanding the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 

13 38, United States Code, amounts made available under 

14 this heading for seismic improvement projects and seismic 

15 program management activities shall be available for the 

16 completion of both new and existing projects of the De17 partment: Provided further, That the additional amounts 

18 appropriated under this section may not be obligated or 

19 expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits 

20 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

21 Congress, and such Committees approve, a detailed ex22 penditure plan, including project descriptions and costs, 

23 for any non-recurring maintenance, major construction or 

24 minor construction project being funded with the addi25 tional amounts made available in this section. 
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1 SEC. 239. For an additional amount for the Depart2 ment of Veterans Affairs, $1,138,000,000 for the pro3 grams and activities authorized in the VA MISSION Act 

4 of 2018 and the amendments made by such Act, which 

5 shall be in addition to amounts otherwise made available 

6 in this Act for such purpose, of which— 

7 (1) $600,000,000 shall become available for the 

8 Veterans Community Care Program under section 

9 1703 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by 

10 the VA MISSION Act of 2018, on the effective date 

11 specified in section 101(b) of such Act; and 

12 (2) $253,000,000 shall be available for the 

13 Family Caregivers Program under section 1720G of 

14 title 38, United States Code, as amended by such 

15 Act: 

16 Provided, That amounts made available under this section 

17 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 

18 TITLE III 

19 RELATED AGENCIES 

20 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

23 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

24 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun25 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 
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1 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

2 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

3 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for4 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 

5 vehicles; not to exceed $42,000 for official reception and 

6 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 

7 vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 

8 countries, $75,100,000, to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

12 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 

13 sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex14 pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 

15 36, United States Code. 

16 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

17 CLAIMS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

20 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

21 authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 

22 United States Code, $33,600,000: Provided , That 

23 $2,580,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 

24 financial assistance as described and in accordance with 
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1 the process and reporting procedures set forth under this 

2 heading in Public Law 102–229. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

4 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

7 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol8 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

9 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re10 placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 

11 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

12 $70,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re13 main available until September 30, 2021. In addition, 

14 such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 

15 repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease 

16 of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 

17 Agencies’’ account. 

18 CONSTRUCTION

19 For necessary expenses for planning and design and 

20 construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 

21 and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $73,855,000, to 

22 remain available until expended, for planning and design 

23 and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 

24 project at Arlington National Cemetery. 
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1 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

2 TRUST FUND

3 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire4 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 

5 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 

6 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis7 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 

8 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of 

9 which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

10 for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 

11 the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis12 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

13 Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the 

14 amounts made available under this heading from funds 

15 available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 

16 Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund 

17 of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

19 SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 

20 established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 

21 shall be available until expended to support activities at 

22 the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

6 Army’’, $261,250,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United States: 

8 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

9 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter10 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

12 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

13 under this heading shall be for construction of the High 

14 Value Detention Facility, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless 

15 authorized in an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal 

16 year 2019 for military construction. 

17 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

19 Navy and Marine Corps’’, $227,320,000, to remain avail20 able until September 30, 2023, for projects outside of the 

21 United States: Provided, That such amount is designated 

22 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

23 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

24 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

3 Air Force’’ $345,800,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United States: 

5 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

6 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter7 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

11 Defense-Wide’’, $87,050,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United 

13 States: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

14 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

15 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

16 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

17 of 1985. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

20 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

21 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

22 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

23 of 1985 shall be available only if the President subse24 quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

25 designations to the Congress. 
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1 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated for mili2 tary construction projects outside the United States under 

3 this title may be obligated or expended for planning and 

4 design of any project associated with the European Deter5 rence Initiative until the Secretary of Defense submits to 

6 the congressional defense committees a list of all of the 

7 military construction projects associated with the Euro8 pean Deterrence Initiative which the Secretary acticipates 

9 will be carried out during each of the fiscal years 2019 

10 through 2023. 

11 TITLE V 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

16 SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 

18 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 

19 to which the funds are made available that the program, 

20 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 

21 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

22 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 

23 SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under 

24 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 

25 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
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1 ‘‘E–Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con2 duct of their business practices and public service activi3 ties. 

4 SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no5 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 

6 Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af7 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub9 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

10 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

11 of the Senate. 

12 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in14 strumentality of the United States Government except 

15 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro16 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

17 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used for a project or program named for an 

19 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

20 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa21 tives. 

22 SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail23 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

24 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re25 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
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1 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen2 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

3 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

4 (1) the public posting of the report com5 promises national security; or 

6 (2) the report contains confidential or propri7 etary information. 

8 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

9 do so only after such report has been made available to 

10 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

11 no less than 45 days. 

12 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 

13 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

14 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

15 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

16 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

17 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

18 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi19 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

20 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 

22 to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 

23 in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

24 10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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1 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv3 ices, including construction services, where the contractor 

4 has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

5 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the 

7 Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 

8 light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen9 cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 

10 Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

11 24, 2011. 

12 SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap13 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

14 of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 

15 or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 

16 or possessions to house any individual detained at United 

17 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the 

18 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

19 under the control of the Department of Defense. 

20 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

21 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

22 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

23 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

24 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

25 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
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1 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

9 REFERENCES TO ACT

10 SEC. 513. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 

11 any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 

12 be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi13 sion. 

14 REFERENCES TO REPORT

15 SEC. 514. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 

16 this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 

17 reference to House Report 115–673. The effect of such 

18 Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 

19 purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 

20 by, and the implementation of, this division. 

21 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

22 SEC. 515. The amount by which the applicable alloca23 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
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1 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex2 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

3 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 

5 contravention of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, 

6 United States Code. 

7 SEC. 517. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

8 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

9 for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Ad10 ministration—Information Technology Systems’’ (and the 

11 amount specified under such heading for operations and 

12 maintenance), and by increasing the amount made avail13 able in fiscal year 2019 for ‘‘Veterans Health Administra14 tion—Medical Services’’, by $2,500,000 and $2,000,000, 

15 respectively. 

16 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

18 implement, administer, or enforce section 17.3240 of title 

19 38, Code of Federal Regulations, as proposed in 82 Fed. 

20 Reg. 48018 (October 16, 2017). 

21 SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this division may be used to convey 

23 the 17.1 acres of land and the 126 existing housing units 

24 known as Shenandoah Square and located in Mountain 

25 View, California. 
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1 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

3 transfer funds made available for the following programs: 

4 (1) The Homeless Providers Grant and Per 

5 Diem program. 

6 (2) The Domiciliary Care for Homeless Vet7 erans program. 

8 (3) The Supportive Services for Veteran Fami9 lies program. 

10 (4) The Department of Housing and Urban De11 velopment Department of Veterans Affairs Sup12 ported Housing (HUD–VASH) programs. 

13 SEC. 521. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 

15 or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

16 round. 

17 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc18 tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria19 tions Act, 2019’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2018. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5895 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for energy and water develposes. ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur- opment and related agencies for the fiscal year