In the Senate of the United States, 

June 25, 2018. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 5895) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 

energy and water development and related agencies for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water, Leg3 islative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans 

4 Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT. 

6 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

7 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

8 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi9 sion. 
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1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT. 

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

3 contained in division A shall be treated as a reference to 

4 Senate Report 115–258. The effect of such Report shall be 

5 limited to division A and shall apply for purposes of deter6 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple7 mentation of, division A. 

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

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

10 Senate Report 115–274. The effect of such Report shall be 

11 limited to division B and shall apply for purposes of deter12 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple13 mentation of, division B. 

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

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

16 Senate Report 115–269. The effect of such Report shall be 

17 limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of deter18 mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple19 mentation of, division C. 
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1 DIVISION A—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL2 OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP3 PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

4 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en6 ergy and water development and related agencies for the 

7 fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur8 poses, namely: 

9 TITLE I 

10 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

11 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

12 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

13 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

14 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super15 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func16 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 

17 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro18 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 

19 INVESTIGATIONS

20 For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the 

21 collection and study of basic information pertaining to 

22 river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 

23 protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related needs; 

24 for surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifica25 tions of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm damage 
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1 reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restora2 tion projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for 

3 restudy of authorized projects; and for miscellaneous inves4 tigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and de5 tailed studies, and plans and specifications of projects prior 

6 to construction, $123,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

10 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro11 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects 

12 authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, and 

13 plans and specifications, of such projects (including those 

14 involving participation by States, local governments, or 

15 private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by 

16 law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 

17 shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 

18 construction); $2,148,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended; of which such sums as are necessary to cover the 

20 Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the 

21 Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be de22 rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as author23 ized by Public Law 104–303; and of which such sums as 

24 are necessary to cover one-half of the costs of construction, 

25 replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland water-
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1 ways projects, except for Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee 

2 River, Tennessee, which shall be 15 percent during the fiscal 

3 year covered by this Act, shall be derived from the Inland 

4 Waterways Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifically 

5 provided for in law: Provided, That of the funds made 

6 available under this heading, $102,130,000 shall be for Ad7 ditional Funding, Inland Waterways Trust Fund Revenues, 

8 as designated in the report accompanying this Act: Pro9 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

10 heading, $507,870,000 shall be for Additional Funding, 

11 Navigation, as designated in the report accompanying this 

12 Act of which not less than $100,000,000 shall be used for 

13 projects relating to deep-draft navigation. 

14 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

15 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

16 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial 

17 valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by 

18 law, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

19 which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share 

20 of eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland har21 bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

22 Fund. 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

24 For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, 

25 and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm dam-
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1 age reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 

2 projects authorized by law; providing security for infra3 structure owned or operated by the Corps, including admin4 istrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor 

5 channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public 

6 agency that serve essential navigation needs of general com7 merce, where authorized by law; surveying and charting 

8 northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; 

9 clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstruc10 tions to navigation, $3,740,000,000, to remain available 

11 until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover 

12 the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance 

13 costs for coastal harbors and channels, and for inland har14 bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

15 Fund; of which such sums as become available from the spe16 cial account for the Corps of Engineers established by the 

17 Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be 

18 derived from that account for resource protection, research, 

19 interpretation, and maintenance activities related to re20 source protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation 

21 is available; and of which such sums as become available 

22 from fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104– 

23 303 shall be used to cover the cost of operation and mainte24 nance of the dredged material disposal facilities for which 

25 such fees have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of 
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1 the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 

2 projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 

3 be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin4 ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 

5 available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 

6 emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 

7 to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of Engi8 neers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any remain9 ing funds which have not been used for emergency activities 

10 proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for 

11 the programs, projects, or activities. 

12 REGULATORY PROGRAM

13 For expenses necessary for administration of laws per14 taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 

15 $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2020. 

17 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

18 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

19 from sites in the United States resulting from work per20 formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro21 gram, $120,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

23 For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, 

24 and other natural disasters and support emergency oper25 ations, repairs, and other activities in response to such dis-
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1 asters as authorized by law, $35,000,000, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 EXPENSES

4 For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 

5 administration of the civil works program in the head6 quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 

7 Division Engineers; and for costs of management and oper8 ation of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, 

9 the Institute for Water Resources, the United States Army 

10 Engineer Research and Development Center, and the 

11 United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center al12 locable to the civil works program, $193,000,000, to remain 

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

14 $5,000 may be used for official reception and representation 

15 purposes and only during the current fiscal year: Provided, 

16 That no part of any other appropriation provided in this 

17 title shall be available to fund the civil works activities of 

18 the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works execu19 tive direction and management activities of the division of20 fices: Provided further, That any Flood Control and Coastal 

21 Emergencies appropriation may be used to fund the super22 vision and general administration of emergency operations, 

23 repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, hurri24 cane, or other natural disaster. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR

2 CIVIL WORKS

3 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

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

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

6 Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 

7 may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Secretary 

8 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at least 95 

10 percent of the additional funding provided under each head11 ing in this title, as designated under such heading in the 

12 report of the Committee on Appropriations accompanying 

13 this Act, to specific programs, projects, or activities. 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF ENGINEERS— 

15 CIVIL 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 

18 of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 

19 to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act that 

20 remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 

21 2019, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

22 through a reprogramming of funds that: 

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

24 or activity; 

25 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
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1 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro2 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

3 denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior approval 

4 is received from the House and Senate Committees on 

5 Appropriations; 

6 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

7 activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 

8 is received from the House and Senate Committees on 

9 Appropriations; 

10 (5) augments or reduces existing programs, 

11 projects, or activities in excess of the amounts con12 tained in paragraphs (6) through (10), unless prior 

13 approval is received from the House and Senate Com14 mittees on Appropriations; 

15 (6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 

16 $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 

17 amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 

18 or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 

19 less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 

20 $25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be 

21 reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 

22 that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob23 ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

24 (7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 

25 $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base 
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1 amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, study 

2 or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 

3 less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming limit is 

4 $300,000: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 

5 may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, 

6 changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judg7 ments: Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be 

8 reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity 

9 that did not receive an appropriation for existing ob10 ligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

11 (8) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlimited 

12 reprogramming authority is granted for the Corps to 

13 be able to respond to emergencies: Provided, That the 

14 Chief of Engineers shall notify the House and Senate 

15 Committees on Appropriations of these emergency ac16 tions as soon thereafter as practicable: Provided fur17 ther, That for a base level over $1,000,000, re18 programming of 15 percent of the base amount up to 

19 a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity 

20 is allowed: Provided further, That for a base level less 

21 than $1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is 

22 $150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 may be re23 programmed into any continuing study or activity 

24 that did not receive an appropriation; 
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1 (9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.—The 

2 reprogramming guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), 

3 and (8) shall apply to the Investigations, Construc4 tion, and Operation and Maintenance portions of the 

5 Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, respec6 tively; and 

7 (10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC8 TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 percent 

9 of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 

10 (b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 

11 should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be submitted 

12 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

13 (c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Subsection 

14 (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity funded 

15 under the continuing authorities program. 

16 (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

17 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the House 

18 and Senate Committees on Appropriations to establish the 

19 baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au20 thorities for the current fiscal year which shall include: 

21 (1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa22 rate column to display the President’s budget request, 

23 adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 

24 enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fiscal year 

25 enacted level; and 
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1 (2) A delineation in the table for each appro2 priation both by object class and program, project 

3 and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

4 the respective appropriations; and 

5 (3) An identification of items of special congres6 sional interest. 

7 (e) The Secretary shall allocate funds made available 

8 in this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this 

9 Act and the report of the Committee on Appropriations ac10 companying this Act, including the determination and des11 ignation of new starts. 

12 (f) None of the funds made available in this title may 

13 be used to award or modify any contract that commits 

14 funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that program, 

15 project, or activity that remain unobligated, except that 

16 such amounts may include any funds that have been made 

17 available through reprogramming pursuant to this section. 

18 SEC. 102. The Secretary of the Army may transfer to 

19 the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 

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

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

22 Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps of 

23 Engineers projects. 

24 SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

25 for an open lake placement alternative for dredged material, 
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1 after evaluating the least costly, environmentally acceptable 

2 manner for the disposal or management of dredged material 

3 originating from Lake Erie or tributaries thereto, unless it 

4 is approved under a State water quality certification pur5 suant to section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

6 Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That until an open lake 

7 placement alternative for dredged material is approved 

8 under a State water quality certification, the Corps of En9 gineers shall continue upland placement of such dredged 

10 material consistent with the requirements of section 101 of 

11 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 

12 2211). 

13 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

14 title may be used for any acquisition of buoy chain that 

15 is not consistent with 48 CFR 225.7007, subsections (a)(1) 

16 and (a)(2). 

17 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 

19 dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 

20 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities identi21 fied in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) of 

22 the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 

23 SEC. 106. Not later than 180 days after the date of 

24 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall sub25 mit to Congress a report that— 
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1 (1) describes the history of Corps of Engineers 

2 funding requests and actual appropriations for the 

3 last 10 fiscal years preceding the date of enactment 

4 of this Act for the flood and coastal storm damage re5 duction business line, including a list of all requests 

6 for coastal and inland investigations, construction, 

7 and operation and maintenance; 

8 (2) provides a definition for the terms ‘‘coastal 

9 project’’ and ‘‘inland project’’ that the Corps of Engi10 neers uses with respect to those projects under the 

11 flood and coastal storm damage reduction business 

12 line; 

13 (3) provides an analysis of the changes in the 

14 comparative funding for coastal projects and inland 

15 projects under that business line; 

16 (4) provides an explanation for the discrepancy 

17 in funding between coastal projects and inland 

18 projects under that business line; and 

19 (5) includes recommendations on ways to correct 

20 the discrepancy described in paragraph (4). 

21 SEC. 107. It is the sense of the Senate that— 

22 (1) ongoing construction of projects that prin23 cipally benefit urban areas, including rainfall drain24 age systems that address flood damages, should receive 

25 consideration for additional funding; 
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1 (2) any additional funding described in para2 graph (1) is in addition to the budget request sub3 mitted to Congress by the President; and 

4 (3) the projects described in paragraph (1) 

5 should not be excluded from consideration for being 

6 inconsistent with the policy of the administration. 

7 SEC. 108. (a) Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the restoration of the Everglades, as described 

9 in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan 

10 authorized by title VI of the Water Resources Develop11 ment Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–541; 114 Stat. 

12 2680) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Plan’’), is 

13 the most ambitious environmental restoration pro14 gram in history; 

15 (2) the overarching objectives of the Plan are the 

16 restoration, preservation, and protection of the south 

17 Florida ecosystem, while providing for other water-re18 lated needs of the region, including water supply and 

19 flood protection; 

20 (3) the Plan should continue to be implemented 

21 as authorized— 

22 (A) to ensure— 

23 (i) the protection of water quality in 

24 the south Florida ecosystem; 
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1 (ii) the reduction of the loss of fresh 

2 water from the south Florida ecosystem; and 

3 (iii) the improvement of the environ4 ment of the south Florida ecosystem; and 

5 (B) to achieve and maintain the benefits to 

6 the natural system and human environment de7 scribed in the Plan; and 

8 (4) the equal partnership between the Federal 

9 Government and the State of Florida remains essen10 tial to accomplishing the objectives of the Plan. 

11 (b) It is the sense of the Congress that— 

12 (1) the discharge of excess water by the Corps of 

13 Engineers from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee 

14 Estuary and the Indian River Lagoon represents a 

15 significant loss of fresh water from the South Florida 

16 ecosystem; 

17 (2) the diversion of those Lake Okeechobee dis18 charges to Plan projects or features like the Ever19 glades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoir, designed 

20 to store and treat water prior to release into the Cen21 tral Everglades, is an essential source of fresh water 

22 for meeting the objectives of the Plan; and 

23 (3) the Plan authorizes a 50/50 Federal-State 

24 cost share for all aspects of congressionally authorized 
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1 restoration projects, including water quality project 

2 features or components. 

3 SEC. 109. Not later than 120 days after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall sub5 mit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

6 of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen7 ate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

8 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Ap9 propriations of the House of Representatives a report 

10 that— 

11 (1) includes a list of all cost-shared Corps 

12 projects that, as of the date of enactment of this Act— 

13 (A) are physically and fiscally complete; 

14 and 

15 (B) for which excess non-Federal funds have 

16 not been returned to the non-Federal project 

17 sponsor; and 

18 (2) with respect to each project listed under 

19 paragraph (1), describes the status of— 

20 (A) returning the excess funds to the non21 Federal project sponsor; and 

22 (B) providing the non-Federal project spon23 sor a final accounting of the project. 

24 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 

25 title may be used by the Corps of Engineers to conduct a 
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1 release or discharge of water from Lake Okeechobee to the 

2 Caloosahatchee Estuary or the Indian River Lagoon unless 

3 the discharge or release— 

4 (1) is conducted in pulses to minimize down5 stream impacts from reduced water quality and 

6 harmful algal blooms to local communities and wild7 life habitat; or 

8 (2) is necessary— 

9 (A) to protect the integrity of the Herbert 

10 Hoover Dike; and 

11 (B) to minimize threats to lives and human 

12 health in the communities surrounding Lake 

13 Okeechobee. 

14 TITLE II 

15 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

16 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

17 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

18 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

19 Utah Project Completion Act, $15,000,000, to remain avail20 able until expended, of which $898,000 shall be deposited 

21 into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 

22 Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 

23 Conservation Commission: Provided, That of the amount 

24 provided under this heading, $1,398,675 shall be available 

25 until September 30, 2020, for expenses necessary in car-
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1 rying out related responsibilities of the Secretary of the In2 terior: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, of the 

3 amount made available to the Commission under this Act 

4 or any other Act, the Commission may use an amount not 

5 to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative expenses. 

6 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

7 The following appropriations shall be expended to exe8 cute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation: 

9 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For management, development, and restoration of 

12 water and related natural resources and for related activi13 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita14 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

15 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri16 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

17 agreements with, State and local governments, federally rec18 ognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,395,000,000, to re19 main available until expended, of which $67,693,000 shall 

20 be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 

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

22 Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which 

23 such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to the 

24 Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such transfers 

25 may be increased or decreased within the overall appropria-
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1 tion under this heading: Provided further, That within 

2 available funds, $250,000 shall be for grants and financial 

3 assistance for educational activities: Provided further, That 

4 of the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 

5 that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu6 reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 

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

8 Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 

9 395 are available until expended for the purposes for which 

10 the funds were contributed: Provided further, That funds 

11 advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited to this 

12 account and are available until expended for the same pur13 poses as the sums appropriated under this heading: Pro14 vided further, That of the amounts provided herein, funds 

15 may be used for high-priority projects which shall be car16 ried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized 

17 by 16 U.S.C. 1706: Provided further, That of the funds 

18 made available under this heading, $99,500,000 shall be for 

19 Additional Funding for Ongoing Work: Rural Water, as 

20 designated in the report accompanying this Act. 

21 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

22 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 

23 restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the 

24 Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $62,008,000, to be 

25 derived from such sums as may be collected in the Central 
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1 Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sections 

2 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102–575, 

3 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Bu4 reau of Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full 

5 amount of the additional mitigation and restoration pay6 ments authorized by section 3407(d) of Public Law 102– 

7 575: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail8 able under this heading may be used for the acquisition or 

9 leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is al10 ready committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted 

11 decree or order. 

12 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

15 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 

16 consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 

17 the Interior, $35,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 

19 carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 

20 accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 

21 out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro22 priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the costs 

23 of CALFED Program management: Provided further, That 

24 CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a bal25 anced manner with clear performance measures dem-
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1 onstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals and 

2 objectives of the Program. 

3 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

4 For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and 

5 related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the 

6 Denver office, and offices in the five regions of the Bureau 

7 of Reclamation, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2020, $61,000,000, to be derived from the Reclamation 

9 Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 

10 377: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation in 

11 this Act shall be available for activities or functions budg12 eted as policy and administration expenses. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

15 be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 

16 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 

18 INTERIOR 

19 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II 

20 of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided 

21 by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agen22 cies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and 

23 Related Resources that remain available for obligation or 

24 expenditure in fiscal year 2019, shall be available for obli-
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1 gation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 

2 that— 

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

4 or activity; 

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

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

7 activity for which funds have been denied or restricted 

8 by this Act, unless prior approval is received from the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate; 

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

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

13 unless prior approval is received from the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate; 

16 (5) transfers funds in excess of the following lim17 its, unless prior approval is received from the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent19 atives and the Senate: 

20 (A) 15 percent for any program, project or 

21 activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail22 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 

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

24 activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail25 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 
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1 (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the 

2 Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilita3 tion category or the Resources Management and De4 velopment category to any program, project, or activ5 ity in the other category, unless prior approval is re6 ceived from the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate; or 

8 (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 

9 obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 

10 $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled con11 tractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to 

12 accelerated rates of operations, and real estate defi13 ciency judgments, unless prior approval is received 

14 from the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

15 of Representatives and the Senate. 

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

17 of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 

18 Rehabilitation category. 

19 (c) For purposes of this section, the term transfer 

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

21 project, or activity. 

22 (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 

23 on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 

25 all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
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1 tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 

2 shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of 

3 enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be used to determine 

6 the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for 

7 the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of 

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

9 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

10 of California as approved by the Administrator of the Envi11 ronmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental 

12 effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

13 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Pro14 gram and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage 

15 Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior 

16 as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully 

17 repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program—Alternative 

18 Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alternative Repay19 ment Plan’’ described in the report entitled ‘‘Repayment 

20 Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San 

21 Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995’’, pre22 pared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Rec23 lamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United 

24 States relating to, or providing for, drainage service or 

25 drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reim-
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1 bursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or 

2 studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law. 

3 SEC. 203. (a) Section 206(c)(2) of the Energy and 

4 Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 

5 Act, 2015 (43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113–235) is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘2018.’’ and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall not fund pilot 

8 projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin without the 

9 participation of the Upper Colorado River Division States, 

10 acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission.’’. 

11 (b) Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 2009 

12 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘$450,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$480,000,000’’. 

14 SEC. 204. Section 9 of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural 

15 Water System Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–382; 114 Stat. 

16 1457, 123 Stat. 2856, 128 Stat. 164) is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘2020’’ each place it appears in subsections (a)(1) and (b) 

18 and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 

19 TITLE III 

20 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

21 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

22 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

23 For Department of Energy expenses including the pur24 chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

25 equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy effi-
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1 ciency and renewable energy activities in carrying out the 

2 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con4 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

5 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

6 $2,322,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That of such amount, $162,500,000 shall be available 

8 until September 30, 2020, for program direction: Provided 

9 further, That of such amount, not less than $1,000,000 shall 

10 be used to support the development and deployment of high11 efficiency linear generator power plant technology, which, 

12 for purposes of stationary electric power production, is 

13 equivalent to fuel cell power plant technology: Provided fur14 ther, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 

15 $4,050,000 shall be made available for the Photovoltaic Re16 gional Test Centers for Solar Technologies of the Depart17 ment of Energy to ensure the continued operation of each 

18 Regional Test Center for Solar Technologies of the Depart19 ment of Energy, as in existence on the date of enactment 

20 of this Act. 

21 CYBERSECURITY, ENERGY SECRUITY, AND EMERGENCY

22 RESPONSE

23 For Department of Energy expenses including the pur24 chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

25 equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy sector 
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1 cybersecurity, energy security, emergency response, and 

2 electricity delivery activities in carrying out the purposes 

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

4 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of 

5 any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 

6 acquisition, construction, or expansion, $260,000,000, to re7 main available until expended: Provided, That of such 

8 amount, $28,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 

9 2020, for program direction. 

10 NUCLEAR ENERGY

11 For Department of Energy expenses including the pur12 chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

13 equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear energy 

14 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

15 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in16 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop17 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con18 struction, or expansion, $1,206,000,000, to remain avail19 able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

20 $80,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2020, 

21 for program direction: Provided further, That of the funds 

22 made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for 

23 a material recovery demonstration project to provide high 

24 assay enriched low uranium to support advanced reactors. 
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1 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car3 rying out fossil energy research and development activities, 

4 under the authority of the Department of Energy Organiza5 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition 

6 of interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in 

7 any real property or any facility or for plant or facility 

8 acquisition or expansion, and for conducting inquiries, 

9 technological investigations and research concerning the ex10 traction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances 

11 without objectionable social and environmental costs (30 

12 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), $727,000,000, to remain avail13 able until expended: Provided, That using funds made 

14 available under this heading, the Secretary of Energy shall 

15 continue to carry out external Department of Energy ac16 tivities for advanced coal processing research and develop17 ment, including by advancing early stage research for con18 verting coal pitch and coal to carbon fiber and other value19 added products for alternative uses of coal: Provided fur20 ther, That of such amount $61,070,000 shall be available 

21 until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

22 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

23 For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry 

24 out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 

25 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
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1 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli2 gated funds remaining from prior years shall be available 

3 for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities. 

4 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

5 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

6 Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and oper7 ations and program management activities pursuant to the 

8 Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 

9 seq.), $175,105,000, to remain available until expended: 

10 Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of the Bipar11 tisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 U.S.C. 

12 6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw down and 

13 sell not to exceed $350,000,000 of crude oil from the Stra14 tegic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal year 2019: Provided fur15 ther, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale shall 

16 be deposited into the ‘‘Energy Security and Infrastructure 

17 Modernization Fund’’ during fiscal year 2019: Provided 

18 further, That such amounts shall be made available and re19 main available until expended for necessary expenses to 

20 carry out the Life Extension II project for the Strategic Pe21 troleum Reserve. 

22 SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT

23 For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of 

24 petroleum products, and for other necessary expenses pursu25 ant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, 
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1 as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), sections 403 and 404 

2 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6239 

3 note), and section 5010 of the 21st Century Cures Act (Pub4 lic Law 114–255), $8,400,000, to remain available until ex5 pended. 

6 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

7 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

8 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 

9 and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 

10 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $10,000,000, 

11 to remain available until expended. 

12 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

13 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car14 rying out the activities of the Energy Information Adminis15 tration, $125,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

17 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

18 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap19 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-defense 

20 environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the pur21 poses of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con23 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

24 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

25 $353,240,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

2 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

3 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car4 rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 

5 and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activities 

6 of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and title X, 

7 subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, $840,818,000, 

8 to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamina9 tion and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until 

10 expended, of which $10,689,000 shall be available in accord11 ance with title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 

12 1992. 

13 SCIENCE

14 For Department of Energy expenses including the pur15 chase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital 

16 equipment, and other expenses necessary for science activi17 ties in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En18 ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

19 the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 

20 facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 

21 expansion, and purchase of not more than 16 passenger 

22 motor vehicles including one ambulance and one bus, and 

23 one airplane for replacement only, $6,650,000,000, to re24 main available until expended: Provided, That of such 
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1 amount, $184,000,000 shall be available until September 

2 30, 2020, for program direction. 

3 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY

4 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car5 rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 

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

7 $375,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That of such amount, $33,250,000 shall be available 

9 until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

10 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

11 PROGRAM

12 Such sums as are derived from amounts received from 

13 borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy 

14 Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall be col15 lected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That for necessary ad17 ministrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative Technology 

18 Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, $33,000,000 is 

19 appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2020: Provided further, That up to $33,000,000 of fees col21 lected in fiscal year 2019 pursuant to section 1702(h) of 

22 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as offsetting 

23 collections under this heading and used for necessary ad24 ministrative expenses in this appropriation and shall re25 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, 
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1 That to the extent that fees collected in fiscal year 2019 

2 exceed $33,000,000, those excess amounts shall be credited 

3 as offsetting collections under this heading and available 

4 in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 

5 in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the sum 

6 herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 

7 (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 2019 (esti8 mated at $15,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any re9 maining general fund appropriations can be derived from 

10 fees collected in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 

11 appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 

12 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0: Pro13 vided further, That the Department of Energy shall not sub14 ordinate any loan obligation to other financing in violation 

15 of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordi16 nate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other debt 

17 obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 10, Code 

18 of Federal Regulations. 

19 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING

20 LOAN PROGRAM

21 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

22 necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles 

23 Manufacturing Loan Program, $5,000,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2020. 
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1 TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

2 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

3 necessary in carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guar4 antee Program, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2020. 

6 OFFICE OF INDIAN ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS

7 For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in 

8 carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Or9 ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $18,000,000, to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That, of the 

11 amount appropriated under this heading, $4,800,000 shall 

12 be available until September 30, 2020 for program direc13 tion. 

14 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

15 For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy 

16 necessary for departmental administration in carrying out 

17 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $266,000,000, to remain available 

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

20 motor vehicles and official reception and representation ex21 penses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional amounts 

22 as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of 

23 cost of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of 

24 the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, 

25 That such increases in cost of work are offset by revenue 
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1 increases of the same or greater amount: Provided further, 

2 That moneys received by the Department for miscellaneous 

3 revenues estimated to total $96,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 

4 may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 

5 account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95– 

6 238, notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302: Pro7 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 

8 reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year 

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

10 from the general fund estimated at not more than 

11 $170,000,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen15 eral Act of 1978, $51,330,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2020: Provided, That of such amount, such 

17 amounts as are necessary shall be available to ensure that 

18 the Office of the Inspector General fully meets the require19 ments of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans20 parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note; Public Law 109– 

21 292). 
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1 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

2 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

3 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

4 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

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

7 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

8 the 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 $10,850,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That of such amount, $102,022,000 shall be available 

14 until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

15 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

16 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

17 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap18 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

19 defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 

20 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con22 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

23 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

24 $1,902,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That of the amounts appropriated under this head-
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1 ing, $20,000,000 shall be for cooperative agreements and 

2 laboratory support to accelerate the domestic production of 

3 Molybdenum-99. 

4 NAVAL REACTORS

5 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

6 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of En7 ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

8 the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construction, 

9 or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital equip10 ment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,620,000,000, to 

11 remain available until expended: Provided, That of such 

12 amount, $48,042,000 shall be available until September 30, 

13 2020, for program direction. 

14 FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex16 penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 

17 $408,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2020, including official reception and representation ex19 penses not to exceed $12,000. 

20 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

21 ACTIVITIES 

22 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

23 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

24 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap25 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic en-
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1 ergy defense environmental cleanup activities in carrying 

2 out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

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

4 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

5 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

6 $5,988,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That of such amount, $300,000,000 shall be available 

8 until September 30, 2020, for program direction. 

9 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

10 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

11 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap12 ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic en13 ergy defense, other defense activities, and classified activi14 ties, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of En15 ergy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including 

16 the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or 

17 any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc18 tion, or expansion, $840,000,000, to remain available until 

19 expended: Provided, That of such amount, $288,396,000 

20 shall be available until September 30, 2020, for program 

21 direction. 

22 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

23 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

24 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra25 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, are 
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1 approved for official reception and representation expenses 

2 in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, That during 

3 fiscal year 2019, no new direct loan obligations may be 

4 made. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN POWER

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 

8 of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 

9 power and energy, including transmission wheeling and 

10 ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood Con11 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the south12 eastern power area, $6,500,000, including official reception 

13 and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 

14 $1,500, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

15 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood 

16 Control Act of 1944, up to $6,500,000 collected by the 

17 Southeastern Power Administration from the sale of power 

18 and related services shall be credited to this account as dis19 cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 

20 expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex21 penses of the Southeastern Power Administration: Provided 

22 further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex23 penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 

24 the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 

25 appropriation estimated at not more than $0: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 

2 $55,000,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Adminis3 tration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover 

4 purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 

5 this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 

6 until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

7 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 

8 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

9 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

10 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

11 wheeling expenses). 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN POWER

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance 

15 of power transmission facilities and for marketing electric 

16 power and energy, for construction and acquisition of 

17 transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facilities, 

18 and for administrative expenses, including official recep19 tion and representation expenses in an amount not to ex20 ceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control 

21 Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the South22 western Power Administration, $29,802,000, to remain 

23 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 

24 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 

25 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $19,402,000 collected by the 
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1 Southwestern Power Administration from the sale of power 

2 and related services shall be credited to this account as dis3 cretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 

4 expended, for the sole purpose of funding the annual ex5 penses of the Southwestern Power Administration: Provided 

6 further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex7 penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 

8 the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 

9 appropriation estimated at not more than $10,400,000: 

10 Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 

11 to $10,000,000 collected by the Southwestern Power Admin12 istration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to re13 cover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred14 ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail15 able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

16 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 

17 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

18 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

19 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

20 wheeling expenses). 

21 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATION AND

22 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION

23 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

24 section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 

25 7152), and other related activities including conservation 
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1 and renewable resources programs as authorized, 

2 $222,142,000, including official reception and representa3 tion expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 

4 available until expended, of which $222,142,000 shall be de5 rived from the Department of the Interior Reclamation 

6 Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sec7 tion 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), 

8 and section 1 of the Interior Department Appropriation 

9 Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to $132,770,000 collected 

10 by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale 

11 of power and related services shall be credited to this ac12 count as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

13 available until expended, for the sole purpose of funding 

14 the annual expenses of the Western Area Power Administra15 tion: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

16 for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are re17 ceived during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal 

18 year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more than 

19 $89,372,000, of which $89,372,000 is derived from the Rec20 lamation Fund: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 

21 U.S.C. 3302, up to $180,000,000 collected by the Western 

22 Area Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control 

23 Act of 1944 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to 

24 recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be cred25 ited to this account as offsetting collections, to remain avail-
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1 able until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

2 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That 

3 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

4 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

5 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

6 wheeling expenses). 

7 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

8 FUND

9 For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for 

10 the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

11 Dams, $5,207,000, to remain available until expended, and 

12 to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 

13 Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Administra14 tion, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 

15 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That notwithstanding the provi16 sions of that Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $4,979,000 

17 collected by the Western Area Power Administration from 

18 the sale of power and related services from the Falcon and 

19 Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as discre20 tionary offsetting collections, to remain available until ex21 pended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses 

22 of the hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated 

23 Western Area Power Administration activities: Provided 

24 further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual ex25 penses shall be reduced as collections are received during 
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1 the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 

2 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000: Pro3 vided further, That for purposes of this appropriation, an4 nual expenses means expenditures that are generally recov5 ered in the same year that they are incurred: Provided fur6 ther, That for fiscal year 2019, the Administrator of the 

7 Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 

8 $122,000 in funds contributed by United States power cus9 tomers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into 

10 the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund, 

11 and such funds shall be available for the purpose for which 

12 contributed in like manner as if said sums had been specifi13 cally appropriated for such purpose: Provided further, That 

14 any such funds shall be available without further appro15 priation and without fiscal year limitation for use by the 

16 Commissioner of the United States Section of the Inter17 national Boundary and Water Commission for the sole pur18 pose of operating, maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating, 

19 replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at these 

20 Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the 

21 Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers. 

22 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu25 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De-
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1 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

2 seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

3 official reception and representation expenses not to exceed 

4 $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

5 $369,900,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 

7 to exceed $369,900,000 of revenues from fees and annual 

8 charges, and other services and collections in fiscal year 

9 2019 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in 

10 this account, and shall remain available until expended: 

11 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

12 the general fund shall be reduced as revenues are received 

13 during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year 

14 2019 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 

15 more than $0. 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 

17 ENERGY 

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 Oppor24 tunity Announcements) for a program, project, or activity 
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1 if the program, project, or activity has not been funded by 

2 Congress. 

3 (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 

5 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 or 

11 more, including a contract covered by the Federal Ac12 quisition Regulation; 

13 (C) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, 

14 award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in sub15 paragraph (A) or (B); or 

16 (D) announce publicly the intention to make an 

17 allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits 

18 in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

19 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress with21 in 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report detail22 ing each grant allocation or discretionary grant award to23 taling less than $1,000,000 provided during the previous 

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1 (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the 

2 report required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient 

3 of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal year for 

4 which the funds for the award were appropriated, the ac5 count and program, project, or activity from which the 

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

7 description of the activity for which the award is made. 

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

9 to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au10 thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De11 partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 

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

13 a multiyear cooperative agreement unless— 

14 (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

15 is funded for the full period of performance as antici16 pated at the time of award; or 

17 (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 

18 includes a clause conditioning the Federal Govern19 ment’s obligation on the availability of future year 

20 budget authority and the Secretary notifies the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

22 at least 3 days in advance. 

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

24 the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 

25 as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and activi-
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1 ties specified in the ‘‘FY 2019 Senate’’ column in the ‘‘De2 partment of Energy’’ table included under the heading 

3 ‘‘Title III—Department of Energy’’ in the report of the 

4 Committee on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 

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

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

7 the Department shall notify, and obtain the prior approval 

8 of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

9 Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any proposed 

10 reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 

11 activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than 

12 $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time 

13 period covered by this Act. 

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

15 available for obligation or expenditure through a re16 programming of funds that— 

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

18 project, or activity; 

19 (2) increases funds or personnel for any pro20 gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 

21 or restricted by this Act; or 

22 (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for 

23 a specific program, project, or activity by this Act. 

24 (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re25 quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 
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1 use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 

2 if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 

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

4 welfare, or national security. 

5 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit6 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 

7 waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not 

8 later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 

9 a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 

10 Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 

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

12 (h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations 

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

14 same appropriation accounts for such activities established 

15 pursuant to this title. Available balances may be merged 

16 with funds in the applicable established accounts and there17 after may be accounted for as one fund for the same time 

18 period as originally enacted. 

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

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

21 for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically au22 thorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the 

23 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fis24 cal year 2019 until the enactment of the Intelligence Au25 thorization Act for fiscal year 2019. 
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1 SEC. 303. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

4 any successive departmental guidance, for construction 

5 projects where the total project cost exceeds $100,000,000, 

6 until a separate independent cost estimate has been devel7 oped for the project for that critical decision. 

8 SEC. 304. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) AFFECTED INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘af10 fected Indian tribe’’ has the meaning given the term 

11 in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 

12 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 

13 (2) HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.—The 

14 term ‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’ has the meaning 

15 given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Pol16 icy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 

17 (3) NUCLEAR WASTE FUND.—The term ‘‘Nuclear 

18 Waste Fund’’ means the Nuclear Waste Fund estab19 lished under section 302(c) of the Nuclear Waste Pol20 icy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)). 

21 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

22 the Secretary of Energy. 

23 (5) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 

24 nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
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1 tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

2 U.S.C. 10101). 

3 (b) PILOT PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any provision 

4 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 

5 et seq.), the Secretary is authorized, in the current fiscal 

6 year and subsequent fiscal years, to conduct a pilot pro7 gram to license, construct, and operate 1 or more Federal 

8 consolidated storage facilities to provide interim storage as 

9 needed for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive 

10 waste, with priority for storage given to spent nuclear fuel 

11 located on sites without an operating nuclear reactor. 

12 (c) REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.—Not later than 120 

13 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

14 shall issue a request for proposals for cooperative agree15 ments— 

16 (1) to obtain any license necessary from the Nu17 clear Regulatory Commission for the construction of 

18 1 or more consolidated storage facilities; 

19 (2) to demonstrate the safe transportation of 

20 spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, as 

21 applicable; and 

22 (3) to demonstrate the safe storage of spent nu23 clear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, as appli24 cable, at the 1 or more consolidated storage facilities 

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1 logic disposal capacity for the permanent disposal of 

2 the spent nuclear fuel. 

3 (d) CONSENT-BASED APPROVAL.—Prior to siting a 

4 consolidated storage facility pursuant to this section, the 

5 Secretary shall enter into an agreement to host the facility 

6 with— 

7 (1) the Governor of the State; 

8 (2) each unit of local government within the ju9 risdiction of which the facility is proposed to be lo10 cated; and 

11 (3) each affected Indian tribe. 

12 (e) APPLICABILITY.—In executing this section, the Sec13 retary shall comply with— 

14 (1) all licensing requirements and regulations of 

15 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and 

16 (2) all other applicable laws (including regula17 tions). 

18 (f) PILOT PROGRAM PLAN.—Not later than 120 days 

19 after the date on which the Secretary issues the request for 

20 proposals under subsection (c), the Secretary shall submit 

21 to Congress a plan to carry out this section that includes— 

22 (1) an estimate of the cost of licensing, con23 structing, and operating a consolidated storage facil24 ity, including the transportation costs, on an annual 

25 basis, over the expected lifetime of the facility; 
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1 (2) a schedule for— 

2 (A) obtaining any license necessary to con3 struct and operate a consolidated storage facility 

4 from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

5 (B) constructing the facility; 

6 (C) transporting spent fuel to the facility; 

7 and 

8 (D) removing the spent fuel and decommis9 sioning the facility; 

10 (3) an estimate of the cost of any financial as11 sistance, compensation, or incentives proposed to be 

12 paid to the host State, Indian tribe, or local govern13 ment; 

14 (4) an estimate of any future reductions in the 

15 damages expected to be paid by the United States for 

16 the delay of the Department of Energy in accepting 

17 spent fuel expected to result from the pilot program; 

18 (5) recommendations for any additional legisla19 tion needed to authorize and implement the pilot pro20 gram; and 

21 (6) recommendations for a mechanism to ensure 

22 that any spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive 

23 waste stored at a consolidated storage facility pursu24 ant to this section shall move to deep geologic disposal 

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1 for that deep geologic disposal capacity consistent 

2 with subsection (d), within a reasonable time after the 

3 issuance of a license to construct and operate the con4 solidated storage facility. 

5 (g) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—Prior to choosing a site 

6 for the construction of a consolidated storage facility under 

7 this section, the Secretary shall conduct 1 or more public 

8 hearings in the vicinity of each potential site and in at 

9 least 1 other location within the State in which the site 

10 is located to solicit public comments and recommendations. 

11 (h) USE OF NUCLEAR WASTE FUND.—The Secretary 

12 may make expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund to 

13 carry out this section, subject to appropriations. 

14 SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING INNOVATION

15 SEC. 305. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

16 (1) the United States leads the world in innova17 tion through scientific research; 

18 (2) many technologies making major contribu19 tions to the United States economy were created 

20 through Federal support for scientific research, in21 cluding nuclear power, the laser, the personal com22 puter, the internet, and Global Positioning Systems; 

23 and 

24 (3) in recognition of the importance of innova25 tion through scientific research and development, 
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1 Congress increased appropriations for Department of 

2 Energy research and development programs for fiscal 

3 year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

4 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen5 ate that— 

6 (1) to maintain the position of the United States 

7 as a world leader in innovation, Congress and the 

8 Secretary of Energy should continue to support inno9 vative science research and development at National 

10 Laboratories and institutions of higher education, 

11 along with private partners and nonprofit research 

12 organizations, through sustained robust and reliable 

13 funding in specific research areas, including— 

14 (A) exascale computing and supercom15 puting; 

16 (B) quantum and photonic information 

17 sciences; 

18 (C) biological and environmental research; 

19 (D) energy; and 

20 (E) materials and manufacturing; and 

21 (2) Congress should continue to increase sci22 entific research and development funding— 

23 (A) to ensure future technological advances 

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1 (B) to help companies create good paying 

2 jobs; and 

3 (C) to strengthen national security. 

4 SEC. 306. (a) The Secretary of Energy, in consultation 

5 with the Secretary of Defense, shall evaluate the military 

6 installations at which it would be cost-effective to establish 

7 a partnership with community colleges, institutions of high8 er education, and the private sector to train veterans and 

9 members of the Armed Forces transitioning to civilian life 

10 to enter the cybersecurity, energy, and artificial intelligence 

11 workforces. 

12 (b) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 

14 the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the congressional 

15 defense and energy committees and make publicly available 

16 a report describing the results of the evaluation conducted 

17 under subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 307. (a) Section 5 of the Federal Power Act (16 

19 U.S.C. 798) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘three’’ and in21 serting ‘‘4’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘Commission may extend 

24 the period of a preliminary permit once for not 

25 more than 2 additional years beyond the 3 
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1 years’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Commission 

2 may— 

3 ‘‘(1) extend the period of a preliminary permit 

4 once for not more than 4 additional years beyond the 

5 4 years’’; 

6 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

7 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(2) after the end of an extension period granted 

10 under paragraph (1), issue an additional permit to 

11 the permittee if the Commission determines that there 

12 are extraordinary circumstances that warrant the 

13 issuance of the additional permit.’’. 

14 (b) Section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

15 806) is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘once 

16 but not longer than two additional years’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘for not more than 8 additional years,’’. 

18 (c) Any obligation of a licensee or exemptee for the 

19 payment of annual charges under section 10(e) of the Fed20 eral Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803(e)) for a project that has 

21 not commenced construction as of the date of enactment of 

22 this Act shall commence not earlier than the latest of— 

23 (1) the date by which the licensee or exemptee is 

24 required to commence construction; or 
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1 (2) the date of any extension of the deadline 

2 under paragraph (1). 

3 SEC. 308. Not later than 18 months after the date of 

4 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, after 

5 consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall— 

6 (1) survey the exterior boundaries of the tract of 

7 Federal land within the project boundary of the Swan 

8 Lake Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2911) as gen9 erally depicted and labeled ‘‘Lost Creek’’ on the map 

10 entitled ‘‘Swan Lake Project Boundary—Lot 2’’ and 

11 dated February 1, 2016; and 

12 (2) issue a patent to the State of Alaska for the 

13 tract described in paragraph (1) in accordance 

14 with— 

15 (A) the survey authorized under paragraph 

16 (1); 

17 (B) section 6(a) of the Act of July 7, 1958 

18 (commonly known as the ‘‘Alaska Statehood 

19 Act’’) (48 U.S.C. note prec. 21; Public Law 85– 

20 508); and 

21 (C) section 24 of the Federal Power Act (16 

22 U.S.C. 818). 

23 SEC. 309. (a) In this section: 

24 (1) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 

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1 (2) The term ‘‘Terror Lake Hydroelectric 

2 Project’’ means the project identified in section 1325 

3 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 

4 Act (16 U.S.C. 3212), and which is the Commission 

5 project numbered 2743. 

6 (3) The term ‘‘Upper Hidden Basin Diversion 

7 Expansion’’ means the expansion of the Terror Lake 

8 Hydroelectric Project as generally described in exhibit 

9 E to the Upper Hidden Basin Grant Application 

10 dated July 2, 2014, and submitted to the Alaska En11 ergy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII 

12 by Kodiak Electric Association, Inc. 

13 (b) The licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric 

14 Project may occupy not more than 20 acres of Federal land 

15 to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper Hidden 

16 Basin Diversion Expansion without further authorization 

17 of the Secretary of the Interior or under the Alaska National 

18 Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 

19 (c) The Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion 

20 shall be subject to appropriate terms and conditions in21 cluded in an amendment to a license issued by the Commis22 sion pursuant to the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a 

23 et seq.), including section 4(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 

24 797(e)), following an environmental review by the Commis-
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1 sion under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

2 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 310. (a) In this section: 

4 (1) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 

5 Energy Regulatory Commission. 

6 (2) The term ‘‘license’’ means the license for the 

7 Commission project numbered 11393. 

8 (3) The term ‘‘licensee’’ means the holder of the 

9 license. 

10 (b) On the request of the licensee, the Commission shall 

11 issue an order continuing the stay of the license. 

12 (c) On the request of the licensee, but not later than 

13 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com14 mission shall— 

15 (1) issue an order lifting the stay of the license 

16 under subsection (b); and 

17 (2) make the effective date of the license the date 

18 on which the stay is lifted under paragraph (1). 

19 (d)(1) Notwithstanding the time period specified in 

20 section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) that 

21 would otherwise apply to the Commission project numbered 

22 11393, the Commission may, at the request of the licensee, 

23 and after reasonable notice, in accordance with the good 

24 faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of, 

25 and the procedures of the Commission under, that section, 
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1 extend the time period during which the licensee is required 

2 to commence the construction of the project for not more 

3 than 3 consecutive 2-year periods from the date of the expi4 ration of the extension originally issued by the Commission. 

5 (2)(A) If the period required for the commencement of 

6 construction of the project described in paragraph (1) has 

7 expired prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Com8 mission may reinstate the license effective as of the date 

9 of the expiration of the license. 

10 (B) If the Commission reinstates the license under sub11 paragraph (A), the first extension authorized under para12 graph (1) shall take effect on the date of that expiration. 

13 (e) Nothing in this section prioritizes, or creates any 

14 advantage or disadvantage to, Commission project num15 bered 11393 under Federal law, including the Federal 

16 Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.) or the Public Utility 

17 Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), 

18 as compared to— 

19 (1) any electric generating facility in existence 

20 on the date of enactment of this Act; or 

21 (2) any electric generating facility that may be 

22 examined, proposed, or developed during the period of 

23 any stay or extension of the license under this section. 

24 SEC. 311. (a) Notwithstanding the time period speci25 fied in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) 
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1 that would otherwise apply to Federal Energy Regulatory 

2 Commission project numbers 12756, 12757, and 12758, the 

3 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this 

4 section as the ‘‘Commission’’) may, at the request of the li5 censee for the applicable project, and after reasonable notice, 

6 in accordance with the good faith, due diligence, and public 

7 interest requirements of that section and the procedures of 

8 the Commission under that section, extend the time period 

9 during which the licensee is required to commence the con10 struction of the applicable project for up to 3 consecutive 

11 2-year periods from the date of the expiration of the exten12 sion originally issued by the Commission. 

13 (b) If the time period required for commencement of 

14 construction of a project described in subsection (a) has ex15 pired prior to the date of enactment of this Act— 

16 (1) the Commission may reinstate the license for 

17 the applicable project effective as of the date of the ex18 piration of the license; and 

19 (2) the first extension authorized under sub20 section (a) shall take effect on that expiration. 

21 SEC. 312. (a) Notwithstanding the time period speci22 fied in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) 

23 that would otherwise apply to the Federal Energy Regu24 latory Commission project numbered 12478–003, the Fed25 eral Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this sec-
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1 tion as the ‘‘Commission’’) may, at the request of the li2 censee for the project, and after reasonable notice, in accord3 ance with the good faith, due diligence, and public interest 

4 requirements of, and the procedures of the Commission 

5 under, that section, extend the time period during which 

6 the licensee is required to commence construction of the 

7 project for not more than 3 consecutive 2-year periods from 

8 the date of the expiration of the extension originally issued 

9 by the Commission. 

10 (b)(1) If the period required for the commencement of 

11 construction of the project described in subsection (a) has 

12 expired prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Com13 mission may reinstate the license effective as of that date 

14 of expiration. 

15 (2) If the Commission reinstates the license under 

16 paragraph (1), the first extension authorized under sub17 section (a) shall take effect on the date of that expiration. 

18 SEC. 313. (a) Notwithstanding the time period speci19 fied in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) 

20 that would otherwise apply to the Federal Energy Regu21 latory Commission project numbered 13287, the Federal 

22 Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section 

23 as the ‘‘Commission’’) may, at the request of the licensee 

24 for the project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance 

25 with the good faith, due diligence, and public interest re-
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1 quirements of that section and the procedures of the Com2 mission under that section, extend the time period during 

3 which the licensee is required to commence construction of 

4 the project for up to 4 consecutive 2-year periods after the 

5 required date of the commencement of construction de6 scribed in Article 301 of the license. 

7 (b)(1) If the period required for the commencement of 

8 construction of the project described in subsection (a) has 

9 expired prior to the date of enactment of this Act, the Com10 mission may reinstate the license effective as of that date 

11 of expiration. 

12 (2) If the Commission reinstates the license under 

13 paragraph (1), the first extension authorized under sub14 section (a) shall take effect on the date of that expiration. 

15 SEC. 314. (a) Notwithstanding the time period speci16 fied in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) 

17 that would otherwise apply to the Federal Energy Regu18 latory Commission project numbered 12642, the Federal 

19 Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this section 

20 as the ‘‘Commission’’) may, at the request of the licensee 

21 for the project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance 

22 with the good faith, due diligence, and public interest re23 quirements of that section and the procedures of the Com24 mission under that section, extend the time period during 

25 which the licensee is required to commence the construction 
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1 of the project for up to 3 consecutive 2-year periods from 

2 the date of the expiration of the extension originally issued 

3 by the Commission. 

4 (b) If the period required for commencement of con5 struction of the project described in subsection (a) has ex6 pired prior to the date of enactment of this Act— 

7 (1) the Commission may reinstate the license ef8 fective as of the date of the expiration of the license; 

9 and 

10 (2) the first extension authorized under sub11 section (a) shall take effect on that expiration date. 

12 SEC. 315. (a) Notwithstanding the time period speci13 fied in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) 

14 that would otherwise apply to the Federal Energy Regu15 latory Commission projects numbered 12737 and 12740, the 

16 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (referred to in this 

17 section as the ‘‘Commission’’) may, at the request of the li18 censee for the applicable project, and after reasonable notice, 

19 in accordance with the good faith, due diligence, and public 

20 interest requirements of that section and the procedures of 

21 the Commission under that section, extend the time period 

22 during which the licensee is required to commence the con23 struction of the applicable project for up to 3 consecutive 

24 2-year periods from the date of the expiration of the exten25 sion originally issued by the Commission. 
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1 (b) If the period required for commencement of con2 struction of a project described in subsection (a) has expired 

3 prior to the date of enactment of this Act— 

4 (1) the Commission may reinstate the license for 

5 the applicable project effective as of the date of the ex6 piration of the license; and 

7 (2) the first extension authorized under sub8 section (a) shall take effect on that expiration. 

9 SEC. 316. (a) Notwithstanding the time period speci10 fied in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 806) 

11 that would otherwise apply to the Federal Energy Regu12 latory Commission project numbered 12715 (referred to in 

13 this section as the ‘‘project’’), the Federal Energy Regu14 latory Commission (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Com15 mission’’) may, at the request of the licensee for the project, 

16 and after reasonable notice, in accordance with the good 

17 faith, due diligence, and public interest requirements of, 

18 and the procedures of the Commission under, that section, 

19 extend the time period during which the licensee is required 

20 to commence the construction of the project for not more 

21 than 3 consecutive 2-year periods that begin on the date 

22 of the expiration of the extension originally issued by the 

23 Commission. 

24 (b)(1) If the period required for the commencement of 

25 construction of the project has expired before the date of en-
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1 actment of this Act, the Commission may reinstate the li2 cense effective as of the date of the expiration of the license. 

3 (2) If the Commission reinstates the license under 

4 paragraph (1), the first extension authorized under sub5 section (a) shall take effect on the date of that expiration. 

6 SEC. 317. In making awards from the Energy Tech7 nology Commercialization Fund established under section 

8 1001(e) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

9 16391(e)), the requirements for matching funds shall be de10 termined by the Secretary of Energy in accordance with 

11 section 988 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 16352). 

12 SEC. 318. Pursuant to section 1807 of the Grand Can13 yon Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–575; 106 Stat. 

14 4672), section 3(d)(1) of Public Law 106–392 (114 Stat. 

15 1604), section 601(b) of the Colorado River Basin Project 

16 Act (43 U.S.C. 1551(b)), and section 15 of the Act of April 

17 11, 1956 (commonly known as the ‘‘Colorado River Storage 

18 Project Act’’) (43 U.S.C. 620n) of the offsetting collections 

19 in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund of the Western 

20 Area Power Administration for repayment of capital costs, 

21 $23,000,000 may be transferred to the Upper Colorado 

22 Basin Fund. 

23 SEC. 319. (a) The Secretary of Energy (referred to in 

24 this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a study on 
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1 the potential for natural gas demand response across energy 

2 sectors and geographic regions. 

3 (b) Not later than 18 months after the date of enact4 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 

5 report on the results of study conducted under subsection 

6 (a), including— 

7 (1) a description and quantification of— 

8 (A) potential natural gas and energy sav9 ings and load shifting; and 

10 (B) the costs and benefits associated with 

11 those savings, including avoided energy costs, re12 duced market price volatility, improved electric 

13 and gas system reliability, deferred or avoided 

14 pipeline or utility capital investment, and air 

15 emissions reductions; 

16 (2) an identification of geographic areas that 

17 would benefit most from implementing demand re18 sponse measures for natural gas infrastructure; and 

19 (3) a description of— 

20 (A) existing and emerging technologies that 

21 can be used for demand response in the natural 

22 gas sector; and 

23 (B) best practices for developing a strategy 

24 for deployment of those technologies in the nat25 ural gas sector. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

3 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au5 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 

6 1965, and for expenses necessary for the Federal Co-Chair7 man and the Alternate on the Appalachian Regional Com8 mission, for payment of the Federal share of the adminis9 trative expenses of the Commission, including services as 

10 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor 

11 vehicles, $155,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facili15 ties Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized by 

16 the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public Law 

17 100–456, section 1441, $31,000,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2020. 

19 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Author22 ity and to carry out its activities, as authorized by the 

23 Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwithstanding sec24 tions 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said Act, $25,000,000, 

25 to remain available until expended. 
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1 DENALI COMMISSION

2 For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission in3 cluding the purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant 

4 and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, 

5 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwith6 standing the limitations contained in section 306(g) of the 

7 Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, That funds shall 

8 be available for construction projects in an amount not to 

9 exceed 80 percent of total project cost for distressed commu10 nities, as defined by section 307 of the Denali Commission 

11 Act of 1998 (division C, title III, Public Law 105–277), 

12 as amended by section 701 of appendix D, title VII, Public 

13 Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–280), and an amount not 

14 to exceed 50 percent for non-distressed communities: Pro15 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law regarding payment of a non-Federal share in connec17 tion with a grant-in-aid program, amounts under this 

18 heading shall be available for the payment of such a non19 Federal share for programs undertaken to carry out the 

20 purposes of the Commission. 

21 NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

22 For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re23 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

24 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $20,000,000, to 

25 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
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1 amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, not2 withstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States 

3 Code: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2019, the 

4 duties and authority of the Federal Cochairperson shall be 

5 assumed by the Northern Border Regional Commission Pro6 gram Director if the position of the Federal Cochairperson 

7 and Alternate Federal Cochairperson is vacant. 

8 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying 

11 out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 

12 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $898,350,000, includ13 ing official representation expenses not to exceed $25,000, 

14 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

15 amount appropriated herein, not more than $9,500,000 

16 may be made available for salaries, travel, and other sup17 port costs for the Office of the Commission, to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2020, of which, notwithstanding 

19 section 201(a)(2)(c) of the Energy Reorganization Act of 

20 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), the use and expenditure 

21 shall only be approved by a majority vote of the Commis22 sion: Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, 

23 inspection services, and other services and collections esti24 mated at $794,218,500 in fiscal year 2019 shall be retained 

25 and used for necessary salaries and expenses in this ac-
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1 count, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain 

2 available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 

3 herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of reve4 nues received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a 

5 final fiscal year 2019 appropriation estimated at not more 

6 than $104,131,500: Provided further, That of the amounts 

7 appropriated under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 

8 university research and development in areas relevant to 

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

10 Nuclear Science and Engineering Grant Program that will 

11 support multiyear projects that do not align with pro12 grammatic missions but are critical to maintaining the dis13 cipline of nuclear science and engineering. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen16 eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 

17 Act of 1978, $12,609,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2020: Provided, That revenues from licensing 

19 fees, inspection services, and other services and collections 

20 estimated at $10,355,000 in fiscal year 2019 shall be re21 tained and be available until September 30, 2020, for nec22 essary salaries and expenses in this account, notwith23 standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro24 vided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be 

25 reduced by the amount of revenues received during fiscal 
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1 year 2019 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2019 appro2 priation estimated at not more than $2,254,000: Provided 

3 further, That of the amounts appropriated under this head4 ing, $1,103,000 shall be for Inspector General services for 

5 the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, which shall not 

6 be available from fee revenues. 

7 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech10 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100–203, 

11 section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nuclear 

12 Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 

14 AGENCIES 

15 SEC. 401. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 

16 comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its 

17 Internal Commission Procedures when responding to Con18 gressional requests for information. 

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

20 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be repro21 grammed for any program, project, or activity, and the 

22 Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the 

24 use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause any 

25 program funding level to increase or decrease by more than 
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1 $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time 

2 period covered by this Act. 

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

4 the notification requirement in subsection (a) if compliance 

5 with such requirement would pose a substantial risk to 

6 human health, the environment, welfare, or national secu7 rity. 

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 activ12 ity to which a requirement or restriction would otherwise 

13 have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of 

14 the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 

15 such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the Com16 mittees of such waiver and changes to funding levels to pro17 grams, projects, or activities. 

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

19 the amounts made available by this title for ‘‘Nuclear Regu20 latory Commission—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be ex21 pended as directed in the report of the Committee on Appro22 priations 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 increases 
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1 funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for 

2 which funds are denied or restricted by this Act. 

3 (e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to 

4 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con5 gress, which includes the following for each program, 

6 project, or activity, including any prior year appropria7 tions— 

8 (1) total budget authority; 

9 (2) total unobligated balances; and 

10 (3) total unliquidated obligations. 

11 TITLE V 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

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

15 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

16 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu17 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

18 1913. 

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

20 III of this Act may be transferred to any department, agen21 cy, or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex22 cept pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority 

23 provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act for 

24 any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the report 

25 of the Committee on Appropriations accompanying this 
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1 Act, or any authority whereby a department, agency, or in2 strumentality of the United States Government may pro3 vide goods or services to another department, agency, or in4 strumentality. 

5 (b) None of the funds made available for any depart6 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Gov7 ernment may be transferred to accounts funded in title III 

8 of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or trans9 fer authority provided in this Act or any other appropria10 tions Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced 

11 in the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom12 panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 

13 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 

14 may provide goods or services to another department, agen15 cy, or instrumentality. 

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

17 funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 

18 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

19 of Congress a semiannual report detailing the transfer au20 thorities, except for any authority whereby a department, 

21 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 

22 may provide goods or services to another department, agen23 cy, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and 

24 in the year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts 

25 transferred and the purposes for which they were trans-
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1 ferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification 

2 requirements for each authority. 

3 SEC. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net5 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

6 and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

9 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi10 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

12 Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

13 2019’’. 
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1 DIVISION B—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 

3 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

6 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

9 SENATE 

10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

11 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 

12 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 

13 Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen14 ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 

15 Whip of the Senate, $9,980; President Pro Tempore Emer16 itus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Con17 ference Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; and Chair18 men of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 

19 $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $189,840. 

20 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi21 nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 

22 in all, $28,140. 

23 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

24 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

25 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
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1 $205,376,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

2 as follows: 

3 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

4 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248. 

5 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

6 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466. 

7 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

8 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, 

9 $309,000. 

10 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

11 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

12 $5,255,576. 

13 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

14 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

15 $3,359,424. 

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

18 $15,142,000. 

19 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

20 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

21 of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 

22 Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such 

23 committee; in all, $3,316,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

2 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

4 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402. 

5 POLICY COMMITTEES

6 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

7 Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such com8 mittee; in all, $3,385,810. 

9 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

10 For Office of the Chaplain, $461,886. 

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 For Office of the Secretary, $25,783,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

14 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

15 $82,684,000. 

16 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

17 MINORITY

18 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

19 Secretary for the Minority, $1,810,000. 

20 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

21 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au22 thorized by law, and related expenses, $59,912,000. 

23 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

24 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla25 tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,115,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

3 Counsel, $1,147,000. 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN5 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

6 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

7 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

8 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

9 $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

10 $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 

11 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 

12 $28,440. 

13 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

14 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

15 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

16 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 

17 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 

18 the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 

19 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 

20 Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 

21 $26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2021. 
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1 U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS

2 CONTROL

3 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

4 International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 

5 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

6 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen7 ate, $10,036,000 of which $6,436,000 shall remain available 

8 until September 30, 2023 and of which $3,600,000 shall re9 main available until expended. 

10 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

11 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 

12 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $126,595,000, which shall remain 

13 available until September 30, 2023. 

14 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

15 For miscellaneous items, $20,870,849 which shall re16 main available until September 30, 2021. 

17 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

18 ACCOUNT

19 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

20 Account, $429,000,000 of which $20,128,950 shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2021 and of which $5,000,000 

22 shall be allocated solely for the purpose of providing finan23 cial compensation to Senate interns. 
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1 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

2 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

3 Senate, $300,000. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL

6 PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE

7 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

8 FEDERAL DEBT

9 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

10 any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head11 ing ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX12 PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ 

13 OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT’’ 

14 shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year 

15 or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 

16 Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining 

17 after the end of the period of availability shall be returned 

18 to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated para19 graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ 

20 under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 

21 Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction 

22 (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such pay23 ments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in 

24 such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers ap25 propriate). 
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1 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION

2 SEC. 102. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the 

4 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (re5 lating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Con6 gress) during fiscal year 2019. 

7 FILING BY SENATE CANDIDATES WITH COMMISSION

8 SEC. 103. Section 302(g) of the Federal Election Cam9 paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102(g)) is amended to read 

10 as follows: 

11 ‘‘(g) FILING WITH THE COMMISSION.—All designa12 tions, statements, and reports required to be filed under this 

13 Act shall be filed with the Commission.’’. 

14 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa17 tives, $1,232,893,035, as follows: 

18 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

19 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

20 $25,378,875, including: Office of the Speaker, $7,123,634, 

21 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 

22 of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,642,739, including $10,000 

23 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 

24 Minority Floor Leader, $7,751,946, including $10,000 for 

25 official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major-
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1 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

2 $2,197,163, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma3 jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 

4 Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,700,079, including $5,000 

5 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con6 ference, $2,186,819; Democratic Caucus, $1,776,495: Pro7 vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re8 main available from January 3, 2019 until January 2, 

9 2020. 

10 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

11 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

12 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

13 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

15 $573,630,000. 

16 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

17 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

18 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe19 cial and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

20 $127,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

21 available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 

22 2020, except that $4,000,000 of such amount shall remain 

23 available until expended for committee room upgrading. 
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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro3 priations, $23,112,971, including studies and examinations 

4 of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 

5 such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 

6 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 

7 to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 

8 performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail9 able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2020. 

10 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

11 For compensation and expenses of officers and employ12 ees, as authorized by law, $218,345,000, including: for sala13 ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 

14 positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 

15 not more than $25,000 for official representation and recep16 tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 

17 Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 

18 of the Chaplain, $28,305,000; for salaries and expenses of 

19 the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 

20 of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

21 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi22 cial representation and reception expenses, $18,773,000 of 

23 which $5,524,000 shall remain available until expended; for 

24 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra25 tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep-
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1 resentation and reception expenses, $148,058,000, of which 

2 $11,631,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala3 ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 

4 $5,019,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

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

6 of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 

7 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 

8 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

9 $2,026,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

10 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,327,000; for salaries 

11 and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 

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

13 of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other author14 ized employees, $584,000. 

15 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

16 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

17 resolution or law, $264,293,016, including: supplies, mate18 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

19 $525,016; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 

20 and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Govern21 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 

22 and other applicable employee benefits, $239,000,000, to re23 main available until March 31, 2020; Business Continuity 

24 and Disaster Recovery, $16,186,000 of which $5,000,000 

25 shall remain available until expended; transition activities 
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1 for new members and staff, $3,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $3,000,000, to 

3 remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 

4 Ethics, $1,670,000; and miscellaneous items including pur5 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 

6 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 

7 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

8 $722,000. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN11 TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE12 DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT

13 SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

15 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EX16 PENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ 

17 shall be available only for fiscal year 2019. Any amount 

18 remaining after all payments are made under such allow19 ances for fiscal year 2019 shall be deposited in the Treasury 

20 and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 

21 budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 

22 reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 

23 of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
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1 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin2 istration of the House of Representatives shall have author3 ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

5 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep6 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 

7 the Congress. 

8 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

10 fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, 

11 joint resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of 

12 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi13 dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member re14 quests a copy. 

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

16 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

17 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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

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

20 version of the Congressional Record to the office of a Mem21 ber of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 

22 or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

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

24 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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1 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

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

3 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

4 House of Representatives to make any payments from any 

5 Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 

6 vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 

7 amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 

8 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE

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

10 fiscal year may be to provide an aggregate number of more 

11 than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 

12 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 

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

14 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

15 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS

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

17 fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of the 

18 report of disbursements for the operations of the House of 

19 Representatives under section 106 of the House of Rep20 resentatives Administration Reform Technical Corrections 

21 Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House 

22 of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com23 missioner to the Congress). 

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

25 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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1 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR

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

3 fiscal year may be used to deliver to the office of a Member 

4 of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

5 Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy of 

6 the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives which 

7 is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 

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

9 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

10 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

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

12 fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of the 

13 Congressional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member 

14 of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

15 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

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

17 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

18 REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FORMER SPEAKERS

19 SEC. 118. (a) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OF20 FICE SPACE, OFFICE EXPENSES, FRANKING AND PRINTING

21 PRIVILEGES, AND STAFF.—The first section and sections 2, 

22 4, 5, and 8 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, 

23 agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent 

24 law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations 
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1 Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 5125(a), 5126, 5127, 5128, and 5129) 

2 are repealed. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of the 

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

5 repealed. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

7 section shall apply with respect to any individual who 

8 serves as a Representative in Congress during the One Hun9 dred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress. 

10 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION

11 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the 

13 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (re14 lating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Con15 gress) during fiscal year 2019. 

16 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

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

18 AMONG HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES.—Section 101 of the 

19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 

20 5507) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

21 subsection: 

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

23 House of Representatives under the heading ‘House Leader24 ship Offices’ may be transferred among and merged with 

25 the various offices and activities under such heading, effec-
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1 tive upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such alter2 native period that may be imposed by the Committee on 

3 Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which be4 gins on the date such Committee has been notified of the 

5 transfer.’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub7 section (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 

8 each succeeding fiscal year. 

9 JOINT ITEMS 

10 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

11 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

12 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com13 mittee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

14 Senate. 

15 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

16 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

17 Taxation, $11,169,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin18 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

19 For other joint items, as follows: 

20 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

21 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex22 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi23 cian and his assistants, including: 

24 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At25 tending Physician; 
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1 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen2 ior Medical Officer; 

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

4 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At5 tending Physician; 

6 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist7 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist8 ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist9 ants; and 

10 (5) $2,740,000 for reimbursement to the Depart11 ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

12 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 

13 Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 

14 the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 

15 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 

16 are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 

17 thereof, $3,798,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad18 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

19 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 

22 Accessibility Services, $1,486,000, to be disbursed by the 

23 Secretary of the Senate. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ4 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con5 tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes6 sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

7 benefits, $371,483,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

8 $43,668,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the 

9 House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 

10 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

11 GENERAL EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

13 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu14 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup15 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

16 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

17 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

18 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in19 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce20 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex21 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

22 in connection with official representation and reception ex23 penses, $81,554,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap24 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 
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1 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train2 ing Center for fiscal year 2019 shall be paid by the Sec3 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

4 Department of Homeland Security. 

5 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

8 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account9 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $6,332,670, of which 

10 $900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: 

11 Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 

12 the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 

13 Compliance in connection with official representation and 

14 reception expenses. 

15 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

18 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

19 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

20 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi21 cial representation and reception expenses, $50,295,000: 

22 Provided, that the Director shall use not less than $500,000 

23 of the amount made available under this heading for (1) 

24 improving technical systems, processes, and models for the 

25 purpose of improving the transparency of estimates of budg-
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1 etary effects to Members of Congress, employees of Members 

2 of Congress, and the public, and (2) to increase the avail3 ability of models, economic assumptions, and data for Mem4 bers of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the 

5 public. 

6 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

7 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

8 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 

9 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 

10 necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op11 eration, and general and administrative support in connec12 tion with facilities and activities under the care of the Ar13 chitect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; elec14 trical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 

15 buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 

16 Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 

17 equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official re18 ception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 

19 Architect of the Capitol may approve, and not more than 

20 $5,000 that shall be used by the Architect of the Capitol 

21 to work with contractors to eliminate or reduce the use of 

22 plastic straws in facilities of the legislative branch that are 

23 under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for purchase 

24 or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger 

25 motor vehicle, $101,381,903. 
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1 CAPITOL BUILDING

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Capitol, $39,318,335, of which 

4 $12,981,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2023. 

6 CAPITOL GROUNDS

7 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

8 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

9 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $16,160,439, 

10 of which $5,019,000 shall remain available until September 

11 30, 2023. 

12 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the House office buildings, $187,098,000, 

15 of which $127,552,000 shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2023, and of which $62,000,000 shall remain 

17 available until expended for the restoration and renovation 

18 of the Cannon House Office Building; Provided, That of the 

19 amount made available under this heading, $7,000,000 

20 shall be derived by transfer from the House Office Building 

21 Fund established under section 176(d) of the Continuing 

22 Appropriations Act, 2017, as added by section 101(3) of 

23 the Further Continuing Appropriation Act, 2017 (Public 

24 Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 note). 
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1 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

2 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re3 main available until expended. 

4 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

6 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

7 furnishings to be expended under the control and super8 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $92,918,081, of which 

9 $31,162,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2023. 

11 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

13 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 

14 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

15 water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 

16 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

17 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 

18 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

19 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub20 lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating 

21 and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 

22 Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 

23 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake24 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re25 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
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1 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

2 to the credit of this appropriation, $97,827,258, of which 

3 $15,286,617 shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2023: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 

5 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

6 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

7 2019. 

8 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

9 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

10 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

11 buildings and grounds, $64,125,666, of which $36,254,000 

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 

13 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

15 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance16 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 

17 the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Cap18 itol security operations, $54,680,047, of which $28,777,000 

19 shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 

20 BOTANIC GARDEN

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

23 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex24 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

25 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
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1 mittee on the Library, $14,559,589, of which $3,559,000 

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

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

4 Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 

5 as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper6 ation of the National Garden established under section 

7 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 

8 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 

9 of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

10 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

11 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap12 itol Visitor Center, $23,054,946. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

15 OVER BUDGET

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

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

18 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

19 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

20 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 

21 or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de22 viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 

23 scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 

24 scope of the project and/or program. 
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1 SCRIMS

2 SEC. 141. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 

4 building facades during restoration or construction projects 

5 performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

9 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

10 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo11 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean12 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of mo13 tion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 

14 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li15 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 

16 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one 

17 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con18 gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in19 come of any trust fund held by the Board, $474,429,000, 

20 of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 

21 collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 

22 2019, and shall remain available until expended, under the 

23 Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 

24 150): Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obli25 gate or expend any funds derived from collections under the 
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1 Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized 

2 for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Pro3 vided further, That the total amount available for obligation 

4 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

5 than $6,000,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 

6 appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on 

7 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection 

8 with official representation and reception expenses for the 

9 Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

10 amount appropriated, $8,855,000 shall remain available 

11 until expended for the digital collections and educational 

12 curricula program: Provided further, That of the total 

13 amount appropriated, $1,318,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Fi15 nancial Management System: Provided further, That of the 

16 total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain avail17 able until expended for the Surplus Books Program to pro18 mote the program and facilitate a greater number of dona19 tions to eligible entities across the United States: Provided 

20 further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,383,000 

21 shall remain available until expended for the Veterans His22 tory Project to continue digitization efforts of already col23 lected materials, reach a greater number of veterans to 

24 record their stories, and promote public access to the 

25 Project. 
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

4 $92,462,000, 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 expend 

9 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

10 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi11 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

12 more than $6,272,000 shall be derived from collections dur13 ing fiscal year 2019 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 

14 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 

15 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

16 by the amount by which collections are less than 

17 $45,490,000: Provided further, That $4,328,000 shall be de18 rived from prior year unobligated balances: Provided fur19 ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro20 priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter21 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the 

22 Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals 

23 of developing countries in intellectual property laws and 

24 policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 may 

25 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
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1 gress, in connection with official representation and recep2 tion expenses for activities of the International Copyright 

3 Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and semi4 nars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any provi5 sion 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 chapter 

9 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the 

10 administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program, 

11 with the exception of the costs of salaries and benefits for 

12 the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 

13 802(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 1946 

18 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con19 stitution of the United States of America, $123,828,000: 

20 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 

21 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

22 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

23 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con24 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

25 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
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1 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

2 Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That this 

3 prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confiden4 tial Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: Pro5 vided further, That a non-confidential CRS product in6 cludes any written product containing research or analysis 

7 that is currently available for general congressional access 

8 on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made 

9 available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal 

10 course of business and does not include material prepared 

11 in response to Congressional requests for confidential anal12 ysis or research. 

13 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

16 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

17 $52,521,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro18 priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 

19 newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 

20 at no cost to the individual. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

23 SEC. 150. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2019, the 

24 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
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1 tivities 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 to 

6 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 author14 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

15 publishing, and distribution of Government publications 

16 authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 

17 recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

18 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi19 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa20 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

21 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

22 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

23 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

24 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

25 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
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1 section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 

2 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

3 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

4 to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 

5 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica6 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

7 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con8 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print9 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

10 Code: Provided further, That unobligated or unexpended 

11 balances of expired discretionary funds made available 

12 under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be 

13 transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading 

14 ‘‘Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re15 volving Fund’’ no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 

16 after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available 

17 for the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for 

18 carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap19 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 

21 notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 

22 United States Code, this appropriation may be used to pre23 pare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a monthly 

24 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 the 

6 Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 

7 for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 

8 and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, 

9 other Government agencies, and designated depository and 

10 international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 

11 $32,000,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 

12 $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author13 ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 

14 sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2017 and 

15 2018 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided 

16 further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of expired 

17 discretionary funds made available under this heading in 

18 this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, and 

19 merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘Government Pub20 lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ no 

21 later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal 

22 year for which such funds are available for the purposes 

23 for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out the 

24 purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Com-
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1 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

2 and the Senate. 

3 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

4 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

5 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

6 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,000,000, to re7 main available until expended, for information technology 

8 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov9 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

10 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

11 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

12 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

13 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 

14 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur15 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

16 the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re17 volving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 

18 may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 

19 Government Publishing Office in connection with official 

20 representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 

21 That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be 

22 available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 pas23 senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 

24 in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils 

25 to the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall 
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1 be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 

2 United States Code: Provided further, That the Business 

3 Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for tem4 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

5 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 

6 more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

7 pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

8 of such title: Provided further, That activities financed 

9 through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may pro10 vide information in any format: Provided further, That the 

11 Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds pro12 vided under the heading ‘‘Public Information Programs of 

13 the Superintendent of Documents’’ may not be used for con14 tracted security services at Government Publishing Office’s 

15 passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

16 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Government Account19 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex20 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

21 the United States in connection with official representation 

22 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

23 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

24 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

25 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
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1 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas2 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

3 in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

4 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 

5 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

6 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre7 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

8 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $589,749,653: 

9 Provided further, That, in addition, $35,900,000 of pay10 ments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of 

11 title 31, United States Code, shall be available without fis12 cal year limitation: Provided further, That this appropria13 tion and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 

14 other department or agency which is a member of the Na15 tional Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Inter16 governmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an 

17 appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by 

18 the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses 

19 of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That pay20 ments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reim21 bursements to any appropriation from which costs involved 

22 are initially financed. 
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1 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

2 FUND 

3 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

4 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

5 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

6 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

7 $5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 

8 Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging 

9 in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 

10 civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 

11 central government of Russia. 

12 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

13 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

14 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 

15 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 

16 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train17 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

18 TITLE II 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

20 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

21 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

22 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 

23 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

24 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa25 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
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1 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 

2 by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

3 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

4 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

5 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

6 2019 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

7 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

8 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

9 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

10 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

11 of compensation or designation of any office or position ap12 propriated for is different from that specifically established 

13 by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 

14 in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 

15 Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 

16 items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit17 tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 

18 hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa19 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

20 CONSULTING SERVICES

21 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

22 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

23 contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

24 shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 

25 are a matter of public record and available for public in-
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1 spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

2 law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 

3 law. 

4 COSTS OF LBFMC

5 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex6 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

7 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

8 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 

9 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

10 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

11 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla12 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

13 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

14 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

15 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur18 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

19 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

20 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

21 SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

22 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap23 itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 

24 tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ25 ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 
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1 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless 

2 through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of 

3 the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 

4 2242(b)(8)). 

5 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

6 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap7 proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

8 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in9 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo10 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re11 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

12 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 

13 Capitol. 

14 LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

15 PROCUREMENT

16 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available under this Act may be used to acquire 

18 telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Tech19 nologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-impact or 

20 moderate-impact information system, as defined for secu21 rity categorization in the National Institute of Standards 

22 and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 

23 Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat24 egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-
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1 tems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity acquiring 

2 the equipment or system has— 

3 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor4 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST to 

5 inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

6 moderate-impact information systems within the Fed7 eral Government; 

8 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre9 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

10 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of 

11 Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

12 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

13 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

14 conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio15 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

16 such system, including any risk associated with such 

17 system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 

18 by one or more entities identified by the United 

19 States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ20 ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di21 rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 

22 China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 

23 People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa24 tion. 
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1 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

2 available under this Act may be used to acquire a high3 impact or moderate impact information system reviewed 

4 and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the as5 sessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

6 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

7 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

8 strategy for any identified risks; 

9 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

10 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisi11 tion of such system is in the vital national security 

12 interest of the United States; and 

13 (3) reported that determination to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa15 tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 

16 system intended for acquisition and a detailed de17 scription of the mitigation strategies identified in (1), 

18 provided that such report may include a classified 

19 annex as necessary. 

20 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

21 SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net23 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

24 and exchanging of pornography. 
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1 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

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

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities or 

5 other official government activities. 

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 

7 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 in14 stallations, 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, $1,021,768,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of this 

21 amount, not to exceed $110,068,000 shall be available for 

22 study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 

23 and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 

24 Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga25 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

2 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 this 

10 appropriation, $2,222,522,000, to remain available until 

11 September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of this amount, not 

12 to exceed $185,542,000 shall be available for study, plan13 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as author14 ized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines 

15 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

16 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

18 therefor. 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

20 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip21 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in22 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

23 as currently authorized by law, $1,495,423,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of this 

25 amount, not to exceed $206,577,000 shall be available for 
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1 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv2 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 

3 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

4 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro5 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

6 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 $2,575,938,000, 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 be 

17 transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De18 fense available for military construction or family housing 

19 as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 

20 be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 

21 period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 

22 Provided further, That, of the amount, not to exceed 

23 $195,345,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

24 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

25 unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 
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1 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

3 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

5 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita6 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad7 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu8 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

9 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza10 tion Acts, $190,122,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to ex12 ceed $16,622,000 shall be available for study, planning, de13 sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 

14 law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard deter15 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

16 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 

17 both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea18 sons therefor. 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

20 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita21 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad22 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

23 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

24 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

25 $139,126,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2023: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 

2 $18,500,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

3 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

4 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 

5 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

6 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

8 therefor. 

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

10 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita11 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad12 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

13 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con14 struction Authorization Acts, $64,919,000, to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 

16 amount, not to exceed $5,855,000 shall be available for 

17 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv18 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 

19 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec20 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap21 propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina22 tion and the reasons therefor. 

23 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

24 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita25 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
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1 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma2 rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

3 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

4 $43,065,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023: 

5 Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $4,695,000 

6 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 

7 and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Sec8 retary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 

9 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

10 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter11 mination and the reasons therefor. 

12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

13 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita14 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad15 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

16 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

17 Construction Authorization Acts, $50,163,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, of the 

19 amount, not to exceed $4,055,000 shall be available for 

20 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv21 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 

22 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec23 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap24 propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina25 tion and the reasons therefor. 
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1 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

2 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

3 For the United States share of the cost of the North 

4 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro5 gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili6 ties and installations (including international military 

7 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de8 fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 

9 section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

10 Construction Authorization Acts, $171,064,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

13 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo14 sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense 

15 Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 

16 note), $277,538,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

18 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con19 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex20 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

21 $330,660,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2023. 

23 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

24 For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper25 ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
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1 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in2 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $376,509,000. 

3 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

4 CORPS

5 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma6 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace7 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au8 thorized by law, $104,581,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2023. 

10 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

11 AND MARINE CORPS

12 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma13 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

14 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter15 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

16 $314,536,000. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

18 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

19 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

20 expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

21 $78,446,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023. 

22 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

23 FORCE

24 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

25 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
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1 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

2 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

3 $317,274,000. 

4 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

5 DEFENSE-WIDE

6 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

7 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili8 tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 

9 and minor construction, as authorized by law, $58,373,000. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

11 FAMILY HOUSING 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 pursuant 

15 to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 

16 alternative means of acquiring and improving military 

17 family housing and supporting facilities. 

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

19 MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT

20 FUND

21 For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom22 panied Housing Improvement Fund, $600,000, to remain 

23 available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini24 tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 

25 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 ex7 ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex8 cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 

9 Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 

10 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con11 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi12 cles. 

13 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con14 struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 

15 Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con16 struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 

17 title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there18 in are certified as important to the national defense by the 

19 Secretary of Defense. 

20 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

21 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 

22 United States for which specific appropriations have not 

23 been made. 

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

25 title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
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1 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 

2 Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer3 ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 

4 of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 

5 the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen6 eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 

7 (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 

8 be in the public interest. 

9 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

10 title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 

11 preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 

12 except housing for which funds have been made available 

13 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con14 struction. 

15 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

16 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo17 cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 

18 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria19 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

20 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 

21 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con22 struction project or activity for which American steel pro23 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 

24 opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
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1 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart2 ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 

3 during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop4 erty taxes in any foreign nation. 

5 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

6 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

7 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria8 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

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

10 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

11 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 

12 to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 

13 Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 

14 Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 

15 States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 

16 host nation firms. 

17 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

18 title for military construction in the United States terri19 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

20 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 

21 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

22 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 

23 this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

24 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 

25 States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
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1 sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 

2 Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con3 tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 

4 for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub5 mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

6 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 

7 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ8 ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 

9 of any proposed military exercise involving United States 

10 personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex11 pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

12 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

13 SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

14 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

15 for construction authorized for each such military depart16 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur17 rent session of Congress. 

18 SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 

19 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex20 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

21 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 

22 overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 

23 subsequent claims, if any. 

24 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 any funds made available to a military department or de-
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1 fense agency for the construction of military projects may 

2 be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 

3 or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 

4 time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 

5 year for which funds for such project were made available, 

6 if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 

7 funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 

8 do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 

9 plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in10 creased pursuant to law. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 

13 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

14 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 

15 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

16 of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 

17 by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 

18 Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 

19 from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 

20 Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

21 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

22 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De23 partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im24 provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc25 tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
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1 struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

2 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

3 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 

4 appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail5 able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 

6 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

7 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

8 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

9 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 

10 acquiring and improving military family housing, military 

11 unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 

14 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

15 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

16 Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 

17 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 

18 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 

19 the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 

20 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 

21 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

22 for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

23 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 funds made available in this title for operation and mainte25 nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 
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1 funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 

2 units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 

3 That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu4 ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 

5 officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 

6 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

7 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 

8 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

9 of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall 

10 be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 

11 associated with environmental remediation that could not 

12 be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis13 sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 

14 (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 

15 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 

16 and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 

17 or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 

18 SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im19 provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 

20 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 

21 shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 

22 in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur23 suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria3 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

4 for military construction and family housing operation and 

5 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

6 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

7 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

8 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga9 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap10 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

11 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur12 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

13 with and to be available for the same time period and for 

14 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans15 ferred. 

16 SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

17 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

18 title may be transferred among projects and activities with19 in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

20 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

21 construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 

22 Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 

23 of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 

24 Act. 
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1 SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 

2 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

3 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme4 tery. 

5 SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts 

6 and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2023: 

8 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $77,600,000; 

9 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

10 Corps’’, $244,400,000, of which $10,000,000 is for 

11 planning and design; 

12 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 

13 $118,516,000, of which $22,316,000 is for planning 

14 and design; 

15 ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 

16 $22,000,000; 

17 ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 

18 $11,100,000, for planning and design; 

19 ‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’, 

20 $10,000,000; and 

21 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 

22 $14,400,000, of which $5,000,000 is for planning and 

23 design: 

24 Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 

25 out construction projects identified in the respective mili-
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1 tary department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 

2 2019 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such 

3 projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation and 

4 expenditure of funds to carry out construction: Provided 

5 further, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 

6 Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or 

7 his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Ap8 propriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 

9 plan for funds provided under this section. 

10 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances available to the 

12 Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, the 

13 following funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac14 counts in the amounts specified: 

15 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $31,158,000; 

16 ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 

17 $10,000,000; and 

18 ‘‘Family Housing Construction, Navy and Ma19 rine Corps’’, $2,138,000: 

20 Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 

21 that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin22 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emer23 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

24 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

25 Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
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1 SEC. 126. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con2 gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 

3 Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 

5 Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 

7 and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 

8 of the House of Representatives. 

9 SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

11 of the United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, 

12 Cuba. 

13 SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

14 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

15 by this or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relo16 cate any element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engi17 neer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron En18 gineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United States until 

19 the Secretary of the Air Force (1) completes an analysis 

20 and comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment 

21 required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squad22 ron outside of the United States versus within the United 

23 States; (2) provides to the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of both Houses of Congress (‘‘the Committees’’) a report de25 tailing the findings of the cost analysis; and (3) certifies 
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1 in writing to the Committees that the preferred site for the 

2 consolidation or relocation yields the greatest savings for 

3 the Air Force: Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in 

4 this section does not include any territory or possession of 

5 the United States. 

6 SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 123 of this Act, for 

7 an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ 

8 in this title, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, is provided for completion of the Defense Access 

10 Roads project and land acquisition for Arlington National 

11 Cemetery as authorized by section 2101 of the National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 

13 114–92) and section 2829A of the National Defense Author14 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328): 

15 Provided, That such funds shall be in addition to any other 

16 funds made available in this or prior year Acts for such 

17 purposes, including funds made available by section 132 of 

18 the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 

19 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113). 

20 SEC. 130. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Depart21 ment of Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Depart22 ment of Defense—Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

23 Corps’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Construction, 

24 Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Con25 struction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to the author-
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1 ization of appropriations in a National Defense Authoriza2 tion Act specified for fiscal year 2019 in the funding table 

3 in section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available 

4 and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized 

5 projects. 

6 REPORT ON CELL SITE SIMULATORS DETECTED NEAR

7 FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

8 SEC. 131. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

9 congressional defense committees a full accounting of cell 

10 site simulators detected near facilities of the Department 

11 of Defense during the three year period ending on the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act and the actions taken by the 

13 Secretary to protect personnel of the Department, their fam14 ilies, and facilities of the Department from foreign powers 

15 using such technology to conduct surveillance. 

16 TITLE II 

17 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

18 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

19 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be22 half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina23 tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 

24 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 

25 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
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1 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 

2 burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 

3 Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad4 justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 

5 due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 

6 the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

7 Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 

8 authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 

9 chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 

10 Code, $108,530,139,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, of which $107,119,807,000 shall become available 

12 on October 1, 2019: Provided, That not to exceed 

13 $18,047,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 

14 2020 under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General 

15 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 

16 and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary ex17 penses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, 

18 and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 

19 for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and 

20 Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums 

21 as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, 

22 shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to 

23 augment the funding of individual medical facilities for 

24 nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 
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1 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

2 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

3 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

4 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 

5 title 38, United States Code, $14,065,282,000, to remain 

6 available until expended and to become available on October 

7 1, 2019: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program 

8 services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized 

9 to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, 

10 United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), 

11 (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this 

12 account. 

13 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

14 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

15 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet16 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

17 authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 

18 Code, $111,340,000, which shall become available on Octo19 ber 1, 2019, and shall remain available until expended. 

20 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

21 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 

22 as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 

23 by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 

24 United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 

25 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
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1 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

2 further, That, during fiscal year 2019, within the resources 

3 available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 

4 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 

5 loans. 

6 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

7 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $200,612,000. 

8 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 For the cost of direct loans, $39,000, as authorized by 

10 chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 

11 such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

12 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

13 Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 

14 under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga15 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

16 $2,037,366. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

18 carry out the direct loan program, $396,000, which may 

19 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex20 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

21 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

22 ACCOUNT

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

24 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 

25 title 38, United States Code, $1,163,000. 
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1 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene4 fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 

5 hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen6 eral Services Administration for security guard services, 

7 and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 

8 cost of overseas employee mail, $2,956,316,000: Provided, 

9 That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 

10 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 

11 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af12 fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 

13 (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 

14 and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 

15 to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 

16 charged to this account: Provided further, That, of the funds 

17 made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent 

18 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 

19 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

20 MEDICAL SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

22 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

23 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet24 erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 

25 Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
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1 the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 

2 supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv3 ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 

4 hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 

5 as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 

6 Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au7 thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 

8 loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 

9 and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 

10 Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), 

11 monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 322(d) 

12 of title 38, United States Code, grants authorized by section 

13 521A of title 38, United States Code, and administrative 

14 expenses necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A 

15 of title 38, United States Code, and hospital care and med16 ical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United 

17 States Code; $750,000,000, which shall be in addition to 

18 funds previously appropriated under this heading that be19 come available on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, 

20 $51,411,165,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail21 able on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available until 

22 September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount made 

23 available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 

24 $1,500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2021: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
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1 provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall es2 tablish a priority for the provision of medical treatment 

3 for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower 

4 income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, not5 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

6 Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi7 sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri8 ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith9 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet10 erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 

11 drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en12 rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 

13 on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur14 ther, That the implementation of the program described in 

15 the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 

16 Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the 

17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 

18 amounts appropriated under this heading for medical sup19 plies and equipment are available for the acquisition of 

20 prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans. 

21 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE

22 For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 

23 individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 

24 States Code, at non-Department facilities, $1,000,000,000, 

25 which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 
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1 under this heading that become available on October 1, 

2 2018; and, in addition, $10,758,399,000, plus reimburse3 ments, shall become available on October 1, 2019, and shall 

4 remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, 

5 of the amount made available on October 1, 2019, under 

6 this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until 

7 September 30, 2021. 

8 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

9 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

10 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

11 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad12 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 

13 and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 

14 for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 

15 as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 

16 Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $7,239,156,000, plus reimbursements, 

18 shall become available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain 

19 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the 

20 amount made available on October 1, 2019, under this 

21 heading, $100,000,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2021. 

23 MEDICAL FACILITIES

24 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper25 ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
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1 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin2 istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan3 ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 

4 and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil5 ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 

6 for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 

7 charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 

8 or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 

9 under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro10 vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 

11 employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 

12 and for laundry services; $211,000,000, which shall be in 

13 addition to funds previously appropriated under this head14 ing that become available on October 1, 2018; and, in addi15 tion, $6,141,880,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

16 available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available 

17 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount 

18 made available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, 

19 $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2021. 

21 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

22 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

23 medical and prosthetic research and development as author24 ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

25 $779,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
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1 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary of 

2 Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro3 priated under this heading are available for prosthetic re4 search specifically for female veterans, and for toxic expo5 sure research. 

6 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

7 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad8 ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 

9 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 

10 cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 

11 passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 

12 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 

13 improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na14 tional Cemetery Administration, $315,836,000, of which 

15 not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2020. 

17 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

18 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 

21 Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad22 ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap23 ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 

24 or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re25 ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
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1 motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 

2 Administration for security guard services, $365,976,000, 

3 of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 

4 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That funds provided 

5 under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper6 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

7 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

8 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet9 erans Appeals, $174,748,000, of which not to exceed 10 per10 cent shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 

11 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for information technology sys14 tems and telecommunications support, including develop15 mental information systems and operational information 

16 systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 

17 asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ18 ing management and related contractual costs of said ac19 quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper20 ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

21 Code, $4,184,571,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 

22 $1,243,220,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 

23 which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain available until 

24 September 30, 2020: Provided further, That $2,560,780,000 

25 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to 
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1 exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2020: Provided further, That $380,571,000 shall be for in3 formation technology systems development, and shall re4 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, 

5 That amounts made available for salaries and expenses, op6 erations and maintenance, and information technology sys7 tems development may be transferred among the three sub8 accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 

9 from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

10 Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap11 proval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 

12 available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac13 count for development may be transferred among projects 

14 or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That no 

15 project may be increased or decreased by more than 

16 $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com17 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 

18 make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 

19 response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 

20 That the funds made available under this heading for infor21 mation technology systems development shall be for the 

22 projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading 

23 in the report accompanying this Act. 
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1 VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

2 For activities related to implementation, preparation, 

3 development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte4 nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in5 cluding contractual costs associated with operations author6 ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and sala7 ries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, 

8 United States Code, $800,000,000, to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary of 

10 Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appro11 priations of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports de12 tailing obligations, expenditures, and deployment imple13 mentation by facility: Provided further, That the funds pro14 vided in this account shall only be available to the Office 

15 of the Deputy Secretary, to be administered by that Office. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen18 eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 

19 provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

20 App.), $192,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 

21 remain available until September 30, 2020. 

22 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

23 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

24 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

25 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
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1 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

2 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

3 not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec4 tural and engineering services, construction management 

5 services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as6 sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 

7 project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 

8 drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 

9 where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 

10 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 

11 States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail12 able in a previous major project appropriation, 

13 $1,127,486,000, of which $647,486,000 shall remain avail14 able until September 30, 2023, and of which $480,000,000 

15 shall remain available until expended, of which 

16 $400,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement 

17 projects and seismic program management activities: Pro18 vided, That except for advance planning activities, includ19 ing needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

20 investments, and other capital asset management related 

21 activities, including portfolio development and management 

22 activities, and investment strategy studies funded through 

23 the advance planning fund and the planning and design 

24 activities funded through the design fund, including needs 

25 assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
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1 ments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident engi2 neers who oversee those capital investments funded through 

3 this account and contracting officers who manage specific 

4 major construction projects, and funds provided for the pur5 chase, security, and maintenance of land for the National 

6 Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition line 

7 item, none of the funds made available under this heading 

8 shall be used for any project that has not been notified to 

9 Congress through the budgetary process or that has not been 

10 approved by the Congress through statute, joint resolution, 

11 or in the explanatory statement accompanying such Act 

12 and presented to the President at the time of enrollment: 

13 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

14 heading for fiscal year 2019, for each approved project shall 

15 be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction docu16 ments contract by September 30, 2019; and (2) by the 

17 awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2020: 

18 Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

19 shall promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of both Houses of Congress a written report on any ap21 proved major construction project for which obligations are 

22 not incurred within the time limitations established above. 

23 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

24 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

25 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
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1 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

2 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 

3 may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi4 neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

5 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 

6 the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 

7 storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi8 tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

9 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

10 not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 

11 project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec12 tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

13 $706,889,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2023, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con15 struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 

16 made available for any project where the estimated cost is 

17 equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 

18 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 

19 shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 

20 under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 

21 which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 

22 any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 

23 measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 

24 by such causes. 
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1 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF

2 STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

3 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

4 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re5 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 

6 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

7 to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 

8 title 38, United States Code, $150,000,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

11 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

12 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme13 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

14 States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2019 for 

19 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

20 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans21 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro22 priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, 

23 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

25 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
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1 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 

2 has elapsed. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 

5 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019, in this or any other 

6 Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

7 Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 

8 Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the ac9 counts: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 

10 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Sup11 port and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the 

12 total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 

13 other Act may take place subject to notification from the 

14 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro15 priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 

16 purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans17 fers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

18 Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts 

19 in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent 

20 for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 

21 requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

23 an approval is issued: Provided further, That any transfers 

24 to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place 

25 only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

2 make the transfer and an approval is issued. 

3 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal4 aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 

5 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 

7 and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec8 tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

9 SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 

10 appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 

11 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 

12 purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 

13 new hospital or home. 

14 SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 

15 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

16 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex17 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet18 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 

19 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 

20 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist21 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 

22 of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 

23 to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 

24 fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
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1 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

2 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

3 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail4 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 

5 to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 

6 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2018. 

7 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

8 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

9 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

10 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

11 except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 

12 they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen13 sions’’. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 during fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

17 shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 

18 section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 

19 Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 

20 United States Code, and the United States Government Life 

21 Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 

22 States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

23 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech24 nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 

25 the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
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1 Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 

2 surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro3 gram during fiscal year 2019 that are available for divi4 dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac5 tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 

6 further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur7 ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu8 mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 

9 only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur10 ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis11 tration for fiscal year 2019 which is properly allocable to 

12 the provision of each such insurance program and to the 

13 provision of any total disability income insurance included 

14 in that insurance program. 

15 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 

16 proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 

17 that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en18 hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 

19 year in which the proceeds are received. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 

22 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

23 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management, 

24 the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adju25 dication, the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower 
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1 Protection, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for 

2 all services provided at rates which will recover actual costs 

3 but not to exceed $48,431,000 for the Office of Resolution 

4 Management, $4,333,000 for the Office of Employment Dis5 crimination Complaint Adjudication, $17,700,000 for the 

6 Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, and 

7 $3,230,000 for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion: Pro8 vided, That payments may be made in advance for services 

9 to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided further, 

10 That amounts received shall be credited to the ‘‘General Ad11 ministration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac12 counts for use by the office that provided the service. 

13 SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af14 fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 

15 or medical services provided to any person under chapter 

16 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con17 nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 

18 title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 

19 Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 

20 current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 

21 for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 

22 the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 

23 debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 

24 care or services from any person who does not make such 

25 disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 
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1 so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 

2 year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 

3 year in which amounts are received. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac7 tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 

8 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

9 Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 

10 site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve11 ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 

12 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 

13 as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 

14 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

15 Projects’’. 

16 SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

17 Services’’ are available— 

18 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup19 plies, and equipment; and 

20 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

21 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

22 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med25 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
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1 title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 

2 ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac3 counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 

4 of these accounts. 

5 SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 

6 into agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in 

7 the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organiza8 tions which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact 

9 with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, in10 cluding behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in 

11 rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating vet12 erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 

13 and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 

14 ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within 

15 the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the 

16 Fairbanks North Star Borough. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the De19 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 

20 to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 

21 transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con22 struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 

23 until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

24 SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 

25 fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
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1 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con2 gress a report on the financial status of the Department 

3 of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, 

4 That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 

5 contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, 

6 under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ in the joint 

7 explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114–223. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 

10 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 

11 and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Oper12 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board 

13 of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na14 tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 

15 2019 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech16 nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers 

17 may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase 

18 in the total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘In19 formation Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 

20 That, before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet21 erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro22 priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 

23 the transfer and an approval is issued. 
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2 SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart3 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019 for ‘‘Medical 

4 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 

5 and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 

6 Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, 

7 up to $301,578,000, plus reimbursements, may be trans8 ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of 

9 Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es10 tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authoriza11 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

12 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 

13 designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de14 scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

16 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds 

17 may be transferred from accounts designated in this section 

18 to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet19 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 

20 written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

21 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con22 gress: Provided further, That section 220 of title II of divi23 sion J of Public Law 115–141 is repealed. 
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2 SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart3 ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 

4 1, 2019, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

5 Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 

6 Facilities’’, up to $307,609,000, plus reimbursements, may 

7 be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart8 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

9 Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 

10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 

11 84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the 

12 facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 

13 as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

14 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

15 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 

16 funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 

17 section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 

18 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 

19 upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af20 fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

21 of Congress. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med24 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

25 title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
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1 cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 

2 described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

3 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

4 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 

5 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart6 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

7 Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 

8 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 

9 84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 

10 designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de11 scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

13 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, notwithstanding 

14 section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization 

15 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

16 2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of De17 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

18 Demonstration Fund shall remain available until expended. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 

21 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 

22 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 

23 minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD– 

24 VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by 

25 section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain 
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1 available until expended, for any purpose authorized by sec2 tion 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Depart4 ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 

5 be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 

6 Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 

7 monitoring supplies and equipment. 

8 SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no9 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

10 Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 

11 that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro12 grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 

13 That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con14 tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur15 ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap16 propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 

17 the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an18 ticipated use of such savings. 

19 SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con20 struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex21 cess of the scope specified for that project in the original 

22 justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 

23 request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 

24 Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appro25 priations of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 SEC. 226. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 

2 fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con4 gress a quarterly report containing performance measures 

5 and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Re6 gional Office: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 

7 shall include the direction contained in the section entitled 

8 ‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the heading ‘‘General 

9 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ in 

10 the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 

11 114–223: Provided further, That the report shall also in12 clude information on the number of appeals pending at the 

13 Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of 

14 Veterans Appeals on a quarterly basis. 

15 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro16 vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria17 tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza18 tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 

19 full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 

20 Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

21 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro22 vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria23 tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 

24 national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 

25 which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
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2 SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de3 termination that such action is necessary to address needs 

4 of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 

5 ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria6 tions made available for fiscal year 2019 in this title (except 

7 appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

8 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre9 tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet10 erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 

11 2019, that were provided in advance by appropriations 

12 Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 

13 approval of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 

14 further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 

15 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

16 law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 

17 from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer18 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

19 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

20 Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 

21 to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 

22 based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 

23 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 

24 item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con25 gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 
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1 or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 

2 not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 

3 appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 

4 as originally appropriated: Provided further, That before 

5 a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

6 shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

8 and receive approval of that request. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department 

11 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2019, under the ‘‘Board 

12 of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

13 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans14 ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans15 fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

16 request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

18 receive approval of that request. 

19 SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 

20 reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro21 grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 

22 $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

2 ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 

3 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 

4 (1) provides to individuals who contact the hot5 line immediate assistance from a trained professional; 

6 and 

7 (2) adheres to all requirements of the American 

8 Association of Suicidology. 

9 (b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 

10 may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive 

11 action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 

12 appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service 

13 position, or establishing a new civil service position, at the 

14 Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a posi15 tion relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a). 

16 (2) In this subsection— 

17 (A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 

18 given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 

19 States Code; and 

20 (B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 

21 (i) any Executive order, presidential memo22 randum, or other action by the President; and 

23 (ii) any agency policy, order, or other direc24 tive. 
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1 (c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct 

2 a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified in sub3 section (a) during the five-year period beginning on Janu4 ary 1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide data 

5 and data collected from such hotline. 

6 (2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph 

7 (1) shall— 

8 (A) determine the number of veterans who con9 tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 

10 receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 

11 health services from the Department of Veterans Af12 fairs thereafter; 

13 (B) determine the number of veterans who con14 tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not con15 tinue receiving, mental health care who commit sui16 cide; and 

17 (C) determine the number of veterans described 

18 in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 

19 SEC. 233. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

20 may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

21 hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ22 mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at ex23 isting Veterans Health Administration medical facilities lo24 cated in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part 

25 of a planned realignment of VA services until the Secretary 
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1 provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

2 Houses of Congress a report including the following ele3 ments: 

4 (1) a national realignment strategy that includes 

5 a detailed description of realignment plans within 

6 each Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN), 

7 including an updated Long Range Capital Plan to 

8 implement realignment requirements; 

9 (2) an explanation of the process by which those 

10 plans were developed and coordinated within each 

11 VISN; 

12 (3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each planned 

13 realignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans 

14 Health Administration services with contract care or 

15 other outsourced services; 

16 (4) an analysis of how any such planned re17 alignment of services will impact access to care for 

18 veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, includ19 ing travel distances and transportation costs to access 

20 a VA medical facility and availability of local spe21 cialty and primary care; 

22 (5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 

23 designation and the methodology used to determine 

24 the buildings’ condition and utilization; 
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1 (6) a description of how any realignment will be 

2 consistent with requirements under the National His3 toric Preservation Act; and 

4 (7) consideration given for reuse of historic 

5 buildings within newly identified realignment re6 quirements: Provided, That, this provision shall not 

7 apply to capital projects in VISN 23, or any other 

8 VISN, which have been authorized or approved by 

9 Congress. 

10 SEC. 234. None of the funds made available to the Sec11 retary of Veterans Affairs by this or any other Act may 

12 be obligated or expended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans 

13 Health Administration Clinical Preventive Services Guid14 ance Statement on the Veterans Health Administration’s 

15 Screening for Breast Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 

16 10, 2017, as issued by the Veterans Health Administration 

17 National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Preven18 tion. 

19 SEC. 235. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 

21 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical 

22 Services’’ account may be used to provide— 

23 (1) fertility counseling and treatment using as24 sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran or 

25 the spouse of a covered veteran; or 
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1 (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 

2 (b) In this section: 

3 (1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the mean4 ing given such term in section 101 of title 38, United 

5 States Code. 

6 (2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, 

7 as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, 

8 United States Code, who has a service-connected dis9 ability that results in the inability of the veteran to 

10 procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 

11 (3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 

12 means benefits relating to reproductive assistance pro13 vided to a member of the Armed Forces who incurs 

14 a serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to 

15 section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 

16 as described in the memorandum on the subject of 

17 ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the 

18 Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category 

19 II or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the 

20 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on 

21 April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to implement 

22 such policy, including any limitations on the amount 

23 of such benefits available to such a member except 

24 that— 
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1 (A) the time periods regarding embryo 

2 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 

3 III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 

4 shall not apply; and 

5 (B) such term includes embryo 

6 cryopreservation and storage without limitation 

7 on the duration of such cryopreservation and 

8 storage. 

9 (4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 

10 reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 

11 an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en12 actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 

13 under the adoption reimbursement program of the De14 partment of Defense, as authorized in Department of 

15 Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse16 ment limits and requirements set forth in such in17 struction. 

18 (c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified 

19 in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the require20 ments for funds contained in section 508 of division H of 

21 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 

22 115–141). 

23 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 236. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 

25 2019 under the heading ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs— 
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1 Veterans Health Administration—Medical Support and 

2 Compliance’’ in title II of division J of the Consolidated 

3 Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), 

4 $211,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

5 SEC. 237. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

6 made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart7 ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 

8 is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 

9 Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 

10 the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro11 priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 

12 or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 238. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall 

14 not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 

15 Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Admin16 istration, or National Cemetery Administration to con17 tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 

18 51 percent owned by one or more Indian tribes as defined 

19 in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 

20 or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec21 tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 239. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the 

23 Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Sec24 retary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall dis25 continue using Social Security account numbers to identify 
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1 individuals in all information systems of the Department 

2 of Veterans Affairs as follows: 

3 (1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary 

4 of Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under laws 

5 administered by the Secretary, not later than 5 years 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 (2) For all individuals not described in para8 graph (1), not later than 8 years after the date of the 

9 enactment of this Act. 

10 (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social 

11 Security account number to identify an individual in an 

12 information system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

13 if and only if the use of such number is required to obtain 

14 information the Secretary requires from an information 

15 system that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 

16 SEC. 240. For funds provided to the Department of 

17 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020 for 

18 ‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of Division A of Public Law 

19 114–223 shall apply. 

20 SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

21 prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 

22 the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer 

23 any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensa24 tion Fund to any other account within the Department of 

25 Veterans Affairs. 
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1 SEC. 242. Of the funds provided to the Department of 

2 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 

3 2020 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in each 

4 year to carry out and expand the child care program au5 thorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwith6 standing subsection (e) of such section. 

7 SEC. 243. For funds provided to the Department of 

8 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020, sec9 tion 248 of Division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 

10 SEC. 244. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

11 use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in 

12 this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 

13 employment equivalents within any program of rehabilita14 tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 

15 Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employ16 ment equivalent. 

17 (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 

19 report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under 

20 chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, including— 

21 (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for 

22 each such program; and 

23 (2) recommendations for such action as the Sec24 retary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to25 staff ratio for each such program. 
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1 SEC. 245. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available in this title may be used by the Secretary 

3 of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to 

4 resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would 

5 restrict in any way the individual from speaking to mem6 bers of Congress or their staff on any topic not otherwise 

7 prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by 

8 Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national 

9 defense or the conduct of foreign affairs. 

10 SEC. 246. For funds provided to the Department of 

11 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2019 and 2020, sec12 tion 258 of Division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 

13 SEC. 247. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available by this Act may be used to conduct research 

15 using canines unless: the scientific objectives of the study 

16 can only be met by research with canines; the study has 

17 been directly approved by the Secretary; and the study is 

18 consistent with the revised Department of Veterans Affairs 

19 canine research policy document released on December 18, 

20 2017: Provided, That not later than 180 days after enact21 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a de23 tailed report outlining under what circumstances canine re24 search may be needed if there are no other alternatives, how 

25 often it was used during that time period, and what proto-
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1 cols are in place to determine both the safety and efficacy 

2 of the research. 

3 SEC. 248. For an additional amount for the Depart4 ment of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain avail5 able until expended, for infrastructure improvements, in6 cluding new construction, and in addition to amounts oth7 erwise made available in this Act for such purpose, of 

8 which: 

9 (1) $1,000,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Veterans Health 

10 Administration—Medical Facilities’’ to be used for 

11 non-recurring maintenance; 

12 (2) $500,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Departmental Ad13 ministration—Construction, Minor Projects’’; and 

14 (3) $500,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Departmental Ad15 ministration—Construction, Major Projects’’: 

16 Provided, That the additional amounts appropriated for the 

17 purposes of non-recurring maintenance and minor con18 struction may be used to carry out critical life-safety 

19 projects identified in the Department’s annual facility con20 dition assessments; sustainment projects; modernization 

21 projects; infrastructure repair; renovations at existing Vet22 erans Health Administration medical centers and out23 patient clinics; and projects included in the Strategic Cap24 ital Investment Process plan: Provided further, That, of the 

25 funds made available under this section for ‘‘Construction, 
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1 Major Projects’’, $300,000,000 shall be available for pre2 viously authorized and partially funded major construction 

3 projects, and $200,000,000 shall be available for seismic im4 provement projects and seismic program management ac5 tivities: Provided further, That the additional amounts ap6 propriated under this section may not be obligated or ex7 pended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to 

8 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con9 gress, and such Committees approve, a detailed expenditure 

10 plan, including project descriptions and costs, for any non11 recurring maintenance, minor construction, major con12 struction, or seismic improvement project being funded with 

13 the additional amounts made available in this administra14 tive provision. 

15 SEC. 249. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in 

17 this Act may be used in a manner that would— 

18 (1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to par19 ticipate in a medicinal marijuana program approved 

20 by a State; 

21 (2) deny any services from the Department to a 

22 veteran who is participating in such a program; or 

23 (3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health 

24 care provider of the Department to make appropriate 
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1 recommendations, fill out forms, or take steps to com2 ply with such a program. 

3 INSPECTORS GENERAL

4 SEC. 250. (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None 

5 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

6 this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 

7 under this Act timely access to any records, documents, or 

8 other materials available to the department or agency of 

9 the United States Government over which such Inspector 

10 General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

11 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access 

12 of such Inspector General to such records, documents, or 

13 other materials, under any provision of law, except a provi14 sion of law that expressly refers to such Inspector General 

15 and expressly limits the right of access of such Inspector 

16 General. 

17 (b) TIMELY ACCESS.—A department or agency covered 

18 by this section shall provide its Inspector General access 

19 to all records, documents, and other materials in a timely 

20 manner. 

21 (c) COMPLIANCE.—Each Inspector General covered by 

22 this section shall ensure compliance with statutory limita23 tions on disclosure relevant to the information provided by 

24 the department or agency over which that Inspector General 
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1 has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 

2 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

3 (d) REPORT.—Each Inspector General covered by this 

4 section shall report to the Committee on Appropriations of 

5 the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives within 5 calendar days of any 

7 failure by any department or agency covered by this section 

8 to comply with this section. 

9 SEC. 251. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

11 transfer funds made available for the following programs: 

12 (1) The Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem 

13 program. 

14 (2) The Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans 

15 program. 

16 (3) The Supportive Services for Veteran Families 

17 program. 

18 (4) The Department of Housing and Urban De19 velopment Department of Veterans Affairs Supported 

20 Housing (HUD–VASH) programs. 

21 (5) The Health Care for Homeless Veterans pro22 gram. 

23 REPORT ON CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM

24 SEC. 252. Not later than 90 days after the date of the 

25 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
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1 shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations and the 

2 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Com3 mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans’ 

4 Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that con5 tains— 

6 (1) the number of coordinators of caregiver sup7 port services under the program of support services 

8 for caregivers of veterans under section 1720G(b) of 

9 title 38, United States Code, at each medical center 

10 of the Department of Veterans Affairs; 

11 (2) the number of staff assigned to appeals for 

12 such program at each such medical center; and 

13 (3) a determination by the Secretary of the ap14 propriate staff-to-participant ratio for such program. 

15 ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PREVEN16 TION, DIAGNOSIS, MITIGATION, TREATMENT, AND RE17 HABILITATION OF HEALTH CONDITIONS RELATING TO

18 EXPOSURE TO BURN PITS AND OTHER ENVIRON19 MENTAL EXPOSURES

20 SEC. 253. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 

21 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘§ 7330D. Center of excellence in prevention, diag2 nosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabili3 tation of health conditions relating to ex4 posure to burn pits and other environ5 mental exposures 

6 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall estab7 lish within the Department a center of excellence in the pre8 vention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilita9 tion of health conditions relating to exposure to burn pits 

10 and other environmental exposures to carry out the respon11 sibilities specified in subsection (d). 

12 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall establish the center of excel13 lence under paragraph (1) through the use of— 

14 ‘‘(A) the directives and policies of the Depart15 ment in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 

16 section; 

17 ‘‘(B) the recommendations of the Comptroller 

18 General of the United States and Inspector General of 

19 the Department in effect as of such date; and 

20 ‘‘(C) guidance issued by the Secretary of Defense 

21 under section 313 of the National Defense Authoriza22 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 

23 10 U.S.C. 1074 note). 

24 ‘‘(b) SELECTION OF SITE.—In selecting the site for the 

25 center of excellence established under subsection (a), the Sec26 retary shall consider entities that— 
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1 ‘‘(1) are equipped with the specialized equipment 

2 needed to study, diagnose, and treat health conditions 

3 relating to exposure to burn pits and other environ4 mental exposures; 

5 ‘‘(2) have a track record of publishing informa6 tion relating to post-deployment health exposures 

7 among veterans who served in the Armed Forces in 

8 support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 

9 Enduring Freedom; 

10 ‘‘(3) have access to animal models and in vitro 

11 models of dust immunology and lung injury con12 sistent with the injuries of members of the Armed 

13 Forces who served in support of Operation Iraqi Free14 dom and Operation Enduring Freedom; and 

15 ‘‘(4) have expertise in allergy, immunology, and 

16 pulmonary diseases. 

17 ‘‘(c) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 

18 that the center of excellence collaborates, to the maximum 

19 extent practicable, with the Secretary of Defense, institu20 tions of higher education, and other appropriate public and 

21 private entities (including international entities) to carry 

22 out the responsibilities specified in subsection (d). 

23 ‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The center of excellence shall 

24 have the following responsibilities: 
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1 ‘‘(1) To provide for the development, testing, and 

2 dissemination within the Department of best practices 

3 for the treatment of health conditions relating to expo4 sure to burn pits and other environmental exposures. 

5 ‘‘(2) To provide guidance for the health systems 

6 of the Department and the Department of Defense in 

7 determining the personnel required to provide quality 

8 health care for members of the Armed Forces and vet9 erans with health conditions relating to exposure to 

10 burn pits and other environmental exposures. 

11 ‘‘(3) To establish, implement, and oversee a com12 prehensive program to train health professionals of 

13 the Department and the Department of Defense in the 

14 treatment of health conditions relating to exposure to 

15 burn pits and other environmental exposures. 

16 ‘‘(4) To facilitate advancements in the study of 

17 the short-term and long-term effects of exposure to 

18 burn pits and other environmental exposures. 

19 ‘‘(5) To disseminate within medical facilities of 

20 the Department best practices for training health pro21 fessionals with respect to health conditions relating to 

22 exposure to burn pits and other environmental expo23 sures. 

24 ‘‘(6) To conduct basic science and translational 

25 research on health conditions relating to exposure to 
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1 burn pits and other environmental exposures for the 

2 purposes of understanding the etiology of such condi3 tions and developing preventive interventions and 

4 new treatments. 

5 ‘‘(7) To provide medical treatment to veterans 

6 diagnosed with medical conditions specific to exposure 

7 to burn pits and other environmental exposures. 

8 ‘‘(e) USE OF BURN PITS REGISTRY DATA.—In car9 rying out its responsibilities under subsection (d), the center 

10 of excellence shall have access to and make use of the data 

11 accumulated by the burn pits registry established under sec12 tion 201 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Bene13 fits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–260; 38 

14 U.S.C. 527 note). 

15 ‘‘(f) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out this sec16 tion using amounts appropriated to the Department for 

17 such purpose. 

18 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘burn pit’ means an area of land 

20 located in Afghanistan or Iraq that— 

21 ‘‘(A) is designated by the Secretary of De22 fense to be used for disposing solid waste by 

23 burning in the outdoor air; and 

24 ‘‘(B) does not contain a commercially man25 ufactured incinerator or other equipment specifi-
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1 cally designed and manufactured for the burning 

2 of solid waste. 

3 ‘‘(2) The term ‘other environmental exposures’ 

4 means exposure to environmental hazards, including 

5 burn pits, dust or sand, hazardous materials, and 

6 waste at any site in Afghanistan or Iraq that emits 

7 smoke containing pollutants present in the environ8 ment or smoke from fires or explosions.’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

10 the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended by in11 serting after the item relating to section 7330C the following 

12 new item: 

‘‘7330D. Center of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and 

rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to burn 

pits and other environmental exposures.’’. 

13 PLAN TO AVOID CLINICAL MISTAKES BY EMPLOYEES OF

14 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS THAT RE15 SULT IN ADVERSE EVENTS THAT REQUIRE CERTAIN

16 DISCLOSURES

17 SEC. 254. (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate 

20 committees of Congress a plan to reduce the chances that 

21 clinical mistakes by employees of the Department of Vet22 erans Affairs will result in adverse events that require insti23 tutional or clinical disclosures and to prevent any unneces-
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1 sary hardship for patients and families impacted by such 

2 adverse events. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

4 shall include the following: 

5 (1) A description of a process for the timely 

6 identification of individuals impacted by disclosures 

7 described in subsection (a) and the process for con8 tacting those individuals or their next of kin. 

9 (2) A description of procedures for expediting 

10 any remedial or follow-up care required for those in11 dividuals. 

12 (3) A detailed outline of proposed changes to the 

13 process of the Department for clinical quality checks 

14 and oversight. 

15 (4) A communication plan to ensure all facilities 

16 of the Department are made aware of any require17 ments updated pursuant to the plan. 

18 (5) A timeline detailing the implementation of 

19 the plan. 

20 (6) An identification of the senior executive of 

21 the Department responsible for ensuring compliance 

22 with the plan. 

23 (7) An identification of potential impacts of the 

24 plan on timely diagnoses for patients. 
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1 (8) An identification of the processes and proce2 dures for employees of the Department to make lead3 ership at the facility and the Department aware of 

4 adverse events that are concerning and that result in 

5 disclosures and to ensure that the medical impact on 

6 veterans of such disclosures is minimized. 

7 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

9 of Congress’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 

11 Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Af12 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Ap13 propriations of the Senate; and 

14 (2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 

15 Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Af16 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Ap17 propriations of the House of Representatives. 

18 TRACKING AND MONITORING INFORMATION ABOUT DEBTS

19 TO UNITED STATES INCURRED FROM OVERPAYMENT

20 BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OR FOR

21 OTHER REASONS

22 SEC. 255. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

24 of Veterans Affairs shall develop a means to track and mon25 itor information on— 
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1 (1) the age and amount of debts of persons to the 

2 United States by virtue of the persons’ participation 

3 in a benefits program administered by the Secretary 

4 of Veterans Affairs; 

5 (2) whether such debts may be the result of 

6 delays in Department of Veterans Affairs processing 

7 of changes to beneficiary status or other actions of the 

8 Department; and 

9 (3) whether such debts are disputed by such per10 sons. 

11 (b) REPORT.—The Department should also be required 

12 to submit a report to congress no later than 90 days after 

13 development of the tracking means (so, 270 days after enact14 ment). 

15 PUBLICATION OF QUALITY RATING OF NURSING HOMES OF

16 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

17 SEC. 256. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less fre19 quently than annually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans 

20 Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con21 gress and publish in the Federal Register and on a publicly 

22 available Internet website of the Department of Veterans Af23 fairs the rating assigned by the Department to each nursing 

24 home of the Department with respect to quality of care, in-
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1 cluding all internal metrics and criteria used in deter2 mining such rating. 

3 (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

5 of Congress’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the 

7 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the 

9 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep10 resentatives. 

11 SEC. 257. The Inspector General of the Department of 

12 Veterans Affairs shall conduct an investigation of all nurs13 ing homes of the Department of Veterans Affairs that had 

14 an overall one-star rating within the two full calendar 

15 years prior to the year of enactment, as determined by the 

16 rating system of the Department. 

17 SEC. 258. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 

19 times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of the 

20 Department of Veterans Affairs. 

21 SEC. 259. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs for 

23 the modernization or realignment of facilities of the Vet24 erans Health Administration in States in which the De25 partment does not operate a full-service medical facility 
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1 pursuant to recommendations by the Asset and Infrastruc2 ture Review Commission under the VA Asset and Infra3 structure Review Act of 2018 (subtitle A of title II of Public 

4 Law 115–182) until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs sub5 mits to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, 

6 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep7 resentatives, and the Commission a report certifying that 

8 such modernization or realignment will not result in a dis9 ruption or reduction of services for veterans residing in 

10 those States. 

11 LIMITATION ON CONVERSION OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAM TO

12 IMPROVE RETENTION OF HOUSING BY FORMERLY

13 HOMELESS VETERANS AND VETERANS AT RISK OF BE14 COMING HOMELESS

15 SEC. 260. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 

16 convert any of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

17 available in a fiscal year to carry out section 2013 of title 

18 38, United States Code, from a specific purpose program 

19 to a general purpose program unless the Secretary included 

20 a proposal to do so in the budget justification materials 

21 submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Vet22 erans Affairs budget for such fiscal year (as submitted with 

23 the budget of the President for such fiscal year under section 

24 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code). 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

6 the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 

7 acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 

8 purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 

9 cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 

10 its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 

11 space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace12 ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

13 to exceed $42,000 for official reception and representation 

14 expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

15 countries, when required by law of such countries, 

16 $81,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

19 the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 

20 may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 

21 purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 

22 States Code. 
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

2 CLAIMS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 

5 States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 

6 by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 

7 Code, $34,955,000: Provided, That $2,580,000 shall be 

8 available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 

9 as described and in accordance with the process and report10 ing procedures set forth under this heading in Public Law 

11 102–229. 

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

13 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

16 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol17 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

18 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace19 ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 

20 for official reception and representation expenses, 

21 $80,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2021. In addition, such 

23 sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 

24 and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
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1 ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac2 count. 

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 For necessary expenses for planning and design and 

5 construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 

6 and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $56,600,000, to re7 main available until expended, for planning and design 

8 and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 

9 project at Arlington National Cemetery. 

10 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

11 TRUST FUND

12 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire13 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re14 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

15 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 

16 be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire17 ment Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 

18 shall remain available until expended for construction and 

19 renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re20 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

21 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: 

22 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

23 heading from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire24 ment Home Trust Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from 

25 the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 

3 established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 

4 shall be available until expended to support activities at 

5 the Army National Military Cemeteries. 

6 TITLE IV 

7 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

8 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

11 Army’’, $192,250,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United States: Provided, 

13 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over14 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur15 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

16 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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/Glob23 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

24 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

25 of 1985. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

3 Air Force’’ $414,800,000, 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 Balanced 

8 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 Sep12 tember 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United States: 

13 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

14 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter15 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

16 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

19 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

20 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

21 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

22 1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently 

23 so designates all such amounts and transmits such designa24 tions to the Congress. 
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1 SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 the Secretary of Defense is directed to provide the congres3 sional defense committees a future years defense program 

4 for funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 

5 construction projects related to European Reassurance Ini6 tiative and European Deterrence Initiative beginning in 

7 fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year that fund8 ing is requested for either initiative. Further, the Secretary 

9 of Defense is directed to submit the future years defense pro10 gram with each fiscal year budget submission. 

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, when 

18 it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 

19 the funds are made available that the program, project, or 

20 activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 

21 to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 

22 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 conduct 

2 of their business practices and public service activities. 

3 SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti4 fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub5 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

6 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

7 of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 

8 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 

9 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

10 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in12 strumentality of the United States Government except pur13 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

14 in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

15 SEC. 506. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail16 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

17 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re18 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

19 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

20 it shall serve the national interest. 

21 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

22 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

23 national security; or 

24 (2) the report contains confidential or propri25 etary information. 
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1 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

2 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

3 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

4 than 45 days. 

5 SEC. 507. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net7 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

8 and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

11 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi12 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

13 SEC. 508. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to 

15 pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 

16 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 

17 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

18 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, 

20 including construction services, where the contractor has 

21 not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

22 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the De24 partment of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light 

25 duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet 
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1 inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo2 randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

3 SEC. 511. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro4 priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 

5 Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 

6 expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 

7 possessions to house any individual detained at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur9 poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 

10 the control of the Department of Defense. 

11 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

12 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

13 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

14 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

15 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

16 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

17 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

18 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

19 (2) is— 

20 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

21 control of the Department of Defense; or 

22 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

23 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc2 tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria3 tions Act, 2019’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 5895 

AMENDMENT