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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Social Services Block 
Grant’’, $250,000,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2020, for necessary expenses di-
rectly related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence 
and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, 
wildfires occurring in 2018, and tornadoes and floods oc-
curring in calendar year 2019 in those areas for which 
a major disaster or emergency has been declared under 
section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 
5191): Provided, That notwithstanding section 2002 of 
the Social Security Act, the distribution of such amount 
shall be limited to States directly affected by these events: 
Provided further, That the time limits in section 2002(c) 
of the Social Security Act shall not apply to funds appro-
priated in this paragraph that are used for renovation, re-
pair or construction: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated in this paragraph are in addition to the entitle-
ment grants authorized by section 2002(a)(1) of the Social 
Security Act and shall not be available for such entitle-
ment grants: Provided further, That in addition to other 
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uses permitted by title XX of the Social Security Act, 
funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used for 
health services (including mental health services), and for 
costs of renovating, repairing, and construction of health 
care facilities (including mental health facilities), child 
care centers, and other social services facilities: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided, up to $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be transferred to 
‘‘Office of the Secretary—Office of Inspector General’’ for 
oversight of activities responding to such hurricanes, ty-
phoons, wildfires, tornadoes, and floods: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated in this paragraph shall not be 
available for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, under a contract for in-
surance, or by self-insurance: Provided further, That obli-
gations incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act may be charged to funds 
appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
up to $3,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts 
available for the necessary expenses of administering sub-
title A of title XX of the Social Security Act: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 
Services Programs’’, $60,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, for Head Start programs, in-
cluding making payments under the Head Start Act, for 
necessary expenses directly related to the consequences of 
Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, 
Super Typhoon Yutu, wildfires occurring in 2018, and tor-
nadoes and floods occurring in calendar year 2019 in 
those areas for which a major disaster or emergency has 
been declared under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191): Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be included in 
the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal 
years, as such term is defined in section 640(a)(7)(A), 
641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the Head Start Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 
are not subject to the allocation requirements of section 
640(a) of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall not be available 
for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or 
by self-insurance: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 
shall be available for Federal administrative expenses: 
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Provided further, That obligations incurred for the pur-
poses provided herein prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act may be charged to funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
HURRICANE EDUCATION RECOVERY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Hurricane Education 
Recovery’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon 
Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, the wildfires, earth-
quakes, and volcanic eruptions occurring in calendar year 
2018, and tornadoes and floods occurring in calendar year 
2019 in those areas for which a major disaster or emer-
gency has been declared under section 401 or 501 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191) (referred to under 
this heading as a ‘‘covered disaster or emergency’’), 
$165,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2019: Provided, That such assistance may be provided 
through any of the programs authorized under this head-
ing in title VIII of subdivision 1 of division B of Public 
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Law 115–123 (as amended by Public Law 115–141), as 
determined by the Secretary of Education, and subject to 
the terms and conditions that applied to those programs, 
except that references to dates and school years in Public 
Law 115–123 shall be deemed to be the corresponding 
dates and school years for the covered disaster or emer-
gency: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education 
may determine the amounts to be used for each such pro-
gram and shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate of these 
amounts not later than 7 days prior to obligation: Pro-
vided further, That $2,000,000 of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be transferred to the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Education for oversight of 
activities supported with funds appropriated under this 
heading, and up to $1,000,000 of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be for program administration: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 701. (a) Section 1108(g)(5) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(5)) is amended— 
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gin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Is-
lands’’; 
(D) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) for the period beginning January 
1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2019, 
with respect to payments to Guam and 
American Samoa from the additional funds 
provided under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall increase the Federal medical 
assistance percentage or other rate that 
would otherwise apply to such payments to 
100 percent.’’. 
(b) The amounts provided by the amendments made 
by subsection (a) are designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 702. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education shall provide a de-
tailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made avail-
able in this title, including estimated personnel and admin-
istrative costs, to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
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vided, That such plans shall be updated and submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations every 60 days until 
all funds are expended or expire. 
SEC. 703. The second proviso under the heading 
‘‘Hurricane Education Recovery’’ under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Education’’ under title VIII of subdivision 1 
of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–123; 132 Stat. 95) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) assistance provided to an eligible en-
tity under this heading, including assistance 
provided to an eligible entity before the date of 
enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2019, may be used by the eligible entity 
for a purpose described in section 406 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Relief Emer-
gency Act (42 U.S.C. 5172), notwithstanding 
section 102(e)(3) of title IV of division B of 
Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2794), if the 
eligible entity will receive funds for that pur-
pose under such section 406; and 
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‘‘(L) any duplicative Federal assistance 
provided under this heading to an eligible entity 
may be retained by the entity and used for 
other activities to restart school operations in 
accordance with this paragraph;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-
graph (11); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) amounts available under paragraph (4) 
that exceed the amount required to meet the need 
for such funds as determined by the Secretary as of 
December 31, 2018, shall be available to carry out 
paragraph (3); and’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this sec-
tion that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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TITLE VIII 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for audits and investigations related to Hurricanes Flor-
ence, Lane, and Michael, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, 
the calendar year 2018 wildfires, earthquakes, and volcano 
eruptions, and other disasters declared pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That, not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Government Accountability Office shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a spend plan specifying funding esti-
mates for audits and investigations of any such declared 
disasters occurring in 2018 and identifying funding esti-
mates or carryover balances, if any, that may be available 
for audits and investigations of any other such declared 
disasters: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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TITLE IX 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $115,000,000 (increased by 
$385,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2023, for planning and design related to the consequences 
of Hurricanes Florence and Michael on Navy and Marine 
Corps installations: Provided, That none of the funds shall 
be available for obligation until the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
receive a master plan for the installations and a form 1391 
for each specific project: Provided further, That, not later 
than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Navy, or his designee, shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds pro-
vided under this heading: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 2808 of title 10, United States Code, 
or any other provision of law, funds made available under 
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this heading may only be used for the purposes specifically 
described under this heading. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’, $700,000,000 (increased by $300,000,000), 
to remain available until September 30, 2023, for plan-
ning and design, and construction expenses related to the 
consequences of Hurricane Michael: Provided, That none 
of the funds shall be available for obligation until the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate receive a basing plan and future mission 
requirements for installations significantly damaged by 
Hurricane Michael: Provided further, That, not later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force, or his designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this heading: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
2808 of title 10, United States Code, or any other provi-
sion of law, funds made available under this heading may 
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only be used for the purposes specifically described under 
this heading. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army National Guard’’, $42,400,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and Michael: 
Provided, That none of the funds shall be available for 
obligation until the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate receive form 
1391 for each specific request: Provided further, That, not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the Army National Guard, or his designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds may be obligated or expended for 
planning and design and military construction projects not 
otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 2808 of title 10, United States Code, 
or any other provision of law, funds made available under 
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this heading may only be used for the purposes specifically 
described under this heading. 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hur-
ricanes Florence and Michael and Typhoons Mangkhut 
and Yutu: Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, upon determination that such action is necessary to 
address needs as a result of the consequences of Hurri-
canes Florence and Michael and Typhoons Mangkhut and 
Yutu, may transfer such funds to any discretionary ac-
count of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That before a transfer may take place, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit notice thereof to 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That none 
of these funds shall be available for obligation until the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this heading: Provided further, That such amount 
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is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
TITLE X 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Transpor-
tation Emergency Relief Program’’ as authorized under 
section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, $10,542,000 
to remain available until expended, for transit systems af-
fected by major declared disasters occurring in calendar 
year 2018: Provided, That not more than three-quarters 
of 1 percent of the funds for public transportation emer-
gency relief shall be available for administrative expenses 
and ongoing program management oversight as authorized 
under sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2) of such title and shall 
be in addition to any other appropriations for such pur-
pose: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the amounts made available for ‘‘Federal Aviation 
Administration—Operations’’ in division B of the Bipar-
tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), up to 
$18,000,000 shall also be available for necessary expenses 
related to the consequences of major declared disasters oc-
curring in calendar year 2018: Provided, That amounts 
repurposed under this heading that were previously des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief 
Program as authorized under section 125 of title 23, 
United States Code, $1,650,000,000 (increased by 
$500,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Fund’’, $2,210,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for necessary expenses for activities authorized 
under title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster 
relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure 
and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 
most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a 
major disaster that occurred in 2018 or 2019 (except as 
otherwise provided under this heading) pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided, That funds 
shall be awarded directly to the State, unit of general local 
government, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined in 
section 102 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974) at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading $150,000,000 shall be allocated to meet unmet 
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needs for restoration of infrastructure for grantees that 
received allocations for disasters that occurred in 2017 
(excluding grantees that received allocations related to dis-
asters specified in section 501(a) of title V of this Act) 
under this heading of division B of Public Law 115–56 
and title XI of subdivision 1 of division B of Public Law 
115–123: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
in the previous proviso, the Secretary’s determination of 
unmet needs for restoration of infrastructure shall not 
take into account mitigation-specific allocations: Provided 
further, That any funds made available under this heading 
and under the same heading in Public Law 115–254 that 
remain available, after the funds under such headings 
have been allocated for necessary expenses for activities 
authorized under such headings, shall be allocated to 
grantees receiving awards for disasters that occurred in 
2018 or 2019, for mitigation activities in the most im-
pacted and distressed areas resulting from a major dis-
aster that occurred in 2018 or 2019: Provided further, 
That allocations under the previous proviso shall be made 
in the same proportion that the amount of funds each 
grantee received or will receive under this heading for 
unmet needs related to disasters that occurred in 2018 
or 2019 and the same heading in division I of Public Law 
115–254 bears to the amount of all funds provided to all 
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grantees that received allocations for disasters that oc-
curred in 2018 or 2019: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under the text preceding the first 
proviso under this heading and under the same heading 
in Public Law 115–254, the Secretary shall allocate to all 
such grantees an aggregate amount not less than 33 per-
cent of the sum of such amounts of funds within 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act based on the best 
available data, and shall allocate no less than 100 percent 
of such funds by no later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall not prohibit the use of funds made available 
under this heading and the same heading in Public Law 
115–254 for non-Federal share as authorized by section 
105(a)(9) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(9)): Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
grantees may establish grant programs to assist small 
businesses for working capital purposes to aid in recovery: 
Provided further, That as a condition of making any grant, 
the Secretary shall certify in advance that such grantee 
has in place proficient financial controls and procurement 
processes and has established adequate procedures to pre-
vent any duplication of benefits as defined by section 312 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
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Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely expend-
iture of funds, to maintain comprehensive websites regard-
ing all disaster recovery activities assisted with these 
funds, and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
of funds: Provided further, That with respect to any such 
duplication of benefits, the Secretary shall act in accord-
ance with section 1210 of Public Law 115–254 (132 Stat. 
3442) and section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall require grantees 
to maintain on a public website information containing 
common reporting criteria established by the Department 
that permits individuals and entities awaiting assistance 
and the general public to see how all grant funds are used, 
including copies of all relevant procurement documents, 
grantee administrative contracts and details of ongoing 
procurement processes, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That prior to the obligation of funds a 
grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval 
detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria 
for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address 
long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and 
housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the 
most impacted and distressed areas: Provided further, 
That such funds may not be used for activities reimbursed 
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by, or for which funds have been made available by, the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Army 
Corps of Engineers, in excess of the authorized amount 
of the project or its components: Provided further, That 
funds allocated under this heading shall not be considered 
relevant to the non-disaster formula allocations made pur-
suant to section 106 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306): Provided fur-
ther, That a State, unit of general local government, or 
Indian tribe may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for 
administrative costs: Provided further, That the first pro-
viso under this heading in the Supplemental Appropria-
tions for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (division 
I of Public Law 115–254) is amended by striking ‘‘State 
or unit of general local government’’ and inserting ‘‘State, 
unit of general local government, or Indian tribe (as such 
term is defined in section 102 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302))’’: Pro-
vided further, That the sixth proviso under this heading 
in the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 
Requirements Act, 2018 (division I of Public Law 115– 
254) is amended by striking ‘‘State or subdivision thereof’’ 
and inserting ‘‘State, unit of general local government, or 
Indian tribe (as such term is defined in section 102 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
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(42 U.S.C. 5302))’’: Provided further, That in admin-
istering the funds under this heading, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or specify 
alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute 
or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection 
with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the re-
cipient of these funds (except for requirements related to 
fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
environment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists 
for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver 
or alternative requirement would not be inconsistent with 
the overall purpose of title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding the preceding proviso, recipients of funds 
provided under this heading that use such funds to supple-
ment Federal assistance provided under section 402, 403, 
404, 406, 407, 408(c)(4), or 502 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) may adopt, without review or public com-
ment, any environmental review, approval, or permit per-
formed by a Federal agency, and such adoption shall sat-
isfy the responsibilities of the recipient with respect to 
such environmental review, approval or permit: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
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U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon receipt of 
a request for release of funds and certification, imme-
diately approve the release of funds for an activity or 
project assisted under this heading if the recipient has 
adopted an environmental review, approval or permit 
under the preceding proviso or the activity or project is 
categorically excluded from review under the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish via no-
tice in the Federal Register any waiver, or alternative re-
quirement, to any statute or regulation that the Secretary 
administers pursuant to title I of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days be-
fore the effective date of such waiver or alternative re-
quirement: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, up to $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for capacity building and technical assist-
ance, including assistance on contracting and procurement 
processes, to support States, units of general local govern-
ment, or Indian tribes (and their subrecipients) that re-
ceive allocations pursuant to this heading, received dis-
aster recovery allocations under the same heading in Pub-
lic Law 115–254, or may receive similar allocations for 
disaster recovery in future appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
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heading and under the same heading in Public Law 115– 
254, up to $2,500,000 shall be transferred, in aggregate, 
to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development— 
Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Community Plan-
ning and Development’’ for necessary costs, including in-
formation technology costs, of administering and over-
seeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under 
this heading: Provided further, That the amount specified 
in the preceding proviso shall be combined with funds ap-
propriated under the same heading and for the same pur-
pose in Public Law 115–254 and the aggregate of such 
amounts shall be available for any of the same such pur-
poses specified under this heading or the same heading 
in Public Law 115–254 without limitation: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 
amounts repurposed under this heading that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 1001. (a) Amounts previously made available 
for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restora-
tion of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, 
and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas 
resulting from a major disaster, including funds provided 
under section 145 of division C of Public Law 114–223, 
section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223 (as 
added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114– 
254), section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, 
and any mitigation funding provided under the heading 
‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Com-
munity Planning and Development—Community Develop-
ment Fund’’ of Public Law 115–123, that were allocated 
in response to Hurricane Matthew, may be used inter-
changeably and without limitation for the same activities 
in the most impacted and distressed areas related to Hur-
ricane Florence. In addition, any funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment—Community Planning and Development—Commu-
nity Development Fund’’ in this Act or in division I of 
Public Law 115–254 that are allocated in response to 
Hurricane Florence may be used interchangeably and 
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without limitation for the same activities in the most im-
pacted and distressed areas related to Hurricane Matthew. 
Until HUD publishes the Federal Register Notice imple-
menting this provision, grantees may submit for HUD ap-
proval revised plans for the use of funds related to Hurri-
cane Matthew that expand the eligible beneficiaries of ex-
isting programs contained in such previously approved 
plans to include those impacted by Hurricane Florence. 
Approval of any such revised plans shall include the execu-
tion of revised grant terms and conditions as necessary. 
Once the implementing Notice is published, any additional 
action plan revisions shall follow the requirements con-
tained therein. 
(b) Amounts made available for administrative costs 
for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restora-
tion of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, 
and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas 
under this Act or any future Act, and amounts previously 
provided under section 420 of division L of Public Law 
114–113, section 145 of division C of Public Law 114– 
223, section 192 of division C of Public Law 114–223 (as 
added by section 101(3) of division A of Public Law 114– 
254), section 421 of division K of Public Law 115–31, 
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and under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Community Planning and Develop-
ment—Community Development Fund’’ of division B of 
Public Law 115–56, Public Law 115–123, and Public 
Law 115–254, shall be available for eligible administrative 
costs of the grantee related to any disaster relief funding 
identified in this subsection without regard to the par-
ticular disaster appropriation from which such funds origi-
nated. 
(c) The additional uses pursuant to this section for 
amounts that were previously designated by the Congress, 
respectively, as an emergency requirement or as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
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TITLE XI 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
For an additional amount, to be deposited in the Fed-
eral Buildings Fund, $91,200,000, to remain available 
until expended, for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of Hurricane Florence for repair and alteration 
of buildings under the custody and control of the Adminis-
trator of General Services, and real property management 
and related activities not otherwise provided for: Provided, 
That such amount may be used to reimburse the Fund 
for obligations incurred for this purpose prior to the date 
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE XII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 1201. Each amount appropriated or made avail-
able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated for the fiscal year involved. 
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SEC. 1202. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 1203. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 
the additional amounts appropriated by this division to ap-
propriations accounts shall be available under the authori-
ties and conditions applicable to such appropriations ac-
counts for fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 1204. Each amount designated in this Act by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be avail-
able (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the 
President subsequently so designates all such amounts 
and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
SEC. 1205. Any amount appropriated by this Act des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subse-
quently so designated by the President, and transferred 
pursuant to transfer authorities provided by this division 
shall retain such designation. 
SEC. 1206. Of all amounts made available for mitiga-
tion activities under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing 
and 
Urban 
Development—Community 
Development 
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Fund’’ in Public Law 115–123, the Secretary shall publish 
in the Federal Register the allocations to all eligible grant-
ees, and the necessary administrative requirements appli-
cable to such allocations within 14 days after enactment 
of this Act: 
(1) For any plans or amendments addressing 
the use of any funds provided under Public Law 
115–123 and received by the Secretary prior to De-
cember 22, 2018, the Secretary shall review pending 
amendments within 15 days of enactment of this Act 
and pending plans within 30 days of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) After the date of this Act, the Secretary 
may not apply the statutory waiver or alternative re-
quirement authority provided by Public Law 115– 
123 to extend or otherwise alter existing statutory 
and regulatory provisions governing the timeline for 
review of required grantee plans: 
Provided, That the amounts provided by this section are 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided further, That amounts repurposed under this 
heading that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
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Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 1207. (a) FINANCING.—Section 1309(a) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4016(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘May 31, 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
(b) PROGRAM EXPIRATION.—Section 1319 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is 
amended by striking ‘‘May 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2019’’. 
(c) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—If this Act is 
enacted after May 31, 2019, the amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect as if enacted on 
May 31, 2019. 
SEC. 1208. None of the funds in this Act shall be 
made available to implement paragraph (3) of section 
412(g) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Edu-
cation Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)). 
SEC. 1209. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce section 668.105(h) of title 23, 
Code of Federal Regulations, for any projects in response 
to disasters that occurred in fiscal year 2017 or thereafter. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2019’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 10, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 91 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2157 
AN ACT 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes. 
MAY 15, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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