118 
of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,771,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 
That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,750,000. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00118
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
119 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,440,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,099,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $58,000,000, of which $1,715,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2021, for the Museum’s 
equipment replacement program; and of which $4,000,000 
for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 
$1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 
shall remain available until expended. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00119
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
120 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission, $1,800,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Women’s Suffrage 
Centennial Commission, as authorized by the Women’s 
Suffrage Centennial Commission Act (section 431(a)(3) of 
division G of Public Law 115–31), $500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Cen-
tennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War 
I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and 
the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War 
I Centennial Commission, $3,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That in addition to the authority 
provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the World War I 
Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel services, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00120
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
121 
contractual support, or any appropriate support from any 
executive branch agency for activities of the Commission. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 
promote public support or opposition to any legislative 
proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 
working capital fund and cost pool charges, from pro-
grams, projects, activities and subactivities to support gov-
ernment-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau adminis-
trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op-
erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00121
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
122 
and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 
claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 
U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2020, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00122
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
123 
Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-
cal year 2019. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00123
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
124 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2019 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
year 2019 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-
port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 
support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements for fiscal year 2019 with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs or the Indian Health Service: Provided, That such 
amounts provided by this Act are not available for pay-
ment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, 
or for repayments of payments for settlements or judg-
ments awarding contract support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 
more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re-
quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00124
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
125 
sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 
other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail-
able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00125
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
126 
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
poses. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 410. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 
the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 
and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 
allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 
when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west-
ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 
to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 
be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 
48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi-
tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con-
tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex-
ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 
holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 
export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00126
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
127 
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
federally recognized Indian tribes; or 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 
any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 
contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00127
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
128 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 
made in exchange for goods and services. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00128
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
129 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 
to a group, unless the application is specific to the 
contents of the season, including identified programs 
or projects. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM 
PRIORITIES 
SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 
projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 
underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 
a population of individuals, including urban minori-
ties, who have historically been outside the purview 
of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 
as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 
or to geographic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 
line (as defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00129
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
130 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 
the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 
Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 
knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 
the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or 
are able to tour several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 
to any single State, excluding grants made under the 
authority of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00130
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
131 
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based 
music performance and education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 
Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro-
priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds in each program and activity. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 
regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 
dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
resulting from biological processes associated with live-
stock production. 
GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00131
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
132 
Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 
if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green-
house gas emissions from manure management systems. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 419. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 
112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’. 
CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE 
SEC. 420. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Ini-
tiative Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 16 U.S.C. 461 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 421. The terms and conditions of section 325 
of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz-
ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 
subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 
Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2019. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00132
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
133 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 422. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT ACT 
SEC. 423. Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facil-
ity Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 
580d note; Public Law 109–54) is amended by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 424. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 
by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au-
thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project for the 
construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 
steel products used in the project are produced in the 
United States. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00133
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
134 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 
pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein-
forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro-
duced in the United States will increase the cost of 
the overall project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv-
er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail-
able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re-
quest and information available to the Administrator con-
cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 
input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 
a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00134
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
135 
make the request and accompanying information available 
by electronic means, including on the official public Inter-
net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 
the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage-
ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 
MIDWAY ISLAND 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to destroy any buildings or structures 
on Midway Island that have been recommended by the 
United States Navy for inclusion in the National Register 
of Historic Places (54 U.S.C. 302101). 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER REAUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 426. Section 13 of the John F. Kennedy Center 
Act (20 U.S.C. 76r) is amended by striking subsections 
(a) and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND
SECURITY.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Board to 
carry out section 4(a)(1)(H), $24,490,000 for fiscal year 
2019. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00135
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
136 
‘‘(b) CAPITAL PROJECTS .—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Board to carry out subparagraphs (F) 
and (G) of section 4(a)(1), $16,025,000 for fiscal year 
2019.’’. 
LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS-
FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 427. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 
to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol-
unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 
fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 
provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 
supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 
121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of 
title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further au-
thorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Inte-
rior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out 
the functions of the Department’s wildland fire manage-
ment program to such organizations. 
RECREATION FEE 
SEC. 428. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre-
ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2021’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00136
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
137 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 429. For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, to support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their mis-
sions, jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use 
of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
responsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the 
use of forest biomass as an energy solution, includ-
ing policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon-neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest bio-
mass for energy production does not cause con-
version of forests to non-forest use. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00137
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS
138 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
CLARIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS 
SEC. 430. Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344(f)(2)), none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 
identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 431. The final rule issued by the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
01:46 Jun 20, 2018
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00138
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6147.RH
H6147
lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS